Editor's Picks: 

• Rich: Robert Pondiscio and Nick Gibb’s piece, “What America Can Learn from England’s Education Revolution”  
• Noah: Joseph Loconte’s piece, “Stresa, 1935: The Seedbed of Appeasement”   
• Jim: Two Dan McLaughlin’s pieces, “The Senate Races Are Breaking Bad Already” and “How the Gubernatorial Races Are Breaking” 
  • Jim’s Bonus Editor’s Pick: The Editors’ “Trump’s Costly Greenland Play” 

Light Items: 

• Rich: Just finished reading the Golden Thread, a two-volume history of Western tradition
• Charlie: Went to Denver and attended the Jaguars vs. Broncos game
• Noah: Living in fall sports purgatory
• Jim: Visited the Cuban Embassy last week 

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Editor's Picks: 

• Rich: John Puri’s piece, “Banning Diesel Exports Would Backfire on Americans”  
• Charlie: Dan McLaughlin’s piece, “Our Great American Heritage Belongs to All Americans” 
• Dan: The Editors piece, “The Canada–EU Folly” 
• MBD: Mark Schneider’s piece, “Why Is New York Covering Up Test Scores?” 

Light Items: 

• Rich: Struck by the beauty and excitement of NYC. 
• Charlie: Took a trip to Wisconsin.
• Dan: Paid tribute to his Uncle James. 
• MBD: Watched Pete Alonso play in a baseball game for the Baltimore Orioles at Citi Field.

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Editor's Picks: 

• Rich: Brittany Bernstein's piece, “Bari Weiss Hasn’t ‘Murdered’ 60 Minutes After All” 
• Jim: Jeff Blehar’s most recent Carnival of Fools, “Donald Trump Can’t Bribe His Way Out of November’s Reckoning” 
• Noah: Rich’s piece, “The Lynching Epidemic That Wasn’t” 
• MBD: Joshua Treviño’s piece, “What the Data Center Revolt Is Really About” 

Light Items: 

• Rich: Gives a glowing review of Mr. Beast’s peanut butter cups, "Feastables." 
• Jim: The Jets won over the weekend!
• Noah: Got a taste of 90's nostalgia at a Wu-Tang hip hop concert.
• MBD: The NY Giants won over the weekend!

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Editor's Picks: 

• Rich: Dan Foster’s piece, “Forever Wars Are Good, Actually” 
• Charlie: Dan Foster’s 9/11 piece, “'Sign Me Up'” 
• MBD: All of Abigail Anthony’s recent work
• Noah: Kathryn Jean Lopez’s piece, “Let’s Never Get Over a Mother Viciously Killing Her Children” 

Light Items: 

• Rich: Found a new appreciation for the beauty of the Chrysler Building. 
• Charlie: NFL season has begun!
• MBD: The 30th anniversary edition of one of his favorite albums, Ben Folds Five's debut album, was released. 
• Noah: Going to the Wu-Tang Clan hip-hop concert with his neighbors.

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Editor's Picks: 

• Rich: Dan McLaughlin’s piece, “The Eighties Were Worth the Nostalgia”
• Charlie: Also Dan’s piece.  
• Noah: Raleigh Adam’s piece, “Elite Formation Is Fueling the Socialist Project”
• Jim: Also Dan’s piece. 

Light Items:

• Rich: Went to two Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders games.
• Charlie: Reading Antony Beevor’s Stalingrad.
• Noah: Accomplished some yard work.  
• Jim: Spent the weekend in Charlottesville, VA.

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Editor's Picks: 

• Rich: Andrew McCarthy’s piece, “Mamdani’s Intifada” 
• Charlie: Yuval Levin’s piece, “Barking Up the Wrong Amendment” 
• MBD: Dan Foster’s piece from the September issue of the magazine, “Something is Going to Happen” 
• Dan: Arthur Herman’s piece about energy security as national security, “China Understands the New Energy War. Does America?” 

Light Items: 

• Rich: Drove around an old beater car.  
• Charlie: Watched the movie, Her. 
• MBD: Enjoyed the beginning of the U.S. Open. 
• Dan: Went to his first PTA meeting. 

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Editor's Picks: 

• Rich: Noah’s piece about court packing called, “The Democratic Center Is Now as Radical as Its Left” 
• Charlie: Sarah Schutte’s most recent magazine piece, “Best Western: A Road Trip from Ohio to the Pacific” 
• Noah: Jeff Blehar’s piece, “Everyone is Edging Away from Ken Paxton” 
• Jim: Charles Hilu’s piece, “Vivek Ramaswamy Doesn’t Pretend to Be a Populist” 

Light Items: 

• Rich: Got print newspaper nostalgia.
• Charlie: Visited New York and cheered on the Yankees. 
• Noah: His kids' intense sporting season starts soon (wish him luck!).
• Jim: Went rowing on a lake. 

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Editor's Picks: 

• Rich: John Puri’s piece, “Data Centers Use Little Water, So Where Does It All Go?”
• Charlie: Ross Douthat’s Farewell column, “Reflecting on 20 Years as NR’s Film Critic”
• Dan: The Editors’ most recent about the Iran War, “Is Trump Prepared to Dig In on Economic War Against Iran?”
• MBD: Charlie’s piece, “Spare America from the ‘Noblesse Oblige’ of This DSA Duchess”

Light Items: 

• Rich: Attended a Marlins game in South Florida
• Charlie: Rewatching the show, Foyle’s War
• Dan: Listening to a Star Trek podcast
• MBD: Kids are getting into the sport, hurling

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Editor's Picks: 

• Rich: John Puri’s piece, "Beef Tariffs Are Still Doing What They're Supposed to Do" 
• Charlie: Rich’s most recent column, “What If Factories Had Gotten the Data-Center Treatment?”
• Noah: Charlie’s piece, “The New York Times Helps to Launder Karen Attiah's Lie”
• Jim: Also Rich's piece

Light Items: 

• Rich: Attended the Indiana Fever vs. New York Liberty WNBA game
• Charlie: Went to the Jaguars pre-season game 
• Noah: Discovered the NeeDoh squish toys
• Jim: Dropped off his oldest kid at college this past week

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Editor's Pick:

• Rich: Same pick as Charlie!
• Charlie: Jim Geraghty’s most recent Morning Jolt, “Why Would We Rename the USS Doris Miller Aircraft Carrier?”
• Phil: Caroline Downey’s piece, “No, Not all Women Identify With Lindsay Clancy”
• Noah: Andrew McCarthy’s piece in the latest issue of the magazine, “Mamdani’s Intifada”

Light Items: 

• Rich, Charlie, Phil, and Noah: Honoring Sarah Schutte on her last day as the podcast producer for all of her amazing work. Thank you for all of the time and energy you have given and will continue to give to National Review, Sarah! You will be dearly missed. 

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Lights Items: 

• Rich: Visited Florida and took the Bright Line
• Charlie: Watched the film, A Man for All Seasons
• Noah: Spent the weekend in Atlantic City with his family
• Dan: Starting to build a dollhouse

Editor's Picks: 

• Rich: Jim Geraghty's piece, "For AOC, the Time Is Now"
• Charlie: Abigail Anthony's piece, "I Still Think IVF Should Be Banned"
• Noah: Brittany Bernstein's most recent "Forgotten Fact Checks" newsletter about New York Magazine's Habibi City cover story
• Dan: Becket Adams's piece, "'Woke One' Wasn't Just Crazy -- It Was Destructive"

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