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Watch a Man Who Lived as a Woman Reject the Lies of LGBT Activists
Walt Heyer, who used to live as a transgender woman, now travels the country speaking about his experiences and reaching out to those who regret their own gender change. The Daily Signal spoke with Heyer on camera about his story, as well as the lies he says society and the media tell young people today… -
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Thoughts for Parents Who Have Lost a Child
In decades of writing columns, I have taken risks, but perhaps never one as big this: writing a column to and about parents who have lost a child. I can well imagine that the first reaction of any parent who has lost a child will be: Why does this guy, who hasn’t gone through what… -
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Military Spouse Says Education Savings Accounts Would Create ‘Phenomenal’ Freedom for Those Who Serve
The spouse of a retired Air Force colonel says a bill creating federally funded savings accounts for military families would provide more school choices and flexibility in educating the children of those in the armed forces. “It absolutely would give them the freedom to make the educational choices that they need to make for their… -
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The Hypocrisy of Pro-Choice Groups Who Preach Compassion and Inclusion
The cruelty of the movement to promote abortion on demand has been on full display the past two weeks. In three notable instances, advocates for a regime of legal abortion until birth have shown the hollowness of their claims to speak for women and the rights of the young, the defenseless, and the disabled. First,… -
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Parents Just Lost Custody of Teenage Daughter Who Wants to ‘Transition’ to a Boy: What You Need to Know
Parents in Ohio lost custody of their 17-year-old daughter Friday because a judge ruled that she should be allowed to receive therapy, including testosterone therapy, to identify as a boy. Without commenting on the specifics of this case just outside Cincinnati, Americans can expect to see more cases like it as government officials side with… -
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Florida School Mourns Football Coach Who Sacrificed His Own Life to Save Others in Mass Shooting
Aaron Feis, an assistant football coach and security guard at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, was among the 17 killed in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday in a mass shooting at the school, sacrificing himself to save others. The school’s head football coach, Willis May, told the Sun-Sentinel newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, that he heard directly… -
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In Defense of Evangelicals Who Support Trump
It is usually easier for an outsider to defend a person or a group that is attacked than for the person or group. In that vein, this Jew would like to defend evangelicals and other Christians who support President Donald Trump. They are regularly attacked as religious hypocrites who give Christianity in general, and evangelical… -
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Heritage Foundation’s New President Pledges to Reach ‘Americans Who Really Are Conservative but Just Don’t Know It Yet’
Conservatives must persevere in gracefully countering misinformation from the left that convinces too many Americans liberal policies will improve their lives, the new president of The Heritage Foundation said Monday night in a speech laying out her vision for the leading think tank. “Unfortunately, many Americans are misinformed,” Kay Coles James said. "Like us, they… -
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Who Was the Daring Defector Who Raised His Crutches High, Defying the Kim Regime During the State of the Union?
One of the highlights of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address was a North Korean defector brutalized by the regime who raised his crutches in defiance. Describing him as a “witness to the ominous nature of this regime,” the president explained that Ji Seong-ho’s “great sacrifice is an inspiration to us all.”… -
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Ban on Abortions After 20 Weeks ‘About Who We Want to Be,’ Lindsey Graham Says
The Senate will vote within days on a measure limiting abortions after 20 weeks, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced, prompting two of the chief sponsors to urge colleagues to pass the legislation. “This vote is not about the Republican Party, it’s about America; it’s about who do we want to be,” Sen. Lindsey Graham,… -
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Podcast: What the 25th Amendment Is Actually For (Hint: It’s Not for Ditching Presidents Who Tweet a Lot)
Jarrett Stepman joins us on today’s podcast to talk about the history and original purpose of the 25th amendment, and the long history in the United States of fake news — and what the Founders thought about it. Plus: we talk about how a new sugar tax in Seattle has people fuming at Costco and … -
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Who ‘Dreamers’ Really Are and Why They Cost $26B Over 10 Years
Giving amnesty to “Dreamers”—young adults brought to the U.S. illegally as children—would create a deficit of about $26 billion over 10 years, according to a report last month from the Congressional Budget Office. “If we want to save taxpayers’ money, probably the best strategy is to enforce the law and encourage those here illegally to… -
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Number of High School Students Who Have Had Sex Drops
For every parent who’s tried to tell their teenage kids that “everyone’s not doing it,” here’s proof! According to the CDC’s new nationwide report, the number of high school students who said they’ve ever had sex dropped from 47 percent in 2005 to 41 percent in 2015. The good news is even better for African American students, who… -
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Who Wouldn’t Have Coverage If the Obamacare Mandate Is Repealed
The prospect that Congress might zero-out Obamacare’s individual mandate penalty in the pending tax bill has sent Obamacare defenders into flights of pessimistic rhetoric, up to and including the charge that “thousands will die” as a result. The argument by which that attention-grabbing conclusion is reached runs something like this: Health insurance coverage reduces mortality…. -
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Obama Says He Can’t Have a Discussion With People Who Say the ‘Climate Is Not Changing’
Former President Barack Obama said he can't have a debate with someone who thinks man-made global warming is a hoax while speaking at a summit in India on Friday. Obama is in India as part of a three-country tour to promote the Obama Foundation. It’s the first speech Obama has made in India since leaving… -
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Meet the Woman Who Helped Make Thanksgiving a US Holiday
For much of the 19th century, Thanksgiving was celebrated only by New Englanders and Northeastern transplants in the upper Midwest and New York. Without the dogged activism of Sarah Josepha Hale—a novelist, poet, and the editor of “Godey’s Lady’s Book,” a lifestyle magazine with an impressive pre-Civil War circulation of 150,000—Thanksgiving may never have become… -
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What Happened to Colonel Who Didn’t Want to Praise an Airman’s Same-Sex Marriage
After flying in the B-2 bomber, Air Force Col. Leland Bohannon knows a thing or two about stealth. And the attack against his faith isn’t it. In fact, the military seems to be going out of its way to punish the Christian dad of five, despite a distinguished career defending the same freedom the Air… -
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Those Who Disagree on Marriage Can Coexist. For the Sake of Our Society, We Must.
In 2015, a majority of the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges wrote that the view that marriage is exclusively between one man and one woman is “based on decent and honorable religious or philosophical premises.” Yet increasingly, the traditional view of marriage is being equated with anti-LGBT bigotry—and not without consequences. Take what happened… -
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How to Respond to Those Who Want to ‘Do Something’ After Texas Shooting
The world reacted in horror when news came Sunday of the massacre of Christians at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. They gathered—and Jesus was among them, as He promised believers—but somehow evil penetrated their worship. The shooter, Devin Kelley, killed Pastor Frank Pomeroy’s 14-year-old daughter Annabelle. He killed eight members of the… -
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What These 3 Doctors Think Should Be Done for Children Who Think They Are Transgender
Three doctors, specializing in pediatrics, biology, and psychiatry, are criticizing what they say is the reliance on feelings over facts when it comes to studying and treating children who think they’re transgender. In a panel discussion at The Heritage Foundation, the doctors said the transgender ideology permeating society today is hurting children and undermining scientific…