SecurityCommentary
In passing its version of the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, the House of Representatives shot down the Pentagon’s plans to make more… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Too many people believe that slavery is a “peculiar institution.” That’s what Kenneth Stampp called slavery in his book, “Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum… Read More
EconomyNews
House Republicans released their proposal to balance the federal budget in 10 years, which included their plans to rein in the regulatory power of the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Last week, I tweeted, “The news media in the West pose a far greater danger to Western civilization than Russia does.” To my surprise, the… Read More
LawNews
A presidential commission to examine voter fraud and the soundness of election systems across the country has a big job ahead as it convenes Wednesday… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obamacare is failing. It has done little to fulfill its original promise of producing more choice and lower costs, and worse, has set off a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Three cheers for Keith Noreika, the acting comptroller of the currency, for having the chutzpah to challenge the regulatory deceit of the Consumer Financial Protection… Read More
InternationalCommentary
For the second time, the Trump administration on Monday certified that Iran remains in compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement. Administration officials stressed, however, that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
After months of delays, the House Budget Committee has released its fiscal year 2018 budget resolution. The plan makes progress in some areas, such as… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The House Appropriations Committee is set to mark up its interior appropriations bill for fiscal year 2018. This markup could lead to a slight revision… Read More
PoliticsNews
House Democrats professing moral outrage over the hacking of the Democratic National Committee have apparently remained indifferent to the likely penetration of their congressional computer… Read More
SocietyNews
Facebook can’t replace the Little League, and neither can the federal government, according to Sen. Mike Lee. In a speech at the American Enterprise Institute,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Today’s transgender movement is the latest effort to overturn what are in fact true assumptions about human life. My recent report, “Sex, Gender, and the… Read More
EconomyNews
The House’s largest caucus of conservatives is throwing its weight behind a budget proposal that it says would cut more government spending and advance conservative… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Seventy-two years after the end of World War II, Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s leadership remains a shining example of statecraft for leaders in our own… Read More
PoliticsNews
Even if Donald Trump Jr. helped set up a meeting last year with a Russian lawyer in hopes of learning dirt on Hillary Clinton, the… Read More
EducationCommentary
For the second time in less than two years, Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana is expanding paternalistic restrictions and sanctions on the student body based… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of President Donald Trump’s budget request last week, and it wasn’t good news. The report paints a stark… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Late in the afternoon on Thursday last week, the Social Security Administration released its annual trustees’ report. As is often the case when government entities… Read More
SecurityCommentary
How should the U.S. win the war of ideas against Islamism? That question understandably provokes strong differences of opinion. For example, honest people can disagree… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In two years, it will have been a half-century since American astronauts first set foot on the moon. Apollo 11 was followed by five more… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In May, media reports indicated the Trump administration was considering returning two compounds—one in Maryland and one in New York—to Russia. Those compounds were seized… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Linda Sarsour is fighting back after being criticized for calling for “jihad” against President Donald Trump and his administration. During a speech at the Islamic… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Editor’s note: Jarrett Stepman’s commentaries for The Daily Signal ring bells with readers. See for yourself in this selection of responses.—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal:… Read More
EconomyNews
U.S. taxpayers have paid $90,000 for a theater “performance” in which people commune with a tall cactus for an hour in the middle of an… Read More
SecurityNews
As Congress considers green projects in a military spending bill, the Trump administration hasn’t staked out a strong case on whether to roll back the… Read More
SocietyNews
A religious nonprofit organization is suing Parkland School District in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, after Parkland High School deemed a pro-life student club too controversial and subsequently refused… Read More
EducationNews
Top public universities pay administrators with jobs related to diversity initiatives an average of $175,088 per year, substantially more than other professors and faculty members,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
EconomyCommentary
The Senate is seriously considering keeping Obamacare’s 3.8 percent net investment income tax as part of its most recent repeal and replace proposal. Rather than… Read More
