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opinion
How Civility Can Pull Us Back From the Brink
Coming out of the bitterly-fought midterm elections, it’s easy to feel as though the United States has reached unprecedented levels of partisanship, but new research and lessons from our own history paint a different picture. The American people actually have more in common on issues that matter than many would believe. The disconnect stems from… -
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Put Human Rights Back on the Negotiating Table With North Korea
Some of the world’s worst human rights violations take place in North Korea. Estimates say between 80,000 and 120,000 individuals are inhumanely detained in North Korea’s six known, operational political prison camps. A United Nations Commission of Inquiry report on human rights revealed that the North Korean regime regularly committed crimes against humanity, including extermination, murder,… -
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Before Congress Adds More Judges, Let’s Fill the Current Vacancies
The 115th Congress is wrapping up its legislative business. What will the 116th bring? One likelihood is a bill to expand the federal judiciary. Here’s how Congress should handle it. Two months ago, retiring Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., introduced H.R.6755, the Judiciary Reforms, Organization and Operational Modernization Act of 2018. Title II… -
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Major Media Outlets Do 180-Turnaround on George H.W. Bush After His Passing
Before George H.W. Bush fades from memory into the darkness of history books, one more point needs to be made. It is about the contrast between how most of the major media treated him when he was president and how they mostly (but not completely) did a 180 during their coverage and commentary of his… -
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France Protests Are Warning to American Politicians Who Ignore Forgotten Man
The European elites can’t be happy with what is happening in France. Over the last month, hundreds of thousands of angry French citizens have joined in “yellow vest” protests, initially sparked by proposed carbon taxes on fuel. This weekend, protester turnout was down, but the violence was up. While the destructive rioting should be deplored,… -
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Not All in Prison Are Hardened Criminals. We Need to Offer Rehabilitation Possibilities.
What parent hopes their child will grow up to be a career criminal? What child dreams of one day living behind the bars of one of America’s 102 federal prisons? Going to prison is a nightmare, not a dream. And it’s become a terrible reality for many. Today, more than 2.4 million people are confined… -
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Podcast: The New Conservative Media Empire
Jon Miller, the White House correspondent for the new Blaze Media, joins us to discuss the new venture’s reach and goals, as well as what it’s like covering the Trump White House as a conservative reporter. Plus: Daily Signal and Heritage producer Thaleigha Rampersad joins us to explain why she doesn’t think “It’s a Wonderful… -
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Supreme Court’s Refusal to Hear Planned Parenthood Case Is a Missed Opportunity
The Supreme Court on Monday missed an opportunity to bring clarity to an area of the law about which the lower courts are divided: Whether states can prevent Medicaid funds from going to pay for non-abortion services at Planned Parenthood clinics. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the court’s decision not to take up the case,… -
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Students Want to Remove the Name of Clarence Thomas From Building, but Can’t Say Why
Some students at a Georgia college continue to call for removing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ name from a campus building, but aren’t able to say why. “We should probably just take his name off of the building,” a young woman tells Cabot Phillips, Campus Reform’s media director, in a video posted Monday by the conservative… -
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This Teacher Was Fired for ‘Misgendering’ a Student. Who Could Be Next?
Last week, a Virginia school board voted unanimously to fire a teacher after he refused to comply with administrators’ orders to use a female student’s preferred masculine pronouns. The student “transitioned” over the summer and began identifying as a man. This latest casualty in the culture wars raises the obvious question: Who could be next?… -
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What to Do About Pending Release of 1 in 4 Terrorism-Related Convicts
In the next five years, one-quarter of all those convicted of terrorism-related crimes in the U.S. will be released from prison, according to a new report from a former propagandist for radical jihadists who became a police official working in counterterrorism. The report from Jesse Morton, dubbed the “first former jihadi,” calls for the United… -
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Why the US Is Right to Refuse to Sign UN Migration Compact
On Dec. 10-11 in Morocco, most of the world’s nations will sign on to the United Nations’ Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. The U.S. will not be signing the migration compact—and that’s the correct decision from public policy, national security, and national sovereignty standpoints. The migration compact was initiated when the U.N…. -
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Happy Birthday, Jack! Twitter CEO Celebrates Turning 42 in a Country Engaged in Genocide
At 42, some people might celebrate their birthday at a backyard barbecue with friends, others might enjoy a night out on the town. A lucky few get to travel, squeezing the sand between their toes or getting bitten by frost in the French Alps. But if you’re Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, these sorts of celebrations… -
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Right Side of History: Meet the Man Who Made the Supreme Court
“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 discuss the legacy of Chief Justice John Marshall and how it relates to today. Chief Justice John… -
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Seeks ‘Pro-Life, Pro-Science’ Alternatives to Fetal Tissue Research
The Trump administration is investing up to $20 million for the next two years to determine effective alternatives to using tissue from aborted babies for research. The announcement Monday from the Department of Health and Human Services comes after the administration in September terminated a government contract with California-based Advanced Bioscience Resources Inc. to provide… -
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On Gender, the Science Is Deafening
Reading the headlines this week is like taking a trip to an alternate universe. Ten years ago, if you’d have said that in 2018 teachers would get fired for calling a girl a girl, most people wouldn’t have believed you. Unfortunately, that’s the ridiculous world Americans are waking up to every morning. But to most… -
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‘Borderline Impossible’: Noted Scientist Tackles Sea Level Rise Alarmism
When it comes to alarming projections of global warming-induced sea level rise, veteran climate scientist Judith Curry says people need to cool it. “Projections of extreme, alarming impacts are very weakly justified to borderline impossible,” Curry told The Daily Caller News Foundation. Curry’s latest research, put together for clients of her consulting company near the end… -
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What Faith-Based Efforts Can Do to Help Prevent Veteran Suicide
I don’t often quote sources from The New York Times, but in mid-November, David Brooks wrote a piece called “Fighting the Spiritual Void.” He stated without equivocation that “[t]rauma is a moral and spiritual issue as much as a psychological or chemical one.” He could not be more correct. The Heritage Foundation convened a panel… -
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Pompeo Is Right on Sovereignty. His Council on Foreign Relations Critic Is Wrong.
Stewart Patrick of the Council on Foreign Relations didn’t much like Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s sovereignist speech on Dec. 4, and he lets you know it. In a rant titled “Tilting at Straw Men,” he faults Pompeo for being “disingenuous,” “selective and tendentious,” and “gratuitously” aggressive. It all came in a blog at the… -
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Podcast: Making Sense of the Latest Jobs Report
On today’s show, we analyze November’s job gains and the historically low unemployment rate. Will it last? The Heritage Foundation’s Tim Doescher, who writes about the employment report each month for The Daily Signal, joins us with the highlights. We also feature an interview with Ericka Andersen of the Independent Women’s Forum, who is author of the book…