Swedish Author Johan Norberg On The Devastating Impact Of Socialism, And What It Could Cost The U.S.
By Frank Camp With the success of 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and rival Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has come the rise in notoriety and popularity of so-called Democratic socialism in the United States. According to a 2019 Gallup survey, 43% of Americans said that “some form of socialism [would] be a […]
On Presidents Day, Remembering Why We Have a Strong Commander in Chief
On Presidents Day, we celebrate the life and accomplishments of our first president, George Washington, the father of our country, and Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president and one of our most renowned statesmen. On that day, Feb. 17 this year, we should remember that the Framers of the Constitution wanted to ensure that an American […]
We Hear You: Taking on the Left, Even in Blue States
Editor’s note: Welcome to another look inside The Daily Signal’s mailbag, which reveals concern about the radical left’s advances in America. Send those emails to [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Fred Lucas reports that Leonard Leo decided to step away from daily leadership at the Federalist Society to lead a new group (“Trump Judicial Adviser Teams Up With Conservative PR […]
Angela Merkel and the Destruction of German Democracy
By Jared Peterson These thoughts reflect the writer’s concern about the worsening political and social conditions in Germany, a nation whose importance — for America, Europe, and the world — should require no laboring to a readership of politically sophisticated Americans. What’s happening today in Germany is deeply disturbing. And it’s not for the reason casual […]
Pompeo Warns of China’s Hidden Influence in America
It sounds like an episode of “The Americans” or a best-selling Tom Clancy novel. But when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looked into the faces of 40 governors and warned them that China had infiltrated their states, he wasn’t kidding. They’re hiding in the shadows of our schools, our lobbying meetings, even our business dinners. […]
Nike Swooshes in to Attack Women’s Sports
First, it attacked America. Then adoption. Now, women. Honestly, with such a busy schedule of political extremism, it’s a mystery how Nike has time to sell anything. But for all of the company’s radical campaigns, it’s Nike’s latest that’s really raising eyebrows. The retail titan is picking a side in the transgender sports debate—and it […]
North Korea’s Coronavirus Problem
In nighttime photos from space, North Korea looks like a black hole compared to the well-lit South. It’s an apt metaphor for what we know about what’s going inside the DPRK now: Nada. That absence of information poses a real problem when a global health threat is on the loose. And the coronavirus is most […]
California lab says it discovered coronavirus vaccine in 3 hours
An American biotech company says it created a coronavirus vaccine three hours after getting access to the virus’ genetic sequence on Jan. 9, and now scientists are racing to get the vaccine on the market in record time. Inovio Pharmaceuticals is based in Pennsylvania, but scientists in its laboratory in San Diego made the discovery. “We have […]
Granddaughter of Slaying Victim, 92, Backs Trump’s Fight Against Illegal-Immigrant ‘Sanctuaries’
Daria Ortiz’s voice cracked when speaking at a White House event Friday, as she described how New York City’s “sanctuary city” status let her family—and the rest of the city’s residents—down. Her 92-year-old grandmother, Maria Fuentes, a legal immigrant from the Dominican Republic, was sexually assaulted and killed last month, and police have charged illegal […]
Did the dirty cops of the Roger Stone case step into a Barr trap?
By Monica Showalter Roger Stone liked to gleefully call himself a “dirty trickster,” but he was no match for the dirty cops of the Department of Justice who railroaded him with a nine-year sentence for three process crimes, including one where his purported victim said no crime happened. Now it looks as though the dirty cops – […]
