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opinion
Dark Reality of How Transgender Ideology Is Affecting Women, Girls
Abigail Martinez’s daughter Yaeli was in high school when she started struggling with transgenderism. Her California school affirmed Yaeli’s struggle with her gender ideology and supported her taking steps to transition. Martinez tried her best to support her daughter, knowing that “changing” genders ultimately would not make her teenager happy. But because Martinez was not… -
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America’s Economic Freedom Tumbles in Decadelong Decline
Last year, America was ranked 20th in The Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom. This year, America’s rating in the index fell five places and now stands at No. 25, behind nations such as Ireland, Canada, and Chile. “We’ve been on about a decadelong decline in our economic freedom,” Terry Miller, a visiting fellow for… -
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Understanding Putin’s Ultimate Objective
Images we deemed purely in the realm of history are being broadcast live 24 hours a day on all media platforms. Tanks rolling down urban streets and European cities being shelled, as women and children look for safety in refugee convoys or in impromptu subterranean shelters. Amidst all the propaganda, crucial questions must be answered…. -
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Biden’s HHS Pushes ‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility’ Agenda to Racialize Government
President Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services is creating a “strategic plan” to advance goals for “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” in the federal workforce, according to an internal document obtained by The Daily Signal. The strategic plan at HHS, implemented in response to Biden’s executive order in June 2021, will build on… -
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Biden Sics Bureaucrats on Cryptocurrencies
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order pushing federal agencies to come up with new restrictions on cryptocurrencies, while formally tasking them to consider imposing a Chinese-style government-run surveillance crypto to displace the U.S. dollar. While paying lip service to innovation and to crypto’s ability to reach the financially marginalized, the order is… -
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After 2 Years, We Don’t Need Nationwide Travel Mandates to Control COVID-19
Although we’ve seen significant progress in preventing and treating severe cases of COVID-19, thanks to vaccines and therapeutics, we still face a raging debate over remaining governmental restrictions, including those on personal travel. The Biden administration has regularly imposed or extended heavy-handed mandates. Courts have struck down or blocked some of these, including a vaccine… -
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It’s Time to Stop Taxing Inflation and Start Indexing Capital Gains
There’s a common, misguided notion in Washington that the strength of the U.S. economy lies in the American people’s willingness to spend. Commentators have described consumption as the “engine of economic growth” in the United States. They say we need to stimulate demand for the economy to grow. This wrongheaded emphasis on spending also manifests… -
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NBC Makes Ron DeSantis ‘The Face of Controversy’
In the annals of manufactured scandals by TV networks, one of the lamest examples was Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ telling high school students at an event of his: “You do not have to wear those masks. I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it’s not doing anything, and we’ve got to stop this COVID theater.”… -
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8 Ways Massive Omnibus Spending Bill Is a Mistake
Facing yet another artificial, self-imposed government funding deadline, congressional leaders released a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill with the intent of jamming it through Congress and into law in just a few days with as little transparent and public debate as possible. The 2,700-page omnibus spending bill is presented as a false choice: Either support… -
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Environmentalist NIMBYism Means Foreign Policy Disaster
This week, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine dragged on, gas prices in America soared to their highest levels since 2008, increasing over 57 cents in just one month. In parts of the United States, gas at the pump costs in excess of $7 per gallon. The answer to this challenge is obvious: The United… -
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A Morally Weak Biden Invites Putin’s Aggression
I wrote last week about the collapse of the Soviet Union as result of the strength, moral clarity, and leadership of President Ronald Reagan. I quoted Reagan’s observation that the ultimate battle we fight, around the world and at home, is one of good and evil. This battle never ends. Evil always seeks to advance,… -
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Are Bitcoin and Other Forms of Cryptocurrency the Future of Money?
Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum are popping up everywhere. But many Americans may not completely understand what they are. As governments around the globe struggle to legislate on this new digital money, it can be useful to know exactly what’s going on. Heritage Foundation research fellow Peter St. Onge, an economist, says he sees… -
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9 Things to Know About Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, Who Rejects COVID-19 Shots for Healthy Children
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is drawing national attention after announcing Monday that his state will officially recommend that health officials not give COVID-19 vaccinations to healthy children. White House press secretary Jen Psaki responded by criticizing Ladapo for going against Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, saying: “It’s… -
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Proves Conservatives Can Beat LGBT-Obsessed Left
The Florida state Senate on Tuesday passed a parents rights bill, a media-maligned piece of legislation that will prohibit primary school teachers from talking about sexual orientation with children in pre-K through third grade. Senate passage of the Parental Rights in Education bill by a vote of 21-17 marks a milestone in parents’ efforts across… -
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Russian Oil Import Ban Just a Distraction From Biden’s Anti-Energy Policies
President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a nationwide ban on imports of Russian oil, coal, and natural gas, relenting to pressure to stand against Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Unfortunately, the administration is only projecting the appearance of a principled stand and continues to be unwilling to make the necessary policy changes for an import… -
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Ukraine Needs Our Help, but No-Fly Zone Should Be Off Table
The situation in Ukraine is heartbreaking to watch. Russian President Vladimir Putin, a despotic thug, has waded headlong into an all-out invasion of that country, and his army is using Soviet-era tactics with little regard for collateral damage or civilian casualties. Watching the carnage unfold in near-real time is infuriating, and people around the world… -
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18 Photos Capture Russia’s Onslaught Against Citizens of Ukraine
As a third round of peace talks Monday yielded little progress toward ending Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, an estimated 2 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries. Women and children have said goodbye to their husbands, fathers, and brothers as men ages 18 to 60 remain to fight the Russian army. Here are… -
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Economic Freedom Is Key to Empowering Women With More, Better Opportunities
The Economist summed up the importance of women’s empowerment last September by pointing out, in an article headlined “Societies that treat women badly are poorer and less stable,” that “[o]ppressing women not only hurts women; it also hurts men.” It’s notable that women’s empowerment has progressed significantly in a number of countries. Yet many other… -
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How Environmentalists Help Putin
For more than 40 years, the environmentalist movement has been warning that global warming is the result of mankind’s burning of fossil fuels and poses an “existential threat” to human and other biological life. This is one of the many grandiose lies the left uses to reshape, if not destroy, Western civilization. Other grandiose lies… -
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The Biden Administration’s Shocking Scientific Abuses at EPA
The Biden administration and its Environmental Protection Agency are continuing their attack on sound science and undermining faith in the regulatory process. In December 2020, during the Trump administration, the EPA decided to retain the existing air quality standards for fine particulate matter. This decision was based in part on the advice of the Clean…