Stopping Petty Tyrannies Is How We Beat the Serious Ones

Plus: The UN Is Using COVID-19 to Push Abortion. The US Is Rightly Pushing Back. May 27, 2020 Good morning from Washington, where the attorney general is keeping an eye on outlandish state and local restrictions during the pandemic. Such vigilance is in our national DNA, Jarrett Stepman writes. The Trump administration stands in the way of the U.N.’s latest bid to push abortion, Grace Melton reports. On the podcast, veteran Hong Kong watcher Mike Gonzalez assesses what China’s latest crackdown on protests there would mean. Plus: exiting another treaty with Russia; Amazon frowns on some charities; and recovering our freedoms. On this date in 1941, the British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic after a three-day air and sea battle. Commentary [Stopping Petty Tyrannies Is How We Beat the Serious Ones]( [Photo]( By Jarrett Stepman Many states and localities have set up arbitrary and, in some cases, absurd rules that do little more than aggravate citizens and almost nothing to stop the spread of the coronavirus. [More]( Commentary [The UN Is Using COVID-19 to Push Abortion. The US Is Rightly Pushing Back.]( [Photo]( By Grace Melton The World Health Organization has a well-documented history of promoting abortion, even in countries where it’s illegal or restricted. [More]( Analysis [The End of the Rule of Law in Hong Kong? What China's New Crackdown Could Mean]( [Photo]( By Rachel del Guidice “If China now just is going to begin to act this way with Hong Kong, moving two new aircraft carriers into war games near Taiwan, it adds another level of instability to the world,” says The Heritage Foundation’s Mike Gonzalez. [More]( Commentary [What US Leaving Open Skies Treaty Means for US-Russia Relations]( [Photo]( By Patty-Jane Geller After years of Russian violations of the Open Skies Treaty, the Trump administration is correct to finally take a stand and show Russia and the world that such behavior will have consequences. [More]( Commentary [Market Forces Can Help Winnow Out Bad Charities as Well as Bad Businesses]( [Photo]( By James R. Otteson Amazon has asked the Southern Poverty Law Center to vet its list of eligible charities. Customers will not be able to choose any charity that does not fit the SPLC’s ideological vision. [More]( Commentary [COVID-19 Crisis Is Giving New Power to Bureaucrats, Politicians]( [Photo]( By Walter E. Williams The funding priorities of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that they think diversity is an important input in making headway in the fight against the coronavirus. [More]( [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] 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]( [Find us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [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 {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.]( -