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How to Make Sure the 2020 Election Never Happens Again
To see what’s wrong with our election system, just look at all the claims and allegations being made in the litigation filed by the Trump campaign and other organizations contesting the outcome of the presidential election. Regardless of what happens with that challenge, state legislatures should take note of the underlying problems, which have existed… -
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Pennsylvania Governor’s Climate Regulations Draw Bipartisan Opposition as Hearings Begin
Other elected officials in Pennsylvania continue to question the constitutionality of Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed carbon tax in the run-up to 10 public hearings that begin Tuesday on the disputed regulations to address climate change. The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board has approved a “cap and trade” plan to cap carbon dioxide emissions from power plants…. -
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How We Can Help the Military Fight for the Future of Our Country
America’s security depends largely on the readiness of the U.S. military. Threats loom like a rising China, terrorism, and bad actors like North Korea, Iran, and others. These countries have demonstrated a desire to remake the existing world order to better suit their ideologies and interests. To remain ready, America’s armed forces depend on a… -
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‘The Bill Walton Show’: Surviving COVID-19 With Jay Richards
Weeks after Jay Richards, co-author of “The Price of Panic: How the Tyranny of Experts Turned a Pandemic Into a Catastrophe,” joined “The Bill Walton Show,” he contracted COVID-19. Now recovered, Richards rejoins the show to talk about his personal experience with the virus, the discussions he had with front-line health care workers, and why they… -
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He Was Hospitalized by COVID-19. Here’s What He Wants You to Know.
Allen Muench was fighting for his life when he checked into the hospital in November with COVID-19. After just 36 hours under the care of his doctors and nurses, Muench says he “felt like a new person.” Muench, a longtime Daily Signal subscriber from St. Louis, joins the show to share his personal experience with… -
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Feeling Guilty About Everything? Thank Critical Race Theory
Noxious Marxist theories that have festered in academia for decades finally burst out of ivy-covered walls in 2020, invading all aspects of American life. It wasn’t just the cities succumbing to nightly riots—everything from sporting events, to classrooms, to the workplace was hammered with the message that America was never the land of the free…. -
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Mandatory Voting Is Authoritarian
After the 2016 presidential election, I wrote an exceptionally unpopular op-ed for The Washington Post headlined, “We must weed out ignorant Americans from the electorate.” In it, I noted that “never have so many people with so little knowledge made so many consequential decisions for the rest of us.” My assumption has always been that… -
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Trust in Our Institutions Is in Free Fall. How Did We Get Here?
There’s a lot of talk these days about conspiracies. A huge number of Americans are prone to believing some pretty wild stuff. This is true on the left, where a large number of people never stopped believing that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to steal the White House from Hillary Clinton. This is also… -
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Fed Up With Tech Platforms’ Censorship? Here Are 3 Free Speech Upstarts
Traditional social media networks are experiencing a backlash from users as they continue to “cancel” or otherwise censor conservative views. As a result, alternative “free speech” social media providers such as MeWe and Parler are seeing a surge of new users to their platforms. Here are three of those social media Davids challenging the tech… -
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Freeloader U
Yale University has fancy dining halls. They pay no property tax. Local restaurants struggle to compete, but their tax burden makes that hard. “We basically pay one-third of our rent in taxes!” complains Matt West, manager of Koon Thai Restaurant. “Yale is a money-making machine.” It is. Many colleges are. Yale has a $31 billion… -
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Ohio County Closes Schools, Leaves Casino Open
The blackjack tables remain open in Toledo, Ohio, but some middle schools and all high schools are required to close. An order issued by Ohio’s Lucas County Regional Board of Health on Nov. 25 mandated that “education for Grades 7-12 (or 9 to 12 depending on school configuration) will be virtual from December 4th until… -
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Ohio Bill to Curb No-Parole Sentences for Juvenile Killers Has No Basis in Constitution
Some legislators in Ohio want to give almost every former and future juvenile killer sentenced to life without parole a break, based on a blanket misunderstanding of Supreme Court precedent. The Ohio state Senate co-sponsor of a bill, SB 256, which would do just that, recently wrote that the Supreme Court has held juvenile sentences… -
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UK Issues Landmark Ruling Protecting Kids From Life-Altering Puberty Blockers
This article has been corrected to reflect that the U.K. panel of judges have ruled that children 16 and under are unable to give informed consent to hormone replacement therapies and that for children 16 and 17, medical professionals may wish to involve the courts. It has been updated to reflect that the judges ruled… -
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Recovery Slows as Economy Adds 245,000 Jobs
The U.S. economy added 245,000 jobs in November, far below economists’ expectations, while unemployment fell to 6.7%, according to Department of Labor data released Friday. Total non-farm payroll employment rose by 245,000 last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, and the number of unemployed Americans fell by 400,000 to 10.7 million. The U.S. added 638,000… -
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Walter Williams’ Legacy: Fierce Advocate for Liberty and Economic Freedom
The world this week lost a great defender of economic freedom with the passing of the great American economist Walter E. Williams. He was 84. Williams’ legacy will be one of fighting for lasting liberty at every turn against those who would be dictators over their fellow man. As an economics professor at George Mason… -
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Supreme Court Sides Against Newsom on California Church Restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court sided Thursday against California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s restrictions on worship services during the coronavirus pandemic. Justices tossed out an order from a Central District of California court that had upheld the Democratic governor's restrictions on houses of worship, CBS News reported. In light of last week’s Supreme Court ruling, which granted temporary… -
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A Conservative Woman Just Broke New Ground, but the Media Is Nowhere to Be Found
Ever since Joe Biden became our nation’s presumptive next president, the media has been bending over backward to celebrate historic “firsts” for women. This past week alone, they couldn’t get enough of the first female college football player kicking in a Power Five conference, Kamala Harris hiring the first all-female senior vice president staff, or… -
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House Freedom Caucus Demands AG Barr Release Findings of Election Fraud Probe
The House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative Republican lawmakers, is demanding that Attorney General William Barr release the findings of the Justice Department’s investigation into vote fraud in the Nov. 3 presidential election. “We represent millions of Americans who do not have confidence in the outcome of this election, not because of the clear… -
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4 Highlights From Georgia Senate’s Election Fraud Hearing
The Trump campaign’s legal team described suitcases full of ballots Thursday in presentations to Georgia state lawmakers that included a video and a call for the legislators to appoint electors to vote for the president. Other Georgia state and local officials, meanwhile, said the Nov. 3 election ran smoothly in the Peach State, with no widespread… -
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The Cost of Locking Down the Entertainment Industry
When COVID-19 lockdowns brought the U.S. economy to an abrupt halt, all eyes turned to a handful of industries that have suffered as a result, such as restaurants, small businesses, and airlines. But few people realize that the entertainment industry is being hit from all sides without a moment of reprieve. For example, Musical Theatre…