Plus: How Can the Constitution Be Jettisoned? 2 Writers Share Ideas in New York Times
August 25 2022
Good morning from Washington, where pols posture with the midterms in view. Fourteen states have changed laws to make their elections cleaner, Hans von Spakovsky and Jack Fitzhenry write. Regulations sought by congressional Democrats would make it harder to get insulin and other pharmaceuticals, Rep. Kevin Hern argues. On the podcast, we’ve got tips for minimizing the influence of woke educators on your children. Plus: Ben Shapiro on the left’s campaign to kill the Constitution; Florida school boards turn right; and “Problematic Women” questions Biden’s bailout for student loan debtors. On this date in 1950, with a railroad strike imminent, President Harry Truman orders the Army to take control of American railways two months after sending U.S. troops to Korea.
For several decades, the federal government has exercised unprecedented control over aspects of life that our Founders never intended—including your personal medical decisions.
President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is inclusive. Even if you never attended a college course, you still have the opportunity to pay for your fellow Americans’ degrees.
“Disproportionately, the people who hold student debt that went to college are white,” says Marc Goldwein of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
PragerU Kids’ Jill Simonian discusses what classes parents should consider opting their kids out of, and how to build relationships with school administrators to learn what’s being taught in class.