They still have some first rate writers and it hasn’t lost it’s perch as an intellectual lighthouse of conservative ideas.
Perhaps you read this article on Trump’s empty suit:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/422347/donald-trump-progressive-left-virus-conservative
I did. The section:
The Trump viruss primary effect is twofold: First, it implants in its hosts the unshakable conviction that one of the most execrable clowns in the history of these United States is a hero who deserves to be elevated to the White House; ...actually made me think of John McCain
I used to read National Review back when James Burnham, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Chilton Williamson, James Kirkpatrick, Joe Sobran, Russell Kirk and that crew wrote for the magazine. Charles W Cooke reads like a tabloid writer, which fits the current state of National Review.