Political Commentary & Opinion

Progressives are eager not to let a “crisis go to waste” and are now aggressively pushing some ideas, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, that would be rejected in less desperate times. On April 27, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested that it might be time for America to implement some kind of basic minimum income. “Let’s see…

Fiscally troubled states are nothing new.  In fact, our nation was born during a time of great economic upheaval, in which many of the new states found themselves deeply indebted immediately after the American Revolution.  The residents of those states paid a high price—literally and figuratively—for their freedom from King George III. >>> When can…

The Wall Street Journal, which is generally considered conservative when it comes to economic issues, published a front-page story last Monday with this headline: “Coronavirus Means the Era of Big Government Is Back.” Rahm Emanuel, former chief of staff for President Barack Obama and a former mayor of Chicago, is quoted: “The era of Ronald…

“Transkids,” a documentary television miniseries featuring four transgender teenagers, is available for streaming via video on demand after airing in Israel last year. The subject of a celebratory piece in The Times of Israel, the five-part TV documentary apparently aims to make a phenomenon that affects precious few into an acceptable, even noble, mainstream pursuit. …

As lawmakers debate over a bailout for the states, Jonathan Williams, the chief economist and executive vice president of policy at the American Legislative Exchange Council, has a warning for states. “Strings that come with these federal dollars oftentimes outlive the federal dollars, as we’ve found out with the last time we had a bailout…

Why did some millennials vote for Barack Obama in 2012 and Donald Trump in 2016? Jonathan Jakubowski, author of “Bellwether Blues: A Conservative Awakening of the Millennial Soul,” joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss. “There’s a lot of reasons that motivated these millennials to change their votes over the course of time,” says Jakubowski….

As April nears a close, America’s small business sector focuses anxiously on May 1, the date arbitrarily selected by many governors to reopen their state economies. Many small business employers and employees will mark it as the day they finally regain their livelihoods. For most of them, this day has been a long time coming….

Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a military historian, and a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno. He has written two articles relevant to today’s society. Last October, Hanson published a commentary article headlined “Members of Previous Generations Now Seem Like Giants,” and he…

All my life, I have dismissed paranoids on the right (“America is headed to communism”) and the left (“It can happen here”—referring to fascism). It’s not that I’ve ever believed liberty was guaranteed. Being familiar with history and a pessimist regarding the human condition, I never believed that. But the ease with which police state…

Getting my parents and grandparents to talk about their experiences during the Great Depression and World War II was always difficult. They lived in the pre-Dr. Phil generation before people went public with their deepest thoughts. I have been thinking how they might have responded to the current panic caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. I…

Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee—the states that fall under the jurisdiction of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals—as of April 23 effectively have their public schools overseen and regulated by federal judges. Two judges of a divided three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit have declared that hidden between the lines of the Constitution’s guarantee…

The recent announcement from the State Department that it would provide a $12.1 million aid package for Greenland is a welcome development.  It demonstrates that the United States is finally looking at the U.S.-Greenland relationship beyond only security issues. According to State Department officials, “the aid will go to developing natural resources, energy technologies, education,…

It was only a few months ago that someone last treated Cassie Johns like a freak. During a doctor’s office visit in February, she was asked to list her emergency contacts. Johns, a preschool teacher in Seattle, wrote down two people—Chris and Joan—and identified both as her “partners.” They are two of the four romantic…

Tensions in the Persian Gulf are rising again as a result of provocations mounted by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.  President Donald Trump warned Iran in a tweet on Wednesday: “I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.” Trump later clarified…

With Americans hunkering down at home in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic, it can sometimes feel like the end of days. However, for an unseen number of our countrymen, today’s struggle is hardly different from a miserable day-to-day existence. If you work in the school system or as a teacher, then you know who…

At this writing, the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. is 42,425. This is just a little higher than the number of deaths in the U.S. each year from auto accidents. It’s no mystery how to reduce those 40,000 auto accident deaths to zero. Simply prohibit driving. >>> When can America reopen? The…

This week, the price of oil futures collapsed catastrophically. In fact, the prices collapsed into negative territory in the near term. This bizarre situation, prompted by lack of consumer demand and lack of storage facility, led the irrepressible Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to tweet: “You absolutely love to see it. This along with record low…

The Hulu miniseries “Mrs. America” depicts the work of Phyllis Schlafly to challenge the women’s movement and its push to pass the Equal Right Amendment.  The series perfectly captures Schlafly’s hairstyle and clothing choices, but doesn’t accurately depict the conservative matriarch’s kindness and strength as she rallied wives and mothers across America to oppose the…