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
Democrat Leaders vs. Biology
Does two plus two equal three? Or can a man be a woman? Democrat leaders in Washington, D.C., have embraced an ideology that denies the basic scientific truth that an individual’s sex is as unchangeable as the fact that two plus two equals four. An enduring example of this fact-denying ideology occurred when the Senate… -
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No, Justice Thomas Hasn’t Damaged the Reputation of the Supreme Court
Juan Williams calls Justice Clarence Thomas‘ place in history tragic. His argument rests on two sweeping claims: that Thomas is at the heart of a historic decline in public trust in the Supreme Court, and that he has damaged trust in black conservatives as a source of ideas about race. Those are serious accusations. They… -
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James Madison’s Warning for the Administrative State
James Madison never heard of the EPA, the SEC, or the FTC. But as one of the Founding Fathers, he understood the danger of allowing the same institution to make rules, enforce them, and then sit in judgment over the people accused of breaking them. In Federalist No. 47, Madison wrote that “the accumulation of… -
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Republicans Must Either Vote in Droves or Kiss the Trump-GOP Agenda Goodbye
What can Americans expect if Democrats win the U.S. House, Senate, or both on Nov. 3? In 2010, according to Gallup, 50% of Democrats viewed socialism positively. This year: 65%. Last month’s Center for Strategic Politics survey of 638 Democrat voters discovered that 59% would be very positive (43%) or somewhat positive (16%) if a… -
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Why Do TSA Employees Spend so Much Time on Union Business?
Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, we hardly need reminding that aviation security can never be taken for granted. But we got one anyway. On Sept. 30, a Flydubai flight carrying 174 passengers from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after the co-pilot stabbed the captain and, according to Israeli… -
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What the DSA Policy of Ending the Nuclear Family Looks Like
The Democratic Socialists of America believes that if society were to eliminate “the nuclear family,” which it describes as a “structure built to preserve capitalism,” the United States would enjoy more “women’s, queer, and Indigenous liberation.” I’m here to debunk that myth. This is nothing more than another DSA fairy tale. When I was a… -
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Treasury Clarifies Details of New Federal School Choice Program
The new school year is well underway, but federal officials are looking ahead to next year’s school calendar and a new federal school choice option. This week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released proposed and temporary guidance on the program to help state officials and families prepare. As part of the “One Big, Beautiful… -
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The Trump-Xi Summit Put America First
Last week, President Donald Trump hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Washington, D.C. While the meeting featured considerable pageantry, including a state dinner and displays of American history, the real meat of the summit came from its deliverables. The summit appears to have met expectations, safeguarding American interests and offering no concessions on important U.S…. -
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Hispanics Still Reject Socialism, and Yesterday’s White House Celebration Proved It
I, along with more than 1,000 other Hispanic Americans, had the opportunity to champion the place that gave us freedom, opportunity, and a fair shot at the American dream alongside President Donald Trump on Wednesday. The event, which commemorated the historic achievements of the Hispanic American community in the United States and praised our hard… -
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The Real Solution to the Crisis of E-Bike and E-Motorcycle Accidents
Ed Ashman survived the Vietnam War. He returned home and spent decades serving Orange County students as a teacher. One day, as he was walking in his own neighborhood, he was struck and killed by a 14-year-old boy riding an illegal electric motorcycle while doing a wheelie. The boy’s mother had been warned multiple times… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Why Is Mark Carney Preparing for an American Invasion?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. I am going to mention Canada again. I know we’re getting tired of this subject because, after… -
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What Iowa’s New Steel Mill Means for the Midwest
Here’s a story the left-wing media and Democrats will ignore: America is building steel again, on a scale not seen in generations. On Monday, President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office that Mesabi Metallics will build a $15 billion steel mill in eastern Iowa. It will reportedly be the largest steel plant in American… -
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New York’s Experiment in Governing by Racial Outcomes
America is about to find out what happens when a municipal government stops merely measuring racial disparities and instead begins organizing its decisions around them. New York City’s Racial Equity Plan, released Sept. 1 by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, is the first citywide racial-equity framework in the Big Apple’s history. It implements a 2022 voter-approved… -
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Iran’s Dwindling Influence on Shipping
For decades, Iran’s clout was based on far more than missiles, proxies, or a nuclear file. It was about its ability to control shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Geographic location has given the regime significant strategic leverage and an ability to hold global energy markets hostage on a whim. What happens to oil… -
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Children Should Not Be Trained to See Parents as the Enemy
A parent’s first duty is not complicated. It is to love a child, form a child’s character, and prepare that child to be a productive member of society. Schools exist to help with that work by teaching children. They do not exist to replace it. That distinction is now under pressure. In some academic circles,… -
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California Dictates What Cars You Can Buy. Here’s What Congress Can Do About It.
No state should get to decide what type of car or lawn mower Americans across the country can buy. Yet that is the result of an arrangement under the Clean Air Act that allows California to seek federal waivers to impose more stringent vehicle emissions standards than those adopted by the federal government. Congress now… -
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Trump Transforms the UN’s Failures Into American Savings
As the 81st session of the United Nations Assembly concludes, President Donald Trump has departed after keeping the pressure on the U.N. to reform. Trump lambasted the U.N. for “criticizing the United States for protecting our children from transgender mutilization and transgender insanity.” The president observed that U.N. agencies seem to have “little to say… -
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Education Department Reinstates Title IX Regulations Protecting Women’s Sports and Rejecting Gender Insanity
Supporters of women’s sports and sex-based protections have reason to celebrate. The Department of Education announced Sept. 28 that it is formally rescinding the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX rule and reinstating the 2020 Title IX regulations promulgated under the first Trump administration. Ongoing litigation has prevented the Trump administration from being able to formally… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Counterrevolution, Explained
Decorated historian, Hillsdale college professor and Daily Signal senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson explained the reasoning behind his New York Times bestseller “The Counter-Revolution” during Heritage Action’s Sentinel Summit in Orlando on Saturday. As Hanson stated in both his video appearance at the summit and in his book, the Left’s challenge is to create a… -
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Ground Broken on a Rust Belt Powerhouse: Shippingport’s Data Hub Rises in the Age of AI Anxiety
SHIPPINGPORT, Pa.—The last time that I stood on these grounds along the Ohio River in Beaver County was 1976, 19 years after the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States opened here. My Perry High School physics teacher, David Burrows, had loaded a handful of us into a van for a field trip…