Political Commentary & Opinion

Gabriel Boric, Chile’s youngest president ever, was sworn into office on March 11, and will shape the direction of the country over the next four years. Boric, a former student protest leader and member of Congress, won the Chilean presidency last year by riding a left-wing populist wave of anti-market sentiment. The 36-year-old president, the…

Last week, amid Russia’s ruthless invasion of Ukraine and the rapid passage of a massive 2,741-page, $1.5 trillion spending bill, it’s not surprising that enactment of a postal reform bill (H.R. 3076) got little attention. Touted as a long-awaited “bipartisan” measure, the postal legislation, 15 years in gestation, is anything but noncontroversial. Fast-tracked through Congress,…

Last year, in the midst of all the COVID-19 chaos, it was easy to miss a major milestone in the history of American conservatism and the battle of ideas. Regnery Books released a 70th anniversary edition of William F. Buckley’s seminal work “God and Man at Yale” (with a new introduction by Michael Knowles)—first published…

The Daily Signal is featuring the latest episode of “The Kevin Roberts Show.” The podcast includes an interview with Townhall reporter Julio Rosas, author of “Fiery But Mostly Peaceful: The 2020 Riots and the Gaslighting of America.” Kevin Roberts: For this episode, we’re going to talk about something we consume every day. We watch it,…

Tom Bevan at RealClearPolitics shared on Twitter a local horror story from the Chicago area. His fifth grader came home from school with a vocabulary assignment in science class. The words included “transgender,” cisgender,” “nonbinary,” and “consent.” The last word carries the most irony, because the educational elite in this country isn’t interested in the…

“Well, you all imagined it,” Vice President Kamala Harris commented during a so-called clean-transit event, where she appeared with her fellow tautologist, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. “That’s why we’re here today—because we have the ability to see what can be, unburdened by what has been, and then to make the possible actually happen.” When…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul blamed the recent shooting death of Jason Rivera, a New York City police officer, on “a shot from an illegal gun.” In this strange passive voice, the Democratic governor didn’t mention the officer by name, but concluded that the true threat facing New York City was “the scourge of illegal guns…

The radical left’s new favorite way to virtue signal is something called “land acknowledgement.” Hordes of woke businesses and universities have started meetings or other gatherings by declaring that they’re holding them on land where Native Americans once lived.  As an example, take this land acknowledgement from San Diego State University about the Kumeyaay tribe. …

Thousands are dying from Russian missiles and bombs in the suburbs of Ukraine. In response, the Biden administration’s climate change envoy, multimillionaire and private jet-owning John Kerry, laments that Russian President Vladimir Putin might no longer remain his partner in reducing global warming. “You’re going to lose people’s focus,” Kerry frets. “You’re going to lose…

Abigail Martinez’s daughter Yaeli was in high school when she started struggling with transgenderism. Her California school affirmed Yaeli’s struggle with her gender ideology and supported her taking steps to transition.  Martinez tried her best to support her daughter, knowing that “changing” genders ultimately would not make her teenager happy. But because Martinez was not…

There’s a common, misguided notion in Washington that the strength of the U.S. economy lies in the American people’s willingness to spend. Commentators have described consumption as the “engine of economic growth” in the United States. They say we need to stimulate demand for the economy to grow. This wrongheaded emphasis on spending also manifests…

In the annals of manufactured scandals by TV networks, one of the lamest examples was Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ telling high school students at an event of his: “You do not have to wear those masks. I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it’s not doing anything, and we’ve got to stop this COVID theater.”…

This week, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine dragged on, gas prices in America soared to their highest levels since 2008, increasing over 57 cents in just one month. In parts of the United States, gas at the pump costs in excess of $7 per gallon. The answer to this challenge is obvious: The United…

Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum are popping up everywhere. But many Americans may not completely understand what they are. As governments around the globe struggle to legislate on this new digital money, it can be useful to know exactly what’s going on. Heritage Foundation research fellow Peter St. Onge, an economist, says he sees…

The Florida state Senate on Tuesday passed a parents rights bill, a media-maligned piece of legislation that will prohibit primary school teachers from talking about sexual orientation with children in pre-K through third grade.  Senate passage of the Parental Rights in Education bill by a vote of 21-17 marks a milestone in parents’ efforts across…