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opinion
Debunking 4 More Myths About Capitalism
Last week, I debunked three myths about capitalism. Here are four more: Myth No. 4: Capitalism creates unsafe workspaces. “Greedy capitalists” will risk workers’ lives to increase production if government, through agencies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, doesn’t stop that. It’s logical to assume that government regulation saves lives. Workplace deaths dropped… -
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Stop Gaslighting Parents on Critical Race Theory
Proponents of critical race theory are resorting to semantic gaslighting to defend a dogma that most Americans instinctively abhor. Some pundits claim that critical race theory is exclusively a school of thought taught in legal academia. On her MSNBC show, Joy Reid claimed that “law school is really the only place it is taught. NBC has… -
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Legislators Should Embrace Railroad Innovation, Not Hinder It
This week, the House of Representatives is expected to consider its massive $547 billion surface transportation bill. Unfortunately, instead of focusing on how we can make better use of existing infrastructure, such as by reducing regulatory barriers, the legislation would actually increase regulatory barriers that would hinder the use of existing infrastructure. There is one… -
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My Response to My Classmates Who Tried Canceling My Pro-Life Group
Most college students in America view Roe v. Wade as the beacon of women’s health and protection. Without that decision, women would be in perpetual danger of death by self-induced abortion, or so we are told. Compassionate, winsome conservatives need to battle this misconception, along with the many other distortions our confused culture promotes. At… -
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‘People Are Scared To Go Into These Stores’: Shoplifting Is Plaguing Residents, Stores in San Francisco
Shoplifters are targeting stores across San Francisco at higher rates, officials say, with thieves frequently stealing in front of security and the onlookers filming them before casually walking out with their items. One video captured June 14 by a local Bay Area reporter showed a shoplifter in a local Walgreens putting stolen goods in a… -
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Ohio Democrats Bang on Desks to Disrupt Vote on Amendment to Protect Women’s Sports From Men
“There’s an old saying. When the law is on your side, pound the law. When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. If neither the facts or law are on your side, pound the table.” So Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., summarized a quip that has been evolving for at least a century. And so the Democrats did in the… -
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Illinois Needs Meaningful Election Reform
Questionable electoral practices in Illinois—especially in Chicago—have been a long-running plot line in American politics. Need a few extra votes? Better check Cook County again. That’s what makes Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s endorsement of, and signature on, Illinois’ recent election bill so inexplicable. He said that “Illinois is proud to stand up for a strong, secure, and accessible democracy.” Nice words, if they were… -
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He Struggled With Same-Sex Attraction for Years Before Finding Freedom. Now, He Helps Others ‘Journey Out.’
As a teenager, Ken Williams walked into a Christian bookstore looking for resources to help him overcome his same-sex attraction. He found none. Now, years later, Williams has authored “The Journey Out: How I Followed Jesus Away From Gay” to help other individuals seeking to leave homosexuality or struggling with same-sex attraction. The “book is… -
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Trump Brands Barr, McConnell RINOs for Dismissing Claims of ‘Rigged’ 2020 Election
One day after blasting his former attorney general, William Barr, as a “RINO,” former President Donald Trump expressed regret for supporting Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. Trump issued statements on Sunday and Monday in response to an article The Atlantic published, written by ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl, that said McConnell, of Kentucky, had urged… -
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Justice Department’s Lawsuit Against Georgia Is Completely Partisan
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, headed by new, radical Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, filed a lawsuit on June 25 against Georgia. The Justice Department claimed the state’s recently enacted election reform law, SB 202, violates the 1965 Voting Rights Act because it discriminates against black Georgia voters. The complaint reads like a press… -
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By Dodging School Bathrooms Case, Supreme Court Cements Earlier Win for Transgender Rights
In a heartbreaking move for conservative court watchers, on Monday the Supreme Court denied a petition to review the case of Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board—an appeal from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over a biological girl’s access to the boy’s bathroom in one Virginia school district. In so doing, it… -
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Democrats’ Double-Cross Wrecks Bloated Infrastructure Deal
The White House held a press conference on June 24 to announce a bipartisan infrastructure deal. It was going to be an easy win for the left, with more money, power, and control for Washington. Instead, President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., all decided that this… -
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Exclusive: Rep. Ted Budd Introduces Amendment to Nix Over 1,400 Earmarks From Transportation Bill
A North Carolina congressman is introducing an amendment to remove all earmarks from a transportation spending bill slated for a House vote this week. “Taxpayers across the country are getting their first look at what Washington is like in the new earmark era,” Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C., said in a statement to The Daily Signal. … -
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Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers: What Anti-Critical Race Theory Legislation Actually Does
After the House of Representatives voted 415-14 to make Juneteenth a national holiday, New York Times national political reporter Astead Herndon tweeted, “its kinda amazing: juneteenth is gonna be a federal holiday for reasons teachers won’t be allowed to explain to their students out of fear critical race theory backlash.” Herndon’s claim is outrageously false,… -
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RightForge Offers Internet Solutions With a Promise to Protect Your Free Expression
Growing up in Silicon Valley, Martin Avila taught himself how to be a computer programmer and started a website development company when he was in high school. Even then, his politics didn’t mesh with the dominant far-left ideas of California’s tech hub. Today, he’s offering customers an an alternative in the marketplace of internet services—from… -
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China’s Secrecy Affects US
The COVID-19 pandemic illustrates why a lack of knowledge about China’s problems can become the world’s problems, says Rep. Steve Chabot, regarding one of the world’s most powerful, yet also most secretive and oppressive regimes. “No one fully understands what is happening in China. On the one hand, China seems to be an unstoppable juggernaut… -
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Blackouts Loom in California as Electricity Prices Are ‘Absolutely Exploding’
Two inexorable energy trends are underway in California: soaring electricity prices and ever-worsening reliability—and both trends bode ill for the state’s low- and middle-income consumers. Last week, the state’s grid operator, the California Independent System Operator, issued a “flex alert” that asked the state’s consumers to reduce their power use “to reduce stress on the grid and avoid power… -
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Why Illegal Immigrants Are Being Released Without Court Dates
Under circumstances at the southern border created by Biden administration actions, the contentious “catch and release” of illegal immigrants has become a bit more complicated, as the Border Patrol is now releasing thousands of illegal aliens into the country without a court date. Generally, after apprehension, it’s the Border Patrol that processes the illegal border… -
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The Crusade to Destroy Jack Phillips Continues
I’ve been writing about Colorado cakemaker Jack Phillips’ fight against cultural authoritarians for a long time. This past March, I noted that Phillips would probably be badgered into the grave. And this week, Denver District Judge A. Bruce Jones again found that the state could compel speech, claiming that Phillips had acted unlawfully when refusing… -
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Scalise Calls on Pelosi to Hold Hearings on Origins of COVID-19
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise is accusing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of not being honest about China over the origins of the coronavirus. “Today, we are here with the [GOP] Doctors Caucus to talk about something we’ve been calling on for a long time, and that is demanding actual accountability and demanding that Speaker Pelosi…