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
Georgia Lawmaker Reflects on Trip to Southern Border
Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., recently returned from a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border. On his flight back, Clyde sat next to illegal immigrants. “The taxpayers are paying for this,” Clyde says of illegal immigrants flying to new homes in the U.S. with the assistance of the Transportation Security Administration. “This is federal government-funded activity. Not… -
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4 Ways Washington Is Damaging Our Kids’ Future
This past year has tested us as Americans: We lost loved ones, jobs, and the ability to connect with one another in person. But, as Americans, we will get through the pandemic. My existential fear for our nation does not involve the pandemic, but rather, the decisions we are letting our leaders make, which are… -
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The High Cost of Drug Price Controls
The debate over expanding government control of our health sector should have ended during the COVID-19 pandemic: Where there have been failures in responding to the crisis, it has been a failure of big government—such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s arrogant and clumsy insistence on controlling early development of testing that delayed… -
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Coal Workers Union Doesn’t Always Represent Coal Workers’ Values
GRAYSVILLE, Pa.—When coal mine employee John Morecraft heard last Monday that United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts approved of President Joe Biden’s plan to move the nation’s energy industry away from fossil fuels, Morecraft said he anticipated the news would be misconstrued. “I knew the story would come across as though all coal… -
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How Apportionment Defrauds American Citizens
The news that six states will gain seats in the House of Representatives and another seven will lose seats, thanks to new census numbers, was widely reported. What was missed, though, is that the inclusion of noncitizens, including illegal aliens, in the population used to determine apportionment means that many Americans—and states—are being defrauded of… -
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Female Athletes Ask Court to Allow Idaho Law Banning Males From Women’s Sports to Go Into Effect
College track and cross-country athlete Madison Kenyon has been forced to compete against a biological male on five occasions. She lost every time. “Losing unfairly to someone who has natural advantages is frustrating and unmotivating,” said Kenyon, a sophomore at Idaho State University, at a press conference after a court hearing on the legality of… -
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Calling Sen. Scott ‘Uncle Tim’ Is Black-on-Black Racism
Have some respect, black people—if not for Sen. Tim Scott, then for yourselves. The epithet “Uncle Tom” isn’t a slur white people use against black people. It’s used by black people against other black people. Those who dislike black people must, I’m sure, watch such foolishness with glee. It turned my stomach to see “Uncle… -
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Don’t Buy Deceptive Marketing of Violence Against Women Act
“Pass it and save lives,” President Joe Biden said last week in his address to Congress regarding congressional reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. The House already did so last month, and given the bill’s title, you’d think it would be an easy lift for the Senate. After all, doesn’t the Violence Against Women Act have the… -
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Kenosha Residents Demand to Know Why Outsiders Helped Run Wisconsin Election
MADISON, Wis.—Six Kenosha residents have filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission alleging the city allowed liberal outside groups to take over running November’s election. The action is the latest in a growing number of election law complaints against the “famous WI-5”—the cities of Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Kenosha, and Racine. But unlike in Green Bay,… -
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Journalism Is Riddled With Bias, Errors, Narrative Setting, and Pack Reporting
Barely a day passes anymore without one or more major corporate news outlets exposing their liberal bias, sometimes by how they frame stories, sometimes by the massive errors they commit, and sometimes by the mistakes they make in groups. In recent weeks there have been a series of glaring examples in which members of the… -
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Finnish Lawmaker Faces Jail for Sharing Bible Quote About Homosexuality
Quoting the Bible can’t land you in American prison (yet), but in Helsinki, it’s a different story. In a case that’s stunned the West, Finland’s former interior minister and leader of the Christian Democrats has been criminally charged for posting a picture of the Bible, opened to Romans 1:24-27. She was disturbed by the Evangelical… -
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7 Ways Biden Wants to Make America More Like California
Dr. Marilyn Singleton of Redondo Beach, California, says she plans to stick around her home state despite seeing so many others leave amid what she considers a tough climate for business, including fellow medical doctors. “It would be terrible for California—or as they call it here, Taxifornia—went national,” Singleton told The Daily Signal. “You have the… -
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Fact-Checking Biden’s 6 Border Crisis Claims
The Heritage Foundation’s homeland security team responded Friday to President Joe Biden’s falsehood-filled interview with NBC News, which was released that day. The president made numerous false or misleading statements about immigration and the border crisis during the interview, prompting these experts to correct the record. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) Claim No…. -
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Biden Must Protect US Citizens From International Criminal Court
Almost 250 years ago, America’s Founding Fathers drafted the Declaration of Independence, cataloging the ways that King George III had infringed upon American liberties. King George’s offenses included “Transporting us beyond the Seas to be tried for pretended Offences.” Back then, the king presumed to have the authority to seize American colonists and prosecute them… -
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Misinformation on Hamburgers a Joke Compared With Media’s Misinformation on Climate
The left had a lot of fun this week mocking a false claim in some conservative circles that President Joe Biden was planning on limiting hamburger consumption. There are a few lessons in all of this. The first is obvious and has been driven home in the corporate media: Conservatives need to be more careful… -
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We Hear You: Speaking Up as Business and Sports Lurch Left
Editor's note: Many in The Daily Signal's audience sound fed up with business leaders and sports stars who won't stop preaching and virtue-signaling to them. See what you think as we dip into the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I just read David W. Almasi's commentary on responding to woke corporations (“1 Investor… -
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Texas Bill Would Rightly Ban Transgender Drugs, Surgery for Youths Under 18
Two years ago, it became Texas law that a person has to be 21 to buy tobacco products. Up again for consideration this year in the Lone Star State are several bills to keep anyone under the age of 21 out of strip clubs and porn shops. So, if the Texas Legislature decides that an… -
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I’m a Former NBA Player. Here’s My Message to LeBron James About Race, Police.
As a former NBA player, I wish Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James hadn’t said what he did about the white police officer who fatally shot a 16-year-old black girl last week in Columbus, Ohio, who was seemingly about to stab another black girl in a fit of rage. Doing so only served to further… -
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The Decline of American Universities
Nothing is stranger than the contemporary American university. Not long ago, Americans used to idolize their universities. Indeed, in science, math, engineering, medicine, and business, many of these meritocratic departments and schools remain among the top-ranked in the world. Top-notch higher education explains much of the current scientific, technological, and commercial excellence of the United… -
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Maxine Waters’ Anti-Cop Rhetoric Is Getting Black People Killed
In June 2018, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., publicly exhorted her supporters to harass Cabinet members of the Trump administration. At an outdoor rally in Los Angeles, Waters, with microphone in hand and amplifiers nearby, shouted: “Let’s make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that Cabinet…