Aug 27, 2019
Good morning from Washington, where government officials no longer insist that medical facilities for veterans are free from Bibles and other material aspects of faith. Fred Lucas interviews the VA secretary on the change, and also reports on immigration authorities’ struggle for local cooperation in North Carolina. On the podcast, Greenland’s rep in Washington tells all. Plus: David Inserra on a reality-based shift in detaining certain illegal immigrants, and Cal Thomas on political correctness gone wild in San Francisco. On this date in 1776, British forces under Gen. William Howe defeat American forces under Gen. George Washington in the Battle of Brooklyn.
ICE Spotlights Releases of Criminal Aliens as Governor Defends Sanctuary Policies
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “put political correctness ahead of the safety of the residents of his state,” says The Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky.
VA Lifts Ban on Bibles in Move to Support Religious Freedom
The VA revises directives to permit religious literature, symbols, and displays at agency facilities following a string of incidents in recent years in which medical centers banned Christmas carols and a Christmas tree, chapels removed Bibles, and chaplains faced restraints on religious expression.
New Immigration Rule Returns to a Commonsense Detainment Policy
Americans should thank the Trump administration for returning to the Obama-era rules on how we can process accompanied children being brought to our border.
Justice Ginsburg Set for Busy Schedule After Cancer Treatment
Ginsburg has navigated a host of health problems in recent months.
Podcast: The US-Greenland Relationship
Greenland’s foreign minister to Washington, Inuuteq Holm Olsen, discusses the ties between the U.S. and Greenland and what a closer relationship could mean.
They've Lost Their Minds in San Francisco
The latest demonstration of insanity is San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors’ adoption of “person first” language guidelines meant to “change the public’s perception of criminals.”
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