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Want Less Violence? Promote Gun Ownership
Would carrying a gun make you feel safer? Robert Nash and Brandon Koch thought so. But the state of New York denied them gun permits, saying they hadn’t demonstrated a “special need.” Why did they have to prove such a “need”? The Supreme Court ruled more than 10 years ago that all Americans have a… -
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School Choice Only Option in Divided Nation
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 and write. It is about transmitting values, transmitting a worldview, that will define how our youth think and how they will live. Per the Department of Education, in 2020, 56.4… -
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These Woke Firms Are Sponsoring China’s Genocide Games
This article has been corrected to reflect that General Electric has not taken a position on Georgia’s voting law and is not a current sponsor of the 2022 Olympic games. “I never said that I hated the country,” third-place hammer thrower Gwen Berry told CNN after turning away from the United States flag as the… -
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GOP Senators Cautioned on More Funding for IRS in ‘Infrastructure’ Deal
The $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal—with as many as 11 Republican senators on board—isn’t limited to building roads, bridges, and broadband. It also includes building up the Internal Revenue Service by $40 billion over 10 years. If passed, it would get President Joe Biden halfway to his goal of $80 billion over a decade in… -
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Critical Race Theory Is Cultural Marxism, Has No Place in Classroom
Critical race theory is a twisted and vile concept. It’s the belief that our nation’s somber history of slavery can only be redeemed by erasing every institution and person that took any part in the nation’s founding. Just as Marxism before it, critical race theory eliminates our individuality and instead divides us into groups of… -
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Democrats Blame GOP for Democrat-Invented ‘Defund the Police’ Efforts
As violent crime surges from coast to coast, Democrats could do one of two things about their “defund the police” initiatives that are propelling this mayhem. They could defend their efforts and say, in essence, “Who cares about the burgeoning carnage? We want social justice, the blood of innocents be damned.” Or they could apologize:… -
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3 Actions You Can Take to Preserve Freedom on Independence Day
When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he set into motion a series of events culminating in American sovereignty and the establishment of a government made for the people and by the people. He intentionally wrote the declaration so that America’s government would depend on our civic participation. Embedded in foundational American documents is… -
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Government Checks Can Encourage Dark Side of Human Nature
Books and articles—scientific as well as theological—have been written on human nature. Still, most people don’t understand it, or refuse to learn from it, or worse, play to its dark side. Some politicians play to the dark side of human nature because it empowers them and extends their careers at taxpayers’ expense. They never have… -
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Judge Orders Minneapolis to Hire More Police Officers
A judge ordered the city of Minneapolis to hire more police officers Thursday after finding the city’s reduction of its police force violated its charter. The order, issued by Hennepin County District Court Judge Jamie L. Anderson, commands the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey to “fund a police force of at least 0.0017… -
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Frederick Douglass’ Other Fourth of July Speech Is Particularly Timely in 2021
This time of year, many Americans rightly draw attention to Frederick Douglass and his famous speech “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro,” delivered to white abolitionists in Rochester, New York, in 1852. As I’ve written before, there is a great deal more to this speech—given years before the Civil War—than those who quote… -
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Why Are Lawmakers Agreeing to Send Armies of IRS Agents After American Small Businesses?
If you wanted to find the group getting the rawest deal in 2021 America, you might start with small-business owners. Many are finding themselves working 60- or 80-hour weeks just to scrape by. During the height of COVID-19, these companies were especially beaten down. Between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2020, about 30% of… -
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Chinese Scientists Try to Make a Male Rat Pregnant. It’s Time to Draw the Line.
Recently, a team of Chinese scientists published a study in which they parabiotically joined a male and female rat, then gave the male rat a uterus and attempted to have it carry embryos to term. Hopefully, this has at least given you pause. Arina Grossu, director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family… -
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What NYPD Ex-Cop and 9/11 First Responder Says About Patriotism, July Fourth
Rob O’Donnell is a former New York City Police Department detective who was involved with the response to, and rescue efforts in, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, as well as the response to 9/11. He joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to talk about the Fourth of July, patriotism, the contempt some show for the… -
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Why ‘Red, White, and Blue’ Should Bridge Red vs. Blue Divide on Fourth of July
As John Adams—that passionate advocate of “independency”—wrote, July Fourth should be commemorated with “Pomp and Parade, with [Shows], Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of the Continent to the Other from this Time forward forever more.” There’s a more serious side to July Fourth when we remember what makes America exceptional,… -
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Press Military Leaders Up for Promotions Tougher on Critical Race Theory, Cotton Urges
Sen. Tom Cotton suggested he would ask tougher questions of nominees of top military command positions about their views on critical race theory before they are given promotions. Cotton, R-Ark., an Army veteran who fought in Afghanistan, said the doctrine gaining a foothold in a number of institutions, including the military, is contrary to the… -
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‘Botched’ NYC Mayor’s Race Casts Doubt on Ranked-Choice Voting
After New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary election last week, the preliminary 10 percentage-point lead enjoyed by candidate Eric Adams suggested the outcome was a near-certainty, even under the city’s new ranked-choice voting system. More than a week later, however, the nation’s biggest city has been cast into confusion and heated debate over whether the… -
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Schools Use ‘Equity’ as Trojan Horse for Toxic Critical Race Theory
In a clever move to utilize the existing modicum of “cultural competency” training, educators bent on revising American history and pushing equal outcomes have found a place to embed the elements of critical race theory. States are running it up the flagpole and out to local school boards in cleverly packaged messaging that demands equity…. -
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Supreme Court Provides a Win for Commonsense Election Measures
On the last day of its term, the Supreme Court delivered a victory for those who support commonsense election integrity measures. The 6-to-3 result in Brnovich v. DNC was the right decision, though the three dissenting justices didn’t see it that way. Neither Arizona’s “out of precinct” policy, which requires that a ballot cast by… -
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Supreme Court Upholds Freedom of Association
What would it take for the American Civil Liberties Union and the Independent Women’s Law Center, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the Gun Owners of America, and the Human Rights Campaign and the Proposition 8 Legal Defense Fund to be found in the same trench fighting the same opponent? Nothing less… -
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House of Representatives Goes Fishing on China
“If you don’t scare Congress, it goes fishing,” Will Rogers once said. “If you do scare it, it goes crazy.” Regarding China, the humorist’s wisdom is bearing out on both ends of the Capitol. The Senate in June passed the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, a $200-plus billion (until recently, a lot of money) stab…