Leftism as a Secular Religion

Plus: California Shows Needs to Eliminate Food Stamp Work Requirement Loophole

Aug 31, 2018   Good morning from Washington. Across the country, California has once again managed to find a way to dodge work requirements for welfare recipients. Vijay Menon analyzes problematic loopholes. Speaking of problematic, Kelsey Harkness and Bre Payton's latest episode of their show includes one especially exciting segment: Kelsey's gearing up for her own wedding. Plus: Dennis Prager on the left's true beliefs and Fred Lucas on how liberals want to "annul" Trump. Enjoy your Labor Day weekend. Morning Bell will return Tuesday.     Commentary Leftism as a Secular Religion One of the most important books of the 20th century is "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. Marx saw man's primary drive as economic, and Freud saw it as sex. But Frankl believed—correctly, in my opinion—that the greatest drive of man is meaning. More Commentary California Shows Why Congress Needs to Eliminate Food Stamp Work Requirement Loophole Despite a booming economy and a record-low unemployment rate nationally, California has been working overtime to ensure its work-capable food stamp recipients don't have to work. More News Left Ramps Up Calls for Impeaching Trump After Cohen, Manafort Convictions "The only response to an unconstitutional presidency is to annul it. Annulment would repeal all of it—recognizing that such appointments, orders, rules, and records were made without constitutional authority," says former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich. More Commentary In Key Post at State, Kiron Skinner Will Advance Trump Security Strategy This appointment is a signal that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is serious about implementing President Trump's "America First" national security strategy. More Analysis The Daily Signal Podcast: Friday, Aug. 31 The Senate is gearing up for its most contentious fight of the year: hearings to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Tom Jipping, a Heritage legal scholar and a veteran of past nomination battles, shares what we should expect. More Commentary Problematic Women: Why Are Women Freezing Their Eggs at Such Young Ages? Plus: Brown University takes down a study because the transgender community didn't like it, and Twitter shows its bias by declining to take down threats against the lives of NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch's children. 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 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.

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