Why Flushing the 'Clean Water Rule' Was the Right Thing to Do

Plus: When Government Runs Health Care

Sep 13, 2019   Happy Friday from Washington, where the Trump administration finalizes repeal of the much-hated Obama-era "Clean Water Rule." Daren Bakst tells why this is great news. Speaking of the Environmental Protection Agency, animal rights activists such as PETA give kudos to the agency for planning to end its use of animal testing. Kevin Mooney reports. On the podcast, we examine the commotion over vaping. Plus: Rachel Greszler on the insulting Ms. Monopoly game, Victor Davis Hanson on Britain's opportunity to come to its senses, and Cal Thomas on the specter of government-run health care. Have a great weekend.     Commentary Why Flushing the 'Clean Water Rule' Was the Right Thing to Do The Obama rule would have made it possible to regulate "waters" that were, in effect, dry land, such as a depression in land that holds water a few days a year after heavy precipitation. More Commentary When Government Runs Health Care The head of the Irish Medical Organization, Dr. Padraig McGarry, says older people are frequently waiting well over two years just to see a specialist before being consigned to another waiting list for surgery. More Commentary Britain's Moment of Truth After hundreds of years of rugged independence, will Britain finally merge into Europe, or will it retain its singular culture and grow closer to the English-speaking countries it once founded? More Commentary Podcast: Is Vaping an 'Epidemic'? Youth vaping is a problem that President Trump wants to address, and one idea is to ban flavored e-cigarettes. Here's why that's the not the best way forward. More News Trump EPA Praised for Proposal to End Use of Animal Testing in 15 Years "PETA is celebrating the EPA's decision to protect animals certainly ... by switching from cruel and scientifically flawed animal tests in favor of modern, non-animal testing methods," says Amy Clippinger. More Commentary Ms. Monopoly's 'Woke' Rules Are Bad for Girls, Devalue Women Women don't need special-edition games intended to "empower" women by applying discriminatory rules that suggest women cannot win without special treatment. 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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