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How Much Do You Know About COVID-19? Take This Quiz
1. True or False: COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in the U.S. False. It’s not even close. As of July 25, the most recent date for which Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data is available, there were 135,579 deaths related to the contagion, less than 10% of the more than 1.5… -
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What the Potential Crisis on the Yangtze Means for China and the World
As if 2020 has not been sufficiently crisis-laden for the People’s Republic of China, it now faces the potential for major catastrophe due to massive rains. For much of the past several weeks, central China has been inundated by massive rainstorms, which have generated the country’s third major flood for 2020. The massive runoff into… -
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Scandal-Plagued Broadcast Agency Poses Security Risks, Audit Finds
The embattled agency that oversees Voice of America and other federally funded media outlets has failed for a decade to adequately vet staff, creating a systemic security risk, a new government audit says. The joint report by the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence was released Tuesday by… -
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Protectionism and the Pandemic Are Curtailing Global Trade. Policymakers Must Act Accordingly.
According to the latest semiannual trade monitoring report by the World Trade Organization, recent data indicates an 18% decline in trade over the past year. The recessionary impact of COVID-19 is largely responsible for the decline, although world trade had already stagnated in 2019 due to slowing world growth and new protectionist measures around the… -
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Advancing Free Trade Helps Ensure Economic Empowerment of Women
The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement can benefit female business owners by reducing the cost of transporting goods and services across borders, participants underscored during a recent forum on “Women’s Global Trade Empowerment” hosted by the Commerce Department. Indeed, more practically utilizing the newly implemented trade pact among the U.S., Mexico, and Canada is a critical basis… -
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Chicago Lawmaker Wants to Cancel History Classes ‘Until a Suitable Alternative Can Be Found’
Chicago-area leaders urged the Illinois State Board of Education on Sunday to halt history classes that “unfairly” communicate history until an “alternative” can be found. Democratic state Rep. LaShawn Ford of Chicago said the current state history curriculum leads to a “racist society” and may cause “white privilege” before a Sunday press conference in Evanston in a… -
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Trump Administration Slates $35M to Help Survivors of Human Trafficking
The Trump administration will issue more than $35 million in grants to provide safe housing to survivors of human trafficking. The Justice Department was set to announce Tuesday that its Office for Victims of Crime will award the funds to 73 organizations across the nation to provide six to 24 months of transitional or short-term… -
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John Lewis’ Funeral Was a Political Event
Traditionally, funerals are supposed to serve at least three purposes: honor the life of the deceased, comfort those who mourn his passing, and preach a message about eternity and the brevity of life. Tradition was discarded during John Lewis’ funeral last week in Atlanta. Like the memorial service of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn.,… -
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How Police Unions Protect Bad Cops
Do police unions protect bad cops? How do collective bargaining agreements keep bad cops on the job? Where is there room for reform in this aspect of police departments? Charlyce Bozzello, communications director at the Center for Union Facts, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to break it down. We also cover these stories: President Donald… -
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Founders’ Lives, Fortunes, and Sacred Honor Still Our Foundation
In recent weeks, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of America to declare that the lives, fortunes, and sacred honor of the Founding Fathers no longer should be considered the true foundation of the United States of America. The death of George Floyd in police custody May 25 sparked a wave of already-simmering… -
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Why George Washington Was ‘Better Than His Era’ and a Great Businessman
As mobs push to tear down statues of George Washington across the country, author John Berlau points out that the first president and revolutionary general was clearly better than the era he lived in. Berlau joined “The Right Side of History” to discuss his new book “George Washington Entrepreneur: How Our Founding Father’s Business Pursuits… -
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How Edmund Burke Pressed for Trade Between America and Britain in the 18th Century
As Edmund Burke explained in his famous speech on Anglo-American relations, “Speech on Conciliation with America,” the interests of Britain and those of the Americans were connected together by the harmonizing chords of commerce. He rests this position on his belief, as discussed in “Thoughts and Details on Scarcity” (his primary economic tract) and demonstrated… -
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Homicides Skyrocket in Dozens of Nation’s Largest Cities, Analysis Finds
Homicides in 50 of America’s largest cities rose by 24%, a new analysis found. In total, 36 of 50 of America’s largest cities examined saw a double-digit rise in homicide rates, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Austin and Chicago’s homicide rates have increased more than 50% in comparison to last year’s rates, according to the Journal…. -
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‘Transitioning’ Procedures Don’t Help Mental Health, Largest Dataset Shows
The world’s largest dataset on patients who have undergone sex-reassignment procedures reveals that these procedures do not bring mental health benefits. But that’s not what the authors originally claimed. Or what the media touted. In October 2019, the American Journal of Psychiatry published a paper titled “Reduction in Mental Health Treatment Utilization Among Transgender Individuals… -
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China Is Trying to Steal Data From US Government and You
A cybersecurity battle is raging. In recent weeks, Chinese hackers stole, or attempted to steal, terabytes of data from the U.S. government, businesses, and private individuals. Digital predators gained access to the Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, former President Barack Obama, and other high-profile individuals. And President Donald Trump says he is considering banning the… -
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How ‘Wokeness’ Is a Product of Marxism
“Wokeness” has become the nomenclature for the ideology or mentality of radical leftist activists on college campuses, at protests, and on social media. But wokeness has not been limited to just a handful of activists. It’s becoming a dominant mindset in the American workplace, in both the public and private sectors, as a method to… -
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What We Know Now About Hydroxychloroquine to Treat COVID-19
Early in health officials’ response to the pandemic, one drug offered hope of a safe, widely available, and cheap therapeutic that would break the death grip that COVID-19 held on the world. However, after its promised efficacy didn’t materialize in large, statistically significant numbers, enthusiasm for the drug, hydroxychloroquine, quickly waned. Why, then, has it… -
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Netflix Sneaks Transgender Ideology Into ‘Baby-Sitters Club’ Series
Netflix has released an “original” series based on a popular book series from my childhood, “The Baby-Sitters Club.” Like most stories targeted at “tween” girls, the topics in the books revolved around boys, family, illness, and more. Much to my chagrin, though, Episode 4 of the Netflix series sneaks in issues surrounding a transgender child…. -
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The Troubling Goals of the Black Lives Matter Movement
Politicians and various social justice groups have long used labels that have nothing to do with the real intent of legislation, or an organization, to dupe the public. But, to paraphrase Shakespeare, a rose by any other name is still a rose. Numerous “civil rights” bills have been passed by Congress over the years that… -
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Plunge in Investment, Production, and Consumption Requires Smart Reopening, Not More ‘Stimulus’
This week’s gross domestic product report painted a stark picture; namely, a historic plunge in the production of goods, provision of services, and private investment. The nation’s economy shrank at a 32.9% annualized rate. That marks an actual decline of 9.5% from earlier this year. Meanwhile, massive government transfer payments funded by borrowing and printing…