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
SOCIETAL ROT, Part 1: Businesses Destroyed by Rampant Crime
This is the first of a five-part series. The iconic Macy’s department store on Union Square in the heart of San Francisco is closing because of rampant theft and the societal rot that have infected the city. The massive 400,000-square-foot flagship building, which anchors an entire side of Union Square, has been in business for… -
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This Is the Next Generation of Marxism
The protests in the summer of 2020 after George Floyd’s death in police custody and today’s antisemitic, pro-Palestine protests on college campuses are rooted in the same ideology of Marxism, Katharine Gorka says. Marxism preaches that the world “is divided between oppressor and oppressed,” says Gorka, co-author with Heritage Foundation scholar Mike Gonzalez of the… -
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He Prayed With 12 Presidents. Now, He’s Finally Getting a Statue in the Capitol.
The Devil made great advances in the 20th century, from the increase in abortion after Roe v. Wade to the great secularization of America’s public institutions, which seem increasingly hostile to the truth of the Gospel. Yet the Holy Spirit moved through one man perhaps more than any other to enliven the American church during… -
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Oklahoma Takes Center Stage in Anti-ESG Fight
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt passionately defended the state’s anti-ESG law after a judge temporarily blocked it from being enforced. “We’re not going to let companies come into Oklahoma and attack our oil and gas industry,” Stitt said about the 2022 law. “That’s what the treasurer is trying to do, and we certainly support the treasurer… -
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Why the End of the Boy Scouts Matters
The Boy Scouts are no more. The organization, once well known for helping shape boys into good men, allowed girls to join in 2017. Now the group is going a step further, announcing its new name as of February will be Scouting America. What a loss for Americans—both men and women. In recent days, we’ve… -
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Mercedes-Benz Workers in Alabama Facing Unionization Pressure
More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will vote on May 13 through 17 on whether to join the United Auto Workers, and German activist unions are pressuring them to get on board. The Alabama and South Carolina plants are the only Mercedes plants in the world not to be unionized, and IG Metall,… -
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Questions for Moms and Dads on Mother’s Day
Many Americans could affirm what Abraham Lincoln is supposed to have said: “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” Unfortunately, moms and dads increasingly deemphasize marriage and parenting, instead choosing to focus on paid work. This Mother’s Day, we should reject the culture and affirm the importance of… -
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The Making of an American Banana Republic
It is a presidential election year, and a leading candidate for president of the United States, who also happens to be a former president of the United States, is currently a criminal defendant chained to a dingy courtroom four days of the week—time that he should be spending interacting with voters out on the campaign… -
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CNN Fails to Fact-Check Biden’s Falsehood-Filled Interview
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden took the very unusual step of submitting to an interviewer who was an actual journalist (not like Howard Stern or Drew Barrymore). It wouldn’t be long before he started mangling his record—and Donald Trump’s. CNN reporter Erin Burnett began with how Trump’s promises of new jobs in Wisconsin didn’t come… -
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Bloodlust: The Left’s Politicization of Secret Service Protection
Apart from the taxpayer-funded lawfare being waged against former President Donald Trump by leftist prosecutors in New York, Atlanta, and Washington, there is no clearer proof that the Left has embraced “by any means necessary” as its credo than the politicization of Secret Service protection of President Joe Biden’s presidential rivals. Not only has Biden’s Department… -
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The Troubling Ramifications of UN Resolution on Quasi-Statehood for Palestine
The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote Friday on one of the worst resolutions to come before that body: One that would confer upon the “state of Palestine” many of the rights and privileges reserved for member states. The U.S. and other U.N. member states should reject it. (Editor’s note: The resolution passed Friday morning… -
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Stories of Young People Whose Bodies Were Sacrificed on Altar of ‘Gender Ideology Cult’
The cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and surgeries being prescribed to young people struggling with their gender identity are “experimental,” according to Mary Margaret Olohan. “We don’t actually know what kind of effects that the puberty blockers and hormones are having on these young people,” Olohan says of women and men who attempt to change their… -
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A Bill to Ensure Fair Representation for American Citizens
The House of Representatives finally acted Wednesday to remedy an injustice that has been getting worse as the number of illegal aliens coming into the United States has skyrocketed: the distortion caused by including noncitizens when determining how many House members each state gets. The House passed HR 7109, the Equal Representation Act, to mandate… -
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Illegal Alien Mom Arrested on Charges of Trying to Hire Hit Man Was Freed From ICE Detention in 2019
An illegal immigrant mother arrested on charges of attempting to pay a hit man to kill witnesses involved in her son’s murder trial was previously detained by federal authorities, but later released, immigration officials confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. Josefina Cardona-Cardona, an illegal migrant from Guatemala, was arrested on Monday after allegedly agreeing to pay… -
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They Spent $29,284 per Pupil, but Only 28% of Eighth Graders Rated Proficient in Math
The public schools in the state of New York doled out $29,284 per pupil in “current expenditures” in fiscal year 2022, according to a report published this week by the Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. “Current expenditures comprise expenditures for the day-to-day operation of schools and school districts for public elementary and… -
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Who Will Tell Her Story?
No one wants to talk about it. Not about how illegal immigration on the U.S. southern border, facilitated by brutal Mexican cartels, “dehumanizes” people. Not about the “broken young women,” who—hopeful for a new life and having paid thousands of dollars to the cartels—must comply “with anything” to be trafficked across the border. Not about… -
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‘Green’ Housing Mandates Push Americans Further Into the Red
Home prices across the nation are back up near a record high. That makes this a particularly bad time for the Biden administration to have rolled out its new “green” energy mandates, which will add $31,000 to the cost of a new home. The mandates are being pushed through the Department of Housing and Urban Development and while they technically won’t apply… -
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House of Drama: Speaker Johnson Survives Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Ouster Attempt
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can breathe a little easier now that more than 80% of his House colleagues put an end to the latest drama gripping Capitol Hill. Six months after ascending to the speakership, a bipartisan coalition of Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly voted to table a motion to vacate the chair—the House’s terminology for… -
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On Mother’s Day, Let’s Celebrate the True Strength and Empowerment Motherhood Brings
At just 11 years old, I watched as a midwife cared for my mother and delivered my baby sister. A spark burst into a flame inside of me, and I knew from that moment on that I wanted to be a part of the beauty and wonder of birth and be a mother myself one… -
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‘SNL’ Gets It Right With Pro-Palestine Protest Sketch
Some in the senior class of 2020 who did not have a high school graduation because of COVID-19 will now be denied a college graduation as well. Columbia University and the University of Southern California have canceled their traditional large graduation ceremonies due to the pro-Palestine protests on campus. Emory University in Atlanta has announced…