Political Commentary & Opinion
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Katrina Trinko Named Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Signal
Katrina Trinko, managing editor of The Daily Signal since the 2014 debut of The Heritage Foundation’s multimedia news organization, has been named editor-in-chief. Rob Bluey, formerly editor-in-chief, announced Trinko’s promotion Wednesday to Heritage’s communications team. Bluey assumes the title of executive editor of The Daily Signal while remaining The Heritage Foundation’s vice president for communications…. -
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Arizona Lawmaker Calls National Debt an ‘Existential Threat’ to the Country
A House Freedom Caucus member is working to help Congress and America realize the urgency of the country’s national debt, which hit $22 trillion last month. “Our tremendous national debt, our annual structural deficit, is really … an existential threat to the United States of America,” Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said on the third installment… -
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Our ‘Inclusive’ Society Wants to Erase Down Syndrome Kids Like My Son
We live in a society that pretends to value tolerance above all else. Yet there are entire people groups in America that can be exploited, discriminated against, and even killed—and no national outrage ensues. Take pregnant women. There is an entire industry set up to market abortions to pregnant women on the basis that they… -
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The Left’s Identity Politics Rejects the Vision of Martin Luther King Jr.
I recently joined the board of the Leadership Institute, which sponsors Campus Reform, an important website for college news. Campus Reform is a “watchdog to the nation’s higher education system,” exposing bias and abuse on college campuses. American universities have too often dangerously devolved into institutions of political indoctrination rather than institutions of higher learning…. -
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How State and Federal Lawmakers Can Promote Ethical Options for the Terminally Ill
During the emotionally charged debate recently over physician-assisted suicide in Maryland, one legislator told the story of a former state senator who was comatose. He was given a mere 1 percent chance of survival, but today that senator has recovered and is alive and well. Unlike alternative treatment options, there is no “do over” with… -
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Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Equality Act’ Would Be Disastrous. Here Are 5 Likely Victim Groups.
Equality is a central value that unites us as Americans, and is enshrined in our nation’s legal motto, “Equal justice under law.” It is egregious, then, to misuse that term, to use it to divide us and further inequality. But that’s what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has done in naming her new proposal the "Equality… -
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Ditch the Electoral College, and Small States Will Suffer
“As Maine goes, so goes Vermont.” That’s what Franklin D. Roosevelt’s campaign manager famously joked in 1936 after Roosevelt, a Democrat, won re-election as president in a massive landslide. It was a catchy line, oft-repeated—but it was also a joke. It referenced Maine’s long-standing reputation at the time for accurately predicting presidential elections based on… -
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Americans Vote With Their Feet on High Taxes, Report Shows
An index on the economic state of the states reveals a narrative that is being overlooked or ignored, says one of the report’s authors. “This is the big story in America that nobody is talking about, which is that blue states are getting crushed by red states, and it’s a big source of embarrassment… -
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People Won’t Be Able to Abort Babies Based on Race, Sex, or Handicaps in Kentucky
Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin signed a bill Tuesday banning abortions on the basis of race, sex, or disability despite a pending lawsuit from a legal advocacy group. Bevin signed House Bill 5 “prohibit[ing] an abortion if the pregnant woman is seeking the abortion, in whole or in part, because of an unborn child’s sex,… -
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How to Silence Debate, New Zealand Edition
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has unleashed a barrage of openly anti-Semitic commentary. She suggested that Israel had “hypnotized the world.” She recently suggested that Jewish money lay behind American support for Israel. Finally, she suggested that American Israel supporters are representatives of dual loyalty. Her fellow Democrats shielded her from blowback by subsuming a resolution… -
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There’s Rampant Academic Fraud
Federal prosecutors have charged more than 50 people involved in cheating and bribery in order to get their children admitted to some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges and universities such as Georgetown, Yale, Stanford, University of Texas, University of Southern California, and UCLA. They often paid more than $100,000 to rig SAT or ACT… -
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Twitter Removed My Blue Checkmark After I Took My Husband’s Last Name. Here’s How I Got It Back.
After getting married, the decision to take on my husband’s last name was a difficult one. In addition to the financial cost and social awkwardness of changing your identity, the process is so labor-intensive that there’s an app for that. Seriously. For $99, you can “change your name in minutes” on HitchSwitch, a concierge service… -
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Media Touts ‘Clear Sign of Human-Caused Climate Change.’ Here Are the Facts.
Associated Press reporter Seth Borenstein has made another attempt to convince the public of global warming, but his latest analysis has climate scientists once again refuting his claims. On Tuesday, Borenstein cited AP analysis that found hot temperature records in the U.S. were being broken twice as often as cold temperature records. He concluded that… -
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Appeals Court Upholds Housing Allowance Tax Exemption for Clergy
The Internal Revenue Service has a rule allowing ministers to exclude the amount of a housing allowance from their taxable income. In December, I wrote about a case in which an atheist group challenged that rule, claiming it’s an unconstitutional establishment of religion. On March 15, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals… -
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Rep. Devin Nunes Sues Twitter for $250 Million
Republican California Rep. Devin Nunes filed suit against Twitter and some Twitter users Monday for $250 million in compensatory damages, alleging the social media platform engaged in “shadow-banning conservatives.” “Twitter created and developed the content at issue in this case by transforming false accusations of criminal conduct, imputed wrongdoing, dishonesty and lack of integrity into… -
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Nancy Pelosi Faces Sit-In for Inaction on Anti-Semitism
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Washington, D.C., office was packed with protesters joined together Thursday for a “sit-in” against anti-Semitism in Congress. “We have come today to your office to communicate our severe displeasure and wonderment over your refusal to specifically condemn the anti-Semitic remarks of Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar,” Rabia Kazan, president and founder… -
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Library Invited Drag Queen to Read to Kids. He Was a Sex Offender.
When Montrose Library asked a drag queen to read to kids, it probably should have looked into his personal story first. That’s when the Houston location would have discovered that Albert Garza wasn’t just indoctrinating children. He has a history of sexually abusing them. It was a controversial idea to start with. But when library officials invited… -
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Pro-Choice Activist Vows to Abort Child If It Has Cystic Fibrosis. My Child Has That.
The Cut recently ran a piece by Jen Gann, an outspoken, pro-choice mother who details her journey through in vitro fertilization (IVF) and genetic testing as she aims to conceive a healthy child. Her first pregnancy resulted in a son with cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening disease, and what she considers a missed opportunity to abort him…. -
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New Zealand Massacre Part of an Age That Has Devalued Life
Last week in New Zealand, a self-avowed white supremacist targeted two mosques and streamed his bloody killing spree on social media. There are at least three condemnations that should result from the massacre. The first condemnation is for the act itself. The callous slaughter of people at prayer is part of an age that has… -
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Ben Carson’s 3 Ambitious Agenda Items for Reforming Public Housing
President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2020 spending blueprint would cut the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s budget by 16 percent, but HUD Secretary Ben Carson says he supports the savings. Carson, who has pushed many reforms on federal housing policies, shared with The Daily Signal his plans for making housing more affordable in the United…