Political Commentary & Opinion
Analysis, commentary, and opinion essays on politics and policy from The Daily Signal’s contributors and experts.
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opinion
Biden’s Cognitive Issues Are Destined for Memory Hole
There will be no reckoning among Democrats and their media lapdogs regarding their yearslong effort to hide President Joe Biden’s mental decline. No one will lose their job, precisely because they were doing their job—spinning false narratives to keep the Left in power. And, let there be no doubt, they will keep doing it. The current focus… -
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Debunking the Myth That More People Have Been Killed in the Name of God Than in the Name of Anything Else
Almost anyone who has graduated from college in the last 50 years has repeatedly heard the statement, “More people have been killed in the name of God than in the name of anything else.” And most of them believe it. It would take a long essay to respond to this claim. I will therefore only… -
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FACT CHECK: Does Project 2025 ‘Terminate the Constitution’?
As Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said Monday, the Left’s inflammatory attacks on Project 2025 show that it’s “right over the target.” President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is so desperate to defeat Project 2025 that it spreads direct falsehoods about it, perhaps not expecting the American people to actually examine what the project comprises. The… -
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Time to Take Down the Pride Flags and Put ‘In God We Trust’ on Every Federal Building, Sen. Josh Hawley Says
American recovery begins with religion, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Monday evening in a speech at the National Conservatism Conference in the nation’s capital. The theme of Hawley’s speech: that the West’s Christian legacy has been hollowed out in the past half-century, that the economy has been distorted to fit the interests of a globalist… -
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Garland, Clarke, Willis Possible Targets for Conservative Lawfare
The key to blocking political lawfare is more political lawfare, legal experts regretfully asserted Monday at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington. Possible targets for conservative lawfare include Attorney General Merrick Garland and Kristen Clarke, the head of his Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, they said. Since President Joe Biden’s administration, backed up by local… -
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‘It’s Going to Be Catastrophic’: Why the Next Pandemic Will Be Worse Than COVID
The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning Americans to prepare for the next pandemic, which he fears will be more catastrophic than COVID-19. Dr. Robert Redfield, a virologist who continues to treat patients suffering from COVID, oversaw the CDC’s initial response to the pandemic and served as a member… -
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GOP Should Learn From Far-Left Comeback in France, Expert Says
Conservatives in France suffered defeat in the final round of national elections, despite winning the highest percentage of the popular vote. In last week’s first round of voting, the conservative National Rally party led the far-left New Popular Front and the establishment moderates Ensemble by wide margins, prompting the NFP and Ensemble to form a tacit alliance…. -
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The Left’s Freak-Out Over Project 2025 Means ‘We’re Right Over the Target,’ Heritage Chief Says
Leftists are assailing the conservative movement’s Project 2025 because they know that what they’ve done to the nation won’t stand up to common sense, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts told Fox News host Will Cain on Monday in a discussion of the outcry. “You might say that all of this attention means we’re right over… -
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Washington Republicans ‘Failed’ Americans, Heritage Foundation President Says
Elite “Beltway Republicans” are responsible for the decline of America, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts declared Monday at the National Conservatism Conference in the nation’s capital. The influential conservative leader directed his remarks at the gathering against the foreign policy and political compromises of some GOP politicians. “The Washington Republicans … have, for a generation,… -
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Ignoring Warnings, Beijing Escalates Aggression Against Philippines
The Biden administration has warned China against continuing to conduct armed attacks on the Philippines, but China has blatantly ignored the warning, repeatedly harassing Philippine naval vessels and severely injuring its sailors over the past several months. Beijing, for its part, has accused Washington of using the Philippines as a pawn and seems to have… -
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Why the World Needs Fossil Fuels
It’s summer, and the Sierra Club says: “This is climate change in action. We are living it.” The United Nations’ secretary-general declares that “a fossil fuel phaseout is inevitable.” And The Lancet, a respected medical journal, insists that nations must swiftly transition away from hydrocarbons. These groups call for reducing use of fossil fuels to… -
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Heritage Action Scores SAVE Act as Key Vote
Amid the border crisis, Heritage Action for America is scoring the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, legislation to compel proof of citizenship for voters, as a key vote in the House. The House is set to vote this week on the SAVE Act, sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas. More than 10 million illegal immigrants… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Concerned Women for America Launches ‘She Prays She Votes’ Bus Tour
With only four months until the 2024 presidential election, Concerned Women for America is launching a bus tour through 12 states calling on U.S. women to pray for the nation and vote on Nov. 5. “We recognize the impact of a woman who prays for her country, her community, and her family,” Penny Nance, CEO… -
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It’s Not ‘If’ It Will Happen Again, ‘But When,’ Sheriff Says of Lives Lost to Criminal Illegal Aliens
Harford County, Maryland, Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler says he doesn’t wonder if another American will become the victim of a violent crime at the hands of an illegal alien, but rather, when. “I don’t ask myself if it’s going to happen. I just ask when it’s going to happen,” Gahler said, adding that as was recently… -
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California Courts ‘Sealed My Case to Hide Their Corruption’ as Ex-Wife Seeks ‘to Castrate My Son,’ Father Warns
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Texas father is fighting in court to prevent his ex-wife from subjecting their son to experimental transgender medical interventions after she moved to California, seemingly taking advantage of the Golden State’s “transgender sanctuary” law. A California judge has taken the extraordinary step of hiding the entire case from the public… -
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America’s Teachers Are Unhappy. Here’s How We Can Turn That Around
All is not well with America’s teachers. Surveys published this spring paint an alarming picture of the reality teachers face every day in our country’s classrooms. Inflation has hit their earnings. Top-down regulation has smothered their creativity and motivation. Union-driven, one-size-fits-all contracts thwart career advancement. Teachers complain of a lack of control over discipline policies,… -
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Another Federal Court Rules Against Teen’s ‘Only 2 Genders’ T-Shirt
Liam Morrison, a Massachusetts middle schooler, wanted one thing: to wear a T-shirt declaring simply, “There are only two genders.” After the Middleboro school’s principal and a school counselor pulled Liam, then 12, out of class last year and ordered him to remove the shirt or go home, Liam took his case against the town… -
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The Media Lied to You
Lying is certainly nothing new in politics. It is said that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession, but politics is assuredly the dirtiest—filthier even than garbageman, mortician or, well, the world’s oldest profession itself. Former President Bill Clinton (while we’re on the topic of sexual promiscuity) perjured himself, leading to his impeachment. Former President Barack… -
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July 4th: Celebrating a Nation Founded on Protecting Freedom, Wealth of Its People
Though Bidenomics will likely increase the price of your cookout, July Fourth is still a celebration of everything that made America great—namely, our dedication to the defense of freedom and our other God-given natural rights. Regrettably, that’s a dedication not shared by all. Though Washington has always had its share of demagogues, they have increasingly… -
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Were the Founders Deist? Here’s One Sure-Fire Piece of Evidence Against That Idea
Although some of America’s Founding Fathers were deists, rather than Christians, the United States owes a debt of gratitude to a Judeo-Christian moral framework that goes beyond mere deism—and the proof is in the Declaration of Independence itself. Deism refers to the belief that God created the world and endowed human beings with reason, but…