Mar 11, 2019
Good morning from Washington, where the left thinks more justices on the Supreme Court would make everything better. There they go again, Jarrett Stepman writes. We’re hearing a lot about what lawmakers call Medicare for All. On the podcast, three physicians elected to the House tell Rob Bluey what’s wrong with the idea. A man who declared himself “nonbinary” tells why he’s not anymore. Plus: Rep. Phil Roe on ensuring colleges don’t stifle free speech, Jonathan Butcher on helping special-needs children, and Derrick Hollie on the Green New Deal’s likely toll on minorities.
I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham.
Four years ago, I wrote in The New York Times that I wanted to live “authentically as the woman that I have always been.” Three years ago, I identified as nonbinary. Now, I want to live again as the man that I am, writes Jamie Shupe.
It’s Time for Congress to Defend Free Speech on Campus
Roughly 10 percent of American colleges now restrict constitutionally protected speech to a particular corner of campus, and 30 percent of colleges have restrictive speech codes, writes Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn.
The Left Is Doubling Down on Schemes to Pack the Supreme Court
The Constitution actually says nothing about the number of Supreme Court justices, who serve for life, or more specifically “during good behavior.”
These 3 Doctors in Congress Diagnose the Problems With Medicare for All
The Daily Signal speaks with three medical doctors in the U.S. House—Reps. Scott DesJarlais, Paul Gosar, and Andy Harris—to talk about Medicare for All and their solutions for a patient-centered alternative.
How Teachers Unions Are Holding Children With Special Needs Hostage
Unions are closing schools and refusing to work again—this time in an effort to intimidate lawmakers into abandoning certain education policy reforms.
‘Green New Deal’ Would Hit Minorities the Hardest
By one estimate, the Green New Deal would cost $600,000 per household.
We Hear You: Guns and How We Treat the Mentally Ill
“The system is horribly broken. At least some of these citizens could be somewhat productive and contribute to supporting themselves as well as society, if we were to treat the root cause and not the symptoms,” writes Mark Smith of Manchester, Tennessee.
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