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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There are plenty of good reasons to abandon the teachings of Karl Marx. Chief among them is how Marx’s noxious communist ideology has led to… Read More
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“The union of these four presidents carved on the face of the everlasting hills of South Dakota will constitute a distinctly national monument.” So said… Read More
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Is America headed for a French-style revolution along the lines of the one in 1789? Let’s hope not. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said as much… Read More
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Independence Day in 2020 will have great meaning to many Americans. As we’ve seen many symbols of America’s past get literally smashed by mobs, it’s… Read More
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The war on history has spread across our country and has even spilled over to other parts of the Western world. Now, on a daily… Read More
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A pivotal moment in world history occurred when Mary Ball Washington forbade her eldest son from joining the British navy as a cabin boy—one-third of… Read More
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Mobocracy is coming to America. A debate over policing, race, and history has degenerated into general lawlessness, as mobs have swarmed and destroyed statues in… Read More
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The movement to “decolonize your bookshelf” has been around for a few years, albeit mostly confined to college campuses and radical left-wing circles. Fiction author… Read More
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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
