The View From Omaha Beach

Plus: There Are Better Ways to Fight COVID-19 Than Mask Mandates August 30 2021 Good morning from Washington, where President Biden vows to punish terrorists for killing 13 U.S. service members, whose bodies he met yesterday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. D-Day veterans wouldn’t understand the debacle Biden created in Afghanistan, Mike Pence writes from Normandy. Pennsylvanians soon may pay the price of their governor’s climate change agenda, Kevin Mooney reports. On the podcast, theologian Carl Trueman breaks down how we got to the transgender movement. Plus: hope for conservatives on campus, and your letters on America’s exit from Afghanistan. On this date in 1967, the Senate confirms President Lyndon Johnson’s nomination of Thurgood Marshall as the first African American on the Supreme Court. COMMENTARY [The View From Omaha Beach]() [The View From Omaha Beach]() By Mike Pence Witnessing the unfolding tragedy of the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, I could not help but reflect on the differences between American civilian leadership in 1944 and now. [More]() COMMENTARY [There Are Better Ways to Fight COVID-19 Than Mask Mandates]() [There Are Better Ways to Fight COVID-19 Than Mask Mandates]() By Kevin Dayaratna Ignore the hysterical reporting. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is failing to accurately justify its guidance that vaccinated people wear masks. [More]() NEWS [Climate Regulations Reach Critical Turning Point in Pennsylvania]() [Climate Regulations Reach Critical Turning Point in Pennsylvania]() By Kevin Mooney Since Pennsylvania is No. 2 only to Texas in oil and gas production, the final decision on the cap-and-trade proposals will have significant ramifications across state lines. [More]() ANALYSIS [Search for Identity Spurred Sexual Revolution, Gender Ideology]() [Search for Identity Spurred Sexual Revolution, Gender Ideology]() By Virginia Allen "One of the reasons why the trans issue is rising among young people is young people want an identity," says Carl Trueman, author of “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self.” [More]() COMMENTARY [6 Ways Conservative College Students Can Maintain Their Voices and Sanity]() [6 Ways Conservative College Students Can Maintain Their Voices and Sanity]() By Cherise Trump You are not alone, and your actions may inspire other students who are too afraid to speak up. [More]() COMMENTARY [Taliban Takeover Bodes Return to Dark Ages for Afghan Women]() [Taliban Takeover Bodes Return to Dark Ages for Afghan Women]() By Arielle Del Turco Previously under Taliban rule, women could not work outside the home in most instances, leave the house without a male guardian, or receive a proper education. [More]() COMMENTARY [We Hear You: America's Retreat From Afghanistan]() [We Hear You: America's Retreat From Afghanistan]() By Ken McIntyre “Murderers of nonbelievers is what the Taliban has been and will continue to be. ... You don’t negotiate with these kinds of people. You defeat them soundly,” writes Barry E. Stern. [More]() NEWS [ICYMI: Report: Wisconsin Lost Track of 82,000 Ballots in State Biden Won by 20,000]() [ICYMI: Report: Wisconsin Lost Track of 82,000 Ballots in State Biden Won by 20,000]() By Fred Lucas Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump by 20,682 votes in Wisconsin in the presidential election. [More]() [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] [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 [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 {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.]()