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Economic Freedom Would Be Fastest Route to COVID-19 Recovery for Spain
Spain has been on an economic roller-coaster ride throughout the past decade. Economic freedom for the European Union’s fourth-largest economy has improved remarkably over the past few years. Now, however, in trying to spur economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Spain may be pushing economic freedom to the sidelines. As documented by The Heritage Foundation’s… -
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Homicides Have Skyrocketed in These 6 Democratic Cities. Black People Are Disproportionately the Victims, Data Shows.
The number of homicides in six major cities across the country has increased compared to last year, disproportionately affecting black people, according to crime data. Black people have represented a massive share of murder victims in six major cities through the first six months of 2021 compared to last year, which itself saw a large crime… -
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The Movement Against Critical Race Theory Is Deeply Necessary
According to the establishment media, critical race theory is a distraction. It is a right-wing smear. It is a conservative attempt to quash the dark side of American history. Most of all, according to the establishment media, you must never—ever—pay attention to the infusion of critical race theory into the nation’s institutions of power. According… -
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Britney Spears’ Mandatory IUD Recalls Long Shadow of Eugenics
Even for those who aren’t Britney Spears fans—or even very interested in pop culture—it was hard not to feel compassion listening to Britney desperately plead for freedom from a Los Angeles judge Thursday at a special hearing regarding her conservatorship. It was particularly jarring to hear the long list of indignities the pop singer, known… -
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Biden’s Hypocritical Efforts to Stem the Wave of Violent Crime Fall Far Short
There’s good news, and there’s bad news. The good news (which really is also bad news) is that the Biden administration has finally been forced to acknowledge and admit that the surge in violent crime—especially the surge in homicides in many cities—is a problem. It shouldn’t be shocking that a 24% increase in homicides during… -
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Proposed Credit Reporting Requirement May Be a Precursor to Discriminatory Lending Quotas
No one should be denied credit because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Ostensibly to deter such discrimination, a proposal in Congress (HR 1443) would require small-business lenders to furnish data to the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau detailing the LGBTQ business ownership status of credit applicants. That mirrors current law imposing similar reporting… -
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Group Tracks Growing Number of ‘Canceled’ Faculty at American Colleges
It is no secret that the far left has infiltrated higher education. But Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars, says his organization is doing all it can to expose the spread of woke ideology on America’s college campuses. The National Association of Scholars operates a cancel culture tracker to document each time… -
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What You Need to Know About Supreme Court Rulings on Faith-Based Foster Care, Student Speech, and More
The Supreme Court has issued a number of significant rulings this term that affect everything from collegiate athletics to adoption agencies. Among the most notable decisions, the high court ruled 9-0 in favor of religious liberty in the case of Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. The case gives a Catholic social service agency in Philadelphia… -
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Biden Backs Gun Control, Not Defunding Police, in New Executive Actions
President Joe Biden announced a host of executive actions Wednesday, many of them backing up his long-standing support for gun control and others distancing himself from some fellow Democrats who want to defund the police. “The Second Amendment from the day it was passed limited the type of people who could own a gun, and… -
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Democrat Lawmaker Suggests Catholic Church Should Lose Tax Exemption If Pro-Aborts Denied Communion
Yet again, Democrats are outraged to discover that religious beliefs actually impact people’s actions. In the latest dust-up, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted 168-55 on Friday to proceed with a draft document “on the meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the Church” that, when finalized, may deny the Eucharist to politicians who support… -
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Florida Makes Sure Schools Teach Evils of Communism, Totalitarianism
The revolt against indoctrinating students and other Americans with critical race theory is ramping up, despite left-wing denial and opposition. But a simple reaction against malignant ideas isn’t good enough. Critical race theory—which frames every issue through the lens of race and the idea that some races are inherently oppressors or oppressed—thrives in a country… -
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4 Keys to Understanding How Illegal Immigrants Fly to New Homes in America
Two Republican governors are calling for the Senate to investigate why the Biden administration hasn’t notified state and local governments before transporting illegal immigrants to their jurisdictions and releasing them there. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee wrote a letter of support to Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate… -
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Supreme Court Protects Property Rights Against Union Trespass
The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that a state law permitting labor union organizers to enter farmland without permission to try to organize workers was unconstitutional under the Fifth and 14th Amendments to the Constitution. The ruling was 6 to 3. In Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, the court considered a California regulation that allowed… -
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Why Parents Are in Court Over Online ‘Portal’ Where Students Anonymously Accuse Each Other
Parents in an affluent Virginia county are speaking out against their school system’s online “portal” that allows students to anonymously report on each other for exhibiting racial or sexual bias. Daniel Suhr, a lawyer representing parents in a lawsuit against the Loudoun County school system, told The Daily Signal that the “so-called bias incident response… -
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What the Music of World War II Has to Tell Us About Patriotism and Pop Culture
Ronald Reagan once said, “Younger parents aren’t sure that an ambivalent appreciation of America is the right thing to teach modern children. And as for those who create the popular culture, well-grounded patriotism is no longer the style.” His concern about trends in the popular culture of the time were warranted, and we should be… -
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Supreme Court Issues Victory for Free Speech, but Questions Remain
The Supreme Court issued a win Wednesday for Brandi Levy, a former Mahanoy Area School District student known to court watchers as the “cussing cheerleader.” But the court’s decision made it unclear what other types of student speech a public school can censor. After failing to make her school’s varsity cheerleading squad, Levy posted two… -
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Leftist Mob Cancels ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Game Developer
Scott Cawthon, the creator of the wildly popular video game series “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” has become yet another casualty in the ongoing American culture war. While the media he created has nothing to do with politics, the woke mob’s obsession with purging anyone and anything associated with heterodoxic thought from the products they consume… -
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School Board Walks Out in Virginia County as Parents Criticize Transgender Policy, Critical Race Theory
A school board meeting in Loudoun County, Virginia, scheduled to discuss a proposed transgender policy, came to an abrupt halt Tuesday evening after the board ended public comment and proceeded to leave the room. The board moved to end public comments after the crowd of several hundred erupted into cheers following critical remarks by former… -
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‘Extreme Concern’: Oversight Republican Demands IG Investigation Into Biden Administration’s Hiring Practices
House Oversight Committee Republican Jody Hice demanded a watchdog investigation of the federal government’s potentially illegal hiring practices. Hice, the ranking member of the subcommittee on government operations, asked Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Inspector General Mark Bialek to urgently open an investigation into reports that the agency has used illegal means to force senior officials… -
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Supreme Court: Religious Liberty Prevails in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Saturday is the six-year anniversary of the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, in which the Supreme Court redefined marriage to include same-sex couples. The Supreme Court’s decision has created questions of how it will treat discrimination claims by same-sex couples and supporters of traditional marriage between one man and one woman. Critics of proponents of traditional…