Leftists Defend Not Allowing Conservative Parents to See Them or Their Grandchildren

Plus: Two ‘Ps’ That Don’t Belong in the Same Pod: Pot and Pregnancy December 28 2022 Good morning from Washington. An Arizona hospital’s CEO says providing urgent medical care to illegal immigrants is draining its resources, but he can’t get any government bureaucrats to care about how the hospital is effectively paying for the government-caused border crisis. Virginia Allen reports. Why are pregnant women being told that marijuana is the solution for nausea? Paul Larkin and Meaghen McManus look at what we know about fetal development and marijuana. Plus: Dennis Prager on leftists and family ties and Ben Shapiro on the dangers of the Left’s equality pitch. COMMENTARY [Leftists Defend Not Allowing Conservative Parents to See Them or Their Grandchildren]() [Leftists Defend Not Allowing Conservative Parents to See Them or Their Grandchildren]() By Dennis Prager Nearly every one of the many left-wing responses I read supported the left-wing children who deprive their parents of contact with them and with the grandchildren. [More]() COMMENTARY [Two ‘Ps’ That Don’t Belong in the Same Pod: Pot and Pregnancy]() [Two ‘Ps’ That Don’t Belong in the Same Pod: Pot and Pregnancy]() By Paul J. Larkin, Meaghen McManus When it comes to marijuana dispensaries, employees with no medical background are advising women that smoking pot during pregnancy can help with their nausea. [More]() NEWS [Federal Government Leaves Border Hospital With $20 Million Bill for ‘Free’ Health Care to Illegal Aliens]() [Federal Government Leaves Border Hospital With $20 Million Bill for ‘Free’ Health Care to Illegal Aliens]() By Virginia Allen Five to 10 illegal aliens come into the emergency department at Yuma Regional Medical Center each day and medical treatments range from dialysis to cardiac surgery. [More]() COMMENTARY [Canada: America’s Critical Partner in Countering Communist China]() [Canada: America’s Critical Partner in Countering Communist China]() By Anthony B. Kim Canada is proactively seeking to join Washington’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and play a bigger role in keeping the region free from Beijing’s coercive practices. [More]() COMMENTARY [Why the Redefinition of the Word ‘Woman’ Matters]() [Why the Redefinition of the Word ‘Woman’ Matters]() By David Harsanyi In today’s world, “gender-affirming therapy” means telling a girl she can be transformed into a boy, but “conversion therapy” means telling a girl she’s a girl. [More]() COMMENTARY [The Left’s Big Pitch: Embrace a Worse Life in the Name of Equality]() [The Left’s Big Pitch: Embrace a Worse Life in the Name of Equality]() By Ben Shapiro President Biden’s entire economic agenda is built around the notion of economic mediocrity rooted in a self-proclaimed higher justice. [More]() COMMENTARY [ICYMI: Are Universities Doomed?]() [ICYMI: Are Universities Doomed?]() By Victor Davis Hanson How ironic that universities are rushing to erode meritocratic standards—history’s answer to the age-old, pre-civilizational bane of tribal, racial, class, elite, and insider prejudices and bias that eventually... [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.]() -