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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Juneteenth is a long-standing American holiday, celebrated since the end of the Civil War. However, Juneteenth—a mashup of June 19th, the day on which it’s… Read More
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If you value a robust media offering a variety of voices, you should be troubled by a chilling incident that occurred this week. Citing the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Most revolutions don’t end in liberty; rather, they typically end in bloodshed and merciless tyranny. The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ, created in Seattle… Read More
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In the wake of the protests and riots that erupted following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, a revealing transformation has… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Our listeners are likely to know well of Gens. George Patton, David, Patraeus, and Dwight Eisenhower. But what about the patient general whose strategy led… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The many U.S. cities currently gripped by civil unrest and violence in the wake of the May 25 death of a black man, George Floyd,… Read More
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Lawful protest in the American political process isn’t the same as the lawless rioting, looting, and destruction of lives and property that became a threat… Read More
LawCommentary
The death of a black man, George Floyd, at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25 has sparked protests around… Read More
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As states nationwide begin the process of reopening, Americans continue to battle over the methods governors and local authorities have used to tackle the coronavirus… Read More
LawCommentary
As states across the country begin the process of reopening, Americans continue to battle over the methods governors and local authorities have used to tackle… Read More
Health CareCommentary
America’s economy is in the early stages of “reopening” after dealing with the coronavirus pandemic for months. It’s a process that won’t be easy, simple,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The New York Times’ “1619 Project”—despite being riddled with historical inaccuracies—is now the winner of a Pulitzer Prize, an outcome that is unfortunate but utterly… Read More
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Perhaps our country’s most powerful media organizations now simply don’t care how utterly one-sided their political coverage is. This appears to be the case with… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Progressives are eager not to let a “crisis go to waste” and are now aggressively pushing some ideas, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, that would be… Read More
EconomyCommentary
American prosperity always has relied on the fact that we are the most productive people in human history. Unfortunately, some short-term Band-Aids for the widespread… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The lesson of history for tyrannical regimes is that the truth is dangerous. Clearly, the Chinese Communist Party knows this full well, which is why… Read More
EducationCommentary
An Ivy League professor says we need to end homeschooling, because parents who homeschool their children are “authoritarian.” In an article in Harvard Magazine‘s latest… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Recent revelations about the depth and consequences of China’s suppression of information in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic should shine a light on… Read More
SecurityCommentary
As the world continues to battle the terrible COVID-19 pandemic that began in Wuhan, China, it also must battle the lack of information or outright… Read More
EconomyCommentary
As Americans are trapped in their homes, unable to work, and struggling to pay bills due to the threat of a global pandemic, the left… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In times of crisis, Americans don’t look just to the government to save the day. In certain intellectual circles in the United States it’s become… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” That was what Rahm Emanuel, a former mayor of Chicago who also served as chief… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The lack of regular White House press briefings used to be decried as the end of democracy. Now it’s daily White House briefings that represent… Read More
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The coronavirus pandemic has become a health crisis that’s almost unprecedented in our lifetimes. As our country and the world race to contain the spread… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Mindless virtue signaling doesn’t fare well in a real crisis. As the nation and the world confronts a deadly pandemic, and citizens, businesses, and governments… Read More
InternationalCommentary
America is in a state of lockdown, the stock market is plummeting, and countless people around the world could get sick and die as the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Hardly anything that happens in this world is truly unprecedented. As Americans respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which began in China, with canceled events, business closures,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Even the threat of global pandemic apparently can’t slow the hysterical culture of modern political correctness. Apparently, according to some in the news media and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
“Real socialism hasn’t been tried!” Anyone who’s gone to college in the past few decades has probably heard some form of this phrase to excuse… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It seems that Sen. Bernie Sanders can always find a way to look at the bright side of a communist dictatorship. Right after praising Cuban… Read More
