In Canada, the West’s Suicide Is Becoming Literal

Plus: Why Do Comey, McCabe, Clinton Continue to Get Total Prosecutorial Pass? June 19 2023 Happy Juneteenth from Washington, where the blessings of liberty increasingly are under attack. Slavery couldn’t survive long in a free nation, our Jarrett Stepman argues, and that question remains timely. And just to the north, he writes in another piece, Canadians let the government help kill more of them. In a special podcast, Virginia Allen finds out what one educator is doing to try to fulfill the promise of Junteenth. Plus: Victor Davis Hanson on top Democrats’ immunity from prosecution; Dennis Prager on America’s nuttiness crisis; and Amy Swearer on how free people defend themselves and others with guns. On this day in 1865, now called Juneteenth, Union soldiers arrive in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War is over and slavery is abolished in the U.S. COMMENTARY [In Canada, the West’s Suicide Is Becoming Literal]() [In Canada, the West’s Suicide Is Becoming Literal]() By Jarrett Stepman Who now controls who lives or dies? Increasingly in Canada, government agencies do. [More]() COMMENTARY [Why Do Comey, McCabe, Clinton Continue to Get Total Prosecutorial Pass?]() [Why Do Comey, McCabe, Clinton Continue to Get Total Prosecutorial Pass?]() By Victor Davis Hanson The last thing this country needs is another bottled-piety lecture on the rule of law from special counsel Jack Smith, President Biden, and the array of admitted lying former high government officials. [More]() COMMENTARY [Juneteenth Is About the Triumph of American Freedom Over Slavery]() [Juneteenth Is About the Triumph of American Freedom Over Slavery]() By Jarrett Stepman It is a monumental triumph of American civilization that within a century of its creation, the institution of slavery was eradicated through the power of our founding ideals and the force of our military. [More]() COMMENTARY [With Order Making Maryland a Gender Transition Sanctuary, Governor Aids Sex Traffickers]() [With Order Making Maryland a Gender Transition Sanctuary, Governor Aids Sex Traffickers]() By Joshua Arnold In 2021, a high school girl who identified as transgender was sexually trafficked after a Maryland judge refused to return her to the custody of her adoptive parents in Virginia. [More]() COMMENTARY [Europe Envy: Few of Pathologies Destroying US Are Present in Any Comparable Degree There]() [Europe Envy: Few of Pathologies Destroying US Are Present in Any Comparable Degree There]() By Dennis Prager No matter how left the politics of European countries, few deny the male-female distinction as much as America does. [More]() ANALYSIS [Juneteenth: A Day to Celebrate Freedom]() [Juneteenth: A Day to Celebrate Freedom]() By Virginia Allen Arianne Craig Jolla joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the history of Juneteenth and a new initiative that aims to end generational cycles of poverty. [More]() COMMENTARY [Hollywood May Tell You Differently, but Reality Includes These 12 Examples of Defensive Gun Use]() [Hollywood May Tell You Differently, but Reality Includes These 12 Examples of Defensive Gun Use]() By Amy Swearer, Pierce Sandlin A university’s guidelines may push Hollywood to “change the narrative” on guns, but nothing can change the facts: The right to keep and bear arms is critical for self-defense. [More]() NEWS [ICYMI: Teen Accuses Doctors of Madly Rushing Her Into Child Gender Transition]() [ICYMI: Teen Accuses Doctors of Madly Rushing Her Into Child Gender Transition]() By Mary Margaret Olohan A detransitioner is suing Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Permanente Medical Group, and the doctors who pushed her along the path to hormonal and surgical transgender procedures. [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.]() -