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What Is ‘Good’ About Good Friday
By[email protected] April 3, 2026April 22, 2026

Christians describe the day an innocent man was violently executed as “Good.” Unless you know the whole story, it doesn’t make much sense. This is Holy Week on the Christian calendar. It began with Palm Sunday, which commemorates the Triumphal Entry. As Jesus rode a young donkey into Jerusalem, the people shouted, “Hosanna!” and “Blessed…

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‘He Loves Us’ … and How God Made Sure I Knew It
By[email protected] April 3, 2026April 22, 2026

My mother died on a Good Friday. Which, in a way, was amusing because she’d long been at odds with God since my father’s death, and she had little use for organized religion since age 5 after some nun whacked her for asking questions. That is, until her final few months. After befriending a retired…

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California Gubernatorial Debate Canceled When Only White Candidates Made the Cut
By[email protected] April 3, 2026April 22, 2026

The University of Southern California canceled its gubernatorial debate 24 hours before it was to start. Why? The six candidates who qualified under polling and fundraising metrics were—gasp!—all white. Democrat candidates of color immediately accused USC of excluding “candidates of color.” Mind you, their platforms—on housing, crime, homelessness, taxes, etc.—are virtually indistinguishable. Is there a…

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The Catholic Faith Is Booming
By[email protected] April 3, 2026April 27, 2026

Religion is not dead in America. It is seeing a resurgence, particularly in the Catholic faith. The Catholic Church in the United States is experiencing significant growth in new members in 2026. According to data from Hallow—the world’s largest prayer app—the average diocese is seeing a 38% growth in new members entering the church this…

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Are the Jews Responsible for Jesus’ Death?
By[email protected] April 2, 2026April 22, 2026

Did “the Jews” kill Jesus? Are the Jewish people as a whole responsible for the death of Christ? I was horrified recently to see this claim—which I thought was a fringe position—on a prominent conservative website, and I feel compelled to respond. The claim traces back to Matthew 27, during the trial of Jesus, when…

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Supreme Court Breaks Transgenderism’s Cruel Stranglehold Over Therapy in Colorado
By[email protected] April 2, 2026April 22, 2026

This week, the Supreme Court rightly held that Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” violated the First Amendment by dictating what counselors can say in therapy sessions. However, the therapist who sued Colorado isn’t the only winner—gender-confused kids arguably came out ahead, too. Colorado’s law didn’t just aim to force therapists to endorse transgender orthodoxy—it also…

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If Donald Trump Did What Obama Did, Media Would Cheer—So Why the Outrage Now?
By[email protected] April 2, 2026May 1, 2026

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I’ve talked about the opposition to the Iran war that we are witnessing, but it’s a little bit more than opposition….

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I Saw the Artemis II Lift Off. It Was the Dawn of a New Era.
By[email protected] April 2, 2026April 22, 2026

I had the tremendous privilege of watching four NASA astronauts launch from the Kennedy Space Center on the Artemis II mission, which will take them closer to the moon than anyone has been in more than 50 years. Watching the rocket launch into space filled me with a sense of awe and respect for human…

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Remembering Pope Saint John Paul II
By[email protected] April 2, 2026April 22, 2026

Twenty-one years have passed since that April 2 in 2005 when, at 9:37 p.m., Pope John Paul II returned to the Father’s House. It’s been 21 years since the end of one of the longest pontificates in the history of the church and of the life of a pope who changed the world. Today, I…

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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Could Crush Iran, So Why Doesn’t He?
By[email protected] April 1, 2026May 1, 2026

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. There’s always two wars, as I mentioned on earlier occasions, a political war and a military war, once the conflict begins….

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City’s Demand to Remove Iryna Zarutska Mural Speaks Volumes About the Left’s ‘Values’
By[email protected] April 1, 2026April 22, 2026

“We can agree, this mural behind us does not reflect Providence’s values.” Can you guess what kind of mural doesn’t reflect the so-called values of Providence, Rhode Island, according to a local Democrat politician? The half-finished mural—reportedly backed by Elon Musk—now set to be removed is a depiction of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee who was…

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Mamdani Walks Into a Passover Seder With Don Lemon and Drag Queen Rabbi, Gets Heckled
By[email protected] March 31, 2026April 22, 2026

Zohran Mamdani is clearly aiming to convince the world that he isn’t antisemitic in the most lefty-coded theater-kid way possible. It didn’t quite go as he planned. The New York City mayor attended what The New York Times called a “hip” Passover Seder on Monday. The event was also attended by former CNN host Don…

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What SCOTUS Ruled About Conversion Therapy in Chiles v. Salazar
By[email protected] March 31, 2026April 28, 2026

Can the government prohibit what a therapist says to a client behind closed doors? March 31, in an 8-1 opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court answered that question with a firm “No.” But the fact of an overwhelming majority of the court—eight justices—also suggests the narrowness of the opinion itself. Indeed, Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion…

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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Trump Has the Law and Military Strategy on His Side in US-Iran War
By[email protected] March 31, 2026May 1, 2026

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I want to have a couple of videos on the current state of affairs in the bombing…

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Justice for Steve Calk
By[email protected] March 31, 2026April 22, 2026

As his father sailed before him, and his son marches behind him, Stephen M. Calk Sr. served America in uniform. He was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. Amid a highly successful banking career, Calk aspired to serve his country again as a top national-security official or diplomat. This patriotic commitment bought Calk five and a half months behind bars, $1.25 million in fines, and $17.2 million in legal bills. Federal prosecutors turned his bank’s…

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Democrats Want to Lower Taxes. Has Hell Frozen Over?
By[email protected] March 31, 2026April 22, 2026

Democrats are publicly crawling over each other to see who can cut taxes more than the next one. Has hell frozen over? Or maybe this is just one more example of Democrats saying one thing while doing another. The new Democrat governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, ran as a moderate. However, as soon as she…

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Newsom Blames Trump for High Gas Prices. But California Created Its Own Energy Nightmare.
By[email protected] March 30, 2026April 22, 2026

“Look at your cost at the pump the last few days: That was an act of the Trump administration,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said unconvincingly just a few days after the U.S. began strikes on Iran. Newsom (who is totally not running for president) has made it one of his messaging themes to pin the…

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West African Nations Demand Reparations for Slavery at UN. Shouldn’t They Be Paying Up?
By[email protected] March 30, 2026April 22, 2026

The United Nations—that leechlike relic of the 20th century that still pretends to be important—last week passed a resolution to declare the trans-Atlantic slave trade the “gravest crime against humanity.” While the resolution will likely have very little real-world effect for now, it’s a clear attempt by some countries to receive monetary reparations from those nations apparently guilty of…

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Newsom Is Murdering California’s Energy Industry
By[email protected] March 30, 2026April 22, 2026

When I was growing up, many Americans viewed California as the sunny state with unlimited resources, an entrepreneurial spirit that inspired people across the country, and energy sources that the U.S. and the world desperately needed. Today’s California is the exact opposite of that, and it’s truly a shame. Everyone can see that California Gov….

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Is Hollywood’s Political Preaching Era Drawing to an End?
By[email protected] March 29, 2026April 23, 2026

The Washington Stand—Recent years have seen a number of Hollywood stars toss out their soapboxes and urge their fellow celebrities to simply shut up about politics. During President Donald Trump’s first term, superstar and then-“it” girl Jennifer Lawrence was an outspoken critic, frequently weighing in on political matters, describing the Trump presidency as “the end of the…

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