Political Commentary & Opinion

The controversy surrounding Christopher Columbus has spanned decades. To some, Columbus serves as a symbol of bloodthirsty colonial expansion, a petty tyrant hellbent on pillaging native lands. To others, Columbus is a misunderstood and unjustified target of anti-American scorn who should be praised for his tolerance and kindness. Jarrett Stepman, a Daily Signal contributor and…

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President Joe Biden’s poll numbers are tanking, especially among independent voters. The American people do not like weak leaders, and they do not like the craziness that’s infiltrating their daily lives.   Biden campaigned as someone who could bring the country together. Since taking office, he’s made no effort to do that. Instead, he has…

It makes no sense to say “crony capitalism.” Yet, it has become common jargon, often used when policymakers load up legislation such as the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend bill with crony policies. Capitalism and our free enterprise system are concerned with individuals and businesses having the opportunity to compete on their own merits to achieve…

President Joe Biden claims the massive new government entitlements in his “Build Back Better” plan will be paid for by “corporations and those at the very top.” However, the taxes in the plan would hit low- and middle-income Americans with diminished savings, lost jobs, lower wages, higher prices, and more taxes. The House of Representatives…

Only a little more than half of the current world’s 7 billion people are citizens of fully consensual governments. That lucky 50% alone enjoys constitutionally protected freedoms. Most are also Western. Or at least they reside in nations that have become “Westernized.” Migrants—regardless of their race, religion, or gender—almost always head for a Western nation….

Pro-amnesty activists followed Sen. Kyrsten Sinema into a ladies’ room at Arizona State University over the weekend to demand that she support fellow Democrats’ $3.5 trillion social spending bill.  Video of the intruders lecturing Sinema, D-Ariz., from outside a closed stall door Sunday—while other women went about their personal business—quickly went viral.  “Yesterday’s behavior was…

Parents, wake up! Your children are being taken from you without you realizing. Think for a second about the last family dinner you had with your son or daughter. What were they doing? Were they present in the conversation, enjoying the meal with you? Or were their heads stuck in their phones, giggling every now…

The massive government expansion bill that congressional Democrats are currently trying to enact includes provisions that would add new dental benefits to Medicare, the federal health insurance program for seniors. Yet that might prove to be an unpopular move once seniors realize that the proposed changes could leave them with worse dental coverage than they…