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
No, Mattel: Kids Don’t Want Your Gender-Neutral Dolls
Fox Business Network reported some news last week that may surprise business strategists as well as kids and parents alike: Toymaker Mattel has announced a new line of gender-neutral dolls. The company cites new “research” finding that kids “don’t want their toys dictated by gender norms.” So, for $30, children will now be able to… -
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Charlottesville to Hear From Native Americans in Dispute Over Statue of Sacagawea
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia—Sacagawea, the famous member of the Shoshone tribe, was crucial to the team of explorers who blazed a trail for western expansion of the United States. More statues are dedicated to Sacagawea, it turns out, than to any other American woman. However, how she is depicted in one statue that has stood for 100… -
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Why New Mexico’s ‘Free College’ Plan Likely Will Backfire
New Mexico has become the most recent state to succumb to liberal demands for tuition-free college. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, recently announced support for legislation that would enable New Mexico students who maintain a 2.5 GPA in high school to attend public colleges and community colleges tuition-free starting next fall under a proposed… -
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Boys Didn’t Cut Her Dreadlocks, 6th-Grade Girl Confesses
A sixth-grade student at a Christian school in Virginia has admitted that she made up a claim that three boys pinned her down and cut off her dreadlocks. Amari Allen, 12, who is black and attends Immanuel Christian School in Springfield, had said that three white sixth-grade boys attacked her on the school playground last… -
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Growing Up to Be Good Is More Important Than Career
Ask any young person—even a young child—“What do you want to be?” and just about everyone will answer, “a doctor,” “an engineer,” “a teacher,” “a firefighter,” “an airplane pilot,” or a member of some other profession. This is completely understandable. But I have a suggestion that would change your child’s life—and the world—for the better…. -
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Here’s How Andrew Jackson Stood Up to Unaccountable ‘Elites’
What Andrew Jackson and his followers of the 1820s and 1830s left us was the “democratic” creed in the American bloodstream. It was populist but principled, as oxymoronic as that may sound. Jackson had surrounded himself with thinking men—like Martin Van Buren, Francis Preston Blair, Amos Kendall, a few eccentric “Locofocos” (precursors to modern libertarians),… -
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What Conservatives Must Understand About Black Americans
Over the years, many prominent conservatives have asked me why blacks are not more involved in the Republican Party and the conservative movement. The answer is very simple: Conservatives have shown no demonstrable indication to the black community that we are welcomed by the party or the conservative movement. As a matter of fact, conservatives… -
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Western Lawmakers Prepare Bills to Modernize Endangered Species Act
Local conservation efforts, not U.S. government regulations, boosted the population of a bird species in Colorado, one lawmaker said during a roundtable discussion on Capitol Hill focused on practical reforms to the Endangered Species Act. Other House members who belong to the Congressional Western Caucus, along with “industry stakeholders” and policy analysts, described how the… -
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Despite Liberal Media’s Narrative, His Community Is ‘Very Conservative,’ Black Strategist Says
Raynard Jackson is fed up with how conservatives approach black Americans. The political strategist, columnist, and president and CEO of Raynard Jackson & Associates says conservatives need to try something new, because while there’s a lot of shared values between conservatives and African Americans, that’s getting lost right now. “Until Republicans … and the conservative… -
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What’s in a Good Red Flag Law
Recent polls show most Americans support the basic premise of disarming dangerous people through the use of so-called red flag laws. This instinct is a sound one, but Americans should not overlook the very real hazards of poorly crafted red flag laws, which can easily turn the Constitution on its head. To be sure, the… -
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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…