Socialism Promises a Utopia, but Delivers Suffering

Plus: Segregation Is Back, and It's Coming From the Left

May 22, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where Democrats' House majority makes fiscal responsibility a heavier lift. In commentaries, David Ditch and Justin Bogie explain why we've got to stop the ever-mounting debt. One wonders how the spending spree would have been greeted by America's suffragettes, whose victory 100 years ago is cause for a House celebration. Rachel del Guidice reports. Researcher and author Dion Pierre visits the podcast to talk "neo-segregation" in higher education. Plus: Jessica Francavilla on the toll of abortion, Dennis Prager on campus leftism, and Walter Williams on socialism's broken promise.     Commentary Socialism Promises a Utopia, but Delivers Suffering Stalin promised a great socialist-Marxist society that included better food and better worker conditions. More Analysis Segregation Is Back, and It's Coming From the Left "Diversity, in our minds, would mean that people are mixing, that students of different races are coming together and having conversation. … But diversity, as it's practiced on college campuses, actually means race nationalism," says Dion Pierre of the National Association of Scholars. More Commentary America Has a Debt Problem. Here's the Viable Path to Fiscal Sanity. Despite the present economic boom, two types of bankruptcy threaten America's fortunes. More News House Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Action on Women's Right to Vote "It's leaders like Susan B. Anthony … who have inspired generations of women to live their dreams, to be courageous, and be risk-takers," says Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. More Commentary Skyrocketing Debt Too Important to Be Paired With Spending Deal House Democrats already have put forth a plan that would raise spending caps by at least $357 billion over the next two years—without any plan to pay for it. More Commentary I Had 3 Abortions. Here's Why I'm Fully Behind Alabama's Pro-Life Law. Abortion changes each and every one of us. Some of us become workaholics, while some of us find it hard to get out of bed in the morning. More Commentary American Colleges Are Now Just Left-Wing Seminaries There is a good chance your child will return from college alienated from you, from America, from Western civilization, and from whatever expression of any Bible-based religion in which you raised your child. 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.

-