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
Gillette Ad Features Transgender Boy Learning to Shave From Dad
If you don’t think manhood is under attack in America, just turn on the TV. These days, you can’t even buy a razor without seeing how the left is trying to emasculate our culture. Gillette is the latest company to alienate customers with a new transgender ad that only applies to about 0.06% of the… -
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The Left’s Favorite Tool to Attack Our Founding Principles
The favorite leftist tool for the attack on our nation’s founding is that slavery was sanctioned. They argue that the Founders disregarded the promises of our Declaration of Independence “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit… -
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Podcast: Christopher Scalia on the Faith of His Dad, Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia was a towering Supreme Court justice who left an indelible mark on America. But he was also a man of deep faith, and that faith continues on with his children. We discuss that faith with Christopher Scalia, the son of the late Supreme Court justice and the co-editor of a new book, “On… -
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I Toured the Texas-Mexico Border. Here Are 8 Things I Learned.
LAREDO, Texas—Guarding this sector of the southern border involves a set of challenges that is quite different than nearby stations in the Lone Star State. I learned this during a tour of the border last week that included this city of about 250,000 across from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, just a few hours away across the… -
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Biological Male Wins NCAA Women’s Track Championship
A biological male who identifies as a transgender woman won an NCAA national championship over Memorial Day weekend. Franklin Pierce University runner CeCe Telfer won the Division II women’s 400-meter hurdles on Saturday night, besting the second-place finisher by more than a second. “Telfer is the first student-athlete in Franklin Pierce history to collect an… -
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This Lawmaker Doubles as a Podcast Host to ‘Take Our Message to the American People’
Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., is host of the House Freedom Caucus’ podcast, which made its debut in March. The Daily Signal recently spoke with him about a range of issues the Freedom Caucus hopes to unpack for that audience. Listen to the interview on today’s podcast or read a lightly edited transcript below. Rachel del… -
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Please Don’t Forget Memorial Day’s Meaning
America has undergone a lot of maturing between the Vietnam War and the conflicts of the 21st century. I know, I wore a uniform during both periods. On Memorial Day, let’s not regress in that maturity. When I was still a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, I watched our instructors (all… -
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My Fight for 1 College to Say the Pledge of Allegiance
It’s important for me to stand up for our flag and have the right to say the Pledge of Allegiance, not demand it, for others to say it, but for me to have the right, because I’m an American. My name is Celeste Barber, and I happily taught 20 years as an English instructor at… -
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Reporting From Rwanda at the Gorilla Summit
When we touched down in Kigali, Rwanda, last Wednesday evening, oddly, there were no gorillas there to meet us at the airport. My travelling party and I felt somewhat let down by this, as we had been promised a greeting party of several large silverbacks. Alas, it looked as if we’d have to carry our… -
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‘It’s Just the Weather’: Meteorologist Fact-Checks Ocasio-Cortez on Climate Change
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested the tornado warning that hit the D.C. area Thursday was part of the “climate crisis” she has previously said humanity only has 12 years left to solve. “The climate crisis is real y’all,” Ocasio-Cortez said on Instagram Thursday, “guess we’re at casual tornadoes in growing regions of the… -
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Prime Minister Theresa May to Resign
Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom on Friday announced her intention to resign. May will quit as head of the governing Conservative Party on June 7, so she will still be in office when President Donald Trump pays a state visit June 3-5. When she steps down, that will trigger the process of… -
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Does the Constitution Mandate Universal Birthright Citizenship? Here’s the Answer
Who is a United States citizen by birth? This question has increasingly received national attention, in large part because of President Donald Trump’s promise to “end birthright citizenship.” As I explain, however, in my recent Heritage Foundation legal memo titled “The Citizenship Clause’s Original Meaning and What It Means Today,” Congress definitively settled that question… -
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Podcast: Former White House Insider Discusses Draining the Swamp, Next 18 Months
Rick Dearborn had a front-row seat to President Donald Trump’s first year in the White House. He led the White House transition team and then served as deputy chief of staff before joining The Heritage Foundation. Dearborn shares his most memorable moments in the White House and his perspective on how Trump can succeed moving… -
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I’m a Millennial. And No, My Generation Doesn’t Have It Worse Than Others.
Have American millennials only known hardship? That seems to be the takeaway from a recent Wall Street Journal article. The report highlighted how millennials, some of whom are now reaching middle age, lag far behind previous generations in terms of financial security. “American millennials are approaching middle age in worse financial shape than every living… -
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A Memorial Day Reminder From Iraq
ERBIL, Iraq—A quick story about the meaning of Memorial Day from the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. On my way to dinner, I hailed one of the city’s ubiquitous beige taxis and hopped in the front seat. Having been in Kurdistan before, I’ve learned to sit in the front seat. The taxi drivers act a little… -
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Ralph Northam: Proof That Liberals Excuse Racism If You’re One of Them
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam came under a firestorm of scrutiny last February when a photograph surfaced from his college yearbook page depicting two men dressed in racist costumes. One man wore a KKK robe, the other man wore blackface. Northam immediately apologized, saying, “I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as… -
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Electoral College Opponents Attempt to Have It Both Ways
Electoral College foes have been trying to get their way in Nevada for a decade. Have they finally succeeded? Nevada’s state Senate approved National Popular Vote legislation on Tuesday. The measure is now awaiting approval from Gov. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat. The governor’s signature will add Nevada to a growing movement to ditch the Electoral… -
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‘We’re the Ones Yelling Stop’: How These Conservatives Are Fighting Corporations’ Liberal Tilt
By supporting a nonprofit that favors rationing health care, biotech giant Johnson & Johnson appears to violate its founding principles, a conservative shareholder activist says. The activist brought this contradiction to the attention of the corporation’s CEO at a shareholder meeting last month, in what he hopes will become a model practice for other conservatives…. -
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Congress, It’s Time for a Serious Discussion of the Proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository
For years, Congress has been sharply divided over a nuclear waste repository proposed for Yucca Mountain in Nevada. However, an appropriations amendment offered by Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho—considered by the House Appropriations Committee and narrowly rejected Tuesday—is a reasonable, unobjectionable compromise that the Senate should take up in ongoing budget decisions. The Simpson amendment neither…