Oct 11, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where Brett Kavanaugh’s hotly contested path to the Supreme Court leaves a blot on our politics. Fred Lucas reviews the lessons learned, while Amy Swearer argues that womanhood doesn’t make someone believable. Americans need to wise up on our own history, Jarrett Stepman says on the podcast. Plus: Monica Burke on why Taylor Swift should stick to singing, Troy Worden on the U.K.’s own “gay cake” ruling, and Michelle Malkin on the underreported movie “Gosnell.”
Don’t Believe Me Just Because I’m a Woman
I’ve had my own #MeToo experience. But I did not go to law school to abandon rational analysis and basic concepts of fairness just because a particular accuser lacks a Y chromosome.
4 Lessons of the Kavanaugh Confirmation Fight
“These are not protesters. It’s a crime to disrupt the U.S. Senate,” says J. Christian Adams, a former Justice Department lawyer. “The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Jessie Liu, needs to start enforcing criminal law.”
The Most Important Movie You've Never Heard Of
The conclusion of the new “Gosnell” movie is chilling: Deadly indifference to protecting life isn’t tangential to the abortion industry’s barbaric practices—but at its very core.
The Daily Signal Podcast: Most Americans Would Fail Our Citizenship Test
A new study reveals Americans know little about their own history, and our own Jarrett Stepman joins us to discuss the implications—and how to fix it.
Taylor Swift Finally Went Political. Here’s Where She Went Wrong.
Taylor Swift’s Instagram post perpetuates misconceptions about the belief in traditional marriage and a principled objection to sexual orientation and gender identity laws.
UK High Court Rules That Declining to Bake ‘Gay Cake’ Isn’t Discrimination
The U.K. Supreme Court unanimously rules that the Northern Ireland-based family bakery, Ashers Baking Co., did not discriminate against a gay customer in 2014 by refusing to make a cake stating “Support Gay Marriage.”
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