KYIV, Ukraine—On Sunday, Europe’s two largest standing armies went to the precipice of a major war. That day, Russian military forces attacked and captured three Ukrainian navy vessels that were transiting through the Russian-controlled Kerch Strait on their way from Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa to Mariupol, on the Sea of Azov. “This attack,…
This article originally appeared at The American Mind, a publication of the Claremont Institute. Suppose the second video had never come out and the Covington Catholic High School boys had not been exonerated. Suppose the media had not been compelled to issue pathetic, half-hearted apologies for stoking the flames of hatred after the incident. Suppose the…
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is scheduled to testify Thursday before the House Oversight and Reform Committee in a hearing on the Trump administration’s reinstating a standard citizenship question on the U.S. census. But with civil litigation over that very issue now before the Supreme Court, the House committee should cancel the hearing in recognition of…
Jordan Peterson spoke at a Heritage Foundation event in New York City. We discussed the rise of socialism in America, the importance of personal responsibility, and why his message is resonating with so many people. Peterson is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist, and author of the book “12…
In a recent hit single, “You Need to Calm Down,” Taylor Swift mocks people who stand firm in their beliefs about sexuality, asking that they stop their bigotry and “calm down.” The music video, which went viral, depicts conservatives as ignorant hicks who reject gays and are driven by animus. They are ugly, dated, and…
While some Democrats are downplaying the fraud recently exposed in Minnesota, one Democrat Minnesota congresswoman seems to be concerned. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., recently reintroduced a piece of legislation she says will “crack down on fraud in federal programs.” The Stop Fraud in Federal Programs Act seeks to increase penalties for federal fraudsters and require third-party audits for one…
Sometimes religious liberty cases are black and white, but normally they’re various shades of gray and require careful critical thinking. They’re not so much a matter of arithmetic as they are geometry or even calculus. That’s one of the lessons from professor Robin Wilson’s law review article, “The Calculus of Accommodation: Contraception, Abortion, Same-Sex Marriage,…
Monday’s botched terror attack in New York is another example of homegrown terrorism. Akayed Ullah, a Bangladeshi national in his late twenties, is reported to have set off a bomb at the Port Authority bus station in Manhattan. Fortunately, the bomb went off early and there were no deaths, though at least three were wounded…
There’s more trouble coming from Iran—not that we should be surprised. This week, the Iranian defense minister announced that the country’s already worrisome nuclear research program would be nearly tripling—yes, tripling—its annual budget with a 256% increase. I wonder what the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, which was once headed by the infamous nuclear…
The border surge of the past 18 months is a crisis of the Biden administration’s own making. That’s the conclusion to be drawn from a video of a July 28 deposition by Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz. The video, which was part of discovery in a lawsuit by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, was obtained…
With the new Trump administration beginning to taking shape, regulators of every stripe will soon be looking for ways to trim red tape. But apparently, that doesn’t include the railroad regulators at the little-known Surface Transportation Board. The board, created in 1996 to replace the obsolete Interstate Commerce Commission, is considering a costly set of…
Several weeks ago, I authored an essay detailing my experience of being drugged by a stranger and expressing my thoughts about the #MeToo trend. While I suspected that the essay would resonate with a good percentage of those who read it, I never imagined just how many people would end up reading it. I greatly…
Americans are understandably upset. Businesses are closed, and people’s lives and livelihoods are at stake. It makes sense that people would demand the government take action against those responsible for the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic once we’ve made it through. Here’s how—and how not—to hold China accountable for the new coronavirus. >>> When can…
One of the unexpected consequences of COVID-19 is it forced the U.S. government to reexamine how it does its job, including how it spends on national defense. Right now, Congress must give careful attention to the national defense budget, even as it faces increasing pressure to spend on domestic programs and on issues abroad. These…
President Joe Biden signed three executive actions on Wednesday to tackle climate change, which he called an “existential threat” comparable to COVID-19. Biden, continuing a slew of executive actions in the opening days of his presidency, asserted: “Today is climate day at the White House, which means that today is jobs day at the White…
In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, seven Republican senators have underscored the importance of resuming the negotiation of a bilateral U.S.-Kenya trade agreement. The Aug. 20 letter highlighted that a free trade pact with Kenya would be “the appropriate next step in recognizing and strengthening relations, economic opportunities, and a security partnership…
In this Saturday edition of “The Daily Signal Podcast,” Mary Theroux discusses her work to relieve the plight of the homeless in San Francisco by attempting to heal issues in their lives that led them to this condition. Theroux is board chairman and CEO of the Independent Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Oakland,…
The Department of Homeland Security is touting the arrest of an illegal alien in New York who allegedly set fire to several cars, an arrest it says was made possible by the cooperation of local authorities with federal immigration enforcement. On May 10, the Nassau County Police, in cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arrested…
A man and a woman, both in same-sex marriages, have sued Fuller Theological Seminary for discrimination after it expelled them over their same-sex marriages. Fuller, located in Pasadena, California, is the nation’s largest interdenominational seminary. The lawsuit represents a move that Christian organizations have anticipated in light of same-sex marriage. The lawsuit could become a…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he sees a “positive sign” that social distancing measures are working in New York City to slow the spread of the coronavirus. “The evidence suggests that the density control measures may be working,” Cuomo said at a press briefing about the pandemic in New York. Cuomo said that…