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What ‘The Bachelor’ Franchise Teaches Us About Economics
It’s no wonder why America’s youth are so enamored with the idea of socialism and big government while being vehemently opposed to free market capitalism. In a a survey of teenagers conducted by Junior Achievement USA and the Charles Koch Foundation in 2019, 93% of teens view economics as important, but struggle with grasping the… -
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Former Abortion Clinic Worker Explains Why She’s Now Pro-Life, Fights Pro-Abortion Law
In the 1980s, Kathy Sparks Lesnoff found a job working at an abortion clinic in Illinois. The clinic usually only performed first-trimester abortions, but one day, it made an exception for a woman who came in for an abortion at 23 weeks of gestation. The procedure “was the first time I had seen a 23-week… -
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He Grew Up in Soviet Union, Now Teaches Young People Grim Truth About Socialism
Growing up in the now-defunct Soviet Union was not easy for Zilvinas Silenas or his family. “Government basically brainwashes you from a very early age, and government thinks you are disposable,” Silenas says of living under communism. After leaving Russia and spending four years attending a “very left college” in America, Silenas says he became even… -
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4 Factors to Watch in Cuomo Impeachment Probe
The Democrat-controlled New York State Assembly appears poised to move forward with impeachment proceedings against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a fellow Democrat, after a scathing report from the state Attorney General’s Office concluded that he sexually harassed at least 11 women in the state workforce. “The independent investigation found that Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women,… -
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Time to Overturn Roe v. Wade
In May, the Supreme Court put abortion on the docket for its upcoming session by agreeing to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The high court’s decision to hear this case registered on the seismometer of every American that carefully follows the abortion issue. It means that Roe v. Wade, which has defined abortion… -
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Biden Wants to Cut Funding for ‘Border Security Assets and Infrastructure’ by 96%
President Joe Biden has now revealed there is at least one area in which he is a fiscal conservative: When it comes to providing the infrastructure needed to secure the border, he wants to spend far less than the government currently spends. His administration has presented Congress with a Department of Homeland Security budget proposal… -
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Shameless Cuomo Brothers Make a Mess
Some thoughts on the media after New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a report that found New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and even retaliated against one for going public. No. 1: Isn’t it fascinating how a probe like this can just vanish for months at a time? At the end… -
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Don’t Be Fooled by Charm Campaign: Biden Administration Must Hold Line on Huawei
The Chinese telecom giant Huawei has initiated a charm campaign in recent weeks to convince the Biden administration to be more accommodating toward the company. To safeguard American national security, the Biden administration must not take the bait. Among Huawei’s increased lobbying activities in the U.S. is the hiring of longtime Washington lobbyist Tony Podesta…. -
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Truck-Drivin’ Joe: Biden Brings Penchant for Fabrication to Presidency
To hear President Joe Biden tell it, he is everyman. Almost literally. He’s a truck-driving, long-ball-hitting outlaw who is uncommonly brave, marched for civil rights, and was an accomplished scholar in law school. It’s an impressive resume, especially for a politician who has spent most of the past 48 years in Washington, D.C. And almost… -
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When Does COVID-19 Panic End?
Two weeks to slow the spread. That was the original rationale for the lockdowns, masking, and social distancing: Prevent transmission of the coronavirus so that Americans could be assured that we would not overwhelm hospital capacity, causing needless death. Wait until a vaccine is available. That was the next goal post: an admonition to continue… -
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Nigeria, West Africa Increasingly Beset by Kidnappings, Terrorism
While much of the world has been focused on combating the global coronavirus pandemic, extremist and criminal groups have been carrying out kidnapping-for-ransom raids on Nigerian schools with the hopes of extorting local populations. The Daily Signal has reported on those developments previously, but the situation has not improved. In early July, following six days… -
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Netflix’s Woke ‘He-Man’ Reboot: Another Beloved Property Ruined by the Left
The left has claimed yet another victim in its ongoing crusade to destroy your childhood: “He-Man.” Netflix released a reboot July 23 of the popular 1980s cartoon series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.” The reboot, titled “Masters of the Universe: Revelation,” follows in the footsteps of other awful reboots , such as the… -
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Illinois School District Violates Civil Rights Law, Calls It ‘Equity’
According to a lawsuit filed by the Southeastern Legal Foundation on behalf of teacher Stacy Deemar, the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 in northern Illinois has been forcing its teachers and students to engage in programming that discriminates against individuals on the basis of race in violation of both federal civil rights law and the U.S…. -
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‘Tech Giant Censorship’: YouTube Suspends News Outlet for Year-Old Videos About Masks, COVID-19
Sky News Australia has been suspended by YouTube for a week following a review of old videos, according to a statement published by the outlet. In a statement, Sky News criticized the temporary suspension of its popular YouTube channel, which prohibits the outlet from uploading new videos or livestreams for one week under the platform’s three strikes… -
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Pegasus Spyware Revelations a Cautionary Tale of Digital Authoritarianism
As cybersecurity technology becomes more powerful, so has the technology that is used to hack phones, computers, and other devices. When this technology falls into the wrong hands—for example, a totalitarian government—it can be exploited to create a nightmare scenario for millions of people. Unfortunately, such a scenario recently occurred in multiple countries using Pegasus,… -
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British Chaplain Reported to Counterterrorism Agency After Questioning School’s ‘LGBT Stuff’
Holding to the biblical definition of male and female has cost the Rev. Bernard Randall his job. Randall served as chaplain of Trent College, a day and boarding school in Derbyshire, England, for four years. He delivered a sermon to students on the topic of gender identity in 2019. “So, all in all, if you… -
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Biden Calls on Cuomo to ‘Resign,’ Scolds DeSantis and Abbott on COVID-19
President Joe Biden on Tuesday took swipes at governors of three of the nation’s most populous states, telling one to resign from office over sexual harassment allegations and two others to “get out of the way” regarding COVID-19 policy. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, and Republican Govs. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg… -
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Journalism Groups Won’t Condemn NSA ‘Unmasking’ of Tucker Carlson
Most journalism advocacy groups, while boasting of defending a free press, declined to express concern about a government spy agency’s “unmasking” of Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson. The Daily Signal got mixed results last week when it asked CNN, The New York Times, and The Washington Post for comment on journalist-commentator Carlson’s treatment by… -
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How 2 Unconventional Education Styles Fostered a Love for America’s Founding
The National Education Association adopted a strategy to impose critical race theory in 14,000 school districts in all 50 states. The association’s decision to promote critical race theory is unsurprising considering it claims America suffers from systemic racism. Public schools, including schools in Loudoun County, Virginia, have added racial diversity books to their classroom libraries…. -
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Energy and Climate Policies, Cronyism Don’t Belong in Bloated Senate Infrastructure Bill
The infrastructure package being debated in the Senate this week weighs in at a whopping 2,702 pages and $1.1 trillion. While the layman might think of infrastructure as roads and bridges, Washington’s definition is about as nebulous as the measures by which lawmakers are claiming they pay for the bill. Nearly a quarter of those…