Plus: A Court Victory in Texas Against Obamacare’s Transgender Mandate
August 23 2021
Good morning from Washington, where the Biden administration struggles to evacuate U.S. citizens and allies trapped inside Afghanistan. Immense consequences lie ahead, former VA chief Robert Wilkie warns. China plays the race card in a dangerous new way, Jarrett Stepman writes. On the podcast, Rob Bluey finds out why it’s a banner year for school choice. Plus: a judge strikes down Obamacare’s requirement that doctors and nurses perform abortions against their beliefs; the need to rebuild defense infrastructure; and a smear of conservatives’ compassion. On this date in 1945, Army Staff Sgt. Marcario García becomes the first Mexican national to receive the Medal of Honor as President Harry S. Truman recognizes the wounded D-Day veteran for single-handedly clearing two German machine gun nests.
It’s interesting to see how Communist China appropriates the left-wing racial dogmas of American self-described “anti-racists” and proponents of critical race theory.
The Obamacare mandate forced a Catholic hospital association “to perform and provide insurance coverage for gender-transition procedures” or face fines and civil liability.
A few weeks ago, the president said his decision to order a total withdrawal from Afghanistan would be “not at all comparable” to the end in Vietnam. He’s right: It’s worse.
For most of our defense infrastructure, major investment is overdue. The Navy’s four public shipyards are a clear example. They are all over 100 years old, and they are falling apart.
Corey DeAngelis, national research director for the American Federation for Children, calls 2021 the “year of school choice,” with upward of 17 states giving parents more options to make decisions for...
The right knows that embracing the West’s victimhood ideology is an affront to oppressed and victimized women in other cultures and nations, who would do anything to come here.
For the first time in their lives, Americans of all classes and races are starting to fear a self-created apocalypse that threatens their family's safety and the American way of life.