Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also the author of "The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America's Past." Send an email to Jarrett
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From the Summer of Love to the Winter of Rage, the Left has now mastered the use of unleashing uncontrolled mobs on society to get… Read More
Education Commentary
Harvard University’s embattled president resigned Tuesday, but it would be a mistake to think that the troubles of that school or higher education in general are over…. Read More
Education News
Editor’s update: The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper, reported Tuesday that Claudine Gay would be stepping down as president of Harvard University, “bringing an end… Read More
Education Commentary
American institutions of higher education won’t reform on their own. The recent explosion of antisemitism on college campuses has made many Americans—including high-profile donors—turn against… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery is being torn down. After a short legal battle, the Biden administration will continue its plan to remove… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Joe Biden’s administration has set another record. A total of 14,509 illegal aliens were encountered at the southern border Monday by U.S. Customs and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The tea party is out in Boston. The “Electeds of Color Party” is in. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s office sent out an email earlier this… Read More
Education Commentary
Harvard is sticking by its woman and the University of Wisconsin turned down a mountain of money just to maintain commitment to diversity, equity, and… Read More
International Commentary
“I think of myself as a historian more than as a statesman,” Henry Kissinger once reflected. Kissinger, who died Nov. 29 at the age of… Read More
Education Commentary
Our most prestigious institutions of higher education have devolved into know-nothing hate factories operating in an unaccountable cocoon of ideological conformity and reinforcement. That’s what… Read More
PoliticsNews
Four candidates mixed it up onstage Wednesday night in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, during the fourth Republican presidential debate of the 2024 campaign: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Our own government has waged “psychological operations” and other attacks on the free speech rights of the American people. That’s according to witnesses at a… Read More
PoliticsNews
In their long-awaited debate, Govs. Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis did not disappoint, vigorously sparring on issues from crime to the border to gender transition… Read More
SocietyCommentary
An Oakland City Council hearing revealed where left-wing views of justice lead, when the council debated a resolution Monday night to call for a cease-fire… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In the future, when I think about the textbook definition of America’s failed pseudo-elite, I’ll think of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. In a Nov. 8… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Elite Western institutions have not only failed to pass on our history and traditions, in many cases, they have intentionally tried to tear them down…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
There’s a price to be paid for bad policies divorced from human nature. The Associated Press reported Sunday that Oregon’s first-in-the-nation law to decriminalize hard… Read More
PoliticsNews
Republican presidential candidates gathered for a forum Friday evening, exclusively livestreamed by The Daily Signal. The 2023 Presidential Thanksgiving FAMiLY Forum in Des Moines, Iowa… Read More
SocietyCommentary
When we say “never forget” in reference to 9/11, we should mean it. This week, a few dozen videos featuring people who say they read… Read More
SocietyNews
A riot erupted at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in front of the building, demanding a… Read More
EducationCommentary
“I truly believe that school choice will make the most consequential change for our education system in decades,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says. The Heritage… Read More
SocietyCommentary
What’s happened in the West since Hamas terrorists’ savage Oct. 7 attacks on Israel has been an eye-opener for many. Vast, pro-Hamas protests have become… Read More
PoliticsNews
Five Republican candidates were on stage Wednesday night for the third GOP presidential debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami…. Read More
PoliticsCommentary
“MAGA and Christian Nationalism: Bigger threat to America than Hamas could ever be” was the original headline on a vicious article published at the left-wing… Read More
SocietyCommentary
When evil is committed in this world, the Left creates victims, rather than empowering good people to stop it. On Wednesday, a mass shooter killed… Read More
Commentary
This summer, when illegal southern border-crossing numbers briefly dipped, legacy media outlets rushed to proclaim that the issue of mass, uncontrolled immigration was going away…. Read More
SecurityNews
Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel is a reminder of the threat Iran poses, Sen. Joni Ernst said Monday at an event on Capitol Hill. Ernst,… Read More
SecurityNews
Taxpayers have been funding radicals who hate Israel and America for a generation, thanks to Congress, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said Monday. Roy spoke as… Read More
EducationCommentary
Another day, another member of our esteemed intellectual elite goes on an unhinged rant about Israel and Jews. This time it was Jemma Decristo, a… Read More
EducationNews
What’s been labeled an epidemic of “book banning” is actually an epidemic of sexually explicit materials getting into American school libraries, witnesses at a House… Read More
