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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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has had a rough few weeks. He already ran afoul of many conservatives last week when he announced that the Department… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Perhaps too often, Americans take the findings of independent government agencies—whether executive or congressional—as fact. The Congressional Budget Office, which has impacted the health care… Read More
SocietyCommentary
It would seem to be common sense that schoolchildren fresh off of learning the alphabet should not have to learn the alphabet soup of growing… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The latest in what has become an all too common crusade to wipe great American historical figures from places of honor and memory, the Louisiana… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obamacare is failing. It has done little to fulfill its original promise of producing more choice and lower costs, and worse, has set off a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
President Donald Trump followed up a successful week in Europe with a visit to France for Bastille Day and the 100-year commemoration of America’s entrance… Read More
InternationalCommentary
“Together, let us all fight like the Poles—for family, for freedom, for country, and for God.” Those were the words of President Donald Trump as… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Welfare reform is becoming an issue again and the left isn’t happy about it. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, recently proposed a bill, backed by the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
As Congress works to undo the damage caused by Obamacare, members are looking for ways to maximize their opportunity to address Obamacare’s problems that drove… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Americans are still waiting for a border wall, but France is set to get a wall of their own by the end of the year…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Single-party dominance has made California a little crazy. After a “Calexit” secession effort failed when its leader decided to move back to Russia, the deep-blue… Read More
Economy Commentary
Helping the “forgotten man” was an important and successful message for President Donald Trump in his election campaign. He tapped into the anxieties of many… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The much-anticipated Senate health care bill dropped Thursday morning, and the hot takes poured in. While analysts are scrambling to understand the details of the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Sometimes, politics boils down to narratives. This was the case in Tuesday’s special election in Georgia, where Republican Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff to… Read More
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It seems that the left will attack President Donald Trump’s comments on history merely because he’s the one saying it. In a meeting with Panama’s… Read More
EducationCommentary
President Donald Trump made helping the “forgotten man” a key theme of his presidency from the get-go. The challenge for Trump is how to aid… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Great Britain is set to hold a “snap” election on Thursday. Currently, the conservative Tories hold power in Parliament, but are being challenged by the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
On Saturday morning, a diverse collection of people gathered in front of the White House to support President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Social justice warriors seem to have hit a wall in American politics. Perhaps sensing that their attempts to fundamentally transform America through top-down control have… Read More
SecurityCommentary
It’s time to patch up America’s second “special relationship” after eight years of frayed feelings between the United States and Israel. That’s the message President… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The United States began as a nation of immigrants, and it continues to be so today. The ability to absorb people from around the globe… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In order to make the deadliest ideology of the 20th century palatable to young Americans, “Communism for Kids” is coming to a bookstore near you…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
When the majority of Americans look at Washington, they see a broken, bureaucratic system that far too often fails to defend their interests. We all… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
In the age of Trump, the so-called “mainstream media” has once again been possessed of its manic Republican administration energy levels, determined to shine the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
On Wednesday, Andrew Jackson’s 250th birthday, President Donald Trump is scheduled to lay a wreath on the seventh president’s grave. He will be the first president… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Andrew Jackson is back in the White House—or at least his portrait is. Following President Donald Trump’s inaugural address, his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, noted that… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Since President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the November presidential election without winning the popular vote, there have been almost unending calls from the… Read More
LawCommentary
Sometimes, an old media fabrication is used to justify a new one. Such is the case with the response to President Donald Trump’s executive order… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
There is an old quotation that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. For Americans, who have a unique and exceptional heritage, it is important… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Washington establishment was stunned. A political outsider with few connections in the nation’s capital, but wide national celebrity among the American people, was going… Read More
