Arizona Lawmaker Calls National Debt an ‘Existential Threat’ to the Country

A House Freedom Caucus member is working to help Congress and America realize the urgency of the country’s national debt, which hit $22 trillion last month. “Our tremendous national debt, our annual structural deficit, is really …  an existential threat to the United States of America,” Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said on the third installment […]

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How to Silence Debate, New Zealand Edition

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has unleashed a barrage of openly anti-Semitic commentary. She suggested that Israel had “hypnotized the world.” She recently suggested that Jewish money lay behind American support for Israel. Finally, she suggested that American Israel supporters are representatives of dual loyalty. Her fellow Democrats shielded her from blowback by subsuming a resolution […]

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Twitter Removed My Blue Checkmark After I Took My Husband’s Last Name. Here’s How I Got It Back.

After getting married, the decision to take on my husband’s last name was a difficult one. In addition to the financial cost and social awkwardness of changing your identity, the process is so labor-intensive that there’s an app for that. Seriously. For $99, you can “change your name in minutes” on HitchSwitch, a concierge service […]

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The Facts About Gun Control and Homicide Rates

Are there really fewer homicides in countries with gun control? Are other countries besides the United States dealing with mass shooting? John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center joined The Daily Signal at the Conservative Political Action Conference to share the data about gun use the mainstream media isn’t highlighting. Read the transcript posted […]

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Want to Live a Better Life? You Can Start by Loving Your Enemies, Says Arthur Brooks

Arthur Brooks published his newest book, “Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America From the Culture of Contempt,” last week and visited The Daily Signal to share some real-life solutions to the practical problems facing America. Brooks is president of the American Enterprise Institute and host of “The Arthur Brooks Show.” You can listen to the interview on our podcast or read a lightly edited transcript below. Rob Bluey: Tell us what you […]

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Why Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Break Up Big Tech Would Be Bad for America

Presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has a new plan to break up Big Tech companies. The proposal entails appointing a bunch of regulators to undo mergers that her administration would deem anti-competitive. Warren’s plan would classify any company that runs a marketplace and makes more than $25 billion a year as a “platform utility” […]

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College Admissions Bribery Scandal Shows How Higher Ed Culture Has Descended Into Signaling

How much is an elite education worth to you? How about $500,000—and a jail sentence? That’s how much wealthy actresses, business leaders, and financiers have pawned off to bribe their children off to colleges like Stanford University, Yale University, and the University of California.  According to The New York Times, actress Lori Loughlin and fashion […]

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