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Victor Davis Hanson: The Odyssey Is Disappearing From American Education
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: If we were transported back 50 years, Victor, I wonder how many—not even college students—high school students… -
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British Government Rejects Travel Visa for Finnish Christian Convicted of ‘Hate Speech’ for Citing the Bible
When Päivi Räsänen, a Christian member of Finland’s Parliament who was convicted of “hate speech” for a pamphlet citing the Bible, booked flights with a layover in London, the United Kingdom rejected her visa application. Räsänen told the Daily Signal in an interview Thursday that the U.K. initially approved her application, but days before her… -
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Our Favorite Patriotic Tunes, Part 3: Calling on God
As we celebrate America’s 250th birthday, the skies will be filled with not only fireworks but song. Those great patriotic tunes we all know by heart, even when we can’t hit all the notes. Though the songs may be as familiar as the red, white, and blue, the stories behind them often are not. In Part… -
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Our Favorite Patriotic Tunes, Part 2: 3 Songs Swiped From the Brits
The skies as we celebrate America’s 250th birthday will be filled not only with fireworks, but song. Those great patriotic tunes we all know by heart, even when we can’t hit all the notes. Though the songs may be as familiar as the red, white, and blue, the stories behind them often are not. In… -
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What America Can Learn From Alexis de Tocqueville
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pennsylvania—Over the Flag Day weekend in Pennsylvania, crowds gathered, and communities were formed in the most unlikely of places, under viaducts, along gravel-filled tracks, and at the base of some impressive Appalachian mountains, all just to watch as Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 rolled through northeastern Pennsylvania. The sheer presence of the… -
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Flight Attendants Fired Over Opposition to Equality Act to Finally Get Their Day in Court After 9th Circuit Ruling
Alaska Airlines fired two Christian flight attendants for expressing opposition to the company’s endorsement of the so-called Equality Act, and while a district court rejected their lawsuit, an appeals court revived the case, giving them their day in court. The flight attendants, Lacey Smith and Marli Brown, both Christians, responded to Alaska Airlines’ announcement of… -
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Americans Have Less Pride in America Than World Cup Tourists
Americans didn’t know what to expect when we agreed to host the 2026 World Cup. The last time the international men’s soccer tournament took place on American soil was in 1994, and more has changed in the last 32 years than we realized. The most notable difference is that foreign visitors now seem to appreciate… -
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Strong Fathers Are Crucial for Society to Thrive and the Government Doesn’t Know It
Government programs that claim to support families actually cut fathers out of the picture—and that results in broken families and higher poverty rates, according to Delano Squires. The Heritage Foundation hosted the director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center on Tuesday to lead a panel discussion titled “Invisible Men: How Guaranteed Income Programs for… -
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What Does It Mean to Be American? 3 Defining Beliefs
What makes an American an American? Hillsdale College professor Matthew Spalding joined Heritage Foundation Executive Vice President Derrick Morgan on Monday to answer this question and to discuss Spalding’s new book, “The Making of the American Mind.” The Declaration of Independence offers a unique answer to this question, Spalding told Morgan. He laid out certain… -
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The Academic Achievement Gap Is a Knowledge Gap
Children of married parents with high education levels are more likely to be healthy and succeed in school and life than their peers. Children from these families are also more likely to live above the poverty line and benefit from extracurricular activities such as music lessons, sports, and summer camp. These activities offer students prized… -
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RIP Feminism: Reflections From TPUSA’s Women’s Leadership Conference
I spent the past weekend in San Antonio at the Turning Point USA Women’s Leadership Conference. While I was on the older end of the bell curve, I was encouraged by what I heard and saw from a largely Gen Z and millennial crowd. A host of speakers discussed a variety of topics appealing to… -
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Ben Carson Brings American History to Cartoon in ‘Star Spangled Adventures: The Movie’
Dr. Ben Carson is showing that the classroom isn’t the only place children can learn about the Lewis and Clark expedition and the Declaration of Independence. The president of the American Cornerstone Institute has led the production of “Star Spangled Adventures: The Movie,” which will premiere June 14 at the Trump Kennedy Center for the… -
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Catholic Bishops Consecrate US to Sacred Heart of Jesus for America 250
On the eve of the Catholic Church marking the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops honored America’s 250th birthday by consecrating the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. What Is the Sacred Heart and Why Consecrate? As Louisville Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre shared, the Sacred Heart is… -
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‘Young Washington’ Is Angel Studios’ Superhero Movie for American Youth
Before he became a general in the American Revolutionary War and the first president of the United States, George Washington was a young Virginian colonist who could not enlist in the British army because he was not a qualified English gentleman. Angel Studios’ film “Young Washington,” set to release in theaters July 3, captures how… -
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What Trump Can Do to Combat Abortion ‘Tomorrow,’ According to Pro-Life Expert
The second administration of President Donald Trump—once hailed as the most pro-life president ever—isn’t taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the Supreme Court opinion that overturned abortion precedent Roe v. Wade, a pro-life expert says. “The pro-life movement has been frustrated with the Trump administration—at least this time around—because they have so many [fewer]… -
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Meet the ‘Wicked Witch of Woke’ and the ‘Queen of DEI’ Looking to Take Key GOP Seats
Two progressive Midwest candidates are moving forward as the Democratic Party picks for the U.S. House of Representatives in Iowa. The women’s pasts are proof that the party is sticking with woke ideology that may not align with nearly 80% of Iowa. Sarah Trone Garriott, seeking to unseat Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, and Christina Bohannan,… -
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Just How Woke Is James Talarico’s Church?
It may come as no surprise that the Texas Senate candidate infamous for declaring that “God is nonbinary” attends a left-leaning church, but the religious home of James Talarico is so absurdly “woke” that Americans might be forgiven for questioning whether it is a church at all. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, has… -
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Who Is God? And Who Am I?
Where did we come from? What are we made for? These two questions cut to the core of what it means to be a human person. We instinctively desire to know the answers to the deepest questions about our existence. Despite meaningless doomscrolling or gossiping, we ultimately desire to know where we came from and… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The 1.2 Million Reasons America Exists Today
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. This Monday was Memorial Day. It commemorated all the Americans who died on behalf of the United States from… -
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Duffy’s ‘Great American Road Trip’ Promotes American Culture
Road trips are quintessentially American. What’s more America than a family packing into an SUV and driving hundreds of miles across state borders, eating homemade sandwiches and entertaining children with endless games of “I Spy,” just to see beautiful views and a couple of major landmarks? Family road trips from our home in southern Michigan…