100% self-thought "principled conservative Never Trumper's who would rather lose gracefully than go down fighting. They lost me when they let VDH walk.
VDH was the last straw for me too, but it started with Mark Steyn. I stuck around for VDH and I always like James Lileks but I can get James Substack and elsewhere. Have they been bought by someone like everyone thinks happened to Drudge?
03/17/25: I too was surprised that anyone is paying any attention at all to the National Review any longer.
They're really in the same category as the NY Jets and NY Giants.
It's a legal obligation to list all three corporations in their respective professional standings. But what and how all three do after that is of interest to very few people, other than the rich saps who pay to keep the two teams and the magazine in business.
All three are paid to be professional losers. And as the pre-Trump RINOs found out, filling such a niche can be quite lucrative, which is why they reacted to his candidacy in complete panic in 2015-2016. Which was fun to watch, wasn't it?
03/18/25: In principle, I have nothing against them. But Jerry Jones is going off into mental outer space in 2025 and this is bound to seriously erode their competitiveness. Especially when they somehow let Cooper Rush get away (to Baltimore).
03/18/25: Mea culpa! That is a pretty awkward way to use a word. Let's put it this way: When a sports owner loses his mind, the ripple effects hit almost everything, and not to the good. Exhibit A: George Steinbrenner.
Yeah, at least the Jets have a crazy owner/owner's son and who knows who runs the Giants anymore. With the money he could have saved extending Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb before their markets increased even more, ole Jerry could have saved Cooper Rush from leaving and had tons left over. After Myles Garrett's extension, we know the same thing will happen with Micah Parsons. I think it was Demarcus Lawrence who described the situation best when Jerry urged stars--through the media--to take less on contract extensions so he could sign more players. DLaw says "that sounds like a YOU problem, not a ME problem."
Yep, but what youтАЩre really pointing out is how trigger-happy people can be when a commenter doesnтАЩt use quotation marks, so let that be a lesson. Not everyone who reads MT is as judicious as he is. Thank God we have him. But for crissake Racketeers - take a chill pill!
I actually make myself sit thru CNN and MSNBC occasionally, but I must admit itтАЩs usually to hard to stomach. I remember reading, free, The Economist for a while until I couldnтАЩt take their bias and then alas my WSJ subscription I canceled about 6 years ago when the opinion section journalists were being threatened by their coworkers. I had read that paper for 30 years. See what TDS can do? IтАЩm really trying to see the full and true picture. I guess thatтАЩs what led me to Matt. ЁЯЩПanswered.
If they were really slaves to Buckley they would be much more prominent. I miss him wisdom, his class, his debating skills, his erudition, no one even comes close the man was so enlightening and an amazing communicator. No one today comes close to him.
I like the NR. Their "The Editors" podcast is excellent. If you listened you would realize how stupid your "Cheney lovers and proud Romney voters" comment is.
My NR subscription will lapse soon and then they will not get another dime from me. There are one - maybe two honest ?? authors / op-ed writers - what ever they call themselves but the rest are part of the uniparty blob incapable of seeing any truth or strategy that goes against their priors or financial interest.
YouтАЩve obviously heard the saying, тАЬa lore can travel halfway around the world before the truth can even get its shoes on.тАЭ
ThatтАЩs why itтАЩs important to take any media outlet to task that engages in тАШso whatismтАЩ regarding the law fare engaged against the President. Lies work every second of everyday and have to be stamped out.
Know what shocked me about your comment?
You're one of six people who still reads National Review.
Who gives a fuck what they think?
Cheney lovers and proud Romney voters
100% self-thought "principled conservative Never Trumper's who would rather lose gracefully than go down fighting. They lost me when they let VDH walk.
Agreed. TNR is an empty, corrupted shell, not some reliable bell weather for conservative thought.
VDH was the last straw for me too, but it started with Mark Steyn. I stuck around for VDH and I always like James Lileks but I can get James Substack and elsewhere. Have they been bought by someone like everyone thinks happened to Drudge?
The Blade of Precious is awesome.
A big win for all.
03/17/25: I too was surprised that anyone is paying any attention at all to the National Review any longer.
They're really in the same category as the NY Jets and NY Giants.
It's a legal obligation to list all three corporations in their respective professional standings. But what and how all three do after that is of interest to very few people, other than the rich saps who pay to keep the two teams and the magazine in business.
