How You Can Celebrate Veterans Day the Right Way

Plus: This Impeachment Effort About Ideology, Not Constitution

Nov 11, 2019   Happy Veterans Day from Washington. Who are America's military veterans, and how should the nation celebrate them? We marshal the facts. We've also got tales of wartime heroics, and a reminder of why we need to keep our military strong. On the podcast, law professor and blogger Bill Jacobson talks about the bakery that won a multimillion-dollar judgment against Oberlin College—and about schooling the left on something our veterans fought for: free speech. On this date in 1918, World War I ends as Germany signs an armistice with the Allies.     Commentary How You Can Celebrate Veterans Day the Right Way By Thomas Spoehr America currently has more than 18.2 million veterans, about 10% of the entire adult population. Statistics show that these veterans thrive in the workforce because they bring their unique skills and leadership to nearly every industry and community in our country. More Commentary This Impeachment Effort About Ideology, Not Constitution By Star Parker It's not about Russia or Ukraine. It's about loving our free country or hating it; citizenship or victimhood; rule of law or guilty until proven innocent. More Commentary The Black Regiment That Began an American Tradition By Philip Reynolds The 54th Massachusetts was the first black regiment of the Civil War, and the 1989 film "Glory" solidified their place as American heroes. More Commentary The Day US Troops Saved Me and My Friends From Terror By Yvonne Davis A hail of bullets rained down from the skies overhead, hitting the ground in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. The rapid-fire artillery sounds filled my ears as I stood still underneath the small embassy awning. More Commentary Why Peace Through Strength Ensures Our Safety at Home By Kay Coles James The America that we cherish and hope to pass on to the next generation depends on the promise that we have a military strong enough to protect it and everything it stands for. More Analysis Conservative Law Professor Challenges Campus Left on Free Speech (and Wins Them Over) By Rob Bluey Bill Jacobson, founder and publisher of the website Legal Insurrection and director of Cornell's Securities Law Clinic, also shares insights on the outrageous case of Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College. More Commentary We Hear You: 'Education Is Too Important to Leave to Professionals' By Ken McIntyre "The federal role in education should be very limited. Note that the Constitution omits education as a federal responsibility, leaving it to the states and the people," writes Steve Lipson of Tucson, Arizona. 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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