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Leftism as a Secular Religion

Friday, August 31, 2018 - 10:45am
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shington. Across the country, California has once again managed to find a way to dodge work requirements for welfare recipients. Vijay Menon analyzes problematic loopholes. Speaking of problematic, Kelsey Harkness and Bre Payton’s latest episode of their show includes one especially exciting segment: Kelsey’s gearing up for her own wedding. Plus: Dennis Prager on the left’s true beliefs and Fred Lucas on how liberals want to “annul” Trump. Enjoy your Labor Day weekend. Morning Bell will return Tuesday.

 

 

 

Commentary

Leftism as a Secular Religion

 

One of the most important books of the 20th century is “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl. Marx saw man’s primary drive as economic, and Freud saw it as sex. But Frankl believed—correctly, in my opinion—that the greatest drive of man is meaning.

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Commentary

California Shows Why Congress Needs to Eliminate Food Stamp Work Requirement Loophole

 

Despite a booming economy and a record-low unemployment rate nationally, California has been working overtime to ensure its work-capable food stamp recipients don’t have to work.

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News

Left Ramps Up Calls for Impeaching Trump After Cohen, Manafort Convictions

 

“The only response to an unconstitutional presidency is to annul it. Annulment would repeal all of it—recognizing that such appointments, orders, rules, and records were made without constitutional authority,” says former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich.

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Commentary

In Key Post at State, Kiron Skinner Will Advance Trump Security Strategy

 

This appointment is a signal that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is serious about implementing President Trump’s “America First” national security strategy.

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Analysis

The Daily Signal Podcast: Friday, Aug. 31

 

The Senate is gearing up for its most contentious fight of the year: hearings to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Tom Jipping, a Heritage legal scholar and a veteran of past nomination battles, shares what we should expect.

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Commentary

Problematic Women: Why Are Women Freezing Their Eggs at Such Young Ages?

 

Plus: Brown University takes down a study because the transgender community didn’t like it, and Twitter shows its bias by declining to take down threats against the lives of NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch’s children.

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