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Barr: ‘Even in Times of Emergency,’ Federal Law Prohibits Religious Discrimination
Attorney General William Barr said in a statement Tuesday that “even in times of emergency,” federal law prohibits religious discrimination. The attorney general released a statement on religious practices and social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. It came after Barr intervened in a Mississippi church’s lawsuit against Greenville police, who ticketed congregants during a drive-in… -
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How Christian Educators Adapt and Persevere During COVID-19 Crisis
As the coronavirus sweeps across the country, unprecedented statewide school closures have transformed education in America. The massive and abrupt shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing private Christian schools to reexamine how they will maintain educational standards and community during this crisis. Christian schools have responded with tenacity, flexibility, and a… -
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How ‘Grievance Studies’ Corrupt Academic Scholarship
America’s colleges are rife with corruption. The financial squeeze resulting from the new coronavirus offers opportunities for a bit of remediation. Let’s first examine what might be the root of academic corruption, suggested by the title of a recent study, “Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship.” The study was done by Areo, an… -
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What Is Having Coronavirus Like? Here’s One Man’s Experience.
Kevin Weinrich got COVID-19 several weeks ago, likely after he had been traveling in London. He joins The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about his experience with testing and the disease caused by the new coronavirus. We also cover these stories: President Donald Trump isn’t hiding his frustration with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after Cuomo… -
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Michiganders Protest Gov. Whitmer’s Draconian COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Orders
Michiganders are expressing their frustration with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s sweeping coronavirus stay-at-home orders, with protests and more than 200,000 people signing a petition for her to be removed from office. The protests and petitions follow the first-term governor’s decrees sharply curtailing personal travel and associations and further restricting commercial and retail activities. “Take action in… -
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Trump Pulls WHO Funding, Says Organization ‘Must Be Held Accountable’
President Donald Trump made it official Tuesday that the administration was halting money to the World Health Organization, the international body that said in January that COVID-19 could not be spread by human-to-human contact, and praised China’s response to the virus. “Our countries are now experiencing—look all over the world—tremendous death and economic devastation because… -
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In Sweden, There’s No COVID-19 Lockdown. Here Are 4 Things to Know.
After logging over 1,000 COVID-19 deaths, Sweden has faced a rash of criticism for having perhaps the least restrictive rules in the world regarding social distancing, as restaurants and bars and some schools remain open while staying at home is urged but not mandated. But don’t let that fool you because Sweden is still a… -
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Now Is Not (Yet) the Time to Cut Funding to the World Health Organization
President Donald Trump is justifiably upset with the World Health Organization and its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The World Health Organization is supposed to be the world’s early-warning system for pandemics, but failed spectacularly with the novel coronavirus. In particular, the WHO took Chinese statements about COVID-19 at face value and strongly praised Beijing for… -
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Ignore ‘Mrs. America.’ Here’s the True Story of Phyllis Schlafly.
Phyllis Schlafly was one of the most influential women of the second half of the 20th century, playing a key role in the 1964 Republican presidential nomination of Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona, helping to found the powerful pro-family movement in the early 1970s, and heading STOP ERA, which defeated the liberal establishment’s all-out effort… -
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7 Senators Seek Answers From World Health Organization About Coronavirus ‘Cover-Up’ With China
Seven Republican senators are demanding answers from the World Health Organization surrounding its “role in helping the Chinese Communist Party cover up information regarding the threat of the Coronavirus.” “Ahead of an anticipated congressional hearing, we write today to request information regarding the WHO’s failed and delayed response to the Coronavirus,” the senators wrote in… -
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Teachers Unions Try to Thwart Education Access at a Most Inopportune Time
With millions of students at home as the result of coronavirus district closures, and families finding themselves thrown into “unexpected homeschooling,” Americans rightly expect that teachers, administrators, and principals at all types of schools would be embracing an “all hands on deck” approach to this challenging situation. But while instances of cooperation between public and… -
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Can America Continue to Defend Europe From Russia Amid COVID-19?
KYIV, Ukraine—Disease has affected all of America’s wars. In the American Civil War, arguably the first war of the modern era, twice as many soldiers died from infectious disease as from enemy action. In the 1898 Spanish-American War, at least seven U.S. soldiers died from disease for every one who died in combat. In World… -
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Public Health Steps Should Benefit, Not Punish, the Public
Public health has two components: the public and its health. The COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed Italy’s health system, which resulted in hospitals rationing the ventilators needed by those with advanced disease. To prevent such a situation in America, states and localities have implemented stay-at-home measures that put strict limitations on our rights. By the weekend of… -
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The Left Is Calling for Mail-In Voting. Here’s Why It’s a Bad Idea.
Political figures on the left, ranging from former first lady Michelle Obama to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are calling for the presidential election on Nov. 3 to take place through mail-in voting due to the coronavirus pandemic. Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and… -
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Trump, Fauci Express Frustration With How Media Covers COVID-19 Response
President Donald Trump lashed out again Monday evening at the “fake news,” played a short video about media coverage of the coronavirus crisis, and affirmed his support for government immunologist Anthony Fauci’s key role in fighting the pandemic. The president’s focus on the media at the beginning of the White House coronavirus task force’s daily… -
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In the Wake of the USS Theodore Roosevelt Fracas, Some Insights on Military Protocols and Leadership
Americans concerned about the coronavirus threat have heard a great deal about how it’s affecting everything from hospitals to grocery stores. With so much to keep track of, though, it’s likely they know little about the outbreak that occurred aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, let alone what to make of the debacle that led… -
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Even Defense Contractors Aren’t Immune to Impact of COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting the entire global economy, and the defense industry is no exception. But defense contractors and the Pentagon are working hard to minimize the disruption to research, development, and procurement. While many businesses around the country are closed due to states’ stay-at-home orders to slow the spread of COVID-19, the defense… -
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Don’t Let COVID-19 Undermine Ireland’s Hard-Won Economic Freedom
Ireland retained its position as one of only six truly economically free countries in the world in The Heritage Foundation’s 2020 Index of Economic Freedom. The index was released on March 17—coincidentally, St. Patrick’s Day. Ireland, which had established itself in the early 2000s as one of the most open and dynamic countries in Europe,… -
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Lawmakers Need to Reform Postal Service, Not Provide Massive Bailout
Democrats and U.S. Postal Service officials are seeking a $75 billion bailout from taxpayers. While they seek to blame the COVID-19 pandemic, the facts are plain. Unsustainable wage and benefit costs, along with unaffordable and inefficient service requirements in light of reduced demand—not the new coronavirus—are the real reasons for the Postal Service’s financial troubles…. -
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Trump Derangement Syndrome Becomes a Threat to Public Health
Trump derangement syndrome—a well-documented illness that predominantly afflicts coastal elites and congressional Democrats—has turned into a political pandemic. It is the reflexive refusal to agree with any position that President Donald Trump takes, regardless of merit. In a time of national emergency, this contagion is particularly dangerous. Take hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, two drugs that doctors…