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Japan’s New Emperor Marks a New Era
May 1 marks an important day in Japan’s history. On Wednesday, Japanese Emperor Akihito will abdicate the throne and cede it to his son, Crown Prince Naruhito. While the event is largely symbolic, it will usher in a new era for Japan. Japan, like most other countries in the world, uses the same Gregorian calendar… -
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Where Race Relations Stand in 2019
Race relations aren’t doing so well in 2019. A recent Pew Research Center survey tackled a number of issues relating to race, and the outlook is grim. The survey showed a clear chasm between the way Republicans and Democrats view race in America. As with any poll measuring intangibles, the survey raises more questions than… -
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This Popular Lawmaker Explains How to Talk About Conservatism With Next Generation
“Young people are looking for a deeper conversation than just red-meat talking points,” says Rep. Dan Crenshaw in an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal. The popular Texas Republican, who was elected to the House in 2018, has already made waves, appearing on “Saturday Night Live” last fall. “There is a generational gap … and… -
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What the Left Gets Wrong About Racial Disparities
My longtime friend and colleague Thomas Sowell has just published a revised and enlarged edition of “Discrimination and Disparities.” It lays waste to myth after myth about the causes of human differences not only in the United States but around the globe. Throughout the book, Sowell shows that socioeconomic outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups,… -
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Trump, Democrats Agree to $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan. How to Pay for It Will Come Later.
President Donald Trump and a delegation of congressional Democrats agreed Tuesday on “big and bold” infrastructure plans with an equally big price tag of $2 trillion over 10 years. The discussion of how to pay for it was left for another day. Democratic leaders noted it would include expanding broadband internet access and work on… -
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John Bolton: White House Plans for Post-Maduro Venezuela
Juan Guaido, Venezuela’s lawful leader under its Constitution, was set to lead a march against Nicolas Maduro, who continued to cling to the South American nation’s presidency with the support of Russia, China, and Cuba. The U.S. is among more than 50 countries around the world backing Guaido as Venezuela’s only legitimate leader. After military… -
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4 Takeaways From House Democrats’ ‘Medicare for All’ Hearing
Democrats pushed their “Medicare for All” legislation in a hearing Tuesday before the House Rules Committee, saying it would provide health care efficiently to all Americans. “Full room at the FIRST EVER hearing on #MedicareForAll today,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., tweeted Tuesday. “A tremendous step in ensuring every single person in this country has quality… -
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Why Most Jews Aren’t Bothered by the Times’ Anti-Semitic Cartoon
Last week, The New York Times published a cartoon so anti-Semitic that Bret Stephens wrote in his Times column that it was “an image that, in another age, might have been published in the pages of Der Sturmer.” Der Sturmer was the Nazis’ major anti-Semitic newspaper. A Times columnist charging the Times with publishing a… -
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Left’s Use of Islamophobia a Cynical Ploy to Shut Down Disagreement
“Some people did something.” That’s not how most people would describe a watershed event in which terrorists killed as many people as possible by turning planes into missiles. Yet this was how Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., referred to the 9/11 attacks at a Council on American-Islamic Relations fundraiser last month. In doing so, she prompted a response… -
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The NeverTrump Movement Is on Life Support
With the over-hyped but underwhelming conclusion of the Mueller investigation, whatever dreams NeverTrumpers within the GOP had of removing the president from office have vanished. Their last flicker of hope lies in mounting a Republican primary challenge in 2020—a strategy doomed to fail. NeverTrumpism is not dead, but it is on life support with no… -
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Answers May Be Coming in the Jussie Smollett Case
Sunlight is the best disinfectant, as the old saying goes. And that’s exactly what one retired Illinois appeals court judge wants to use to get to the bottom of why, and how, Kim Foxx handled the Jussie Smollett case the way she did. In an April 1 Chicago Tribune op-ed, retired Judge Sheila O’Brien wrote… -
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This Mom Is Fighting Her Kids’ School District’s LGBT Indoctrination
Maria Keffler is a former teacher herself. But when she recently found out, by accident, about new LGBT policies her children’s school district was considering instituting, Keffler was shocked. Now she’s speaking out—and urging other parents to do the same. Read the transcript of the interview, posted below, or listen to the interview on the… -
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New York Is Illegally Targeting the NRA, Trump Says
President Donald Trump on Monday called the New York state attorney general’s newly announced probe of the National Rifle Association illegal, and an expert on laws regarding nonprofits contends that the probe is at minimum improper. Trump said it was a concerted effort to “take down and destroy” the NRA. “When a state attorney general… -
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Unions Keep Deducting Dues Without Consent, Teachers Say
Just a few weeks before school let out last May, unexpected visitors showed up in Bethany Mendez’s classroom. They didn’t come to discuss the nuts and bolts of education or the work the teacher was doing to assist young students with learning disabilities. Instead, the visitors wanted to know why she was leaving the teachers… -
opinion
Sen. Mike Lee Explains How the Declaration of Independence Makes America Exceptional
“The Right Side of History” is a podcast dedicated to exploring current events through a historical lens and busting left-wing myths about figures and events of America’s past. On this week’s episode, hosts Jarrett Stepman and Fred Lucas speak to Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, about the Declaration of Independence and how it makes America exceptional…. -
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House Democrats Try to Block Withdrawal From Climate Pact
The Democrat-controlled House is set to vote this week on a measure to keep the United States in the Obama-era Paris climate agreement, from which President Donald Trump withdrew in June 2017, within six months of becoming president. HR 9, the Climate Action Now Act, would block federal funds from being used to exit the… -
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Middlebury College Canceled His Speech. Then, a Few Students Redeemed the Situation.
Prior to two weeks ago, Middlebury College in Vermont had become just another poster child for the war on free speech on American college and university campuses. Back in March 2017, administrators at the small liberal arts college disinvited conservative sociologist Charles Murray under threat of violence and protesting students. The week before last, however,… -
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Elizabeth Warren’s Bill Would Punish Corporate Leaders for Wrongs They Didn’t Commit
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has made every effort to rally left-wing populists to her cause—from promising to cancel student loan debt to breaking up big tech companies. But one of her latest efforts highlights a problem that continues to plague our society: the politicization of the criminal law. On April 3, Warren introduced the Corporate… -
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Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax Would Backfire
Whenever Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is asked how she’ll fund “free” college tuition and her many other promised goodies, she has a ready answer: a tax. Specifically, she wants the federal government to impose a 2% annual tax on accumulated wealth in excess of $50 million. This is hardly a new idea. Of the 14… -
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib: I Was ‘Really Afraid of My Fellow Americans’ After 9/11
Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib revealed in an interview she was “terrified” for herself and her family after the Sept. 11 terror attacks that left nearly 3,000 Americans dead. “I was probably in my second year of law school when 9/11 happened and I was really terrified of what was going to happen to my…