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
Reducing Patient Access to New Medications Is the Left’s Latest Medicare Price-Fixing Scheme
As negotiations on their tax and spending bill continue, Senate Democrats are working on a legislative proposal to have the government fix the prices of Medicare prescription medications. Though the details of the 190-page amendment differ in certain respects from earlier versions, the indisputable result would be the same: reduced patient access to prescription drugs. Like… -
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UPenn’s Nomination of Lia Thomas as NCAA ‘Woman of Year’ Is Insult to Real Women
It’s not bad enough that Lia Thomas bested female competitors throughout this past swim season. Now, the University of Pennsylvania has nominated the transgender swimmer to be the NCAA’s “Woman of the Year.” As colleges and universities across the country were sending in their nominations to the NCAA for its annual Woman of the Year… -
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George Soros and the Leftist Takeover of 18 Spanish-Language Radio Stations
A group associated with far-left billionaire George Soros is taking over 18 Spanish-language radio stations, including the iconic conservative talk station Radio Mambi. “It’s a stab in the heart of the community,” says Lourdes Ubieta, a former host at Radio Mambi. Radio Mambi gained a reputation “as a station that serves the Cuban exile community,”… -
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Singer Natasha Owens Overcomes Depression to ‘Stand for Life’
Natasha Owens fought anxiety and nerves as she stood backstage, praying she would not trip and fall in front of the crowd in her cowboy boots. She hadn’t sung solo on a big stage before, let alone for 10,000 people. The opportunity to open for popular Christian musician Michael W. Smith on Oct. 3,… -
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The Truth Hasn’t Changed. The GOP Must Defend Marriage.
If you asked the talking heads, they’d say Americans are flocking to the Republican Party because of Joe Biden. It’s a reasonable explanation, considering the dumpster fire he’s made of our economy, energy, and inflation. But there’s another reason that voters are turning to the GOP—and it has nothing to do with the price of… -
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American Dream Isn’t Dead, but It Needs Help
The American dream looms large in the nation’s psyche. Immigrants flock to our shores to make a better life for themselves, free of the chains that bound them in their countries of origin. Native-born Americans also can achieve the American dream through hard work and determination. But recently, many have come to view that dream… -
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What Banner on Boston Church Says About Decline of Christianity
On the front of one of the oldest and most beautiful churches in the country, the Church of the Covenant in Boston, hangs a large banner on which is written: “And God said … “Protect Abortion Access 4 All “Ensure Black Lives Matter “Honor Bodily Autonomy “Defend LGBTQ+ Rights “End Voter Suppression “Turn Guns into… -
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Federal Judge Blocks Biden’s Attempt to Reinterpret Discrimination Laws
How do you solve a problem like a rogue agency? When a Democrat occupies the White House, you can be reasonably sure that administrative agencies will start bending rules to get results that they can’t get through normal procedures. Witness, for example, the rise of the agency “guidance” document. These are documents that express an… -
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How Pregnancy Resource Shelter Helped Me Follow My Dreams—Without Sacrificing My Children
It’s a typical Friday night, and I’m busy cooking dinner for my 7-year-old daughter, Bella, and my 6-year-old son, Bryant. My heart warms as I watch the two of them snuggled up on the couch, with Bryant’s eyes wide, as Bella launches into their millionth book of the day. They are young, beautiful, and full… -
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Why Azerbaijan Merits Greater Strategic Attention From Washington
America’s engagement with Azerbaijan matters more than ever, with 2022 marking the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. From Washington’s foreign policy perspective, the strategic importance of the country is undeniable. Its capital, Baku, is the largest port on the Caspian Sea and an important transportation hub for goods shipped between Europe… -
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Texas Sues Biden Over Emergency Abortions
On Thursday, Texas state officials filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration challenging its recent guidance that health providers can carry out abortions in emergency cases regardless of their state’s laws. Under the guidance released earlier last week by the Department of Health and Human Services, health providers who carry out emergency abortions are protected under federal… -
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Celebrities Say They’ll Leave US but Curiously, They’re Still Here…
After the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told fans at a London concert that he would renounce his citizenship. Don’t bet on it. Armstrong is no stranger to preening wokeness. He also “threatened” to leave the U.S. when President Donald Trump was in charge, as did many other lefty celebs—Bryan Cranston, Samuel L…. -
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Big Tech Companies Practically ‘Own the Government,’ This Texas Lawmaker Says
Congressional Democrats and Republicans agree that Big Tech companies are too powerful, says a Texas congressman who is a leader on the issue. “These Big Tech companies have gotten to the point that they own the government, in a sense,” Rep. Lance Gooden, co-chair and co-founder of the Freedom From Big Tech Caucus, says, adding… -
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Expert-Moderated Candidates Debates Aim to Sidestep ‘Reportorial Bias’
Are the days of journalist-led political candidates debates over? If The Epoch Times’ new debate format takes root, they just might be. Aimed at avoiding accusations of “reportorial bias” in the traditional debate format, The Epoch Times has created a type of debate where single-issue experts and scholars—rather than journalists with clear or potential political biases—pose questions to the… -
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Green Energy Threatens Reliability of Texas, US Electric Grids
Texans might be forgiven for thinking they have it better than the Brits when it comes to keeping the lights on. After all, they live in the energy capital of the world. However, the destructive nature of renewable energy like that used in Great Britain knows no borders, especially when American politicians push subsidies and… -
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Our Political Leaders Have Failed the Black Community
I am saddened by the state of affairs in our inner cities. Recently, in Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital and the place I call home, several young people, including a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old, were murdered. Their lives cut short, never providing them with the opportunity to realize their God-given potential. The perpetuation of a… -
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Resign, Joe
It is difficult, perhaps impossible, to describe just how bad President Joe Biden is at his job. Comparisons to Jimmy Carter are pervasive, but trite—and too flattering to Carter. Perhaps a more apt (and dark) analogy, given how civic strife has reached a fever pitch, is to James Buchanan, historians’ typical consensus pick for worst… -
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Obama Is Still Playing the Race Card
Former President Barack Obama recently gave a speech in which he attacked the critics of “identity politics.” At the June Copenhagen Democracy Summit Obama said: “I have little sympathy for reactionaries who cynically condemn identity politics or cancel culture when really all they’re doing is trying to preserve existing privilege or excuse entrenched injustice, or… -
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As Hate Crimes Pile Up Against Churches and Pregnancy Centers, Hawley Cracks Down
It began in Boulder, Colorado. On the night of May 3, one day after Politico leaked a draft of the Dobbs Supreme Court decision that would eventually overturn Roe v. Wade seven weeks later, criminals attacked Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church, smashing windows and spray-painting multiple anti-Catholic and pro-abortion slogans on the doors and walls of… -
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Sri Lanka Collapses and Dutch Farmers Revolt. Blame ‘Green’ Policies.
Sri Lanka is on fire and enraged protesters have stormed the presidential palace. Dutch farmers continue to protest all across the Netherlands by blocking roads with their tractors. Germany, Italy, and Poland have all had their own farmers’ protests, inspired by the Dutch. Around the globe, protesters are expressing just how fed up they are…