Ben Sasse’s Wise Counsel for a Lonely, Polarized Country

Plus: Trump Says Government Shutdown Will Continue Until There's a Wall

Dec 26, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where we're as red as Rudolph's nose for accidentally sending you today's newsletter on Christmas day, with the wrong subject line. We hope you spent your Christmas celebrating with your family and friends, not reading about politics, so we've got everything for you today. Someone who didn't just relax on Christmas is President Trump, who talked to the media about the shutdown. Henry Rodgers covers. Plus: Heritage Foundation's foreign policy experts on what should happen in Afghanistan, and David Harsanyi on the how liberals just won't tolerate Jack Phillips' bakery.      Commentary Ben Sasse's Wise Counsel for a Lonely, Polarized Country In his book "Them: Why We Hate Each Other—and How to Heal," Sen. Ben Sasse says we must recover our love of community and family if America is to survive. More Commentary Now Is Not the Time to Repeat Obama's Iraq Mistake in Afghanistan We saw what happened when Obama abruptly withdrew the U.S. training mission in Iraq in December 2011. Only two years later ISIS had taken Mosul and was knocking on the gates of Baghdad. More News Democrats Question Judicial Nominee About Membership in Catholic Association Two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pressing a nominee for the Nebraska federal trial court about his membership in the Knights of Columbus, a fraternal service organization of the Catholic Church. More Commentary 3 Great Children's Books Written by 3 Great Men Reporting on the criminal justice system over the past year introduced me to a diverse and remarkable trio of authors with a deep commitment to compassion, acceptance, and empathy, writes Michelle Malkin. More Commentary Colorado Is Still Trying to Destroy Jack Phillips Even after Christian baker Jack Phillips won his case at the Supreme Court, he has been harassed and targeted by liberals asking him to make offensive cakes. 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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