Political Commentary & Opinion
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‘The Real Virus Is Democrats,’ Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina Says at CPAC
The Republican lieutenant governor of North Carolina says that the time is now for Americans to stand up for the right to life, medical freedom, and education. “What conservatives have said about the left over the past 50 years at this present time has been true more than any other time in history,” Mark Robinson…Maggie Hroncich -
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Did an Assistant Football Coach Establish a State Religion?
There are four minutes left in the third quarter of a public high school football game in the state of Washington. A player tries to make a tackle with his head pointed down, and his helmet flies off. He falls to the ground and lies motionless. An assistant coach runs out onto the field. He…Terence Jeffrey -
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Why Is Left Suddenly Worried About ‘End of Democracy’?
What is behind recent pessimistic appraisals of democracy’s future, from Hillary Clinton, Adam Schiff, Brian Williams and other elite intellectuals, media personalities, and politicians on the left? Some are warning about its possible erosion in 2024. Others predict democracy’s downturn as early 2022, with scary scenarios of “autocracy” and Trump “coups.” To answer that question,…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Olympian Eileen Gu: Communist-Certified Millionaire?
Beware of writing critical things about Eileen Gu, a teenage skiing triple-medalist at the Beijing Olympics. You’ll be accused of racism. Gu was born and raised in San Francisco, but after competing for the U.S., she decided in 2019 that she was going to ski for Communist China, where her mother grew up. The most…Tim Graham -
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Abraham Accords: Sowing Seeds of Peace, Harvesting Fruits of Prosperity
Over the last month, there has been a blossoming of activity to advance the Abraham Accords across the Middle East. Visits by Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to Bahrain in February coincided with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Gantz and Bahraini Defense Minister Abdullah Bin Hassan Al…Nicole Robinson -
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Secret Teacher Portals Reveal ‘Pronoun Surveys,’ ‘Black Lives Matter Curriculum.’ Here’s What I Found in the Leaked Content.
The school district of Loudoun County, Virginia, may have made the headlines for aggressively pushing far-left content onto students, including pornography and critical race theory, but other districts throughout the country are no better off. At the Santa Barbara Unified School District in California, teachers are given a plethora of politically radical resources that they…Kenny Xu -
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The War on Parents Continues
In September 2020, January Littlejohn went to pick up her 13-year-old daughter from middle school. Littlejohn is a stay-at-home mother to three children and a licensed mental health counselor in Florida. So when her daughter informed her that the school administration had begun encouraging her to identify as transgender, Littlejohn was shocked. Littlejohn’s daughter told…Ben Shapiro -
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Colorado Is Again Trying to Compel a Wedding Vendor’s Speech. Supreme Court Has a Chance to Defend Freedom.
Some U.S. Court of Appeals have a long history of issuing decisions that are demonstrably hostile to wedding artists seeking to exercise their First Amendment rights. Whether for wedding flowers or for custom designed wedding cakes, these courts have repeatedly circumvented the rights of business owners to both practice their religious freedom and refuse to…Sarah Parshall Perry -
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How Government Is Adding to, Not Solving, Labor Shortages in Health Care and Elsewhere
COVID-19 is not to blame for four-decade-high inflation and an unprecedented labor shortage. Rather, bad government policies, originally enacted as part of a stated attempt to keep people safe from COVID-19, are to blame. Instead of keeping people safe, government policies are doing more harm than good to public health and well-being and restricting the…Rachel Greszler -
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‘Media Need to Start Showing Up’ on Evidence of Democrats’ Spying, Sen. Rick Scott Says
It’s past time for the dominant media to “show up” and report on a special counsel’s court filings alleging political espionage targeting Donald Trump before and after he became president and instigated by the Hillary Clinton campaign, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., says. “The media just went along with the Democrat narrative [claiming collusion between Trump…Ken McIntyre -
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Amazon’s New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Series Defiles Tolkien’s Masterpiece
The biggest threat facing Middle-earth is no longer Sauron or Morgoth, but Jeff Bezos. Amazon released a trailer for its new “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” series during the Super Bowl, and the product advertised doesn’t inspire confidence. The series is set long before Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring…Douglas Blair -
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Is Canada Becoming North America’s Cuba?
Canada is leaving the Western world. In terms of all-encompassing government, suppression of dissent, and the denial of fundamental human rights to many of its citizens, Canada is now more similar to Cuba than to any free country. Canada may eventually return to Western civilization, but as of this writing, the majority of Canadians appear…Dennis Prager -
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Mayor Eric Adams Is Half Right
It is usually Republicans who blast the media for what they consider biased or unfair coverage of their policies, but increasingly we are hearing Democrats engaging in the same behavior, apparently frustrated their agenda is not being embraced by some of their fellow Democrats and the public. Last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams,…Cal Thomas -
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‘I Am an Overcomer,’ Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears Says. ‘Many Black People Are Overcomers.’
When she was a little girl, Winsome Sears emigrated to America from Jamaica. Years later, she chose to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps because, she says, “America had always been good to my family and me.” Today, Sears is again serving her adopted country, this time as Virginia’s lieutenant governor. She made history when…Virginia Allen -
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Ford’s Theatre, Park Service Push Story of ‘Complex,’ ‘Fallible’ Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln not only was a “fallible, complex human being, whose legacy continues to evolve,” he also used “racist” language, Ford’s Theatre staffers say in internal emails obtained by The Daily Signal. Their views came as Ford’s Theatre in Washington, where the16th president was assassinated in 1865, launched a social media program emphasizing the…Fred Lucas -
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How April 1945 Proved to Be ‘Hinge of History’
A single month determined the course of the 20th century. That’s what historian Craig Shirley writes about in his newest book, “April 1945: The Hinge of History.” It’s Shirley’s follow-up to “December 1941,” in which the author and political consultant recounted stories from the lives of leaders and everyday Americans during the attack on Pearl…Fred Lucas -
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What Is National Conservatism?
A new group of thinkers and activists calling themselves national conservatives believe American politics and policy questions increasingly invite a national approach. They seek to combat the left’s attempt to bury our constitutional order and replace it with a matrix of identity politics, vast social spending, and other objectives. Chris DeMuth, a leader of the…Richard M. Reinsch II -
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California Suppressing Evidence That ‘Would Exculpate’ David Daleiden, Attorneys Say
California is limiting undercover journalist and pro-life activist David Daleiden from conducting his legal defense by requesting that certain evidence be excluded from his upcoming trial, Daleiden’s lawyers argued in court documents filed Friday. Daleiden posed as a fetal tissue procurer and secretly recorded and published videos in 2013 and 2014 of Planned Parenthood employees…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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‘Mainstream’ Media Hides Hillary’s Hackers
Imagine that a well-respected federal prosecutor’s courtroom filing revealed the following: Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign paid a pro-GOP law firm to hire technical experts to hack Democratic opponent Barack Obama’s computer servers at his home, office, and campaign headquarters. They sought evidence that Obama was born in Kenya and thus, disqualified for the presidency….Deroy Murdock -
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4 Reasons Why Returning to Iran Nuclear Deal Is Bad Idea
Ukraine isn’t the only foreign policy crisis the U.S. is facing. After months of negotiations, the Biden administration may be on the verge of restoring the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (aka the Iran nuclear deal), with no chance of replacing it with a “longer and stronger” deal, as the administration promised. Doing so is…Peter Brookes