Plus: You Can't Learn From History If You Banish It, Sen. Mike Lee Says
| | Good morning from Washington, where President Trump resumes briefings on COVID-19, with more discipline. Fred Lucas reports on that as well as charges against a couple who feared what “Black Lives Matter” marchers might do. On the podcast, Sen. Mike Lee has some wisdom for those who are defacing statues. Plus: bias at the nation’s premier African American museum; America’s homeland security chief on the chaos in Portland, Oregon; and the secretary of state’s human rights mission. On this date in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln tells his Cabinet that he will issue a proclamation to free slaves when the Union achieves a significant military victory—which comes at Antietam just over two months later. | |
| | Commentary | | Pompeo’s Panel Offers Needed Clarity, Guidance on Human Rights | | | By Emilie Kao
As noted by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the original 30 rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have been expanded exponentially by the United Nations and the Council of Europe into 1,377 rights provisions in 64 agreements. | | More |
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