Good morning from Washington, where Democrats want to loosen accountability fort the Census Bureau after miscounts in at least 14 states. Fred Lucas reports. The New York Times and other media outlets recognize the border crisis now that governors are fighting back, Jarrett Stepman writes. On the podcast, Virginia Allen talks with Lucas about his book “The Myth of Voter Suppression.”Plus: John Malcom remembers veteran jurist Ken Starr; Joseph Edlow deplores new handouts for illegal immigrants; and “Problematic Women” examines The Heritage Foundation’s state rankings for education freedom. Sixty years ago today, the Four Seasons score their first No. 1 hit with “Sherry.”
After just a short time dealing with their new migrant crises—and having far fewer people to deal with than a typical border town—the Democrat mayors of New York and Washington melted down.
In his new book “The Myth of Voter Suppression: The Left’s Assault on Clean Elections,” Fred Lucas dives into the way the Left has used the narrative of voter suppression to further its agenda.
“It is a dangerous and reckless bill that expands the administrative state at the expense of democracy, accountability, and fairness,” says Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky.
We learned on 9/11 that the world is a chaotic and terrible place, in which the right may not always triumph and the wrong may do terrible damage to the decent.
Ken Starr’s wife, Alice, called her husband a man who “did not have a mean bone in his body … and he never responded in kind to hurtful libel or slander.” I can attest to all of that.
