I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham.

Plus: The Left Is Doubling Down on Schemes to Pack the Supreme Court

Mar 11, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where the left thinks more justices on the Supreme Court would make everything better. There they go again, Jarrett Stepman writes. We're hearing a lot about what lawmakers call Medicare for All. On the podcast, three physicians elected to the House tell Rob Bluey what's wrong with the idea. A man who declared himself "nonbinary" tells why he's not anymore. Plus: Rep. Phil Roe on ensuring colleges don't stifle free speech, Jonathan Butcher on helping special-needs children, and Derrick Hollie on the Green New Deal's likely toll on minorities.     Commentary I Was America's First 'Nonbinary' Person. It Was All a Sham. Four years ago, I wrote in The New York Times that I wanted to live "authentically as the woman that I have always been." Three years ago, I identified as nonbinary. Now, I want to live again as the man that I am, writes Jamie Shupe. More Commentary It's Time for Congress to Defend Free Speech on Campus Roughly 10 percent of American colleges now restrict constitutionally protected speech to a particular corner of campus, and 30 percent of colleges have restrictive speech codes, writes Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn. More Commentary The Left Is Doubling Down on Schemes to Pack the Supreme Court The Constitution actually says nothing about the number of Supreme Court justices, who serve for life, or more specifically "during good behavior." More Analysis These 3 Doctors in Congress Diagnose the Problems With Medicare for All The Daily Signal speaks with three medical doctors in the U.S. House—Reps. Scott DesJarlais, Paul Gosar, and Andy Harris—to talk about Medicare for All and their solutions for a patient-centered alternative. More Commentary How Teachers Unions Are Holding Children With Special Needs Hostage Unions are closing schools and refusing to work again—this time in an effort to intimidate lawmakers into abandoning certain education policy reforms. More Commentary 'Green New Deal' Would Hit Minorities the Hardest By one estimate, the Green New Deal would cost $600,000 per household. More Commentary We Hear You: Guns and How We Treat the Mentally Ill "The system is horribly broken. At least some of these citizens could be somewhat productive and contribute to supporting themselves as well as society, if we were to treat the root cause and not the symptoms," writes Mark Smith of Manchester, Tennessee. 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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