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opinion
In Canada, the West’s Suicide Is Becoming Literal
The suicide of the West is becoming reality. According to the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Canada saw a sharp increase in government-assisted suicides last year, with an estimated 13,500 taking place in 2022. This is a 35% increase from 2021, when 10,064 took their lives through the program. The number represented 3.3% of all deaths in… -
opinion
A Not-So-Secret US-South Korea Action Plan
Policymakers in Washington and Seoul rightly suspect that by the 70th anniversary of Korean-American relations, the agenda for the two nations is way more than just wrapping up the aftermath of the Korean War. No two countries have benefited more from the world’s free and open spaces than South Korea and the United States. This… -
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‘A Very Dangerous Situation,’ Benedict Rogers Says of US Depending Too Much on China For Imports
According to the Council on Foreign Relations, “the United States imports more from China than from any other country.” The total volume of imports in 2022 from China into the U.S. amounted to more than $536 billion, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported. The Group of Seven leaders in May issued a statement about… -
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After Kowtowing to China, Disney Agrees to Meet With Uyghur Groups
The Walt Disney Co. has reportedly agreed to meet with representatives of the Uyghur Human Rights Project after intense pressure from a Republican congressman from Indiana. The entertainment giant previously promised to meet with the Chinese Uyghur victims and human rights advocates, then backed out, said Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., in his letter to Bob… -
opinion
‘SPIRITUAL WAR’: Christian Group Sends Bibles to Ukraine, Sees Denominations Unifying Amid Russian Invasion
ORLANDO, Fla.—A Christian group that sends Bibles to Eastern European countries has a report from the field: The war in Ukraine is a "spiritual war," and the Bible is bridging divides between groups that have hated one another for centuries. About 10 years ago, Ukraine came to Eastern European Mission and asked for Bibles to… -
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Sen. Mike Lee Demands NATO Allies Help Pay to Defend Ukraine From Russia
Lawmakers should take the approach of a “constitutional realist” to the Russia-Ukraine war as well as foreign policy more broadly, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said Wednesday. Lee pointed out that the United States funds about 70% of war-related assistance to Ukraine, while other NATO allies still aren’t stepping up. Under that treaty, member countries technically… -
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Europe Envy: Few of Pathologies Destroying US Are Present in Any Comparable Degree There
This one of the saddest of the more than 1,000 columns I have written. I am writing in Budapest after spending four days in Warsaw last week and four days in Munich two weeks before that. To put this in context: I have traveled abroad every year since I was 18 years old—except for 2020,… -
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US Had Intel on Ukrainian Plot to Sabotage Nord Stream Pipeline Months Before Blasts: Report
The Biden administration knew of a Ukrainian plot to destroy the Nord Stream 1 pipeline months before three mysterious blasts tore holes in both major natural gas lines running from Russia to Germany, The Washington Post reported, citing documents obtained from a mass intelligence leak. A close U.S. ally, whom the Post agreed to keep… -
opinion
China, Russia, Iran, North Korea All Emboldened With Biden in the White House, Retired Israeli General Warns
ORLANDO, Fla.—Israel recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, and many Jews and Christians see the state’s existence as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy, but a former Israeli general also raised the alarm about the growing threats from Iran and its allies in the East. “Things have changed dramatically in the last year,” Amir Avivi, a retired… -
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Chinese Communist Party Infiltrates New York University at Cutting Edge of Army Missile Technology
Spy balloons hovering high overhead in U.S. airspace are one thing, but the Chinese Communist Party also has interests on the ground here. Take Alfred University, for example. Alfred is a small (1,600 students), private institution in upstate New York. It is not known for much, but it has one important distinction; namely, its College… -
opinion
With China Seeking Inroads in Pacific in New Cold War With US, Biden Must Reschedule Papua New Guinea Trip
History was almost made last month. But instead of becoming the first U.S. president to visit a Pacific Island country, President Joe Biden canceled his trip to Papua New Guinea to return to Washington and focus on debt ceiling negotiations. Although those negotiations are undoubtedly important, with Communist China aggressively seeking strategic inroads in the… -
opinion
China’s Latest Cyberattack Is an Active Threat to Critical US Infrastructure
Microsoft flagged yet another active threat to U.S. critical infrastructure Wednesday afternoon. The warning lights have been blinking red for some time, and they have signaled a clear shift in the tactics of our adversaries—they intend to disrupt civil society for geopolitical and military gains. Volt Typhoon, a Peoples Republic of China-sponsored hacking group, has… -
opinion
Moving to France Showed Me True Cost of ‘Free’ European Health Care, Child Care, and Retirement
An oft-repeated phrase among those favoring taxpayer-funded health care, day care, and pensions is that such programs are “free.” However, I recently moved to France, and paying my social charges and taxes proves these services are anything but. I expected taxes to be higher, but I was unprepared for the limitations that France’s system places… -
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House Select Committee on China Adopts Policies for Taiwan, Against Uyghur Genocide
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party released two reports Wednesday with numerous policy recommendations aimed at bolstering “Taiwan deterrence” and helping to stop the genocide “against the Uyghurs and other minorities” in China. “The competition with the CCP requires us working together across the aisle, and we are proud that today we voted… -
opinion
Where Ukraine-Russia War Stands After 15 Months
It’s now been 15 months since Russia invaded Ukraine. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian military personnel have been killed. And now, it appears that Russia has succeeded in taking what is left of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after months of intense fighting. As Ukraine prepares to launch its anticipated spring offensive, President… -
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Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss: Taiwan Is ‘an Enduring Rebuke to Totalitarianism’ of China
“Your future is our future.” That was the simple yet powerful message of former British Prime Minister Liz Truss to Taiwan. Truss made a notable five-day trip to Taiwan starting on May 16, becoming the first former British prime minister to visit the self-governing island republic since Margaret Thatcher, who visited the nation in 1992…. -
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Rabbi Explains How Israel Rejected Socialism, Grew More Religious, and Fights Terrorism … and Why It Matters for the US
ORLANDO, Fla.—While socialism, secularism, and radical activists seem ascendant in the U.S., an American-born Israeli rabbi who left America in 2011 argues that Israel rejected these trends and represents a model for his birth country to follow. Rabbi Tuly Weisz, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi who left Ohio for Israel and who founded the news outlet… -
opinion
Israeli Survivor of Palestinian Terrorism Raises Alarm Over Radicals in US
ORLANDO, Fla.—What can America learn from Israel? David Rubin, former mayor of Shilo, the modern settlement close to the ancient site of Israel's Tabernacle Tel Shiloh, survived a Palestinian terror attack and urges the U.S. to take seriously the axis between radical Islam and the American Left. Speaking to The Daily Signal at the National… -
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European-Level Taxes Coming to America If US Keeps Up Unsustainable Spending
Compared to Western Europe, the American middle class has it pretty good when it comes to taxes. Of course, that’s more of an indictment on Western European governance than it is an endorsement of the U.S. tax system. And, unless Washington changes its big-spending ways, the U.S. middle class soon will face similar astronomical taxes…. -
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Durham’s Damning Report Assails FBI Leadership, Media for Enabling Hillary Clinton’s Alleged Russia Hoax Plan
Special counsel John Durham’s long-awaited report was, as one would expect, as meticulous as it was damning in its findings of fact. He concluded that there was no basis to immediately launch a full-fledged investigation against Donald Trump; that the FBI failed to follow up on intelligence reports that Hillary Clinton had approved a scheme…