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
This Adoption Month, Learn How to Help Children in Foster Care
National Adoption Month reminds us there are still too many children who need the permanency of a stable and loving family. The U.S. has more than 424,000 children in foster care. More than 122,000 of these children are adoptable and waiting for their forever family. But it’s not just the numbers of children in care… -
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Cuomo Said He Was Going to Spend Thanksgiving With His Mother, Daughters. Now, After Backlash, His Office Says He Won’t See Them.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo will no longer see his elderly mother and two daughters for Thanksgiving after facing backlash for contradicting his own advice to “stay away” from loved ones. The New York Democrat said during a radio interview Monday that his 89-year-old mother and two daughters, none of whom live with him, will attend Thanksgiving… -
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Americans Should Be Free to Decide How to Celebrate Thanksgiving
Even in this dreadful year, there is much for which to be thankful. For example, clinical medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to advance at a breathtaking pace, with not one, but two different vaccine approvals expected in the coming days, and numerous drugs, both old and new, being found to have a positive… -
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Sharyl Attkisson Explains How Traditional Media Abandoned Fact-Based Reporting
The traditional media has sacrificed fact-based reporting in favor of promoting its own social and political agenda, says Sharyl Attkisson, author of the new book “Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism.” Attkisson, host of the TV show “Full Measure” and a five-time Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, joins the… -
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The War on Thanksgiving
Will Americans still be celebrating Thanksgiving 100 years from now? This year marks the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival in America. The moment, which deserved wider recognition, was celebrated in an excellent speech by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. “A great American anniversary is upon us,” Cotton said on Nov. 18. “Regrettably, we haven’t heard… -
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Churches May Be Closed, but This Pastor Says We Have Reason to Hope
The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez says he came face to face with the fear and anxiety created by COVID-19 when his own daughter contracted the virus over the summer after giving birth to a beautiful baby girl. The pastor’s daughter, 29, ended up in an intensive care unit fighting for her life. The challenging lessons learned… -
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Convert Me If You Can
The investigative journalists over at The Daily Beast report that Madison Cawthorn, the North Carolina Republican who will soon become the youngest member of Congress in American history, “has admitted he tried to convert Jews and Muslims to Christianity.” So what? As a Jew, I’ve had several Christian friends try to turn me toward Jesus—Lutherans,… -
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A Retired Professor’s Retrospective on How Academia and Society Have Gone Separate Ways
I landed in Washington, D.C., in 1965 as a graduate student. For a conservative, the landscape was barren. There was no conservative administration, no national newspaper that competed with the liberal New York Times and Washington Post, no conservative think tanks that rivaled the Brookings Institution or Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and no conservative… -
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Frederick Douglass’ American Identity Politics
Mark Twain copied a friend’s remark into his notebook: “I am not an American; I am the American.” That is a claim—to be the American, the exemplary or representative American—that very few Americans could plausibly make. Twain himself could. Benjamin Franklin could and did. Abraham Lincoln could, but didn’t, though admirers made the claim for him. Surely some number of others… -
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Chaos and Anarchy in DC
Political violence committed on peaceful protesters expressing their right to free assembly is a bad thing, right? Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee wrote a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., to launch an investigation into attacks that took place on supporters of President Donald Trump in the nation’s capital on Saturday. “We… -
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Why I’m Optimistic About America
I’m a conservative, and I guess I should be writing a column about my great distress resulting from this election. But I’m not going to write that column, because it’s not what I feel. I’m actually quite upbeat and optimistic about the country that I love. With all my genuine, and legitimate, concerns about the… -
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How Did the Media Change in the Last 4 Years? What Sean Spicer Thinks
At the beginning of the Trump presidency, Sean Spicer was White House press secretary. But on election night 2020, Spicer was host of his own show, “Spicer and Co.” on Newsmax TV. He joins the podcast to discuss his journey from press secretary to TV host, how he thinks the media covered the election, and… -
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Trump Campaign Requests Recounts in 2 Wisconsin Counties
The Trump campaign announced Wednesday that it’s filing a petition seeking election recounts in two Wisconsin counties. The campaign said it paid $3 million to the state to cover the cost of the recounts. In a statement, the Trump campaign said that the petition calls for recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties, citing what it… -
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How Mayflower Compact Influenced the American Concept of Rule of Law
A group of scholars meets this week to discuss the impact of the Mayflower Compact—signed 400 years ago last week, on Nov. 11, 1620—on the American concept of the rule of law. The Heritage Foundation and the Religious Freedom Institute are co-hosting the second event in a webinar series exploring the major themes in one… -
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They Want to Shut You Up
This week, Abigail Shrier, author of the new book “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters,” found herself at the center of a firestorm. Her great crime: writing an assessment of the psychological phenomenon known as rapid onset gender dysphoria, where groups of psychologically vulnerable young girls begin to self-diagnose as transgender after one… -
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America’s Indo-Pacific Transparency Initiative Matters More Than Ever
The Indo-Pacific region is going to be a critical foreign policy theater for the United States and its partners in the coming years. The U.S. must make it a priority to uphold free-market principles and economic freedom in the region in order to nurture and maintain our partnerships with Indo-Pacific allies. Washington’s Indo-Pacific Transparency Initiative will be a vital part of that effort. The… -
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Amid Election Recount, 4 Things to Know About Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger
As Georgia conducts a recount of its presidential vote that has become the focus of national attention, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger—Georgia’s elections official in charge of certifying the hotly contested results—has come under increased scrutiny and criticism. Here are four things to know about Raffensperger: 1. He was elected Georgia secretary of state in… -
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The Left Targets Kids, Teens With Gender Fluid Ideology
It’s no wonder our children are confused about their gender, since even the dictionary can’t define it. In an announcement that will make people’s heads swim, Oxford University Press agreed to change the meaning of the words “woman” and “man”—because of an online petition. Incredibly, some of the most respected lexicographers in the world have… -
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Georgia Poll Watcher Explains State’s Recount of Votes for President
Georgia is on America’s mind. At 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, the state is supposed to complete its recount of votes in the presidential election. Brant Frost V, second vice chairman of Georgia’s Republican Party, joins the show to explain the state’s recount process and why he is suspicious of the recount in Fulton County, which includes… -
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Discrimination Doesn’t Explain Problems Facing Black Community
You present to a physician with severe abdominal pain. He examines you and concludes that your ingrown toenails are the cause of your abdominal distress. He prescribes that you soak your feet in warm water but that does not bring relief to your abdominal pain. Then he suggests that you apply antibiotics to your feet….