Political Commentary & Opinion
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Why Taylor Swift Is a Problem for Feminists
Every week, The Daily Signal’s Facebook show “Problematic Women” highlights strong conservative women, current events, and the hypocrisy of the “feminist” left. On this week’s episode, Hillary Clinton is still complaining about losing the 2016 election in her new book “What Happened,” and the Twitterverse is up in arms over an Instagram post from Treasury… -
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Hurricane Harvey Is Racing Toward Texas. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Meteorologists have upgraded Hurricane Harvey to a Category 2 storm with 110 mph winds and expect that it will grow to a Category 3 hurricane before landfall tonight or tomorrow. If it does continue to strengthen, this will be the most powerful storm in almost 12 years. Hurricane Wilma was the last Category 3 storm,… -
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Conservative Surge Puts GOP Control of States at 95-Year High
Republicans now control the governorship and legislature in 26 states and conservative leaders say this trend continues to grow in Republicans' favor. “Over the last seven years since we have covered state legislatures and state executives pretty extensively, there's been a significant shift from Democratic-controlled state governments to Republican,” Geoff Pallay, editor in chief at… -
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Operation Choke Point Is Over. But Without Major Reforms, It Could Happen Again.
Kudos to the Justice Department for ending Operation Choke Point. Operation Choke Point was an effort by Obama administration officials to destroy lawful businesses that they personally disliked by intimidating finance companies into denying them service. Last week, Stephen E. Boyd, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Office of Legislative Affairs, wrote a letter to… -
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I Went to a Vandalized Columbus Monument. Here’s What I Saw.
The debate over whether or not to tear down Confederate statues deemed offensive has quickly moved on to other historical figures. Christopher Columbus, the Italian sailor who opened up the New World to migration from the Old, is now in the crosshairs of protesters and vandals. What is likely the oldest monument to Columbus in… -
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What the US Should Achieve in Afghanistan
In an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, The Heritage Foundation’s Luke Coffey explains why President Donald Trump made the right call on Afghanistan. “The goal in Afghanistan is to get that country to a point where its able to manage its internal security by itself without tens of thousands of Western troops on the… -
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My ‘Sex Change’ Was a Myth. Why Trying to Change One’s Sex Will Always Fail.
Recently, during a radio show on which I appeared as a guest, a caller posed a question I frequently get asked: “Do the administration of cross-gender hormones and genital surgery change a boy into a girl or a girl into a boy?” The answer is simple: biologically, not at all. Underneath all the cosmetic procedures,… -
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Lack of Leadership Has Crippled Our Universities
Our university leaders and faculty need to grow a spine. Our times demand it. We have too many learned cowards lining once-hallowed halls of learning. Fewer and fewer voices have the courage to stand and speak the truth and simply say “I disagree.” Those who dare to do so are ignored or silenced by the… -
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The Origins of Fake News at The New York Times
News flash from The New York Times: Women may have starved under socialist regimes, but their orgasms were out of this world! That’s the creepy gist of one of the Grey Lady’s recent essays this summer hailing the “Red Century.” The paper’s ongoing series explores “the history and legacy of Communism, 100 years after the… -
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Police Inaction in Charlottesville Only Enabled the Race Hustlers
Charlottesville, Virginia, a city named after Britain’s first black queen, was the scene of a bloody riot Saturday, Aug. 12. The fray resulted in the death of one woman, who was mowed down by a car—plus, there were many other people injured. Have politicians and the news media told the correct and complete story about… -
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Here Are 8 Monuments That Have Been Attacked Since Charlottesville
Since the awful riot that took place at the base of a Gen. Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month, activists and vandals have responded throughout the country by looking for 100-year-old monuments to destroy. While it may be bad enough to strip down history, the process should rightly remain in the… -
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Paul Ryan Calls for Tax Reform, Letting Americans ‘Keep More of Your Own Money’
House Speaker Paul Ryan called for tax reform Monday night at a town hall in Racine, Wisconsin. “We are losing businesses left and right and this is among the reasons why we have to have fundamental tax reform,” Ryan, R-Wis., said. “But also it is a matter of economic growth … also it’s fairness.” The… -
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We Should Be Talking About Tax Reform, Not Instagram Posts
Once again, we’re not living in boring times. This time the Twitterverse and the media are up in arms over an Instagram post and comment from Scottish actress Louise Linton, who is married to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Posting on Instagram, a social media site that allows you to share photos online (and encourages glamorous… -
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Disagreement Isn’t Hate, Despite What the Left Says
Last week, I made a short video about how the media and the Southern Poverty Law Center were getting “hate” wrong, slandering good groups such as the Family Research Council and Alliance Defending Freedom by calling them hate groups. Liberal activists disagree with conservatives on marriage & gender identity.But it’s wrong to think every disagreement… -
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Harvard Professor Calls Out Antifa for Trying to ‘Tear Down America’
Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz said Tuesday that liberals should not treat Antifa members as heroes for tearing down Confederate monuments because they are trying to “tear down America.” “Do not glorify the violent people who are now tearing down the statues. Many of these people, not all of them, many of these people are trying… -
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Big Labor Donates to SPLC Following Charlottesville
Some of the nation’s largest labor unions have pledged to fight hate and violence in response to the events of Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees announced contributions to the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League. Following President Donald Trump’s response to the violence, numerous business leaders and… -
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We Hear You: White Supremacists, Black Lives Matter, and Antifa in Charlottesville
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's coverage of the violence in Charlottesville and its political aftermath, including President Trump's hotly disputed comments, stirred responses from our audience. Here is a sampling. Write us: [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Throughout and beyond Donald Trump's election, we have witnessed unacknowledged left-wing, violent protests against the invented "fascism" and "white supremacy" of… -
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The New York Times Continues Its Tradition of Whitewashing Communism
It seems communism is back in vogue at The New York Times. A sad but common issue in the modern West is that progressives have created a fanciful and distorted picture of socialism to make it seem like an intriguing alternative to American-style capitalism. Ikea socialism—with Sweden as the model—is an utterly distorted, but at… -
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How New York City May Be Shortchanging Its Poorest Students
Last year, 822 public school employees sat idle in “rubber rooms” in New York City. Well, perhaps not entirely idle. Some played Scrabble, others slept. On average, a quarter of these taxpayer-funded employees have sat in these rubber rooms—places where teachers who have been dismissed from the system but can’t be fired spend their days—for… -
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Progress for Women’s Legal Protections in Jordan and Lebanon
Many Arab countries have legal provisions that allow men accused or convicted of rape to avoid punishment. Often called “marry your rapist” laws, these provisions generally state that a rapist will not be prosecuted if he marries his victim. Proponents believe that these laws protect women from stigmas surrounding rape. However, most people—including some Arab…