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Conservatives have great recipes for addressing poverty. But for those living in impoverished communities to become believers in those recipes we need more chefs –… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Two gatherings of activists and donors over the weekend, the Iowa Freedom Summit on Saturday and the Freedom Partners event in Palm Springs on Sunday… Read More
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Is President Obama trying to poison the waters of compromise with his push to the far left on business and economic matters? That was the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Should abortion facilities have to follow the same standards as other medical clinics? If you thought the answer to that, regardless of your views on… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Gun control advocates are changing strategy. If you can’t get legislation infringing upon the Second Amendment with President Obama sitting in the White House and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Today, John Boehner won the job as speaker of the House for the new 114th Congress. He won the job despite by surviving the most… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Why didn’t John Boehner coast to victory in the race for speaker of the House? What many conservatives want they fear they are not going… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Republicans don’t need to come up with a list of 2015 New Year’s resolutions. The promises they made on the campaign trail in 2014 will… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The mainstream media too often still doesn’t get it. Appearing on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” this morning, Daily Signal senior contributor Genevieve Wood discussed… Read More
SocietyCommentary
From Carol Costello on CNN making fun of the Palin family to just about every other segment on MSNBC, 2014 was a banner year for… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I knew what I wanted to see on my friend’s third test. A friend of mine recently had her routine mammogram. Scarily, the results came… Read More
LawCommentary
According to a recent Justice Department study, 80 percent of sexual assaults against college students are never reported. The report also found slightly higher rates… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I had promised myself I wasn’t going to write about 2016 until at least Jan. 1, 2015. So much for that. Jeb Bush announced today via… Read More
EconomyCommentary
There are plenty of reasons to shout and pout about what’s happening in Washington this week. The congressional elves who had all year to craft,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Well, that didn’t take long. In the first standoff between Republican leadership and President Obama following the November elections, the GOP is showing signs it… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Incentives matter. Human experience and common sense tells us you get more of the behavior you reward – and there has been no better case… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Remember the KGB? According to Canada’s ambassador for religious freedom, Andrew Bennett, Russia is back to its old tricks of intimidation—specifically in Crimea and eastern… Read More
LawCommentary
We’ve been here before. The riots in Ferguson, Mo., are the latest set off by racial tensions—but they are certainly not the first. Decades may… Read More
SocietyCommentary
More than 50 percent of the American electorate is made up of women. With Hillary Clinton as the front-runner for Democrats heading into the 2016… Read More
LawCommentary
I was wrong. I once believed that no matter who was elected president, he would never be quite as good as I hoped he would… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The marriage issue didn’t play a major role in the 2014 midterms, but activist courts overturning state laws and lawsuits threatening the rights of those… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The midterm elections boiled down to this: The majority of Americans want to checkmate President Obama’s agenda. The voters delivered that message clearly last Tuesday. But… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Despite yesterday’s election results, President Obama is reportedly still planning to move forward with an executive order to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
On Wednesday at 5 p.m. ET, I’ll talk with Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint and Heritage Action CEO Mike Needham to get their take on the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In most of America, when someone gets fired for poor performance, they are not allowed to stay on the job another two months. But Washington… Read More
SocietyCommentary
There was something missing from a campaign event where President Obama spoke on Sunday–a crowd. Even in Pennsylvania where there is a hotly contested governor’s… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Veteran public opinion guru Scott Rasmussen says the biggest issue driving the 2014 election cycle is not just President Obama’s low approval rating but his… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Are non-citizens potentially voting in Tuesday’s election? Yes, according to Old Dominion University Professors Jesse Richman and David Earnest, who wrote an article for The… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Does it matter which political party controls Congress come 2015? Turn on any news program covering the mid-term election and you’ll get a steady stream… Read More
SocietyCommentary
There is no doubt that the rights the First Amendment protects–freedom of speech and freedom of religion–are increasingly the most attacked. Some of the most… Read More
