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
Superman No Longer Fights for ‘the American Way,’ but He’s the Hero America Needs
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… Social Justice Man! DC Comics recently announced that it would be changing Superman’s iconic motto from “Truth, Justice, and the American Way,” to “Truth, Justice, and a Better Tomorrow.” After more than 80 years of holding the U.S.A. near and dear, the Man of Steel has formally removed… -
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Former Soros Activist Explains How Progressive Policies Ruined San Francisco
There’s a crisis in San Francisco. Homelessness has skyrocketed and drug use is rampant. Michael Shellenberger moved to San Francisco in 1993 to work on liberal causes, and even spent time working for George Soros’ foundation. He advocated the decriminalization of drugs and promoted drug treatment programs. But, Shellenberger says, he began to worry when… -
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Anarchy Reigns in Portland
Immediately upon taking office, President Joe Biden removed President Donald Trump’s designation of Portland, Oregon, as a jurisdiction in anarchy. So, how are things going now? Anarchy reigns in the City of Roses. Over the weekend, police were called to 19 shootings. One of which is likely to be ruled a double homicide, bringing the… -
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Biden Pick Becerra’s Indecent, Indefensible Legal Assault on Nuns, Human Life
The following is excerpted from Trump White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s new book “Radical Nation: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s Dangerous Plan for America.“ It is available here and elsewhere. Founded in France in 1839, the Little Sisters of the Poor is a Catholic order of nuns who operate 29 care homes across the United… -
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How America Went ‘Race Crazy’: Author Charles Love Explains and Offers Remedies
Since The New York Times released its 1619 Project in 2019, schools have been quick to adopt the curriculum. Tensions over race and racism over the past year and half have only added to the number of schools using the curriculum, says Charles Love, host of the “Cut the Bull” podcast and executive director of… -
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IRS Oversteps Its Boundaries With Lazy and Destructive Proposal
“Americans are starting to be worried about this. Do you think that this pay-for of giving the IRS more money to crack down on unpaid taxes is going to stay in the reconciliation bill?” “Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.” —House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., exchange with reporter during weekly press conference on Oct. 12 No, the… -
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Netflix Backs Chappelle, but Still Spurns Conservatives
Many conservatives praised Netflix for “standing up to cancel culture” by defending its decision to carry Dave Chappelle’s comedy special “The Closer.” Critics in the LGBTQ community accuse him of misogyny and of bashing transgender people. Among comments that attracted controversy, Chappelle said, “Gender is a fact. Every human being in this room, every human… -
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Risk Is Necessary for a Healthy Civilization
Human beings aren’t great at assessing risk. In 1979, psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky posited a new branch of behavioral economics, which they titled prospect theory. One of their key findings was that human beings are naturally loss-averse—we generally are willing to forego the probability of gains in order to minimize the chance of… -
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Don’t Let Democrats Turn US Into Europe
More destructive than any specific policy item modern Democrats are pushing this year are the ideas they use to justify their agenda. The $3.5 trillion bill that President Joe Biden and Democrats are now attempting to cram through Congress via reconciliation is meant to create a European-style cradle-to-grave welfare state here in the United States…. -
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Educating Students About Victims of Communism
Many Americans today assume that the threat of communism subsided with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, but “we continue to see communist and socialist regimes pop up and spread not only in Latin America—for example, in Venezuela and Nicaragua—but around the world,” says Ambassador Andrew Bremberg, president and CEO of the Victims of… -
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US Must Defend Taiwan’s Independence
Foreign policy is most effective when it strikes a balance between idealism and realism that gains the support of a majority of the American people. When foreign policy becomes either too idealistic or too “realistic,” public support wanes. Consider Afghanistan. Today it stands as an embarrassing failure of U.S. policy. The more idealistic elements of… -
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3 Takeaways From AG Garland’s House Panel Testimony on Virginia School Rape Case, Conflict of Interest
Attorney General Merrick Garland denied any knowledge Thursday of a highly publicized Northern Virginia school rape case and suggested that he called for federal investigations of parents without independently confirming a purported spike in threats made to school boards and teachers. During the hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, Republican lawmakers grilled the attorney general… -
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US Partnership With Romania Is Strong, but Could Be More Practical
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visited “stalwart NATO ally” Romania on Oct. 20 to discuss a range of key bilateral issues. Austin noted that the two nations have built a relationship that’s based on “mutual trust, respect, and the political will to advance our common defense objectives.” Indeed, Romania, dubbed as a “role-model NATO ally” by a senior defense… -
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Twitter Mob Comes for Dave Chappelle. It’s Time to Realize It Isn’t as Powerful as It Thinks.
Perennially persecuted comedy legend Dave Chappelle is under fire yet again. The controversy began after his latest special “The Closer” aired on Netflix. Chappelle, with his usual brand of acerbic humor, made a series of jokes that ran afoul of transgender ideology. Chappelle is no stranger to controversy. His 2019 special “Sticks & Stones” faced… -
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New Study Confirms What Women Seek in Good Provider
Nearly three years ago, Fox News host Tucker Carlson made the following statement: “Study after study has shown that when men make less than women, women generally don’t want to marry them. Maybe they should want to marry them, but they don’t.” Carlson was vilified for those comments, but a recent study proves that in some significant… -
opinion
Rogue Prosecutor Steve Descano Cuts Sweetheart Deal With Child Molester
This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country who have been backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros and Cari Tuna and the threat those prosecutors pose to victims and others alike. Previous entries in the series have focused on prosecutors in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, San Francisco, and… -
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Democrats Are Trying to Sneak Gender Dogma Into Bill on Family Violence
The Democratic majority in the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act this summer, but it stalled in the Senate. Undeterred, progressives have been trying to insert their gender dogma wherever else they can, including the $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend bill and HR 2119, which is the barely noticed Family Violence and Prevention Services Improvement Act…. -
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7 Ways Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Tax-and-Spend Bill Would Take Over Your Health Care
Slimming down the cost of the Democrats’ massive $3.5 trillion social-welfare spending bill is a compromise that misses the point. Opposition to the tax-and-spending bill is not just about cost, it’s about a policy agenda that shifts more power and control to the federal government and away from patients and families. The so-called Build… -
opinion
In Remembrance of Colin Powell
America lost a great man this week. Colin Powell, the first African American to become both the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the secretary of state, died at the age of 84. A man of character by all accounts and a leader in every sense of the word, Powell was born… -
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Why Are Left-Wing Lawmakers OK With $3.5 Trillion Tax-and-Spend Bill Boosting Health Insurers’ Profits?
Moderate and left-wing congressional Democrats continue to wrangle over the details of their partisan $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend bill, but there’s one thing they agree on: As much as 17% of the new spending will go to profitable health insurance companies. The 133 House and Senate Democrats who have co-sponsored “Medicare for All,” which would abolish…