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The Virus Before the Virus
With Americans hunkering down at home in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic, it can sometimes feel like the end of days. However, for an unseen number of our countrymen, today’s struggle is hardly different from a miserable day-to-day existence. If you work in the school system or as a teacher, then you know who… -
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Why We Should Start Going Back to Work
At this writing, the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. is 42,425. This is just a little higher than the number of deaths in the U.S. each year from auto accidents. It’s no mystery how to reduce those 40,000 auto accident deaths to zero. Simply prohibit driving. >>> When can America reopen? The… -
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The Left’s Long War on Parents Over Schooling Their Kids
An Ivy League professor says we need to end homeschooling, because parents who homeschool their children are “authoritarian.” In an article in Harvard Magazine‘s latest issue, Harvard law professor Elizabeth Bartholet, faculty director of the Law School’s Child Advocacy Program, blasts homeschooling as “dangerous” and appealing to those who seek “authoritarian control over their kids.”… -
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Keeping Our Distance in the New Normal of Coronavirus
Public health officials advising governments here and abroad on the COVID-19 pandemic so far have offered shifting and tentative guidance on when and how to unwind the practice of social distancing. Asked recently when the U.S. could return to normal, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force, suggested… -
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The Great US-China Divorce Has Arrived
Make no mistake: The global struggle with China is about to go to the next level. Or two. Or three. By triggering a global disease outbreak, the Chinese Communist Party’s reprehensible behavior crossed the last line, leaving other nations no recourse but to push back. Hard. No longer can responsible nations tolerate the regime’s destabilizing… -
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Every Crisis an Opportunity
This week, the price of oil futures collapsed catastrophically. In fact, the prices collapsed into negative territory in the near term. This bizarre situation, prompted by lack of consumer demand and lack of storage facility, led the irrepressible Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to tweet: “You absolutely love to see it. This along with record low… -
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On COVID-19 Recovery Panel, George Allen Navigates Another Worst-Case Scenario
Hurricane Felix appeared headed toward Virginia Beach, with some computer models showing it could whack the area with wind gusts exceeding 100 miles per hour and up to 10 inches of rain. Gov. George Allen had a choice to make. “All the emergency management people were saying we need a mandatory evacuation,” Allen, now a… -
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Problematic Women: Phyllis Schlafly’s Daughter Tells True Story ‘Mrs. America’ Chose to Ignore
The Hulu miniseries “Mrs. America” depicts the work of Phyllis Schlafly to challenge the women’s movement and its push to pass the Equal Right Amendment. The series perfectly captures Schlafly’s hairstyle and clothing choices, but doesn’t accurately depict the conservative matriarch’s kindness and strength as she rallied wives and mothers across America to oppose the… -
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Solutions to Medical Supply Shortages That Put Americans First
Demand for medical supplies such as ventilators and face masks skyrocketed as COVID-19 took hold. The situation led policymakers to examine how America can better manage medical supply chains. Tori Smith, a trade economist at The Heritage Foundation, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss her new report on solutions to shortages of medical supplies…. -
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Trump ‘Strongly’ Disagrees With Georgia Governor on Reopening State Amid COVID-19
President Donald Trump said he strongly disagrees with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s move to begin reopening that state, to include some of the most likely areas where the coronavirus could spread—such as gyms, bowling alleys, and hair and nail salons, as well as massage and tattoo parlors. “I told the governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp,… -
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The Unfolding Debate About America’s Response to Coronavirus
A debate is forming about the U.S. response to COVID-19 and it’s worthwhile to consider this debate early, as it develops, before battle lines harden. On one side is the school of thought that shutdowns, lockdowns and closing of “nonessential” businesses either came too late to help or were an overreaction to inaccurate computer models… -
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What You Need to Know About Missouri’s Lawsuit Against China Over COVID-19
The devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is compounded by the possibility—some would say likelihood—that it could have been averted or its impact mitigated. If, for example, China failed in a timely manner to disclose the threat of the new coronavirus or misrepresented its cause or severity, there could be political or economic consequences. But… -
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Celebrating Earth Day by Increasing Economic Freedom Around the World
It's economic freedom that will save the earth. Apart from health care, no other big government policies and actions are more intrusive and economically distortionary than environmental regulations. Rather than relying on civil society, free markets, and a free press to ensure environmental quality and safeguards, a myriad bureaucrats and agencies in governments and international… -
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DeVos Calls on Harvard to Follow Stanford’s Lead and Return COVID-19 Cash
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos called on elite schools Wednesday to follow Stanford University’s example and withdraw applications for CARES Act funding. The Education Department secretary applauded Stanford’s actions in the wake of a Daily Caller News Foundation report Tuesday showing that all eight Ivy League schools are slated to receive millions in taxpayer-funded coronavirus stimulus money… -
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Coronavirus and Public Health: 5 Glimpses of What the Near Future Looks Like
Across the country, governments are preparing to reopen society and the economy after the initial wave of coronavirus cases subsides. Regions, states, and localities are crafting plans based on scientific data to loosen public health restrictions and get Americans out of their homes and on the move again. Although New York has been an unfortunate… -
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How Groups Around the World Celebrated Italy’s New Holiday, Dante’s Day
March 25 was a cold, gray day in Italy, and not only because of the COVID-19 lockdown. A chilly wind was coming from the snow-covered Alps, and rain began just before 1 p.m. But thousands of students, teachers, intellectuals, and academics, locked in their houses because of the coronavirus, opened their windows, went to their… -
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The Power of Personal Character
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from the book “Solid Ground: A Foundation for Winning in Work and in Life” (2020) by T.W. Lewis. As a longtime homebuilding executive who has built over 5,000 high-end homes over a 20-year period, I’ve learned a thing or two about the importance of a solid foundation. A good… -
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Examining Costs vs. Benefits and COVID-19
One of the first lessons in an economics class is everything has a cost. That’s in stark contrast to lessons in the political arena where politicians talk about free stuff. In our personal lives, decision-making involves weighing costs against benefits. Businessmen make the same calculation if they want to stay in business. It’s an entirely… -
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State, Local Leaders Should Restart Economies ‘as Soon as Possible,’ J.C. Watts Says
Rep. J.C. Watts, a former Republican congressman from Oklahoma and a member of The Heritage Foundation’s National Coronavirus Recovery Commission, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss how the nation can begin to reopen safely amid the coronavirus, why COVID-19 may be affecting the African-American community more than other demographic groups, and the news channel… -
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If Half the Country’s COVID-19 Deaths Were in Montana, Would New York Shut Down?
According to The New York Times coronavirus report, as of Sunday, April 19, 2:48 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, there were 35,676 COVID-19 deaths in the United States. Of those deaths, 18,690 were in the New York metropolitan area. (The New York metropolitan area is generally regarded as consisting of the five boroughs of New York…