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
The Tragedy of Greta Thunberg
Sixteen-year-old Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg lives in the healthiest, wealthiest, safest, and most peaceful era humans have ever known. She is one of the luckiest people ever to have lived. In a just world, Thunberg would be at the United Nations thanking capitalist countries for bequeathing her this remarkable inheritance. Instead, she, like… -
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Climate Change Protesters Snarl DC Traffic in a ‘Fight for My Future’
Banners waved in the morning breeze as Climate Strike protesters filled McPherson Square Park at 7:00 a.m. Friday. More than 300 people prepared to march from the small park, with those on megaphones leading chants as a couple of homeless people were lying on park benches. The voices of the protesters echoed off the solid… -
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Giving Preborn Twins With a Rare Disorder the Lifesaving Chance They Deserve
Earlier this year, parents in North Carolina faced heartbreaking news in the second trimester of pregnancy—their twin girls had developed a disease called twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, a life-threatening condition for both babies, caused by connections in the blood flow between identical twins who share one placenta. That leads the smaller (donor) twin to pump blood… -
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A US Victory at the Universal Postal Union
Numerous articles have criticized the Trump administration over its policy toward the United Nations and other international organizations. In particular, they assert that U.S. decisions to reduce funding and leave various international agreements have opened the door for the Chinese to increase their influence. When U.S. policy is disjointed, such as when the administration proposes… -
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How ‘the Road Less Traveled’ on Teacher Certification Makes ‘All the Difference’ in Arizona
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / and sorry I could not travel both. / And be one traveler, long I stood / And looked down one as far as I could,” poet Robert Frost wrote in “The Road Not Taken.” As with Frost’s path, two means of certifying schoolteachers have also diverged in… -
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The Next Generation: Eugene Scalia Confirmed as Labor Secretary
The Senate confirmed a son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as labor secretary Thursday afternoon. Corporate litigator Eugene Scalia will succeed former Secretary Alex Acosta, who resigned on July 12 amid renewed criticism of a nonprosecution agreement he negotiated with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The 53-44 vote followed party lines. Scalia’s service as labor secretary will… -
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US-Japan Trade Agreement Would Help American Farmers
There was some good news Wednesday on the agricultural trade front. The Office of the United States Trade Representative just announced several key provisions of the new U.S.-Japan agreement that would benefit U.S. agricultural producers and American consumers. If the agreement goes into effect (the agreement is not yet final), American farmers and ranchers will… -
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US Must Remain Vigilant in Fight Against Terrorism
Rewind to August 2017. Islamist terrorists had just killed 16 people and injured another 137 in Barcelona and Cambrils. That attack had come hot on the heels of a wave of similar atrocities over the previous two and a half years: Paris, London, Manchester, Stockholm, Berlin, Brussels, Nice, and many others cities suffered significant losses… -
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Funding by Crisis Doesn’t Have to Be the Status Quo
Oct. 1 will mark the 23rd straight time that the federal government has started the fiscal year with a continuing resolution in place to fund at least part of the federal government. Missed deadlines and general dysfunction have become the norm in the federal budget and appropriations process. That is a terrible trend for anyone… -
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Mattel Releases Gender-Neutral Barbies in Efforts to Be ‘More Inclusive’
The company that created Barbie launched a new line of gender-neutral Barbie dolls released in Walmart and Target stores Wednesday. Mattel Creatable World released a new line of Barbie dolls in efforts to create “more inclusive” dolls, available online at Target, Walmart, and Amazon, according to Time magazine. The dolls are designed to meet the needs of children… -
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3 Reasons It’s Tough to Defend Against Drones and Cruise Missiles
There’s a lot of hand-wringing going on in defense circles across the globe over the increasing challenge of armed drones and cruise missiles, especially after the strike on Saudi oil facilities and oil fields earlier this month. The fact is that defending against these modern weapon systems can be tough—and the failure to be able… -
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Problematic Women: Ladies, Know Your Worth
This week on “Problematic Women” we talk to Heritage Foundation fellow and working mother of six Rachel Greszler about the so-called gender wage gap and the celebrities who continue to promote the debunked idea. Rachel tells how women can fight for ourselves in the workplace and the ways the free market is the greatest equalizer…. -
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Podcast: Gender-Neutral Dolls Are Coming
A major doll company just released a new line of gender-neutral dolls. What does that mean for our culture? We discuss. Plus: We feature a segment from our “Problematic Women” podcast in which Lauren Evans interviews Heritage Foundation labor expert Rachel Greszler. Evans and Greszler unpack the myth of the wage gap and how it’s… -
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The Death of American Citizenship
The American Founders institutionalized the best of a long Western tradition of representative government with the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. These contracts outlined the rare privileges and responsibilities of new American citizens. Yet the concept of citizenship is being assaulted on the premodern side by the legal blending of mere residency with citizenship…. -
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House Democrats Target Tax-Exempt Status of ‘Hate Groups’ as Defined by Left
Despite the recent troubles facing the Southern Poverty Law Center, House Democrats are considering stripping tax-exempt status from organizations labeled as “hate groups” by the liberal organization. Earlier this year, top SPLC leadership resigned after allegations that they turned a blind eye to sexual harassment and racial discrimination within the organization. Nevertheless, some Democrat lawmakers… -
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How the Navy’s Maintenance Shortfall Is Keeping an Aircraft Carrier in Port
A U.S. carrier strike group recently deployed. But it did so without a key component—the carrier itself. Due to electrical maintenance, the USS Harry S. Truman stayed home, missing its scheduled deployment. That’s significant, because every other carrier strike group—aircraft carriers included—has been fully deployed from the East Coast since 2006. Aircraft carriers are an…