Political Commentary & Opinion
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opinion
Biden’s Hypocritical Efforts to Stem the Wave of Violent Crime Fall Far Short
There’s good news, and there’s bad news. The good news (which really is also bad news) is that the Biden administration has finally been forced to acknowledge and admit that the surge in violent crime—especially the surge in homicides in many cities—is a problem. It shouldn’t be shocking that a 24% increase in homicides during… -
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Proposed Credit Reporting Requirement May Be a Precursor to Discriminatory Lending Quotas
No one should be denied credit because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Ostensibly to deter such discrimination, a proposal in Congress (HR 1443) would require small-business lenders to furnish data to the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau detailing the LGBTQ business ownership status of credit applicants. That mirrors current law imposing similar reporting… -
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Group Tracks Growing Number of ‘Canceled’ Faculty at American Colleges
It is no secret that the far left has infiltrated higher education. But Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars, says his organization is doing all it can to expose the spread of woke ideology on America’s college campuses. The National Association of Scholars operates a cancel culture tracker to document each time… -
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Democrat Lawmaker Suggests Catholic Church Should Lose Tax Exemption If Pro-Aborts Denied Communion
Yet again, Democrats are outraged to discover that religious beliefs actually impact people’s actions. In the latest dust-up, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted 168-55 on Friday to proceed with a draft document “on the meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the Church” that, when finalized, may deny the Eucharist to politicians who support… -
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Florida Makes Sure Schools Teach Evils of Communism, Totalitarianism
The revolt against indoctrinating students and other Americans with critical race theory is ramping up, despite left-wing denial and opposition. But a simple reaction against malignant ideas isn’t good enough. Critical race theory—which frames every issue through the lens of race and the idea that some races are inherently oppressors or oppressed—thrives in a country… -
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Why Parents Are in Court Over Online ‘Portal’ Where Students Anonymously Accuse Each Other
Parents in an affluent Virginia county are speaking out against their school system’s online “portal” that allows students to anonymously report on each other for exhibiting racial or sexual bias. Daniel Suhr, a lawyer representing parents in a lawsuit against the Loudoun County school system, told The Daily Signal that the “so-called bias incident response… -
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Leftist Mob Cancels ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Game Developer
Scott Cawthon, the creator of the wildly popular video game series “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” has become yet another casualty in the ongoing American culture war. While the media he created has nothing to do with politics, the woke mob’s obsession with purging anyone and anything associated with heterodoxic thought from the products they consume… -
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Democrats Need Day of Atonement for Their Civil Rights History
With the creation of June 19 (“Juneteenth”) as a federal holiday, Democrats have one more claim to be the party of civil rights and equal opportunity for African Americans, though most Republicans also voted for the holiday. That claim has been promoted for decades by a compliant media, academia, and high-profile politicians, but the facts… -
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Millions of Blacks Emigrating to US Disprove Our Alleged ‘Systemic Racism’
If America is systemically racist, why have millions of blacks from Africa and the Caribbean come to this country over the past 50 years? Why would they and many millions more want to move from all-black societies to a white-dominated, racist one? This is a question every black and white leftist should be asked. After… -
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National Popular Vote Compact Would Disenfranchise Smaller and Rural States
With the 2020 presidential election in the rearview mirror, a brazen effort is underway in several states to circumvent the Constitution and fundamentally alter the role of the Electoral College in future presidential elections. If adopted by enough states and not challenged in court, this unconstitutional effort would potentially disenfranchise the voters of several states… -
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Regifting the Nuclear Bailout
Americans across the political spectrum didn’t take it well in 2018 when the Department of Energy tried to coerce them into buying electricity from nuclear power plants under its infamous attempt to bail out coal and nuclear power plants. Americans shouldn’t take it if Congress tries to, either. Noting how politically unpopular the 2018 move… -
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Reaffirms That She Will Not Support Abolishing Filibuster
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema reaffirmed her opposition to abolishing the 60-vote Senate filibuster, rebuffing progressives who have decried the legislative rule and called for its removal. Sinema, D-Ariz., argued that scrapping the Senate rule would erode “democracy’s guardrails,” writing in The Washington Post that doing so would lead the nation to “lose much more than we gain.” “It’s… -
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New Documentary Highlights the Harm of ‘Gender Affirming’ Health Care Model on Children
“The pediatrician said if I didn’t affirm my daughter’s identity, and I didn’t get her the help that she needed, and she killed herself, I was going to feel awfully guilty—right in front of my daughter.” Horrific conversations like this are happening across the country, and are part of the “gender affirming” health care trend,… -
opinion
Biden Embraces California’s Zombified Rail Boondoggle
California has a long history of churning out films about zombies, most of which are made on shoestring budgets. Unfortunately, the Biden administration is throwing its weight behind a zombie with a big price tag: California’s slow-moving “high speed” rail line. On June 10, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the Department of Transportation will… -
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Weak Rule of Law Is Holding Back the Armenian People
Armenia and Azerbaijan made international headlines in September 2020 when violence erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region of southwestern Azerbaijan that claimed independence in 1992. After six weeks of fighting and more than 5,000 deaths, both former Soviet republics established a truce in November 2020. If Armenia hopes to recover from this conflict, it must address significant… -
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A Pastor’s Prescription for Overcoming Victim Mentality
Last August, as Americans watched the fallout from a police shooting in Kenosha, Wis., pastor James E. Ward Jr. found himself in a position to help. The victim, Jacob Blake, had been shot seven times in the back in an encounter with police. Violence erupted in Kenosha. Ward, pastor and founder of INSIGHT Church in… -
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Why Juneteenth Should Serve as Reminder That ‘Family Matters’
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, but it would take nearly two-and-a-half years for all American slaves to be notified of their freedom. On June 19, 1865, Union troops, led by Gen. Gordon Granger, arrived in Galveston, Texas, to tell the African-American slaves they were free. A portmanteau of “June”… -
opinion
14 States Side With Christian Wedding Photographer Against NY’s Public Accommodations Law
Nebraska’s attorney general has filed an amicus brief on behalf of 14 states in support of religious freedom in the workplace in a case out of New York state. New York’s public accommodations laws are so restrictive, the lawsuit asserts, that they prohibit a Christian photographer from even explaining on her own website that her… -
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How Zuckerberg Money Could Have Led to Biden Victory in Texas
Texas lawmakers passed a law restricting use of private money for election administration almost two months after research showed that at least $36 million in grants financed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had the potential to alter the state’s political landscape dramatically. Though prompted by the Zuckerberg grants, the new Texas law likely will prevent… -
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NPR’s Ritual Shaming of Tom Hanks
Few movie stars have been more exalted than Tom Hanks. You’d never expect a guy with his nice-guy branding to get a strong slap in the face in the political arena. But Hanks penned a “guest essay” for The New York Times lecturing on racism, which opened him up for a shaming from the left….