Political Commentary & Opinion
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The Cannes Film Festival Meets Jesus: A Flowering of Culture at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention
As a conservative journalist working in the belly of the beast that is Washington, D.C., and mostly focused on shining a light on what's going wrong in America, I find it all too easy to forget that there's a lot going right, especially outside the capital city I affectionately call "Mordor." This past week at…Tyler O’Neil -
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Racist Double-Standard Democrats Malign Tim Scott’s Melanin
Sen. Tim Scott is running for president of the United States. “Love, unconditional love, binds hearts together,” he declared Monday. While Democrats, not surprisingly, oppose the South Carolina Republican on most issues, they refuse to acknowledge that his announcement’s warm reception among Republicans shows that black Americans Have Overcome or, at least, Are Overcoming. Citing…Deroy Murdock -
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Parents Confirm Whistleblower’s Reports of Horrors at St. Louis Gender Clinic, Josh Hawley Says
ORLANDO, Fla.—Parents whose children have been rushed onto controversial transgender interventions have confirmed the whistleblower’s reports on the St. Louis gender clinic, Sen. Josh Hawley told The Daily Signal just before he gave a rousing speech urging conservatives to defend America’s “ancient faith.” “Listen, what that whistleblower said was that kids were given surgeries that,…Tyler O’Neil -
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Are Walmart Heirs Forsaking the Left? Arts Center They Fund Cancels Drag Shows for Kids
O’Sullivan’s First Law—named after former National Review editor John O’Sullivan, a one-time speechwriter for then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher—states that any institution that’s not explicitly right-wing will become left-wing over time. The Walton Family Foundation has proved to be a prime example of that rule. For the past decade or more, second- and third-generation heirs…Gillian Richards -
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In Praise of Americans Who Have Given Their All
The war in Ukraine, brutally slogging along some 5,000 miles from the U.S., involves another people but it serves as a reminder to Americans of what it takes to keep one’s country safe, free, and prosperous. It also reminds us that there are dangers in this world that can only be stopped by people willing…Dakota Wood -
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Left Seeks to Extend Voting to Prisoners, Noncitizens to Expand Base
Inmate voting, noncitizen voting, and even mandatory voting have been among the initiatives pushed in Democrat-led jurisdictions this year to expand their voting base. “The Left wants to normalize voter classes that nobody took seriously a generation ago—criminals, foreigners—to help them win elections,” J. Christian Adams, president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, an election…Fred Lucas -
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How Black Lives Matter Got Police Violence Wrong
In the early 2000s, the United States enjoyed comparative racial optimism. Majorities of both black and white citizens felt race relations were improving. Even left-leaning NPR highlighted “colorblindness” as an ideal. A generation later, race relations have nosedived. We hear regularly about “systemic racism” and “white supremacy.” Colorblindness now is considered racist. This whiplash may leave many people wondering what happened. The collapse…Christopher J. Ferguson -
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Why Panicked Left-Wing Ruling Elites Fear Revival of Self-Government
Our corrupted institutions fear that the American people are taking back their birthright—that is, taking back the concept of self-government. A relatively new, but growing media genre highlights that dynamic. Over the past few years, there have been a growing number of national media stories—really, more like partisan exposés, rather than “X, Y, Z happened”—about…Jarrett Stepman -
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‘Woke Jesus’: How a ‘Doctrine of Demons’ Is Infiltrating Christianity
ORLANDO, Fla.—A “doctrine of demons” is invading Christian churches across America, twisting the Bible to advance leftist ideologies that divide people, warns a pastor and author of the book “Woke Jesus: The False Messiah Destroying Christianity.” “I think it is a doctrine of demons,” Lucas Miles, pastor of Nfluence Church in Granger, Indiana, told “The…Tyler O’Neil -
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The Left Has Pushed the Envelope
The Left is waging a full-fledged cultural revolution against traditional America. And the Maoist results are often as absurd as they are terrifying. Special counsel John Durham just issued his final report on wrongdoing within the FBI, CIA, and the Department of Justice. The summary confirms that our premier investigatory and intelligence agencies interfered in…Victor Davis Hanson -
