Star Parker, a columnist for The Daily Signal, is president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education.
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In 1983, Tom Cruise starred in the film “Risky Business.” It’s about wealthy parents in Chicago who go on vacation and leave the house under… Read More
SocietyCommentary
According to a new report from The Washington Post, America’s corporations have committed at least $49.5 billion to the cause of “racial justice” since the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
President Joe Biden was right in his speech to the nation about our withdrawal from Afghanistan, that a long legacy of American involvement there preceded… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The enabling tool of what we call “cancel culture” or “wokeness” is language. People are put in categories to which names are assigned, and that… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In May, the Supreme Court put abortion on the docket for its upcoming session by agreeing to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Ben & Jerry’s, noted for its ice cream made from “contented cows,” has produced not such contented consumers in many circles following its announcement to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Since the new wave of race consciousness that has been sweeping our country, precipitated by the graphic video of the killing of George Floyd by… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Poor People’s Campaign has announced a “season of nonviolent, moral direct action,” targeting the U.S. Senate with disruptive activities every Monday, now through Aug… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It is one of the unfortunate ironies coming out of the Biden administration that, with all the obsession about so-called equity, policies it is putting… Read More
Education Commentary
The issue of critical race theory is raising a more fundamental question about our nation: education. Education is about more than teaching children to read… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Supreme Court’s recent decision, Fulton v. Philadelphia, is justifiably getting mixed reviews. Catholic Social Services sued the city of Philadelphia, through the Philadelphia Archdiocese,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
For sure, Democrats rejoiced as they watched Republicans painfully twist in the wind at the beginning of LGBTQ Pride Month, trying to figure out how… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Listening to all the rhetoric in the popular media, you would think America is the most unfair, racist nation in the world. You would think… Read More
SocietyCommentary
If there is one reason why problems associated with race in America persist, it is because we pretend to address problems caused by one sin… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In 1867, American writer Mark Twain visited the Holy Land. He recorded his impressions in a book titled “The Innocents Abroad.” Twain was appalled when… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that births in the U.S. reached another historic low in 2020. For the sixth consecutive year, the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
When I began my work 25 years ago, my vision for fixing our poor, broken communities was driven by my belief in America and what… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Alexis McGill Johnson, has used The New York Times as a confessional to fess up to the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas raised ire from conservatives for vetoing legislation passed by the Arkansas state Legislature that would have banned “gender-affirming” medical… Read More
LawCommentary
The controversy surrounding the new voting law in the state of Georgia raises important issues regarding the governance of our country and the role of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas summed up our border crisis in a statement he released March 16: “We are on pace to encounter more… Read More
SocietyCommentary
When the COVID-19 pandemic started and lockdowns became part of our daily lives, some romantic souls were predicting that this would produce a baby boom…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
The issue of reparations to black Americans as payment for damage done as a result of years of legal slavery and subsequent discrimination is back… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A recent Reuters headline read, “Yellen, Rice tout economics as key to fixing American inequality.” According to Susan Rice, President Joe Biden’s new domestic policy… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Congressional Budget Office now projects that economic recovery in 2021 will be faster than it predicted last July. It projects that the economy will… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
President Joe Biden focused on the theme of unity in his inaugural address. “Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this: bringing… Read More
SocietyCommentary
There seems to be only one area of common ground in America today: agreement that something is wrong. But regarding what that “something” is, and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
While sitting in the Delta lounge in the Atlanta airport waiting for my flight back to Washington, a white gentleman approached me and struck up… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
What would our nation look like if every day, every American—of every background and ethnicity—were to wake up with the conviction that they are 100%… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A retrospective on President Donald Trump’s four years in office must be put in perspective of what he himself promised to accomplish when he ran:… Read More
