Oct 24, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where the president’s economic advisers predict some chilling results if the nation were to embrace socialism. Fred Lucas covers the findings. Universal basic income is a lot worse than it sounds, Jarrett Stepman writes. Ukraine’s new religious autonomy from Russia comes at a dangerous time, Nolan Peterson reports. Plus: Thomas Jipping on Democrats’ doomed plan to stop a conservative appeals judge, Walter Williams on the upside of price gouging, and Walt Heyer on the president and transgenderism.
I Used to Be Transgender. I Support Proposed New Trump Policy on Gender Definition.
I have received hundreds of regret letters from trans people who now realize—too late—that gender-pretending is damaging. Regretters have called gender change “the biggest mistake of my life.”
Giving Away Money Won’t End Poverty, but It Will Destroy Something Special About America
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., proposes a national plan that would give families making under $100,000 a tax credit of $500 per month, which adds up to $6,000 a year.
Government Economists Offer Window Into What a Socialist US Economy Would Look Like
If the U.S. were to adopt the socialist policies of Venezuela, the move would the slash the economy by 40 percent—or $24,000 per year for the average American.
What’s at Stake in Rebuilding the Military
Our military must overcome a generation of experience dealing with terrorist groups and non-state irregular forces, challenges that are dramatically different from what it’s faced in the past and may face again in the future: a larger-scale conventional war with a rival major power.
For Ukraine, US Support Key as Religious Independence From Russia Sparks Fears of Escalated War
This is a moment particularly fraught with danger for Ukraine as it tiptoes through a minefield of fresh crises with Russia.
In Defense of Price Gouging During a Natural Disaster
Thirteen states have enacted laws to combat what is seen as price gouging in the wake of natural disasters.
Why Democratic Senators Won’t Succeed in Attempt to Block 9th Circuit Judicial Nominee
A hearing today includes Eric Miller, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, even though his home-state senators, Democrats Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell of Washington, oppose him.
Podcast: What Do Drag Queens Want With Your Kids?
On today's Daily Signal Podcast, we look at a school controversy over what’s appropriate for kids, and what’s not. And yes, believe it or not, it involves drag queens.
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