Political Commentary & Opinion

This week, governments around the globe spun into full-scale panic thanks to the revelation of the so-called omicron variant of COVID-19. As of this writing, we know that omicron is likely more transmissible than prior variants. We have no evidence, however, that omicron is more deadly. To the contrary, Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chairwoman of the…

With a loss of health care workers from stress, burnout, and vaccine mandates, hospitals are scrambling to keep beds open and retain licensed health professionals. Unfortunately, national professional associations are threatening licensed health professionals with disciplinary action or loss of licensure for questioning recommendations from government agencies, especially the Food and Drug Administration and the…

CNN’s dramatic and insurmountable conflict of interest of using Chris Cuomo as a “news anchor” just keeps getting more ridiculous. Thousands of pages of evidence emerged Tuesday from the investigation of New York Attorney General Letitia James into ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Once again, it underlined that his brother, Chris Cuomo, didn’t have a line of…

I’ve reported how Facebook censors me. Now I’ve learned that it also censors environmentalist Michael Shellenberger, statistician Bjorn Lomborg, and former New York Times columnist John Tierney. Facebook’s “fact-checkers” claim we spread “misinformation.” In my new video, Tierney argues that the “people guilty of spreading misinformation are Facebook and its fact-checkers.” He’s right. Facebook doesn’t…

The eyes of the world will be on the Supreme Court as the justices convene Wednesday to hear oral arguments in a potentially landmark abortion case. This is a critical moment for the pro-life movement, which has fought for decades to secure any legal protections for unborn babies. The decision in the case, Dobbs v….

To understand the modern world, perhaps the most important rule one needs to know is this: Everything the left touches it ruins. This first became clear to me years ago during my radio show. I was talking about the left’s war on the Boy Scouts (for not accepting announced gay people). It was becoming clear…

It’s one of the most common words in the leftist vocabulary: “oppressed.” The radical left views all social interactions and structures through the lens of oppressor vs. oppressed. The left’s favorite groups, racial and sexual minorities, find themselves perpetually oppressed and victimized by their straight white oppressors, no party more guilty of this perennial sin…

Millions of citizens long ago concluded that professional sports, academia, and entertainment were no longer disinterested institutions, but far left and deliberately hostile to Middle America. Yet American conservatives still adamantly supported the nation’s traditional investigatory, intelligence, and military agencies—especially when they came under budgetary or cultural attacks. Not so much anymore. For the first…

It is ironic when Democrats complain about sensational use of language. Thanks to progressives, practically every white person in America has been labelled a racist. But now Democrats are screaming because Republican Sen. John Kennedy suggested that Saule Omarova, whom President Joe Biden has nominated to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—the…

During and after the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the white 18-year-old accused of murdering two white men and injuring another, one could hardly keep track of the insanity based on falsehoods recklessly peddled by media and politicians. In Chicago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson marched in the front line of a group of protesters where some…

Over the course of 2021, my Daily Signal colleagues and I had the opportunity to interview many talented authors with incredible stories. We’ve enjoyed featuring their books on “The Daily Signal Podcast.” Now, with Christmas soon upon us, we’ve compiled some of our favorites for you to consider as gifts for family and friends. The…

For some, this Thanksgiving—like last year—is a more difficult occasion than previous ones. Perhaps a loved one has died from COVID-19, or you feel isolated from relatives and friends due to lockdowns, quarantines, travel restrictions, vaccinations (or not), masks and “distancing” and might think you have little to celebrate or be thankful for. You might…

Happy Thanksgiving! But beware the “tragedy of the commons.” It almost killed off the pilgrims.  Now, via Washington, D.C., it’s probably coming for us. Tragedy of the commons is a concept from an essay by ecologist Garrett Hardin. He wrote how cattle ranchers sharing a common parcel of land soon destroy that land. That’s because…

One may be tempted, almost, to say there is little reason to give thanks on a day when so many have died from a deadly virus, when the memory of an endless war in a distant land still stings, and when a majority of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction. But…

Looking at the country today, it's easy to fall into despair. As the radical left pushes policies and ideas leading to the degradation of our nation, it's hard not to lose hope. But the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, says there's a way to keep going in the face…

After a summer of wildly destructive civil unrest followed by the looming shadow of the high-profile trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, residents of Wisconsin suffered another blow in the form of unspeakable tragedy. Five people were killed and more than 40 injured when a driver plowed through participants of an annual holiday parade, appearing to intentionally…

While President Joe Biden seems to have no qualms about advancing regulations and policies that will increase energy prices for Americans, he clearly does not like the flak he’s getting right now for high gas prices and energy bills. Feeling heat from rising gasoline prices, Biden authorized two releases totaling 50 million barrels of oil…