Abortion Debate Shows How Media Deploys Language to Serve Left-Wing Goals

Plus: Medicare for All Would Eliminate Americans' Choices in Health Coverage

May 28, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where one mission for conservatives is to counter the appeal of Medicare for All. Kevin Pham deploys some eye-opening facts. Two other challenges: the media's deceptive word choices in covering abortion, explored by Jarrett Stepman, and the left's insistence that immigrants need not assimilate, exposed by Mike Gonzalez. Plus: David Harsanyi on time for liberals to put up or shut up on impeaching the president, Paul Coleman on the truth about persecution of Christians, and Monica Burke and Rachel del Guidice on what's missing from the movie "Tolkien."     Commentary Abortion Debate Shows How Media Deploys Language Gymnastics to Serve Left-Wing Goals Here are some of the terms now off-limits for NPR journalists: Pro-life, late-term abortion, fetal heartbeat, partial birth. More Commentary Medicare for All Would Eliminate Americans' Choices in Health Coverage Where Canadian health care leaves significant room for private health care plans, Medicare for All would preclude a substantial amount of private coverage, leaving essentially cosmetic surgery and experimental drugs. More Commentary Impeach Trump or Go Home, Liberals History didn't begin in 2016. Every modern president has asserted executive privilege. More Commentary The Real Inclusive Approach to Immigrants The survival of political liberty and a political community depends on a shared culture and the habits of character that protect it. More Analysis This Lawmaker Doubles as a Podcast Host to 'Take Our Message to the American People' Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., host of a podcast from the House Freedom Caucus, talks about what listeners can expect to hear about the conservative agenda in coming episodes. More Commentary 'Tolkien' Paints Vivid Picture of Writer's Life, but Ignores His Faith For Tolkien, faith was the key to the greatest fairy-story, greater even than his masterful "Lord of the Rings." To attempt to tell his life story without it, however beautiful the film, means that "Tolkien" is fundamentally incomplete. More Commentary The Media Won't Say It, but Christians Are the No. 1 Persecuted Group Worldwide When people acknowledge that Jews or Muslims are persecuted for their beliefs but ignore that Christians are being persecuted for theirs, they give us a grossly inaccurate picture of reality. 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 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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