Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also the author of "The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America's Past." Send an email to Jarrett
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Is it time for lawmakers to take a more active role in curtailing the radicalism now pervasive throughout higher education? There are certainly signs that’s… Read More
EducationCommentary
For the crime of trying to protect young children from sexually explicit material in the classroom, Florida legislators are being crucified by the media. The… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
In his first official State of the Union speech, President Joe Biden on Tuesday night addressed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rising inflation at home, an ongoing… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
With President Joe Biden set to deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night, it’s a good time to ask: How has… Read More
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This will be the year that America “fought back” against wokeness and authoritarianism, in the words of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. In a speech, which… Read More
EducationCommentary
San Francisco residents voted to recall three members of the city’s school board on Tuesday—School Board President Gabriela López, Vice President Faauuga Moliga, and Commissioner Alison Collins…. Read More
EducationCommentary
If we have learned anything about left-wing cultural revolutionaries over the past few years and decades, it’s that they insist that all conform to their… Read More
EducationCommentary
A cancel culture incident at Georgetown Law School perfectly illustrates the corruption of elite American institutions and demonstrates the folly of wishing the “culture war”… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The workers are uniting against government mandates and the left now calls it fascism. What began as a GoFundMe campaign for Canadian truckers who lost… Read More
LawCommentary
When one conjures up fanciful notions of Wild West lawlessness, the image that comes to mind is that of movie scenes of daring train robberies… Read More
LawCommentary
The rise in violent crime has become a national trend in the past few years as cities reach homicide rates not seen in decades. FBI… Read More
LawCommentary
All criminals are welcome appears to be the policy of the New York district attorney. With the departure of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio… Read More
LawCommentary
Are you ready for woke death panels? The federal government currently controls the market of monoclonal antibodies that are used to treat cases of the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The recent COVID-19 outbreak is dealing a major blow to the justification for extreme vaccine mandates. While there is some evidence that vaccines decrease the… Read More
LawCommentary
Law and order, once lost, is not easy to restore. That’s one of the clear lessons of 2021. Numerous American cities were devastated by violent… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A single Democrat came out against President Joe Biden’s massive, multitrillion-dollar Build Back Better plan and the left is having a collective conniption. Sen. Joe… Read More
EducationCommentary
If you don’t agree with the politically correct narrative, you must be destroyed. That’s the attitude elite Western institutions increasingly take with anyone who disagrees… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Saying two plus two equals four may now be problematic. One of the key aspects of the left-wing cultural revolution that’s taken over America’s most… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Howard Zinn-ification of American history has now been fully embraced by America’s institutions. It’s not just on college and university campuses where the late… Read More
EducationCommentary
“Believe in science.” You’ve probably seen that common—and silly—trope on left-wing political lawn signs. But what does it mean? Science is a method, a tool,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan aims to build, sure enough. That is, build atop the massive amount of welfare that the federal government… Read More
EconomyNews
Higher prices on everything from groceries to automobiles are increasingly common across the United States. It’s a phenomenon that’s becoming impossible to ignore. That’s what… Read More
LawCommentary
America continues to be threatened by mob “justice.” The media coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial in Wisconsin has been shameful, and only goes… Read More
LawCommentary
In “progressive” San Francisco, safety is for the rich. That’s the reality of what’s happening in the San Francisco Bay Area as bad policy and… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for private employers often is described as requiring employees of large companies either to be vaccinated or be tested weekly…. Read More
LawCommentary
Common sense prevailed in Minneapolis on Tuesday. The city won’t replace police officers with social workers after all. Minneapolis’ ballot Question 2, which would have… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
“I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” That was the message parents in Virginia got from former Gov. Terry McAuliffe,… Read More
EducationCommentary
The left has a new message for parents concerned about critical race theory and similar ideologies being foisted on their children in public schools: Sit… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Immediately upon taking office, President Joe Biden removed President Donald Trump’s designation of Portland, Oregon, as a jurisdiction in anarchy. So, how are things going… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The war on history has come for Thomas Jefferson. On Monday, the New York City Council unanimously voted to remove a Jefferson statue from New… Read More
