Aug 08, 2020
 

Good morning from Washington, where the idea of widespread voting by mail in November is a dividing line for liberals and conservatives. What’s going on in Nevada should worry Americans, the state’s former attorney general writes. Plus: Barack Obama’s about-face on the wisdom of the filibuster; 75 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and what’s happened to our families. On this date in 1974, President Richard M. Nixon, facing a House impeachment vote, goes on television to announce that he will resign the next day. Enjoy your weekend.

  
 
 
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By Adam Laxalt

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and his legislative allies claim the 100-page bill—the crux of which is an unprecedented expansion of mail-in voting and an allowance for “ballot harvesting”—is a necessary safety precaution in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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By David Harsanyi

It’s no coincidence that the same politicos clamoring for more direct democracy are the ones who view the Constitution as the biggest impediment to their goals.
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By Victor Davis Hanson

Just the street fighting to recapture Manila in the Philippines in early 1945 cost a quarter-million Filipino, Allied, and Japanese lives.
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By Star Parker

In 1962, 5% of women ages 30-34 never had been married. By 2019, this was up to 35%. And the percentage of births to unmarried women has risen from 5% in 1960 to 40% in 2018.
 
     
 
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