Jun 13, 2019
Good morning from Washington, a town crammed with the kind of elites Victor Davis Hanson ably eviscerates in his latest column. Across the fruited plain, California continues its streak of incompetence, and Washington State can’t let a Christian florist live and work in peace. Jarrett Stepman sighs over the former, and Alliance Defending Freedom’s John Bursch weighs in on the latter. Plus: Lauren Evans and Kelsey Bolar talk about women and socialism, and Daniel Davis interviews Ambassador Sam Brownback on the podcast.
Mass Homelessness Exposes California’s Political Dysfunction
As is typical for California, the state’s “remedies” never address the underlying issues and instead try to quell the homelessness problem with more direct welfare methods.
Washington State May Have Triggered the Next Major Religious Liberty Case
The case State of Washington v. Arlene’s Flowers bears such striking similarities to the Masterpiece Cakeshop case that the U.S. Supreme Court wiped out the state court’s 2017 decision in that case and sent it back for reconsideration in light of the Masterpiece decision.
Trump Eyes More US Troops for Poland, Easing Poles’ Visa Travel to US
President Trump announced plans Wednesday to possibly station 2,000 more U.S. military troops in Poland and to add the country “fairly soon” to the Visa Waiver Program.
Problematic Women: Women Are Increasingly Embracing Socialism … but Why?
This week on “Problematic Women” we discuss why women are embracing socialism and what can be done to stop this trend.
How the US Is Promoting Religious Liberty Around the World
"If you want less terrorism, you need to give people religious freedom so that people won't act out of their frustration toward the government," says Sam Brownback, U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom.
Why Volkswagen Workers Should Be Wary of Unionizing
Domestic auto production today has been more than halved since 1999, and at least part of that decline has to do with the United Auto Workers union pushing compensation to unaffordable levels.
Elites Have No One to Blame for Populism but Themselves
Elites never suffered the firsthand consequences of their own ideological fiats.
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