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State Department Partners With Left-Leaning Media in Propaganda Push, Documents Reveal
A State Department agency with a mission of combating disinformation abroad has helped shape coverage by—and in some cases subsidized—U.S. news outlets, according to records obtained by a conservative legal organization. America First Legal says that over 600 pages of documents obtained in a public records lawsuit show the State Department’s Global Engagement Center worked…Fred Lucas -
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How Blacks’ Experience in Idaho Differs From National Narrative
A remarkable study highlights a barely known exception to the generally accepted truism that black Americans’ poverty and unemployment rates are considerably higher than those of whites. Idaho is the only state in the nation where blacks earn more than whites, and their income also tops that of all other races and ethnic groups, according…Arthur Goldberg -
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‘Black Marxist’ Professor Fired After Vandalizing Pro-Life Display, Chasing Reporter With Machete
The art professor fired for holding a machete to a reporter’s throat and throwing a pro-life campus display on the ground is a self-described “black Marxist” who posted violent poetry on her personal website and said she identified with “real drag queens, real street dykes,” and “risk-taking, sexually free nihilistic utopians.” Shellyne Rodriguez, a 46-year-old…Ben Johnson -
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Parents to Big Tech: ‘We Want Our Children Back!’
Ernest Hemingway once said that for a good speech, “[a]ll you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know.” English actress Kate Winslet’s acceptance speech at the 2023 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Television Awards accomplished just that. Winslet won the award for leading actress for her…Joel Thayer -
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‘Nightmarish’: Dennis Prager Breaks Down America’s ‘Drift to Totalitarian Speech’
ORLANDO, Fla.—The American Left’s tendency to enforce its ideological speech codes reminds commentator and radio host Dennis Prager of the Soviet oppression of Jews, which he studied in his youth. He calls this phenomenon totalitarian and “nightmarish.” Prager studied Russian in school in order to study communism. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he…Tyler O’Neil -
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Newsom Stigmatizes Conservatives Over Backlash to Target Pride Month Merchandise
Apparently, conservatives are having an impact. Target—no doubt with an eye to the massive losses Bud Light is experiencing after its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney—announced it’s going to make some changes to its retail stores' Pride Month product placement and line-up, after significant outcry about its Pride gingerbread houses, onesies, and, oh yes,…Katrina Trinko -
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This ‘Pride’ Stuff Isn’t Healthy
I’ve never understood ethnic, race, gender, or sex pride. Even as a kid. For my bar mitzvah, someone gave me a book titled “Great Jews in Sports” or something like it. Aside from the usual jokes—it was not a long book; the print and the photos were very large—what I remember best was that I…Dennis Prager -
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Why Do Leftists Get a Pass on Their Racism Toward Tim Scott, Other Black Republicans?
It’s common among the conservative Twitterati to joke that the leftist media really want former President Donald Trump to be the nominee again, assuming—as they did in 2016—that it means doom for the Republicans. But whoever prevails, the 2024 Republican primary cycle is going to work out like all modern-day cycles. Inevitably, liberal Democrat reporters…Tim Graham -
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Kentucky Democrat Who Lost Bid to Unseat McConnell Fined $10K for Ethics Violations
The Executive Branch Ethics Commission of Kentucky has finally completed its investigation of Democrat Alison Grimes, a former secretary of state who ran an unsuccessful campaign for Senate against Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2014. The commission, in a unanimous vote, has fined her $10,000 for abusing “her position and influence” to provide 18 Democratic candidates…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Will Elon Musk Break the Legacy Media Stranglehold?
This week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis decided to announce his 2024 presidential candidacy on Twitter Spaces, the newest feature on Elon Musk’s Twitter. Musk himself would be co-hosting the event, giving DeSantis access to Musk’s 141 million Twitter followers. Only after the Twitter launch will DeSantis begin the more typical campaigning, embarking on a series…Ben Shapiro