June 11, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where eyes are on Singapore following the arrival of President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for their summit. The president’s bid to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula is the sort of bold move that maddens the left, Fox News host Tucker Carlson tells Rob Bluey in an on-camera interview. Higher Obamacare rates for individuals could be coming to your state, Rachel del Guidice reports. Plus: David Harsanyi on rules liberals apply to Trump, Richard McCarty on policing corrupt unions, and Liz Szabo on new worries about suicide in America.
“Trump's weird kind of unintentional political genius is to drive his opponents crazy. So all of a sudden you have liberals, some of whom are kind of reasonable, smart people, defending MS-13 and the dignity of porn stars,” says Tucker Carlson.
Victor Davis Hanson has it right when he argues that “elites” often seem more concerned about the “mellifluous” tone of leaders rather than their abuse of power.
Afraid of what it might find if it looked too closely at union ledgers, the Obama administration neglected the Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards, which fights union corruption and helps to ensure that union elections are free and fair.
Health insurers in multiple states could increase rates sharply on the Obamacare exchanges for 2019, with premiums in Maryland’s individual market set to jump as much as 91 percent.
Suicide rates in the U.S. have risen nearly 30 percent since 1999.
“I’m fine to teach students with other beliefs, but the fact that teachers are being compelled to speak a certain way is the scary thing,” says former orchestra teacher John Kluge.
“Betsy DeVos, drop the Obama school discipline guidelines and get rid of the bullies, so students can feel safe at school,” writes Bonnie Bradford Champlin of Jonesville, Louisiana.
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