What Tax Reform ‘Crumbs’ Meant for These Blue Collar Workers

Plus: The Growing Use of Children in Terrorist Plots

Aug 13, 2018   Good morning from Washington, ground zero for tax cuts that are paying off for Americans. In a video report, Kelsey Harkness shows what that means for the CEO of a Maryland door maker and his workers. Today, President Trump visits "forgotten people" in upstate New York. Fred Lucas has a preview. We've been through worse, and we can be civil about it, writes Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James. Plus: Robin Simcox on the threat of kids who commit acts of terror, Lindsey Burke and Caroline Willcox on how Johnny can learn to read, and David Harsanyi on what's wrong with Facebook as our manners police.     News Underreported: What Tax Reform 'Crumbs' Meant for These Blue Collar Workers Married for 44 years, Tom Condon has a son and a daughter to care for, both with cerebral palsy. Twice a year, the family goes on vacation to Deep Creek Lake in Maryland. This year, thanks to the bonuses Condon received, he's able to rent a bigger, nicer house, and extend the vacation. More Commentary Potential Terrorist Case in New Mexico Draws Attention to Growing Use of Children in Terrorist Plots Between January 2014 and July 2017, persons under 18 were involved in 34 terrorist plots in Europe—16 percent of the total. More Commentary Why a Nation in Turmoil Must Choose Civility In 1961, I participated in what a newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, called "one of the most ambitious experiments in race-mixing the South had seen." With the nation in turmoil, 25 other black students and I helped integrate an all-white junior high school. More News In Trip to Utica, NY, Trump to Follow in Truman's Footsteps President Trump is set to visit Utica, New York, on Monday, the first sitting president to visit the city in 70 years, since President Harry Truman made a whistle-stop visit during his 1948 campaign. More Analysis The Daily Signal Podcast: Monday, Aug. 13 The Daily Signal's all-star interns, Katherine Rohloff and Jeremiah Poff, join editor-in-chief Rob Bluey to discuss their summer in Washington. Plus, highlights from the annual debate between conservative and libertarian interns. More Commentary Creating a 'Right to Literacy' Won't Ensure Children Learn to Read Lawsuits in Michigan, New Mexico, and California seek to establish that school districts have violated a student's "right to literacy" by providing inadequate learning conditions and insufficient funding. More Commentary Social Media Giants Shouldn't Be Arbiters of Appropriate Speech To some extent, I can understand how frustrating it is watching a bigoted conspiracy theorist who has destroyed lives be provided a voice on a large media platform. After all, I've been trying to ignore Al Sharpton's cable show for years. More Commentary We Hear You: This Woman Regrets Crossing Border Illegally and Supports Trump on Enforcing Law "The woman told me she regrets her decision to cross illegally and said she has often questioned why she chose to do that. She works hard every single day … She does not take a dime from the government," writes Caroline Chance Melear of West Palm Beach, Fla. 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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