Oct. 5, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where politicians talk about building up the military but often don't act. The Heritage Foundation's latest assessment of military strength tells a sobering story, Dakota Wood writes. The left's kneejerk response to the Las Vegas massacre is to cry for more gun control. Jarrett Stepman and Michelle Malkin offer calmer views. In Paris, Nolan Peterson chronicles Islamist terrorism's effects on France. Plus: Rachel del Guidice on the mayor who crossed Trump in Puerto Rico. Thoughts on gun control after the Vegas shooting? Write us at letters@dailysignal.com and we may publish your email.
Statistics show gun control has little impact on decreasing crime and violence, but Jimmy Kimmel chose to make his case by making jokes, saying "our forefathers wanted us to have AK-47s is the argument, I assume."
When taking the oath of office, Carmen Yulín Cruz significantly delayed repeating the words that she would "uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Prior to 1991, the Air Force purchased more than 500 aircraft a year to offset platforms aging out of its inventory. Since then, it has averaged fewer than 100 per year.
"France is suffering most," says The Heritage Foundation's Robin Simcox. "It has suffered more attacks than any other country in Europe."
Small businesses don't have the luxury of having a team of specialists who understand the intricacies of the tax code.
Thanks to the tax code, blue state liberals can have their cake and eat it, too, when it comes to high tax rates. Here's how that works.
Celebrities, politicians, and activists' favorite hollow debating tactic is asserting that gun owners, NRA members, and Republicans don't care about gun safety and want more innocent people to die.
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Oct. 4, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where we think our progressive friends would rather celebrate folks caring for each other under deadly fire in Las Vegas than heed silly propaganda about prohibiting "silencers" on guns. See what Jarrett Stepman and Kelsey Harkness have on this. Plus: Tiffany Bates and Elizabeth Slattery on Senate inaction on judgeships, and Rep. Mark Walker and Sondra Clark with separate looks at what tax reform really means. What's your take on the massacre in Vegas? Write us at letters@dailysignal.com and we may publish your thoughts.
Jonathan Smith, a 30-year-old copy machine repairman, rushed into action when he heard shots fired and understood what was happening.
America's tax code hurts families by punishing marriage, favoring entrenched special interests, and depressing economic, job, and wage growth.
"Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer, which the NRA wants to make easier to get," tweeted Hillary Clinton. Listen for yourself to the difference between a gun fired with and without a "silencer."
Studies show the American worker carries 75 to 100 percent of the corporate tax burden. That means many companies, when faced with high taxes, choose to hold back on salary or worker hours.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is expelling two-thirds of Cuba's diplomats stationed at their embassy in Washington, D.C.
The Senate has confirmed only seven judges (including Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch) this year.
So far in 2017, Chicago has had 533 murders and 2,880 shootings. It turns out that most of the murder victims are black.
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