 |
|---|
| April 3, 2018 |
Good morning from Washington, where pundits are in a tizzy because President Trump could use some defense funds to build a barrier at the southern border. We've been there before, Fred Lucas reports. Fifty years ago tomorrow, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Rachel del Guidice asks an outspoken niece about his example today. The EPA will revisit Obama's climate standards for new automobiles, Michael Bastasch writes. Plus: Tori Whiting on trade deficits as hobgoblin, Jarrett Stepman on what happens when authorities heed a lethal threat to students, and Emilie Kao on the question of evil in the gun debate. |
Feature5 Questions for Martin Luther King Jr.'s Niece, 50 Years After His Murder"The television was on, a black-and-white little TV. And it says, 'Martin Luther King Jr. has been shot,'" Alveda King recalls of hearing the news at 17. "So I looked at [the dressmaker] … and I said, 'I gotta go, I gotta go, get me out of this dress.'" |
NewsTrump's Idea of Using Military Resources for Border Wall Isn't UnprecedentedThe military has been involved before in putting up a barrier along the U.S.-Mexican border without explicit authorization from Congress, according to a 2009 government report. |
CommentaryThis Incident Shows How Heeding Warning Signs of a School Shooter Works Better Than Gun ControlUnlike with the Parkland shooting, authorities followed up and arrested a clearly troubled teen before something bad could take place. |
CommentaryWhy Trade Deficits Really Don't Matter Very MuchThe statistics give us an incomplete picture of the economic realities stemming from trade. |
NewsEPA Begins Revision of Obama Climate Rules for Cars, TrucksThe Obama administration's fuel economy regulations are inappropriate and will be revised, EPA chief Scott Pruitt says. |
FeatureWatch a Man Who Lived as a Woman Reject the Lies of LGBT Activists"Schools have popularized changing genders," Walt Heyer tells The Daily Signal, "and it's more of a fad today than a reality in terms of people actually having gender dysphoria." |
News23 Firearms Go Lost or Stolen From ATF AgentsThe federal agency didn't fire anyone for lost or stolen firearms, although one agent retired after a revolver in his care was "thrown in a landfill." |
CommentaryAmericans Grapple With Evil Amid Decline in Religious FaithWhat if the problem is much deeper than raising the gun-buying age or making it harder to get certain guns? What if the roots of the problem are internal and moral, and even spiritual? |
 The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. How are we doing? The Daily Signal |
| Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames@comcast.net. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription. |
-
-
No comments: