LA Times Asks: 'What's the Matter With Portland?' Answer: Leftist Ideology.

Plus: Presidents Day Reflections on George Washington's American Character

February 20 2023   Good morning from Washington. Happy Presidents Day! Brenda Hafera celebrates the life of George Washington, and Elizabeth Troutman reports on a teachers union's silence about removing its President Day curriculum. What's the matter with Portland? Jarrett Stepman ponders. Plus: Tyler O'Neil on the impact of a Daily Signal report and Hans von Spakovsky and Joseph Sturdy on a new study.      COMMENTARY LA Times Asks: 'What's the Matter With Portland?' Answer: Leftist Ideology. By Jarrett Stepman The troubles that the riots of 2020 unleashed are now becoming entrenched and worsened. The ideology of Portland's leadership and plenty of its residents makes it nearly impossible to fix things. More COMMENTARY Presidents Day Reflections on George Washington's American Character By Brenda Hafera Today, we should come to praise the man who could have been Caesar, in hopes that his deeds will never be buried, but remain first in the hearts of his posterity. More NEWS Foundation That Denied Grants to Organizations Because They Had White CEOs Changes Tune After Daily Signal Report By Tyler O'Neil Under the original rules, some organizations that employ a majority-nonwhite staff and have a majority-nonwhite board of directors were disqualified from the grant because the CEOs are considered white.... More NEWS 'Page Not Found': Teachers Union Won't Explain Why It Discarded Presidents Day Curriculum  By Elizabeth Troutman The National Education Association removed its resources on Presidents Day from its websites in 2020, according to a Daily Signal review of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. More COMMENTARY Another Study Refutes Left's False Claims Against Voter ID and Secure Elections By Hans von Spakovsky, Joseph Sturdy Trust the science, we've all been told. Well, the science has spoken again: Voter ID laws aren't discriminatory and don't suppress anyone's vote. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Americans Die When Merit No Longer Matters By Victor Davis Hanson A recent epidemic of airline near misses deserves both attention and reflection. More           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 letters@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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