EconomyCommentary
Tariffs on Canadian Softwood Lumber Hitting US Homebuyers Hard
Lumber prices have gone through the roof over the past year—up 370%. The lumber needed to build a new home now costs nearly $36,000 more… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Biden Abandons Religious Freedom as First Among Rights
The Biden administration is making a stark departure from past administrations in how it talks about, and treats, religious freedom. In his remarks May 12… Read More
Economy Analysis
Is China’s Digital Currency a National Security Threat? What You Need to Know
Imagine a currency that can expire, or that the government can require citizens to use only for specific purchases. Imagine no further because that is… Read More
SecurityNews
Meet a Son of Mexican Immigrants Who Helps Protect Our Border
Art del Cueto, a leader of the union representing Border Patrol agents, has spent a majority of his career patrolling the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation… Read More
EducationNews
Though Disbanded by Biden, 1776 Commission to Reconvene, Oppose Teaching of Critical Race Theory
Members of the 1776 Commission, which President Joe Biden disbanded on his first day in office, will reconvene next week in Washington after expressing opposition… Read More
EducationCommentary
A New History Curriculum or Anti-American Propaganda?
President Joe Biden wants educators to teach students that racism is endemic in America. He and his “woke” allies think students should learn that our… Read More
LawCommentary
Roe v. Wade in Crosshairs as Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Major Abortion Case
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a Mississippi case challenging the constitutionality of that state’s 2018 law prohibiting abortions after 15 weeks except in… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Biden Administration Appeals to Woke, Shuts Down Garden of American Heroes Project
Can Americans find no shared history or heroes to celebrate now? On Friday, the Biden administration very quietly canceled the Garden of American Heroes project… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Red China Reaches Red Planet as Beijing Joins Mars Club
The People’s Republic of China last week became one of only three countries to successfully land a spacecraft on Mars. The Tianwen-1 mission, China’s first… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Senate Needs To Keep Its Eye on the China Challenge, Not Political Spending Priorities
It has been a few months in coming, but the U.S. Senate is about to debate comprehensive legislation on how to respond to China. It’s… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Time to Act on a Trade Deal With Taiwan
In a recent joint letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Finance subcommittee on international trade, customs,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
What Americans Should Know About Interpol Abuse
Over the past few years, awareness has spread about the problem of Interpol abuse. Interpol isn’t an international police agency, even though Hollywood likes to… Read More
LawNews
Supreme Court Takes Up Major Abortion Case Directly Challenging Roe v. Wade
The United States Supreme court has agreed to take up a major Mississippi abortion case that could directly challenge Roe v. Wade. The court announced… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Bernie Sanders’ Attack on US Defense Spending Gets the Facts Wrong
The Senate Committee on the Budget held a hearing on “Waste, Fraud, Cost Overruns, and Auditing at the Pentagon” on May 12. By the title… Read More
EconomyCommentary
3 Ways to Improve Trade Freedom During World Trade Month
Since 1948, the U.S. annually has celebrated World Trade Month and World Trade Week in May. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan described World Trade Week… Read More
Education Analysis
Defend Free Speech, Urges Author Who Faced Repercussions for Teaching College Students About Pronouns
Canadian author and columnist Lindsay Shepherd’s message to Americans is simple: Defend free speech or risk losing it. In 2017, Shepherd, then a teaching assistant at Wilfrid Laurier… Read More
SecurityCommentary
We Hear You: Biden, the Border Crisis, and Flights for Illegal Immigrants
Editor’s note: The Daily Signal’s exclusive on illegal immigrants allowed on a commercial flight out of Texas made some in our audience see red, as… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Biden Off to a Disastrous Start
Presidents aren’t supreme beings imbued with the power to dictate economic conditions, pandemics or international events. We give them far too much credit and blame… Read More
EducationCommentary
How Biden Aims to Take Critical Race Theory to the Next Level in Your School
If the Biden administration gets its way, the federal government will soon be alternatively bribing and threatening every school district in the country to push… Read More
SocietyNews
Crowdfunding Platform Goes to Bat to Help Atlanta Businesses Hurt by Move of Baseball’s All-Star Game
A Christian crowdfunding platform is stepping up to the plate to help small businesses in the Atlanta area that were hurt by the move of… Read More
LawNews
Trump Antagonist Opposes Arizona Election Audit as Justice Department Official
A foe of former President Donald Trump is leading the Biden Justice Department’s push to discredit or halt an election audit in Arizona’s largest county—an… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Liberals Should Learn From Weak Jobs Report That Incentives Matter
“Experts” predicted 1 million jobs would be created in April. The actual number fell far short, at 266,000. Republicans warned that overly generous COVID-19 relief… Read More
EducationCommentary
Collaboration Between CDC and Teachers Union Doesn’t Help Our Kids
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its school reopening guidance in February, teachers unions lauded the new regulations. But one union’s plaudits… Read More
SocietyNews
Critical Race Theory Weakens Society and Breeds Hate, Minorities Say
Critical race theory, at one time limited primarily to academia, has become a controversial issue as it increasingly is showing up in K-12 school curriculums and… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Cyberattack on Pipeline Shows How Jones Act Is Threat to National Security
The Eastern European or Russian hacking ring DarkSide’s cyberattack has wreaked havoc on the Colonial Pipeline, which transports a large percentage of the gasoline, jet… Read More
InternationalCommentary
3 Seas Initiative Matters to America’s Security and Economy
In a recent forum between the U.S. and European Union, Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki appealed for greater U.S. support for the Three Seas Initiative,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
2 Actions US Must Take in Wake of Colonial Pipeline Crisis
Could the hack that took down a pipeline, leaving Americans in several states with gas shortages, happen again? Absolutely. Policymakers and business leaders need to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Are White Americans Facing Discrimination?
Are white Americans being discriminated against? Some might be aghast at the idea that one might have such a thought, and, considering the historic discrimination… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Even in a Pandemic, Welfare for the Rich Thrives
Congress passed the $2.2 trillion HEROES Act. House Democrats said it gives money to “governments who desperately need funds.” But it also gives lots of… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
In New Book, Ken Starr Warns Religious Liberty ‘in Crisis,’ Advises How We Can Protect It
“Religious Liberty in Crisis: Exercising Your Faith in an Age of Uncertainty” is the provocative title of a new book by former U.S. Solicitor General… Read More
