Ford’s Theatre, Park Service Push Story of ‘Complex,’ ‘Fallible’ Lincoln

Plus: Hillary Clinton's Greatest Masterpiece

February 21 2022   Happy Presidents Day from Washington, where government employees use social media to take Lincoln down a peg, Fred Lucas reports. The Biden administration foolishly seeks to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal, Peter Brookes and Jim Phillips argue. On the podcast, historian Craig Shirley tells why his latest book focuses on a historic month almost 77 years ago. Plus: Victor Davis Hanson on Hillary Clinton's conduct; Dennis Prager on religions' submission to a pandemic crackdown; and Larry Elder on Joe Rogan's language. Fifty years ago today, President Richard Nixon takes an unexpected step toward normalizing relations with Communist China by traveling to Beijing for talks calculated to drive a wedge between China and the Soviet Union.     NEWS Ford's Theatre, Park Service Push Story of 'Complex,' 'Fallible' Lincoln By Fred Lucas Ford's Theatre, site of Lincoln's assassination, asks: "What do you think might be a more useful, more complex, or more realistic way to think about or memorialize the 16th president?" More COMMENTARY Hillary Clinton's Greatest Masterpiece By Victor Davis Hanson Four years of national hysteria, a divided America, and dangerous new tensions with Russia were some of the wages of Clinton's machinations. More COMMENTARY 4 Reasons Why It's a Bad Idea to Return to Iran Nuclear Deal By Peter Brookes The Obama administration's agreement with the Iranian regime was seriously flawed, and returning to the deal only will postpone Tehran's potential nuclear threat to the U.S. and its allies. More COMMENTARY COVID-19 and the Failure of America's Major Religions By Dennis Prager The government issued irrational (as well as anti-religious and unethical) edicts and nearly every church and synagogue obeyed. More ANALYSIS How April 1945 Proved to Be 'Hinge of History' By Fred Lucas Craig Shirley, author of "April 1945," outlines why that month looms large in modern history. More COMMENTARY The Great Joe Rogan N-Word Controversy By Larry Elder How many words are so problematic that we refer to them only by their first letter? What exactly are the rules? More           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 letters@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.