Political Commentary & Opinion
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2 Antithetical Billionaires
Before the midterm November elections, Sam Bankman-Fried was a left-wing billionaire heartthrob. He properly grew up on the Stanford campus, where his parents were well-known left-wing activist law professors. He went to a tony prep school and on to MIT. Bankman-Fried mocked society’s bourgeois capitalist conventions by dressing and looking like a slob in cut-offs…Victor Davis Hanson -
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‘An Atmosphere of Lawlessness’: Attacks on Churches Nearly Triple in 4 Years, New Report Finds
A Christian leader has blasted the Biden administration for “creating an atmosphere of lawlessness” by ignoring attacks on churches and houses of worship nationwide, which have nearly tripled over the last four years, according to a startling new report. These assaults ranged from deadly to defacing, covered every region of the country and denominational background,…Ben Johnson -
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Why the Redefinition of the Word ‘Woman’ Matters
Samuel Johnson’s “Dictionary of the English Language,” first published in 1755, defines the word “woman” as “the female of the human race.” And until Oct. 2022, the word “woman” was still defined as “an adult female human being” in the Cambridge Dictionary. What transpired on the topic during the intervening 267 years? Not much. Science…David Harsanyi -
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EXCLUSIVE: Georgia’s Raffensperger Squelches New York Times Claim He’s Pushing Ranked-Choice Voting
Georgia’s top election official pushed back Thursday on reports that he advocates implementing ranked-choice voting, a controversial procedure known as an instant runoff, in the state. The denial from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office comes one day after he called for the state Legislature to reform the state’s election system to avoid future…Fred Lucas -
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Virginia Parents: Complicit School Board Members ‘All Need to Resign Now’
School board members in Loudoun County, Virginia, took a beating from parents Tuesday night during an especially fiery public meeting. The meeting was parents’ first opportunity to express their displeasure since a 92-page special grand jury report, released Dec. 5, described how Loudoun County Public Schools egregiously mishandled two cases of sexual assault that threatened to disrupt…Joshua Arnold -
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How to Make Sure Biden’s Africa Summit Isn’t Just a Photo-Op
African heads of state, other high-level policymakers, and business leaders traveled to Washington for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, which ends Thursday. The Biden administration boldly billed the summit, the second iteration since the Obama administration’s inaugural event in 2014, as a defining moment for U.S. policy toward the region. Regrettably, other than a series…Anthony B. Kim -
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What Now, Conservatives? Ed Feulner Remains Optimistic
How discouraged should conservatives be about the results of the midterm elections, which returned Republicans to only a slim majority in the House and actually gave Democrats one more seat in the Senate? It’s OK to be dismayed briefly, but conservatives should shake it off and keep moving forward to reach the public policy goals…Ken McIntyre -
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I (Used to) Love New York
I was a teenager when I first visited New York. The flight cost $15 on the Eastern Airlines Shuttle from Washington, D.C. You could buy your ticket from a flight attendant on board. She (and it was always a she back then) would roll a cart down the aisle with a credit card device on…Cal Thomas -
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Conservatives, Christians Systematically Excluded From Benefits of Christmas Shopping on Amazon
Scrolling through Amazon to find the perfect Christmas gift for your niece? Did you know that the moment you click "buy" on that doll, you can support a charity of your choice with some of the proceeds of every purchase? Of course, Amazon won't let you support just any cause. Your shopping can't help violent…Tyler O’Neil -
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Why Did Black Georgians Vote for Raphael Warnock?
There are plenty of postmortems about Raphael Warnock’s defeat of Republican candidate Herschel Walker in the runoff for the Senate seat in Georgia. Yes, in the same state, Republican Brian Kemp won a decisive victory in the race for governor. And, yes, to be kind, Walker was not a great flag-bearer to draw voters, particularly…Star Parker -
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‘CBS Mornings’ Fawns Over Nepotistic Pelosi Propaganda Film
People in the “news business” are very upset that interest in their work is fading, and business isn’t booming. But in sharply divided times, the “news” too often sounds like it goes from one extreme to another. It comes across as either viciously negative or mawkishly positive. It feels less like information and more like…Tim Graham -
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Texas Public School District Mocks Concerned Mother, Then Charges Her $7,000
Chumchal told The Daily Signal, “If I had this many incidents that the district didn’t consider ‘bullying’, how many other parents or students have submitted bullying reports left unanswered or ill-attended to?”Tony Kinnett -
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What Taxpayers, Workers, and Retirees Need to Know About Record $35.8 Billion Bailout of This Private Union Pension
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced Thursday that Central States Teamsters’ private union pension will receive $35.8 billion in taxpayers’ money. Behind this bailout is a tragic history of reckless actions by self-seeking unions and muddied political favoritism that allowed the problem to fester for decades unchecked. What the Biden administration applauds as a “protection”…Rachel Greszler -
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Libraries Refusing Kirk Cameron’s Book Reading Could Face Lawsuits
As far as dramas go, America’s library wars have all the makings of a good Hollywood script. But unfortunately for actor Kirk Cameron, there’s nothing fictional about it. The “Growing Pains” star is the latest parent to do battle with the country’s woke book lenders after 50 locations opened their doors to drag queens—only to…Suzanne Bowdey -
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Will Secular Conservatives Have Conservative Grandchildren?
Secular conservatives have done, and continue to do, great work on behalf of America, liberty, and conservatism in general. But they will not likely have conservative grandchildren—and many will not have conservative children. I know this, because I speak with hundreds of conservatives a year in person and on the radio. I routinely ask these…Dennis Prager -
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Leading Toy Company Promotes Trans Agenda to Kids Through Its Products
Mattel, the massive corporation that owns Barbie, Fisher-Price, Hot Wheels, American Girl, and several other iconic toy companies, is promoting transgender ideology to children through its products. The brand has introduced several transgender-themed products aimed at a child audience in recent years, including a recent book about boy image that included a section encouraging gender transitions for…Laurel Duggan -
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What’s Really Going on With Gov. Ducey’s Shipping Container Wall? Border Correspondent Explains
Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey is using shipping containers to build a border wall along sections of the state’s border with Mexico. But construction of the wall has largely been halted this week due to environmental protests. “Protesters … have actually come in and camped out overnight in front of equipment and have actually put…Virginia Allen -
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Sinema’s Quitting Democratic Party Raises Question: What Is ‘Extremism’?
Leaving aside any possible undeclared motives for leaving the Democratic Party and becoming an Independent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has said some things that have needed to be said for a long time. In an op-ed for The Arizona Republic, Sinema wrote, “Americans are told that we have only two choices—Democrat or Republican—and that…Cal Thomas -
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Feminism in 2022: Silencing Women With Politically Incorrect Views
Chivalry isn’t dead, apparently. Although in 2022, chivalry means not holding a door open, but banishing women who refuse to hew to the fashionable ideology of the day from the presence of other women. In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, major law firm Hogan Lovells hosted a…Katrina Trinko -
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Republicans Make Midterm Gains With an Unlikely Group: Young Americans
Republicans made gains in the midterm elections among voters under 30, a demographic that tends to lean heavily Democratic, according to The Associated Press. Young voters swung 53% for Democratic House candidates and 41% for Republican candidates, AP reported. The result marks a decline for Democrats from recent elections: In 2020, voters under 30 chose Joe…Laurel Duggan