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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NEW YORK—President Donald Trump exclaimed in his State of the Union address that America would “never” be a socialist country. Yet multiple polls suggest that… Read More
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After over two years of speculation and endless media coverage, the Mueller report arrived with a dud. This is, without a doubt, the biggest media… Read More
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There’s no doubt that one of the flashpoints of the modern culture war in America is the debate over our nation’s history. On one side,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The prognosis for Obamacare isn’t looking too great right now. Last December, a district judge in Texas ruled that Obamacare should be struck down in… Read More
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After over two years of speculation and endless media coverage, the Mueller report is here, and it arrived with a whimper. Questions will now turn… Read More
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Many on the left are calling for the nation to get rid of the Electoral College. And it appears that many in the media support… Read More
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The left really wants to give kids the right to vote. This idea is so popular on the left that a majority of House Democrats… Read More
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The co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a deep-pocketed, left-wing civil rights organization, was fired on Wednesday. Morris Dees, a prominent lawyer who founded… Read More
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Peddlers of the Green New Deal know that the only way for their radical agenda to become reality is if Americans buy into the wildest… Read More
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, stirred controversy again with an anti-Semitic tirade last week, declaring to a packed audience, “I want to talk… Read More
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Anything the left can’t control, it aims to destroy. From campaigns to abolish the Senate to the growing movement to upend the Electoral College after… Read More
Health CareCommentary
House Democrats released their plan to bring “Medicare for all” to the country Wednesday. There’s one upside: Through this proposal progressives are now being more… Read More
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Colorado is joining a list of states attempting to overturn the way Americans have selected their presidents for over two centuries. The Colorado Legislature recently… Read More
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Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good narrative. But that’s what happened in the case of Jussie Smollett, a gay, black actor… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Democrats defeated Republicans in the Obamacare repeal fight by warning that 22 million Americans would be thrown off their health insurance. They pointed to data… Read More
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Jussie Smollett, the now-disgraced actor from “Empire,” has turned himself in. Chicago police say he fabricated a hate crime against himself in order to get… Read More
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Update: The Chicago Police Department took “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett into custody early Thursday on a charge of making a false report to police. “Bogus… Read More
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Can a nation survive ignorant of its past? We are testing that very question right now. According to a recent survey by the Woodrow Wilson… Read More
LawCommentary
Democrats intend to save “democracy” by putting themselves in charge of elections. As absurd as that sounds, it really is a part of the inappropriately… Read More
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Jill Abramson, former editor of The New York Times, is being called out for plagiarizing in her new book “Merchants of Truth.” While Abramson has… Read More
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“The Right Side of History” is a podcast dedicated to exploring current events through a historical lens and busting left-wing myths about figures and events… Read More
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Democrats unveiled their latest version of the Green New Deal on Thursday, but despite some concessions to reality, this version is still little more than… Read More
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Democrats unveiled their latest version of the Green New Deal on Thursday, but despite some concessions to reality, this version is still little more than… Read More
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President Donald Trump spoke for about one hour and 20 minutes Tuesday night in his second State of the Union address, interrupted–by Fox News Channel’s… Read More
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Few topics bring out media bias more than the issue of abortion. This week was a perfect example of that. Virginia state Delegate Kathy Tran,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Devotion to and love of flag and country is now considered hateful. At least that was the message given by Santa Barbara City College Board… Read More
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Americans should be thankful for federalism. Not only does this aspect of our Constitution allow states and localities to find the right mix of laws… Read More
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The media really does have a fake news problem, as President Donald Trump frequently likes to point out. As Thomas Jefferson wrote, a free press… Read More
EducationCommentary
The war on Columbus has been going on for a while—and it’s to be expected in far-left enclaves like Berkeley—but it’s sad to see America’s… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In the shallow world of modernity, we throw around a word like “democracy” as a stand-in for “things that I like.” Many in popular culture… Read More
