Political Commentary & Opinion

In what many view as a stark about-face, College Republicans across the country are endorsing a carbon tax to address climate change. As one young Republican put it, “I think students really want to have a solutions-based discussion.” If that’s the case, the conversation should be over before it begins, because a carbon tax is…

On today’s edition of The Daily Signal podcast, Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano review the week’s top news and speak with Chris Bedford, editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller News Foundation. Bedford discusses The Atlantic’s firing of conservative writer Kevin Williamson, media coverage of the YouTube shooting, and his book, “The Art of the Donald: Lessons…

On Tuesday, a 38-year-old Iranian woman living in Southern California entered YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, California, through a parking garage. She then opened fire on company employees, wounding three individuals who she appeared to target at random, before killing herself. It has been widely reported that the woman frequently uploaded videos onto the social media…

The Atlantic fired conservative writer Kevin Williamson on Thursday over his 4-year-old comments that women who obtain abortions should be prosecuted for murder. Williamson’s position is atypical for conservatives—who typically hold that women are the second victim of abortion—but his termination for it still represents a startling after-the-fact litmus test for one of the nation’s most…

Philadelphia has taken a wrong turn in its attempts to handle the city’s growing foster care crisis. Last month, the city put out an urgent call for 300 families to provide foster care to help care for the flood of children coming into the system due to the opioid crisis. Just a few days later,…

The House Agriculture Committee is expected to release its farm bill next week. For conservatives, this new farm bill provides an opportunity to address the out-of-control farm handout system and to reduce the crushing regulatory burden on farmers. Subsidies A truly conservative farm bill wouldn’t ignore reforming the farm safety net in the farm bill….

If anyone ever truly deserved a Profiles in Courage Award, it was the late Leo Damore, the author of the book “Senatorial Privilege: The Chappaquiddick Cover-Up.” Of course, the awards are handed out by the Kennedy family, and they are all about not courage, but political correctness. But no one can dispute the fact that…

It’s a “theyby!” Parents take to new extremes to avoid “gendering” their babies, the next Indiana Jones might be a woman, and an NFL cheerleader was reportedly fired over an Instagram post. Plus: Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards leaks details on her off-the-record meeting with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, and and a special interview with Erielle…

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 news site Deadspin, which shows news anchors on multiple local stations reciting the exact same lines. Those local stations are all owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, a media group that…

What has Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt achieved during his tenure? The Heritage Foundation’s Nick Loris joins us to break down what Pruitt’s been doing to roll back Obama-era regulations that threatened to raise car prices and violate property rights, among other issues. Plus: Why are liberals giving Jimmy Kimmel a free pass over…

It’s a scene as American as apple pie. Neighborhood children are playing together at a park. Then, as the sun starts to fade and their stomachs start to rumble, the children scatter and begin the journey back to their various homes for dinner and an evening of homework before bed. But in the age of…

How would we react upon discovering the actual number of women and girls who are used for sex, abused, and discarded like trash through prostitution, pornography, and sex trafficking? What if we could quantify the pain that sexual abuse inflicts on the women, men, and children who suffer it? What if we could calculate—and truly…

Facebook is once again under heavy fire for its seemingly insatiable appetite for slurping up and analyzing endless streams of user data. The social media giant is again playing defense over its powerful role in controlling the news that each of us sees on our Facebook feeds. Like so many other modern sites, Facebook takes…

You know why they are going after Environmental Protection Agency secretary Scott Pruitt? I can give you at least three reasons. No. 1: He has led the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle President Barack Obama’s expensive and ineffective climate legacy piece by piece. From the Clean Power Plan, which was all about Obama’s climate agenda…

The Daily Signal’s Jamie Jackson joins us today to discuss the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.—and the conversations Americans still need to have. Plus: “Fixer Upper” airs its last episode.