The War on History Comes for George Washington

Plus: Today's Left Is Worlds Apart From the Old Progressivism

May 21, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where liberals aren't likely to embrace The Heritage Foundation's new plan to balance the budget and cut taxes. Rachel del Guidice reports. Is George Washington too frightening for schoolchildren? How did women win the right to vote 100 years ago? Jarrett Stepman takes on both questions. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers visits the podcast. Plus: Jude Schwalbach on the power of charter schools, Patti J. Smith on what nobody told her about abortion, and David Azerrad on the leftists who give progressives a bad name.     Commentary The War on History Comes for George Washington The perpetual war on history now has the father of our country in its sights as the San Francisco Board of Education considers removing a mural of Washington from a local school. More Commentary How Charter Schools Empower Inner-City Children to Escape Failing Public Schools Opponents of charter schools, such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., argue that they drain funds from public schools and prevent integration. More Analysis 100 Years Ago, the House Voted for Women's Suffrage. Here's the Back Story. For a brief time prior to the 19th Amendment, women in New Jersey were allowed to vote, a policy that was reinforced in 1790 when the state constitution was revised to add "he or she" to the language on voting rights. More News Heritage Foundation Blueprint Would Balance Budget While Cutting Taxes, Stressing National Defense The Heritage Foundation's new "Blueprint for Balance" "lays out an agenda both for our long-term governing vision [and] our conservative policy priorities," says the think tank's Romina Boccia. More Analysis This Congresswoman Has a Warning for High Schoolers About Socialism "I'm reminding the high school students that I visit ... that socialism and human rights do not coexist," says Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. More Commentary Before I Had Abortions, Nobody Told Me the Truth. Now I'm Supporting Alabama. Nobody told me I would eventually realize what I destroyed was not tissue or a clump of cells, but my children … or that guilt and shame would follow me for decades. More Commentary Today's Left Is Worlds Apart From the Old Progressivism The contemporary multicultural left has turned against the early progressives. The arch-progressive Woodrow Wilson is now despised by the left. In the summary judgment of The Atlantic: "The Virginia native was racist." 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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