EnergyCommentary
If you think President Obama’s unilateral exercise of executive powers granting near-blanket amnesty to illegal immigrants was an abuse of power, get a load of… Read More
LawCommentary
Last month, the Supreme Court surprised the national news media by refusing to hear any of the seven same-sex marriage cases that had been pending…. Read More
SecurityNews
President Obama’s nominee for secretary of defense will need to penetrate the White House’s tight inner circle of national security and foreign policy advisers to… Read More
Health CareNews
For two years, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has concealed his plans for financing single-payer health care. His lead consultant, Jonathan Gruber, has admitted to deceptive… Read More
EducationNews
MINNETRISTA, Minn. — Just when the backlash over First Lady Michelle Obama’s school lunch menu leveled off, students in a handful of Twin Cities schools… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Survivors of the Benghazi terrorist attack and members of Congress alike are voicing deep frustrations with the report released on Nov. 21 by the House Select Committee on Intelligence. The… Read More
EducationNews
Employees at Ivy League schools donated more than $2 million in the 2014 election cycle, largely favoring liberal candidates, committees and causes. It’s no secret… Read More
InternationalCommentary
“Saturday Night Live” often acts as a good barometer of what’s going on in the world. Last week, its opening sketch nailed just how grumpy… Read More
SocietyNews
In a ruling that could short-circuit one of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, a federal court has allowed U.S. tech workers to challenge extensions… Read More
LawNews
With technology outpacing privacy laws, Virginia lawmakers are trying to plan for the unexpected. Democratic state Sen. Chap Petersen of Fairfax and Republican state Del…. Read More
LawCommentary
Perhaps the biggest problem with the reaction of President Obama and his attorney general, Eric Holder, to the grand jury verdict in Ferguson is their… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In a recent blog post, Brookings scholar Ron Haskins identifies five social programs as being highly effective and highlights the Obama administration’s “evidence based” policy efforts… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Some economic indicators, including the short-term unemployment rate, have recovered to levels associated with “normal times.” But long-term unemployment remains high: Almost 2 percent of the labor… Read More
SocietyNews
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., not only supports blocking President Obama’s executive actions on immigration but thinks Republicans could take him all the way to the… Read More
LawCommentary
The death of Eric Garner, the black New York man who died after police held him in an alleged chokehold, has sparked an enormous amount… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Insatiable – that would seem to be the word that best describes the appetite of some in Congress and their friends in the environmental community…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
CULLMAN, Ala. — Teacher unions finally met a foe they couldn’t conquer in the form of the yellow, spiky-haired Bart Simpson. Those unions were skewered… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The election results were a crushing political blow for the Obama administration, giving Republicans firm control of both houses of Congress for the final two… Read More
EconomyNews
Next time you go out to eat, a new kind of waiter might serve you. One restaurant owner in China has replaced his traditional wait… Read More
SocietyNews
Post by Dana. Terrence Williams, the 23-year-old St. Louis native who shared his inspiring story with The Daily Signal earlier this week, will appear on… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ November employment report showed solid economic growth, but also provides clues about why many Americans report unhappiness with the economy. The… Read More
InternationalCommentary
For the American left and its allies in the major media, Barack Obama’s resounding victory in the 2008 presidential race was supposed to mark a… Read More
SecurityNews
Sara Taylor wanted to give her husband a huge surprise. Her husband, Sgt. Fort Taylor, was returning to the United States after serving for a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Well, that didn’t take long. In the first standoff between Republican leadership and President Obama following the November elections, the GOP is showing signs it… Read More
SocietyNews
More coverage of the fallout in Ferguson, Mo., space travel, a lame-duck Congress and bunch of nuns at The Vatican. They were among the week’s… Read More
SocietyNews
FERGUSON, Mo.—Pastor Stoney Shaw knows a thing or two about civil disobedience and protests. He marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s as… Read More
EconomyNews
PITTSBURGH — A job training agency in northwest Pennsylvania is asking the state for a repayment plan after a finding that nearly $250,000 was misspent…. Read More
EconomyNews
NASHVILLE — Kimball, Tenn., Mayor Rex Pesnell said broadband Internet in his town of about 1,400 will help economic development, but so far he’s short… Read More
Yesterday, the House passed a one-year extension for the “tax extenders”—a package of approximately 50 tax-reducing policies that expired at the end of 2013. The… Read More
SocietyNews
The House of Representatives took its first action protesting President Obama’s executive action on immigration. The bill, which was called “purely symbolic” by critics, is… Read More
