Political Commentary & Opinion

Truth is not a left-wing value. I first discovered this as a graduate student studying the Soviet Union and left-wing ideologies at the Russian Institute of Columbia University School of International Affairs. Everything I have learned since has confirmed this view. Individuals on both the left and right lie. Individuals on both the left and…

Rosie the Riveter. Liberty Bonds. Scrap drives. In World War II, it was practically impossible to live a day in the United States without being directly affected by the war overseas. Anyone who was not actively serving on the front lines was involved somehow in the war effort on the home front. Public involvement was…

Democrats are calling President Donald Trump every name in the book and threatening multiple lawsuits to overturn his Friday declaration of a national emergency on our southern border. The president is using the declaration to enable him to shift funds already in the federal budget to border security. The shifting of money from one set of priorities to…

The Supreme Court is back in session after a monthlong break. All eyes likely will be on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who returns to the bench after missing the January sitting for oral arguments. Ginsburg reportedly joined her fellow justices for one of their closed-door meetings last Friday, but this will be her first major…

Editor's note: Border security and the president's power to declare a national emergency to address it—as he did Friday—remain priorities for The Daily Signal's audience. This week's selection of comments reflects that. Write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: As a counselor in a prison, I could not count the number of inmates I've…

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 made some interesting comments about left-wing bias at the Times, which we’ve pointed out previously on this show, it’s clear that some of her journalistic practices haven’t exactly been on…

The Senate will soon get a chance to put its stamp of approval on the great work of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump. Andrew Wheeler, the current acting administrator, will soon be up for a vote to be confirmed as the EPA’s 15th administrator. He’s been serving as deputy administrator since April…

There’s a pervasive myth out there that corporate stock buybacks are a sign of corporate self-indulgence, leaving workers hung out to dry and weakening the American economy. Economic reality is the exact opposite. When a company repurchases its stock, corporate executives are often humblingly admitting that their business isn’t as profitable as it once was….

Liberals in Congress are promising Americans that their “Medicare for All” proposals for government-controlled health care will expand access to care. As Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., explains, “Obamacare was a first step in advancing this country, but I won’t rest until every American has a basic security that comes with having access to affordable health…

Anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist and Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar—someone who had previously argued that Jews hypnotized the world regarding their “evil” deeds—recently claimed that Americans only support Israel because of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s “Benjamins”—and then retweeted a person pointing out that she might as well call all Jews “hook-nosed.” Though House Speaker Nancy…