The April 20, 2020, issue — now available to NRPLUS subscribers (become a member now, here) — is off the presses and in the mail, bearing an iconic cover and between The Week and the Books, Arts & Manners sections offering exceptional content, all of its articles (15 in total) dedicated to the various aspect of the Coronavirus threat.


If you’d like to investigate, here are some recommendations: Matthew Continetti’s reflection on how the social costs of this epidemic will prove big and long-lasting, Avik Roy’s essay on pharmaceuticals’ role in battling the virus, Yuval Levin and Adam White’s exploration of what our Congress should be doing in this crisis, and Joseph Epstein’s essay on the epidemic has brought the matter of death to the forefront of many a mind. Let’s also suggest Christopher O’Dea’s piece on how America needs to confront Red China’s plans to exploit this crisis of its making (it’s an excellent accompaniment to his NRO article this week on the ChiComs’ plans for global hegemony).

The other articles in this truly special issue — by Ramesh Ponnuru, Anthony Daniels, Kevin Williamson, Rob Long, Jay Nordlinger, Dan McLaughlin, Robert VerBruggen, Michael Brendan Dougherty, Rick Brookhiser, and Deirdre McCloskey — are, each and every one, worth your while. Don’t dent yourself: The fact is, if you are not an NRPLUS member, you quickly hit a monthly free-articles limit (which quite possibly you’ve already exhausted), but another fact is that you can remedy that immediately when you join, done easily here.