On 4 Fronts, How China Quietly Infiltrates American Life

Plus: UK's Government-Run Health Care Struggles to Combat Coronavirus

Apr 16, 2020   Good morning from Washington, where President Trump finalizes a "reopening" plan and threatens to adjourn Congress if Senate Democrats don't act faster to confirm more than 100 appointments, some of whom he says are needed in the fight against COVID-19. On the podcast, British academic Tim Evans describes the coronavirus toll in the U.K. Plus: how China puts on a false face to Americans; Trump versus the World Health Organization; when government goes too far in the name of public health; and the culture of victimhood on campus. On this date in 1947, financier Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.     Commentary On 4 Fronts, How China Quietly Infiltrates American Life By Jarrett Stepman China's influence in the United States ranges from college campuses to Hollywood to news media. More Analysis UK's Government-Run Health Care Struggles to Combat Coronavirus By Rachel del Guidice "The big picture of British health care is that since the 1970s … however much money has been pouring into the NHS … it has never quite been able to keep up with public expectations or the increasing demands," says Tim Evans, a professor at Middlesex University London. More Commentary Problematic Women: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Both Important in COVID-19 Fight By Lauren Evans "We will gradually have a rolling reopening of economies in accordance with the desires of not only the federal government, but importantly, of the state and local governments as to what their communities are ready to do," says National Coronavirus Recovery Commission member Gail Wilensky. More Commentary How Best to Leverage Trump's Halt to WHO Funding Over COVID-19 Missteps By Brett Schaefer Trump is correct in noting that, had China been more transparent and cooperative, many lives could have been saved and economic damage avoided, and that the World Health Organization was too willing to take Chinese assurances at face value and too slow to respond. More News Trump Set to Lay Out Plan for Reopening America By Fred Lucas "The data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new [COVID-19] cases. Hopefully, that will continue," the president says. More Commentary Public Health Steps Should Benefit, Not Punish, the Public By Kevin Pham When laws and other measures are implemented in the name of public health but serve no public health purpose, it betrays the public trust and undermines the entire effort. More Commentary How 'Grievance Studies' Corrupt Academic Scholarship By Walter E. Williams Some papers accepted for publication in academic journals advocated training men like dogs and punishing white male college students for historical slavery by asking them to sit in silence on the floor in chains during class. 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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