Oct 16, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where President Trump’s scrappy interview with Lesley Stahl on “60 Minutes” has politicos talking about a smackdown. Fred Lucas wraps up the action. The movie recreation of the Gosnell murder case does good business despite a media blackout. Rachel del Guidice reports. A Chicago musician celebrates Trump’s vision in song. Ken McIntyre has his story. Plus: Emilie Kao on why a court case on Harvard admissions matters, Betsy DeVos on improving public education, Bill Walton on what to do about a more aggressive China, and David Harsanyi on dangerous political rhetoric. We ran the wrong intro on yesterday’s Morning Bell, and apologize for the confusion.
All students should have a chance to attend the college that best suits their academic potential and level of preparation. For that to happen, college admissions officers will have to put aside racial preferences.
“Lesley, it’s OK. In the meantime, I’m president—and you’re not,” the president tells Lesley Stahl of CBS News.
The problem is that Democrats have a bad habit of acting as if every political setback they experience is caused by some act of criminality. This instigates a lot of people to act like a bunch of children—or worse.
“This has been achieved despite the mainstream media virtually refusing to review the film, despite it opening nationally,” co-producer Phelim McAleer tells The Daily Signal.
Rob Bluey, The Daily Signal’s editor-in-chief, sits down with the education secretary to talk about the progress she is making.
Heritage Foundation scholars Klon Kitchen and Dean Cheng size up the China problem and sketch out an effective response.
“Please send the check to the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center,” the Massachusetts Democrat tells the president after releasing results of a DNA test.
“The thing that attracted me to Trump is that he really isn’t interested in special interests and really cannot be bought,” says Joe Ambroggio, who hopes the president will hear his song, “Let’s Make America Great Again.”
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