Here Come the Speech Police

Plus: 1619 Project Stokes Racial Division, but Offers No Real Solutions

Jul 11, 2020   Good morning from Washington, where the question of reopening schools this fall, and how, is as urgent as it likely is in your neck of the woods. Dr. Kevin Pham looks at relevant medical facts. Plus: the Supreme Court's surprising ruling on Oklahoma and Indian land; parents should be wary of The New York Times' 1619 Project; and the speech police have not been defunded. On this date in 1905, scholar W.E.B. Du Bois and 28 other African American scholars, lawyers, and businessmen meet on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls to found the Niagara Movement as an early civil rights group. Have a terrific weekend.     Commentary Here Come the Speech Police By David Harsanyi The recent assaults on the English language have consisted largely of euphemisms and pseudoscientific gibberish meant to obscure objective truths—"cisgender," "heteronormativity," and so on. More Commentary Why In-Person Schooling Would Be One of the Safest Activities to Reopen By Kevin Pham The data increasingly suggests that reopening schools entails the least risks and should be a goal of every level of government. More Commentary Supreme Court Decides Half of Oklahoma Has Been an Indian Reservation for Past 113 Years By Zack Smith Nearly 2 million people went to sleep Wednesday evening in the state of Oklahoma. When these same people went to sleep the following evening, they did so on an Indian reservation, even though their physical locations had not changed. More Analysis 1619 Project Stokes Racial Division, but Offers No Real Solutions By Jonathan Butcher Rewriting history does nothing to improve the quality of life for disadvantaged individuals. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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