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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The Daily Signal’s Facebook Live show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week—many of which went misreported by the mainstream media and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
After a 19-year-old with a rifle killed 17 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, President Donald Trump lamented how mental illness could have been a… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Is America destined to become like California? Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey created a stir recently when he tweeted out an article calling for an end… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Daily Signal’s Facebook Live show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week—many of which went misreported by the mainstream media and… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Perhaps dangers to our democracy need to be better defined. After the popular news site Deadspin released a video showing multiple journalists reading the same… Read More
EducationCommentary
While the media continues to focus on gun control in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, one area… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A vast right-wing conspiracy is taking over America’s newsrooms. That’s the narrative that has taken off with the release of a video by the popular… Read More
SocietyCommentary
All of the glaring red flags surrounding the Parkland shooter were ignored. Authorities failed to connect the dots through years of bad behavior, incidents on… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The history of gun rights in America stretches back to the founding era, but the modern left doesn’t seem to appreciate that. David Harsanyi, senior… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
The history of guns, gun control, and the Second Amendment is the topic of this week’s episode of “The Right Side of History,” a podcast… Read More
LawCommentary
It is becoming increasingly fashionable for those who support gun control to compare the post-Parkland, student-driven movement to the civil rights movements of earlier generations…. Read More
LawCommentary
Tens of thousands of protesters—and maybe more—gathered in Washington, D.C., and around the country Saturday to protest in favor of gun control. The demonstrations, called… Read More
EconomyNews
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., has made his mark in the Senate as an articulate defender of conservative principles. He has been at the forefront of… Read More
EconomyNews
The Daily Signal’s Jarrett Stepman interviewed Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., about the issue of tariffs and his recent letter to NATO demanding a response to… Read More
EducationNews
As is typical with so many other policies, federal meddling in what should be a local matter leads to poor results. This is the conclusion… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
“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
SocietyCommentary
A frequent criticism levied at those who oppose widespread gun control is that they want to return to a kind of Wild West of violence and… Read More
LawCommentary
One of the most heartbreaking and perhaps infuriating aspects of the Florida school shooting that took 17 lives is just how many red flags there… Read More
EconomyCommentary
There are few more illustrative examples of government dysfunction and waste than the DC Streetcar. At a hearing last week, the Washington, D.C., City Council… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Having failed to generate enough support to abolish the Electoral College through a constitutional amendment, the institution’s detractors are now looking to the courts to… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Silicon Valley has enormous power over the flow of information that reaches people around the globe. That’s why it’s vital for Americans to understand how… Read More
PoliticsNews
Bias and mass censorship from extraordinarily powerful tech companies create an enormous problem that Americans have to come to terms with, says a former Google… Read More
PoliticsNews
How much of a problem is “fake news,” really? According to a discussion on the issue at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
“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
PoliticsCommentary
Over Presidents Day weekend, what more appropriately should be a celebration of George Washington’s birthday, The New York Times published the results of a survey… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Flu season is the worst it has been since health officials began keeping records in 2004, and by some measures, it’s still getting worse. According… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The latest mass shooting, this time at a Florida high school, was one of the deadliest school shootings since the Columbine massacre in 1999. So… Read More
LawCommentary
Political correctness jumped the shark long ago, and now we must simply suffer through one absurd controversy after another in the crusade to perfect society…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
When North Korea announced it would be participating in this year’s winter Olympics in South Korea under a joint flag with the South, it was… Read More
EducationCommentary
In the months following the devastation of Hurricane Maria in September, Puerto Rico has struggled to find its footing and rebuild. Unfortunately, dysfunction was already… Read More