All three are paid to be professional losers. And as the pre-Trump RINOs found out, filling such a niche can be quite lucrative, which is why they reacted to his candidacy in complete panic in 2015-2016. Which was fun to watch, wasn't it?
JEB!
Trump's takedown of Jeb! in the 2016 debates ranks as one of my all time Greatest Moments in Politics.
03/18/25: It sure was. Jeb was stupid enough to verbally escort his mother into the debate. Trump: "Good --- she should run!" Jeb, instant roadkill!
Jeb: "While Donald Trump was building a reality TV show, my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe."
Trump: "I saw the World Trade Center came down . . . that's not keeping us safe."
How тАШbout them Cowboys?
03/18/25: In principle, I have nothing against them. But Jerry Jones is going off into mental outer space in 2025 and this is bound to seriously erode their competitiveness. Especially when they somehow let Cooper Rush get away (to Baltimore).
Don, that's a pretty generous use of the word "competitiveness." :)
03/18/25: Mea culpa! That is a pretty awkward way to use a word. Let's put it this way: When a sports owner loses his mind, the ripple effects hit almost everything, and not to the good. Exhibit A: George Steinbrenner.
A lot of Yankee fans think George looks pretty good right about now.
Yeah, at least the Jets have a crazy owner/owner's son and who knows who runs the Giants anymore. With the money he could have saved extending Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb before their markets increased even more, ole Jerry could have saved Cooper Rush from leaving and had tons left over. After Myles Garrett's extension, we know the same thing will happen with Micah Parsons. I think it was Demarcus Lawrence who described the situation best when Jerry urged stars--through the media--to take less on contract extensions so he could sign more players. DLaw says "that sounds like a YOU problem, not a ME problem."
The Cowboys are finished until 2 full seasons after the death of Jerry Jones.
Goi Birds!!!
Jones needed more money for his giant yacht (read ego).
Didn't Matt just quote NR in this article?
Yep, but what youтАЩre really pointing out is how trigger-happy people can be when a commenter doesnтАЩt use quotation marks, so let that be a lesson. Not everyone who reads MT is as judicious as he is. Thank God we have him. But for crissake Racketeers - take a chill pill!
I actually make myself sit thru CNN and MSNBC occasionally, but I must admit itтАЩs usually to hard to stomach. I remember reading, free, The Economist for a while until I couldnтАЩt take their bias and then alas my WSJ subscription I canceled about 6 years ago when the opinion section journalists were being threatened by their coworkers. I had read that paper for 30 years. See what TDS can do? IтАЩm really trying to see the full and true picture. I guess thatтАЩs what led me to Matt. ЁЯЩПanswered.
Or maybe some people gloss through, or even ignore the narrative to go straight to comments. Attack without context.
I confess I have done that lol although not on taibbi articles
That's the only way I can read Peggy Noonan in the WSJ. Can be quite entertaining.
She's still at it? I wonder what the appeal is. Unless it's exactly as you suggest--people want to watch the debate on whatever she wrote.
"Racketeers". I love it.
National Review is still kind of a slave to William F Buckley who was relevant in his era but its time to evolve
If they were really slaves to Buckley they would be much more prominent. I miss him wisdom, his class, his debating skills, his erudition, no one even comes close the man was so enlightening and an amazing communicator. No one today comes close to him.
I like the NR. Their "The Editors" podcast is excellent. If you listened you would realize how stupid your "Cheney lovers and proud Romney voters" comment is.
03/18/25: How To Make Friends and Influence People. You must be the night watchman.
Love to have a Dale Carnegie podcast
In their defense, they have evolved. Just not as much as I have.
They are too interested in distinction without difference.
MBD is always worth a listen - I cannot tolerate Noah - IMHO just a uniparty fool.
My NR subscription will lapse soon and then they will not get another dime from me. There are one - maybe two honest ?? authors / op-ed writers - what ever they call themselves but the rest are part of the uniparty blob incapable of seeing any truth or strategy that goes against their priors or financial interest.
YouтАЩve obviously heard the saying, тАЬa lore can travel halfway around the world before the truth can even get its shoes on.тАЭ
ThatтАЩs why itтАЩs important to take any media outlet to task that engages in тАШso whatismтАЩ regarding the law fare engaged against the President. Lies work every second of everyday and have to be stamped out.
ItтАЩs an alternative view and good for Matt for tracking it. It has predictable TDS but was not an apologist for Biden.
The old Republicans. They've all but vanished and I don't miss them.
I'd like to make them vanish Pinochet style.