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
Israeli Author Offers Ancient Wisdom of Genesis for Modern Problems
The Bible and the Torah have served as sources of inspiration and guidance throughout the ages. Accounts in the Book of Genesis of the Tower of Babel and the Garden of Eden are among those that have helped people from ancient times to understand God and to navigate personal issues. Michael Eisenberg, an Israeli venture… -
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‘This Is Manifestly Not Saigon’ and Our Society of Lies
I wrote about the moral, diplomatic, international and American tragedy of abandoning Afghanistan a few months ago, so here I will address only the comment by Secretary of State Antony Blinken on ABC’s “This Week”—and what it says about our country. Commenting on the American helicopters picking up Americans from the roof of the U.S…. -
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Dictators Are Using Interpol to Shape America’s Legal System. It’s Time to Change That.
You’ve heard of the International Criminal Police Organization thanks to Hollywood, which often features “Interpol agents.” In reality, there are no Interpol agents: Interpol simply runs an online platform where states can post requests, called “red notices,” that ask its member nations to locate, provisionally arrest, and extradite fugitives. The United States has been a… -
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Here’s What You Need to Know About the Situation in Afghanistan
The Afghanistan War appears to be over. After nearly 20 years of fighting, America’s longest conflict has come to a bitter conclusion. Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul, fell to the Taliban in fewer than 72 hours. This came on the heels of a weeklong blitz that saw city after city capitulate to the Taliban. How did… -
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What These 22 Lawmakers and Pundits Are Saying About Taliban’s Takeover of Afghanistan
After 20 years, about $1 trillion, and the loss of 2,448 American service members and 3,846 U.S. contractors, the Taliban has taken control of Afghanistan. Emotions ran high over the weekend and into Monday as Americans watched while Taliban militants marched into Kabul, the Afghan capital, and seized control of the presidential palace. “We gave… -
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About 6,000 Lose Personal Data to Colonial Pipeline Hackers
Hackers responsible for a May ransomware attack on a key East Coast oil pipeline stole personal data, including Social Security numbers and health insurance information, from nearly 6,000 people, the company confirmed Monday to The Daily Caller News Foundation. Ukrainian hacking syndicate DarkSide carried out a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, a private pipeline system beginning in Houston and supplying 45%… -
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Fleeing People Cling to, Fall From Planes Departing Airport in Kabul
Video from Kabul’s international airport shows people clinging to departing American planes as thousands of desperate Afghans attempt to flee the city following the Taliban’s takeover. The Taliban’s seizure of Kabul on Sunday prompted large crowds of people to head to Hamid Karzai International Airport in hopes of escaping the city with evacuating Americans as… -
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Running Away From a ‘Nation-Building’ Mess
Where America got Afghanistan wrong is “nation-building.” That’s a myth. Nations don’t build nations. Nations rebuild themselves. President Joe Biden, predictably, learned the wrong lesson. The opposite of nation-building is not running away. It is being realistic. After World War II, Japan rebuilt Japan. West Germany rebuilt West Germany. Sure, America helped, but you can’t help a… -
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Don’t Blame Trump for Afghanistan’s Collapse. Blame Obama.
President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw abruptly from Afghanistan, without any discernible exit strategy, has plunged that nation into a bloody, ruinous chaos. After pleading with the Taliban to spare our embassy in Kabul, he has now redeployed 3,000 troops to conduct a hasty air evacuation of embassy staff. At this stage, the only good that can come from this debacle is… -
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Taliban Captures 3 Major Cities in Afghanistan, Advances on Capital
The Taliban took control of three major cities in Afghanistan’s southwest region as the insurgents set their sights on the capital city of Kabul. The Taliban, a powerful political and military group in Afghanistan, overwhelmed government security forces defending Lashkar Gah, Herat, and Kandahar, the nation’s second-largest city, on Friday, The New York Times reported. With the latest… -
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What Latest Inflation Numbers Mean for Your Wallet
Americans have felt the effects of ballooning inflation as a direct result of government-mandated shutdowns of the economy. Prices on essential goods, including food and gas, have risen steadily over the past few months, leaving many wondering about the economic health of the nation. “This past year and a half, we also saw a very… -
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Virginia School Board Adopts Transgender Policy Amid Parents’ Protests
Loudoun County, Virginia, one of the wealthiest counties in the nation, will allow male students who identify as females to use girls’ restrooms and locker rooms at school. The policy also allows biological males to play on girls sports teams. The Loudoun County School Board voted 7-2 Wednesday night to adopt a transgender policy affirming students’… -
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Why Gen Z’s War on Thrift Shops Is Misguided
Gen Z-ers on TikTok declared a war on thrift shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming that middle- and upper-class people shopping at thrift stores contribute to gentrification and limit opportunities for lower-income individuals to buy affordable clothes. This argument is completely misguided. I know from personal experience. I have thrift shopped for as long as… -
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The Demise of Andrew Cuomo, Love Gov
This week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York resigned his office. It was a stunning turnabout for a man who had been proclaimed a hero of the republic by the entire media just last year, even as he presided over the worst COVID-19 spike in the United States and covered up the deaths of thousands… -
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Texas House Speaker Signs Arrest Warrants for Absent Democrats
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has signed civil arrest warrants for 52 House Democrats who are still absent from the state Capitol to avoid voting on an election reform bill. The Republican House speaker signed the warrants Tuesday night after a majority in the chamber voted for the measure, The Dallas Morning News reported. They were delivered… -
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PayPal, Like-Minded Companies Don’t Want Conservatives’ Money
Conservatives, beware: Your money isn’t welcome here. PayPal, the payment processing company, recently announced it will partner with the Anti-Defamation League to identify “extremist” groups that will be denied service. In an ADL press release announcing the initiative, CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said: All of us, including in the private sector, have a critical role to… -
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Sloppy Thinking About ‘Systemic Racism’
In a recently published blog, David French, a Christian conservative commentator, argues that “systemic racism” is real and that Christians have an obligation to cure it. This is true, he claims, even if they are not themselves intentionally racist, because they are inadvertently perpetuating the racism of their ancestors. Citing several Old Testament examples where… -
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Bob Woodson’s New Book Reminds Us of Black Triumphs in American History
In response to The New York Times’ controversial 1619 Project, Bob Woodson, founder of the Woodson Center, launched an alternative, 1776 Unites. Woodson’s initiative includes a series of essays and a school curriculum that recount the facts and stories of America’s founding and black history. It is from these essays that inspiration came for Woodson’s… -
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Documentary Pulls Back Curtain on Transgender ‘Mission’
Children with gender dysphoria not only are being offered puberty blockers but surgery to remove or alter their body parts. No one, including doctors, “wants to be framed as a bigot,” says Jennifer Lahl, creator of the film “Trans Mission: What’s the Rush to Reassign Gender?” “That’s one of the reasons why doctors are feeling… -
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Silenced! What’s Happening Now in Cuba?
Are they still protesting in Cuba? I don’t know. The Cuban government has shut off the Cuban people’s internet. The big demonstrations began four weeks ago, sparked, curiously, by a rap song. The key lyric is: “Freedom! No more Doctrine!” “Doctrine” refers to the “constant cycle of propaganda” from the government, explains Cuban emigre Alian…