May 4 2021
 
Good morning from Washington, where President Biden talks like copying California on major issues is the way to go. Fred Lucas cites just seven examples. On the podcast, journalist Chris Rufo answers Rachel del Guidice’s questions about the disturbing trend of racial intolerance being taught in school. Plus: Biden’s sketchy policy on North Korea; Texas eyes protecing kids from transgender agenda; injustice for victims of abuse; and what’s wrong with our universities. Fifty-years ago today, San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays hits his 512th career home run, breaking the National League record. May the Fourth be with you.
 
 
 
ANALYSIS
How Critical Race Theory Is Taught in Public Schools
By Rachel del Guidice

“It's first graders in Cupertino, California, being forced to deconstruct their racial and sexual identities and then rank themselves according to power and privilege,” says Christopher Rufo.
NEWS
7 Ways Biden Wants to Make America More Like California
By Fred Lucas

Despite the state’s economic and population problems, President Biden used his address to a joint session of Congress to propose policies similar to those enacted in California.
COMMENTARY
Texas Bill Would Rightly Ban Transgender Drugs, Surgery for Youths Under 18
By Mary Elizabeth Castle

Puberty blockers have been shown to have long-lasting negative effects, such as reduced bone density and delayed brain development.
COMMENTARY
Biden Administration Gives Indication of North Korea Policy, but Questions Remain
By Bruce Klingner

The Biden administration emphasizes that it will return to a firmer policy against North Korean human rights violations. Biden should appoint a special envoy on the subject.
COMMENTARY
The Decline of American Universities
By Victor Davis Hanson

Just as a sermonizing Hollywood grates when it no longer can make good movies, a once-hallowed but now self-righteous university seems hollow when it charges so much for so little.
COMMENTARY
Equality Act Endangers Survivors of Abuse
By Craig DeRoche

What do you get when you cross then-Sen. Biden’s 1994 “Tough on Crime” bill with President Biden’s 2021 Equality Act? Answer: spikes in sexual assault in women’s shelters, prisons, and jails.
ANALYSIS
ICYMI: Fact-Checking Biden’s 6 Border Crisis Claims
By Mark Morgan

The president made false or misleading statements in his interview with NBC News, prompting The Heritage Foundation’s homeland security experts to correct the record.
 
     
 
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