Law Analysis
The Daily Signal Podcast: Friday, Aug. 31
The Senate is gearing up for its most contentious fight of the year: hearings to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Tom Jipping, a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Problematic Women: Why Are Women Freezing Their Eggs at Such Young Ages?
Brown University takes down a study because the transgender community didn’t like it, actress Alyssa Milano “lends” her voice to protest Supreme Court nominee Brett… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Congress Should Ensure VA Health Care Funding, but Only Within Budget Caps
The appropriations process in Congress came to an unexpected halt July 19 as heated debates over funding the Department of Veterans Affairs could not be… Read More
SocietyCommentary
California Shows Why Congress Needs to Eliminate Food Stamp Work Requirement Loophole
Despite a booming economy and a record-low unemployment rate nationally, at least one state has been working overtime to ensure its work-capable food stamp recipients… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Paraguay’s Economic, Political Transformation Deserves Recognition
South America is not at the center of global affairs, but few countries in the region may go as unnoticed as Paraguay. At first glance,… Read More
LawCommentary
How Louisiana Stood Up to the Anti-Gun Corporate Elite
The state of Louisiana recently held some members of the corporate social police accountable for discriminating against law-abiding Americans. By a vote of 7-6, the… Read More
PoliticsNews
Left Ramps Up Calls for Impeaching Trump After Cohen, Manafort Convictions
Liberal activists—some of whom have called for President Donald Trump’s impeachment for more than a year— have grown louder after the convictions of two Trump… Read More
EconomyCommentary
3 Reforms Conservatives Should Fight For in the Farm Bill
The House and Senate have passed their own farms bills and are currently working out differences to come up with a final bill. At a… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In Key Post at State, Kiron Skinner Will Advance Trump Security Strategy
The State Department is about to get a big brain. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo named scholar and national security expert Kiron Skinner on Thursday… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
The Daily Signal Podcast: Thursday, Aug. 30
A hundred Facebook employees have joined an online group for ideological diversity at the social media giant—and of course, it’s generating controversy. We discuss with… Read More
LawNews
What 2 Women Who Actually Clerked for Kavanaugh Really Think of Him
When Sarah Pitlyk went to clerk for Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit Court, she found herself in a unique situation: Between the time… Read More
LawCommentary
Christian Cake Baker Turns the Tables, Sues Colorado for Anti-Religious Bias
Jack Phillips owns Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, and is himself a master baker. He’s in trouble with the state of Colorado for declining to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
States Must Stop the War on Faith-Based Adoption Agencies
Yet another adoption agency is closing its doors, at a time when thousands of young victims of the opioid crisis flood America’s foster care system…. Read More
Health CareCommentary
British Heat Wave Doesn’t Fully Explain Longer Hospital Waits
As debate grows in the United States over whether to ditch private health insurance and put everyone on a government-run health care system, it’s worth taking a look… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Single-Payer Health Care: The More Coloradans Knew, the Less They Liked It
Those leading the charge for single-payer health care claim to enjoy wide support among voters. In 2016, they put that claim to the test in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What to Do About the Growing Popularity of Socialism
Twenty-eight-year-old democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez jumped into the national spotlight when she defeated longtime Congressman Joseph Crowley in the New York Democratic primary in June…. Read More
Law Analysis
The Daily Signal Podcast: Wednesday, Aug. 29
During the Obama years, red states found themselves battling together on the front lines to defend liberty against an overreaching federal government. Attorneys General Ken… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Open Borders Bring a Higher Risk of Disease
The Immigration and Nationality Act mandates that all immigrants and refugees undergo a medical screening examination to determine whether they have an inadmissible health condition…. Read More
Senate Ramping Up Trump Judicial Confirmations This Week
Since March, Senate Democrats have forced 30 hours of debate on each of five of President Donald Trump’s federal district court judge nominees subsequently approved… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Chicago’s Risky Bid to Dig Itself Out From Massive Pension Debts
Imagine if Congress wanted to issue $4 trillion in new debt in hopes of leveraging it to help pay down its existing $16 trillion in… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Leftism as a Secular Religion
One of the most important books of the 20th century—it remains a best-seller 59 years after it was first published—is “Man’s Search for Meaning” by… Read More
LawCommentary
Kavanaugh Follows the Law, Even Under the Most Difficult Circumstances
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., served on the Judiciary Committee in 2009. During the confirmation for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, Schumer said that… Read More
LawCommentary
Existing Law Didn’t Protect Victims From the Jacksonville Shooter. It Left Them Defenseless.
This past weekend, a competitor at a video game competition in Jacksonville, Florida, allegedly opened fire on fellow gamers, killing two and wounding 10 before… Read More
LawNews
Electoral College Foes Continue Push to Make Popular Vote Winner President
Efforts to elect the president by popular vote has had mixed popularity this year, as Arizona and Maine failed to gather the required number of… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
The Daily Signal Podcast: Tuesday, Aug. 28
After six years of working for Sen. John McCain, Walter Lohman, now director of Asian Studies at The Heritage Foundation, got to know him pretty… Read More
InternationalAnalysis
Iran’s Saber Rattling on Persian Gulf Likely to Rattle World Oil Markets
The commander of the navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Gen. Alireza Tangsiri, warned on Monday that Iran maintained control of the Persian Gulf and that… Read More
LawCommentary
Michael Cohen Didn’t Actually Violate Federal Campaign Laws. Here’s Why.
Hey, Michael Cohen: You actually didn’t violate that election law. Cohen, the president’s former attorney, agreed to two counts of campaign finance law violations last… Read More
EconomyNews
In Ditching NAFTA, Trump Reaches Deal With Mexico, Invites Canada to Join
President Donald Trump called a new, preliminary deal with Mexico “the U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement,” announcing Monday that he had kept a campaign promise to terminate… Read More
SocietyNews
MLK’s ‘Dream’ Speech Is Coming True, His Niece Says
Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece says her uncle’s vision in his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech is being brought to fruition today. “Are we… Read More
LawCommentary
Kavanaugh Rules by the Law, Even in Tough Cases
Article 30 of the Massachusetts Constitution, authored by John Adams and adopted in 1780, calls for a “government of laws and not of men.” The… Read More
