Political Commentary & Opinion

Christmas is a time of celebration and coming together, of letting go of old—and not so old—hurts and looking forward to a new day and a new year. It is a time to remember the ancient proverb, “It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” And this year, it is a…

Before this year, Germany was not used to Islamist terrorists striking on its home soil. A lot has changed since. The terror threat that haunts Germany seemingly culminated—at least for 2016—in the outrage that occurred in Berlin this week. At present, 12 are dead and dozens more were injured in a truck attack that mirrored…

Capt. Loyal Ray Blackwood, U. S. Navy, was laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on a sweltering day last summer. Born in 1925 in Alabama, he enlisted in the Navy in 1942, later received his commission, and served aboard the USS Compton in the South Pacific where he and his…

One of the best things about my job as The Daily Signal’s editor-in-chief is hearing from you, our readers. And judging from the amount of correspondence we receive every day, there’s never a shortage of emails, comments, and tweets to keep me busy. So when we invited you to tell us how we were doing…

While the nation’s attention has been squarely on President-elect Donald Trump’s win in recent weeks, election night also saw several significant losses for conservatives. Among these is Colorado’s Proposition 106, known as the End of Life Options Act, which passed by an astounding two-thirds percentage and effectively legalized suicide in that state. Proposition 106 signals…

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say that the Third Amendment is their favorite one—not even the most geeky law student I have known. Honestly, no one pays it much attention. The Third Amendment reads: “No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor…

The need to improve and reform the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the $750 million agency that oversees all the civilian broadcasting services of the U.S. government, has long been obvious to Republicans and Democrats alike. In a statement to the House Foreign Affairs Committee in 2013, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the board “a…

Americans could be forgiven for thinking fracking poses an inherent threat to groundwater. The anti-fossil fuel “Keep It in the Ground” movement has waged a multimillion-dollar campaign to convince the public of that exact claim, even though there has never been any evidence to support the accusation. Indeed, anti-fracking activists were peddling “fake news” long…

In spite of the new, relatively democratic government in Burma, discrimination against the Burmese Muslim minority Rohingya continues. New reports indicate a resurgence in violence, raising concerns that Rohingya are victims of genocide. In 2014 and 2015 about 47,000 Rohingya fled Burma by sea, contributing to what became known as the Southeast Asian migrant crisis….

Former Ambassador John Bolton is right about a lot of things, not the least of which is that the world is a dangerous place and that the foreign policy of the past eight years under President Barack Obama has made it more so. Yet, when asked about the possibility of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominating Bolton…

Ever since the federal government embedded itself into the U.S. housing market, it has caused problems that ultimately cost taxpayers trillions of dollars. Most policymakers point to the New Deal era—when Fannie Mae and the Federal Housing Administration were created—as the beginning of these interventions, but federal meddling in the housing finance sector predates the…

Among the long list of foreign leaders phoning President-elect Donald Trump in recent days was Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. According to some press reports, Trump described Kazakhstan’s progress since gaining its independence from the Soviet Union as “a miracle.” If Trump was referring to the country’s economic progress since the mid-1990s, his description wasn’t far…

John Glenn, an American icon and longtime U.S. senator, died Thursday in Columbus, Ohio. In his 95 years, Glenn held three distinguished careers as a military aviator, an astronaut, and a four-term U.S. senator, accomplishing more in one lifetime than many could ever dream. Glenn was born on July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio. When the…