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opinion
Our Government’s Unwise Stamp of Approval on Black Lives Matter
I have always believed that bureaucrats working on behalf of the American people should be visibly neutral politically. We shouldn’t know what their political ideologies are or what political parties they belong to or the causes they support. This is not a partisan issue but an issue of public trust and the importance of neutrality… -
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Left-Wing Newsrooms Fail the True Black Lives Matter Test
Recently, 8-year-old Secoriea Turner died at the hand of an unknown gunman in Atlanta. A car she was in with her mother and two other men went past a barricade set up by Black Lives Matter protesters, near the site of the police killing of Rayshard Brooks. Two people in the crowd of protesters opened… -
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Chinese Sanctions on US Officials Are Attempt to Scare the Free World
On Monday, the Chinese Communist government slapped sanctions on members of Congress as well as a U.S. ambassador. This action is intended to send the world a message: Fear us. The free world’s response should be to man up. Beijing’s action came after recent U.S. legislation calling for sanctions on Chinese officials over their systematic abuse of the Uighurs… -
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The NFL Is on the Brink
The National Football League celebrated its 100th anniversary last year. This should be a time of self-congratulation for the brutal sport, which has no similar counterpart outside the United States. The NFL’s megaprofits dwarf those of other professional sports in the U.S. The Super Bowl, not the World Series, is America’s national sports event. The… -
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North Carolina Town Creates Reparations Commission for Black Residents
The City Council of Asheville, North Carolina, on Tuesday unanimously approved a commission to develop proposals for reparations to black community members and issued a formal apology for the city’s role in black inequality. The resolution, signed by Mayor Esther Manheimer, directs the city to create a “Community Reparations Commission” made up of advocacy groups,… -
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A New York Times Columnist Falls to the Cancel Culture
New York Times opinion writer and editor Bari Weiss is the latest victim of the cancel culture, resigning after what she calls bullying by more liberal colleagues at the newspaper. Jarrett Stepman, a contributor to The Daily Signal and co-host of “The Right Side of History” podcast, joins today’s show to talk about Weiss’ resignation,… -
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Problematic Women: Cancel Culture Comes for Goya Foods and Ronald Reagan
Canned beans and frozen maduros are the left’s latest victims of so-called cancel culture. Robert Unanue, CEO of Goya Foods, offered remarks at the White House for the June 10 signing of the Hispanic Prosperity Initiative, a project meant to improve Hispanic Americans’ access to education. Unanue complimented President Donald Trump, calling him “a builder,” and… -
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Now Would Be a Terrible Time to Raise the Minimum Wage
Imagine that your monthly mortgage payment suddenly increased by 50%. And that it happened now, in the wake of COVID-19-related job and income losses. That’s what some policymakers are now suggesting lawmakers should do by raising minimum wages at the worst possible time. As unemployment is high, many jobs have disappeared, and the lowest-wage industries,… -
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UK Rightly Pushes Back on Gender Transitioning for Minors
On both sides of the Atlantic, advocates for transgender rights are increasingly substituting ideology for biological reality. But while here in the U.S. the Supreme Court last month was writing into Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act legal protections for people who identify as transgender that the authors of the law never intended,… -
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4 Angles in Understanding Spread of COVID-19 in US, Europe
Cases of COVID-19 are spiking in U.S. states in the South and West at a time when initially hard-hit Europe is seeing a decline in coronavirus cases and a seeming return to normal. Most European countries have reopened schools as well as retail stores, restaurants, and bars at roughly the same time as about half… -
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Tweets of Washington Journalists Betray ‘Groupthink,’ Study Finds
Washington journalists’ tweets and interactions on Twitter show that those delivering news on government and politics to most Americans live in “more insular microbubbles than previously thought,” according to a new study. These journalists display a “vulnerability to groupthink and blind spots,” the study says. The study, by journalism professors Nikki Usher and Yee Man… -
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AOC Gets Caught Gaslighting About New York’s Rising Violent Crime
An astonishing increase in violent crime is ravaging New York City, and some politicians, particularly Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are offering false explanations instead of taking a serious look at the cause. This does a cruel disservice to the people they were elected to represent—particularly the victims and their families. Davell Gardner, age 1, was… -
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More Than 20 Countries Are Reopening Schools. The US Should Take Note.
In March, school shutdowns around the globe caused 1.5 billion children to begin schooling from home, representing over 91% of children, UNESCO estimates. Here in the U.S., conversations about the state of school reopenings have hit a fever pitch as August quickly approaches. Many parents—some 71% in Education Next’s 2020 poll—feel their children learned less… -
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LA Times Article Calls for Replacing ‘Star-Spangled Banner’
An article published in the Los Angeles Times Tuesday said that “The Star-Spangled Banner” should be replaced by Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me.” LA Times contributor Jody Rosen cited “viral posts on social media” that said the anthem is racist, then argued it is aesthetically a bad song in the article. Rosen concluded saying the message… -
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The Great Culture Purge of 2020
This week, gadfly New York Times columnist Bari Weiss resigned her position at the so-called newspaper of record. She did so after years of fielding slings and arrows from her own colleagues and editors, who treated her as an ultra-conservative enemy—this despite the fact that her perspective on the world is an eclectic mix of… -
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Reopening Schools Doesn’t Require National Consensus
Parents looking for a national consensus on whether schools should open in the fall won’t find one. But that’s OK. We don’t need one. As soon as President Donald Trump announced his support for reopening schools this fall, teacher unions said he was “brazenly making these decisions.” So much for consensus. And this despite the fact that both proclamations… -
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It’s Time to Elevate America’s Trade Relationship With Mongolia
A Senate Finance subcommittee recently held a timely hearing entitled “Censorship as a Non-Tariff Barrier to Trade.” One of the witnesses, whose name may sound familiar, pointed out the potential in the U.S.-Mongolia relationship in countering the harmful effects of censorship on trade in the Indo-Pacific region. Speaking to the subcommittee on international trade, customs,… -
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Why Digital Trade Is a Key Component of Economic Freedom
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has confirmed the critical value of e-commerce—and more broadly, digital trade. The outbreak has significantly constrained people’s physical contact and movement to an unprecedented degree. Even so, through digital connections within the United States and around the world, the pandemic has exponentially amplified the exchange of information, products, and other services…. -
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States Seeking Bailouts Are Making Payouts to Planned Parenthood
As Congress gears up to debate another round of COVID-19 economic relief, Democrats are expected to renew their calls for a federal bailout of struggling states. This is a fundamentally unfair request, as many state budgetary troubles are the result of poor fiscal choices rather than the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only that, but a look… -
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Birmingham Officials Punish Pastor for Speech. That Can’t Stand.
Seventy-seven years ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote, “If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.”…