Government Waste

Government waste is such a problem in the United States it doesn't even have checks and balances anymore. There is lip service from corrupt politicians to it but that is the extent of where the checks on waste stay.

Coronavirus and the 4 Walls of Worship

“Mommy, are we going to watch Mass today?”  That’s what my 3-year-old son unexpectedly asked me on Sunday morning as I set up the laptop in the living room, waiting for Mass to go “live” on our parish’s Facebook page. It dawned on me right then and there that even this little person was adjusting to the new coronavirus norm...

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Leading CEO on Coronavirus Recovery Panel Wary of Government Power Grab

John Allison sees similarities between the response to the coronavirus pandemic and the financial crisis of 2008, when he was the CEO of BB&T Corp., a leading holding company.          “The financial crisis was brought about largely from government policies and regulation, and a number of large companies that took real economic risk,” Allison says in a phone interview with The...

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With Ukraine Already on Lockdown, Chernobyl Burns

KYIV, Ukraine—Seriously, what else could go wrong? With Ukraine still on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, massive wildfires, including one within the Chernobyl exclusion zone, sent clouds of potentially radioactive smog into Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv on Thursday—the same day an unusual sand storm hit the city. The combination of dust and smoke particulates nearly blotted out the...

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COVID-19 Underscores Need to Preserve Economic Freedom in a Crisis

The Heritage Foundation’s newly released 2020 Index of Economic Freedom provides plenty of evidence of the value of economic freedom. People in freer societies live longer, have much higher levels of income and overall prosperity, and enjoy better health care, cleaner environments, and greater educational opportunities than those societies that are less free. Not all of that may seem relevant...

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Share Your Tales of Life in the Shadow of COVID-19

How are you and your family responding to the “new normal” in this, the time of coronavirus? How about your workplace or place of worship? Things have changed dramatically in America almost overnight because of the new coronavirus disease, which health officials call COVID-19. Here at The Daily Signal, we’d like to hear your stories and observations of what you...

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Coronavirus Outbreak Is Bad News for Ukraine’s Economy

KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine has so far been spared from a major coronavirus outbreak. The country’s economy, however, is far less quarantined from the disease’s global impact. Responsible for the disease now known as COVID-19, the new coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China. According to the World Health Organization, the global number of infected people is now over 100,000. The outbreak has sparked...

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Why Frederick Douglass Would Be Pro-Life Today

Abolitionists and the pro-life movement share a similar respect for the sacredness of human life. Frederick Douglass “was a strong proponent of the black family” in the mid- to late 1800s, says the Rev. Dean Nelson, a Baptist pastor who is executive director of Human Coalition Action. Nelson joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss the legacy of Douglass, who...

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What It’s Like to Travel Internationally During the Coronavirus Outbreak

KYIV, Ukraine—After the Lufthansa airliner landed at Kyiv’s Boryspil International Airport, the Airbus A320 jet taxied to the jet bridge and parked. Then flight attendants told the passengers on board to keep their seats.  A few minutes later, a pair of officials with the Ukrainian Ministry of Health, wearing protective clothing and face masks, boarded the jet and proceeded to...

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How Sens. Ernst, Blackburn Met Poverty, Tyranny Outside America

A pair of female Republican senators shared their eye-opening, firsthand encounters with socialism in their travels abroad—including grinding poverty and lack of freedom—for an appreciative audience Thursday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. The theme of this year’s gathering of conservative activists is “America vs. Socialism,” which many of the speakers—including Sens. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Marsha Blackburn...

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Ivanka Trump’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative Empowers Women

Implementing free-market policies that advance economic freedom is the key to empowering women. Elaborating on that critical linkage, the president’s Council of Economic Advisers recently published a report, “The W-GDP Index: Empowering Women’s Economic Activity Through Addressing Legal Barriers.” The W-GDP Index quantifies prior legal reforms in the five crucial areas that affect women’s “full and free” economic participation in...

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These Black Scholars and Leaders Rebuke 1619 Project’s Narrative of Victimhood

An initiative featuring the writings of black Americans will counter and rebut a New York Times Magazine project that “reframes” all of  U.S. history around slavery and racism. The Woodson Center last week announced the sponsorship of “1776,” a collection of essays and other material mostly written by black scholars and community and business leaders, among other backgrounds. Their goal...

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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 letters@dailysignal.com.—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 Executive in New Initiative”). That new...

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Rebuking Russia, Turkey Pledges to Fund Ukraine’s Military

KYIV, Ukraine—On Feb. 3, Turkish President Recep Erdogan joined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy outside Kyiv’s 18th-century Mariyinsky Palace to review an honor guard of Ukrainian troops. A band played the anthems of both countries. Along the nearby streets, Turkish and Ukrainian flags hung side-by-side on light poles. The Mariyinsky Palace was originally built as a residence for the Russian Czars....

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Amid Impeachment, Pompeo Visit to Ukraine Underscores US Support

KYIV, Ukraine—In a visit here, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday underscored America’s commitment to help Ukraine defend itself from Russian aggression, downplaying concerns that impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump might fray Kyiv’s relations with Washington. “The United States sees that the Ukrainian struggle for freedom, democracy, and prosperity is a valiant one. Our commitment to support it...

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Red China’s infection of American classrooms

Red China’s infection of American classrooms by Michelle MalkinCreators Syndicate Copyright 2019 Dangerous menaces are spreading from mainland China to the United States. Surgical masks and Big Pharma vaccines, however, won’t protect this nation from its infiltration. The problem doesn’t lie with bats. It lies with America’s batty pursuit of globalization at all costs. Chinese Communist Party agents are using...

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