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Normal Is Making a Comeback

Partisans left and right have been trying to trash norms. Most voters aren’t with them.

Jonah Goldberg
Dec 22, 2021
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Hey,

Years ago, when Boris Yeltsen was still president of Russia, he was asked by a reporter if he could summarize the state of the Russian economy in “one word.”

Yeltsen thought for a moment, and then said, “Good.”

People chuckled. The reporter asked a follow-up: “Perhaps Mr. President you could e…

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