Sep 04, 2019
Good morning from Washington, where prosecutors appear close to deciding whether to indict Andrew McCabe, the former No. 2 official at the FBI, for his conduct regarding President Trump. Heritage Foundation legal eagle John Malcolm spotlights events that may put McCabe in jeopardy. On the podcast, Catholic essayist Mary Eberstadt talks identity politics. Plus: Daniel Davis on 50 years of no-fault divorce, Walter Williams on the problem with modern criminology, and Abby Streu on six Daily Signal contributors you’ll want to read. On this date in 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus, a Democrat, calls up the National Guard to block nine black students from attending a Little Rock high school.
How the Sexual Revolution Gave Us Identity Politics
"If you ask the question, ‘Who am I?’, up until the sexual revolution, that was not a hard question to answer," says author Mary Eberstadt.
Daily Signal Adds 6 New Contributors
The new contributors bring with them unique and diverse backgrounds, spanning a range of public policy areas.
Crimes by Illegal Immigrants Widespread Across US
In 2018, a quarter of all federal drug arrests took place in the five judicial districts along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Liberal criminologists outnumber their conservative counterparts by a ratio of 30- to-1. Ideology almost perfectly predicts the position of criminologists on issues from gun control to capital punishment to harsh sentencing.
How 50 Years of No-Fault Divorce Gave Us a Throwaway Culture
Generation X was the first of the collateral damage. Roughly half of all children born to married parents in the 1970s saw their parents divorce, a massive increase from just 11% of kids born in the 1950s.
What an Indictment of Andrew McCabe Would Mean
In 2016, the FBI was conducting two separate investigations that potentially implicated Hillary Clinton, stemming from her tenure as secretary of state. Andrew McCabe played a significant role in both investigations.
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