Plus: Vandalizing History: A List of 64 Toppled, Defaced, or Removed Statues
| Good morning from Washington, the federal city named for the father of our country. George Washington and other imperfect humans set something rare in motion, Jarrett Stepman writes. Vandals continue to target statues and other monuments. You’ll want to see Virginia Allen’s list. Plus: legislation to protect these historical markers; the violence doesn’t spare churches; what states bore the brunt of the coronavirus; June’s good guys with guns; and a movie about conservatives who happen to be black. On this date in 1976—seven years to the day since American astronauts arrived on the moon—the unmanned U.S. probe Viking 1 becomes the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars. | |
| Commentary | In America, the System Trends Toward Justice | | By Jarrett Stepman In America, we lurch toward justice because we have a just system, or at least a system that allows for justice and the truth to succeed. That was not inevitable, as the history of the second country in the New World to declare independence shows. | More |
Commentary | Churches Across the Country Attacked | | By Tony Perkins Congregants in Florida’s Queen of Peace Catholic Church were praying in the sanctuary when they heard a car crash through the foyer. Seconds later came the smell of smoke clouding the entry. | More |
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