SecurityCommentary
While the presidential candidates clash over how to handle illegal immigration and border security, Arizona is doing something about it. When Doug Ducey ran for governor,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
West Virginia may well become the next right-to-work state. Bill Cole—the state-Senate president and probable GOP gubernatorial nominee—has made passing right-to-work legislation a top priority…. Read More
SocietyNews
A spokeswoman for Reuters told The Daily Signal that the news agency will issue a correction after distributing a misleading statistic on self-induced abortion in Texas. Reuters’ original report… Read More
EconomyCommentary
On November 2, President Barack Obama signed the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA), which passed Congress with 233 Democrats and 97 Republicans voting in its favor…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
As we saw in Paris and Mali, local law enforcement officers are on the front line of defense against terror. Now that ISIS is threatening… Read More
EducationCommentary
Millions of people worldwide were horrified to learn that Paris had been attacked by terrorists. But some supporters of the student protests at the University… Read More
SocietyCommentary
MADISON, Wis.—It’s pretty clear that state Rep. Chris Taylor doesn’t much care for the American Legislative Exchange Council and its limited-government, free-market principles. But now… Read More
SecurityCommentary
For almost two generations, since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, self-proclaimed jihadis have been fighting to re-establish Islamic supremacy and domination in the world. Leaders of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Jim DeMint wrote earlier this week on President Obama’s leadership: On Nov. 12, President Barack Obama said of ISIS: “What is true is that from… Read More
SecurityCommentary
As we approach the holiday season, one thing that many Americans will have in common is travel. In light of recent high-profile mistakes, the Transportation… Read More
EducationNews
Watching student protests spread like wildfire across college campuses nationwide, a former Harvard Law School professor of 50 years is speaking out, warning that students… Read More
SocietyNews
Fans responded with emotion as Eagles of Death Metal, an American hard rock band, posted the first lengthy statement since the terrorist attack during its Nov. 13 concert… Read More
LawCommentary
I was recently bemoaning the fact that mens rea reform was not part of the various proposals that were being considered in the House and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Planned Parenthood gave the winter finale of “Scandal,” a TV drama about politics, a big thumbs up for its portrayal Thursday of a character’s abortion…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Washington almost always approaches political problems incorrectly. Instead of thinking about human beings as unique individuals, many experts and lawmakers focus only on them as… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Congress has a chance to reassert itself against regulatory overreach. The Senate has passed three Congressional Review Act (CRA) disapproval resolutions that would repeal the… Read More
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)—the government entity that insures private pension plans—released its 2015 annual report, showing a $14.6 billion jump in PBGC’s deficit,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
On Thursday the Senate sent yet another short term extension of the Highway Trust Fund to the president’s desk (the fourth this year). This latest… Read More
EducationCommentary
There isn’t much for conservatives to love in the policies put forward in the proposed rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization currently… Read More
InternationalCommentary
2015 has not been kind to Kazakhstan’s economy (the largest in Central Asia). Although it has the highest levels of economic freedom in the region,… Read More
EnergyNews
Some witnesses questioned the president’s climate initiative, the Clean Power Plan, during a House Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearing on Wednesday. Anne Smith,… Read More
EconomyNews
Mary Mayhew, commissioner of Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services, knows her politics aren’t always popular. “I can’t stress enough what an attack campaign it… Read More
SecurityNews
Wanting to show assertiveness in the aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks, the House overwhelmingly passed a bill to block Syrian and Iraqi refugees from… Read More
SocietyNews
After discovering “alarming” instances of billing inconsistencies, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin ordered health care officials to block all state funding for the two Planned Parenthood… Read More
InternationalCommentary
A humanitarian crisis is developing in Central America along the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Earlier this week, the Nicaraguan military began refusing to… Read More
LawCommentary
Earlier this year, New Mexico abolished civil forfeiture, the tool that allows law enforcement agencies to seize property that they think has been used in,… Read More
SocietyNews
House Speaker Paul Ryan called out President Barack Obama for his threat to veto a bill that would put a pause on Syrian refugees coming to… Read More
Health CareNews
UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurer, announced Thursday that it has reduced its earnings expectations for 2015 and projected a similar initial outlook for 2016. The… Read More
SocietyNews
Officials overseeing the government refugee program Syrian refugees would be part of to come to the United States sought Thursday to quell the American people’s… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Before a bill to fund the federal government even makes it to the floor, some in the House are already ceding ground on funding for… Read More
