SocietyCommentary
In Defense of Kate Smith
The long arm of the PC police has reached back to the ’30s and arrested, prosecuted, and sentenced the late singer Kate Smith. Smith, who… Read More
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Growing Up, She Thought She Was a Man. Now She’s Fighting the Patriarchy.
When she was around 13, Eliana Bookbinder began questioning her gender after reading a lot online. But in time, she came to realize she was… Read More
SocietyCommentary
America Is Still Highly Religious. So Why Do We Keep Liberalizing?
German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once declared that “God is dead … and we have killed him.” That famous statement rocked Europe nearly 150 years ago…. Read More
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How Trump Can Solve Our Illegal Immigration Crisis
The unprecedented numbers of illegal immigrants pouring across our southern border have led some to upgrade the situation there from “crisis” to “existential threat.” The magnitude… Read More
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Ending Slavery Wasn’t Enough. It Took My Family 5 Generations to Become Truly ‘Free.’
I recently had the pleasure of being invited by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to speak at a breakfast gathering honoring D.C. Emancipation Day. We would… Read More
SocietyNews
New Jersey Parents to Rally Against LGBT Education Law
A rally this weekend will give New Jersey parents an opportunity to oppose a new state law requiring public schools to teach children about the… Read More
Problematic Women: Free College for Everyone!
Is Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s call for free universal college and student loan forgiveness really possible? Inez Stepman, senior policy analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum,… Read More
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Out of the Ashes, a Beautiful Hope
Last week, the world mourned the blazing destruction of the opulent Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. But that wasn’t the only devastating church fire in… Read More
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NASA Chief Criticized for Mentioning Christianity in Speech
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand the First Amendment. Or maybe, after the spat over a speech by NASA’s Jim Bridenstine, it does. Thanks to… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Glenn Beck Explains the Biggest Left-Wing Lie About America
“The Right Side of History” is a podcast dedicated to exploring current events through a historical lens and busting left-wing myths about figures and events… Read More
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How Pelosi’s Equality Act Would Ruin Women’s Sports
Women shouldn’t have to compete against men in order to play sports. Yet that’s exactly what is happening increasingly across the country and around the… Read More
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Why Obama and Clinton Tweeted About ‘Easter Worshippers,’ Not Christians
Sometimes, a few sentences tell you more about a person—and, more importantly, an ideology—than a learned thesis. That is the case with tweets from Hillary… Read More
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Liberals Are Using Rep. Ilhan Omar as an Excuse to Chill Speech
Democrats have spent the past two-plus years accusing the president of the United States and his allies of seditiously conspiring with our enemies to destroy… Read More
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Embarrassing Gaffes Continue to Show Media’s Ignorance of Religion
It’s become increasingly clear that many in our nation’s elite media know little to nothing about religion—Christianity in particular. This is a disturbing trend for… Read More
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Supreme Court to Hear Cases Involving Firings of Gay, Transgender Employees
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear three cases centered on whether federal law against discrimination in employment applies to sexual orientation and gender identity…. Read More
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Banning Fetal Tissue Research Isn’t Bad for Science. It’s an Opportunity.
Indiana lawmakers banned the use of aborted fetal tissue in research in 2016. But soon after, the law was blocked by a federal court after… Read More
SocietyFeature
A Teen Refugee’s Flight to Freedom From Communist Cambodia
For six years, the only luxuries Bopha Sayavong dreamed of were peace, quiet, food, and shelter. It wasn’t until she landed in Little Rock, Arkansas,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We Hear You: Absorbing the Loss of Notre Dame Cathedral
Editor’s note: The burning of Notre Dame Cathedral affected many in The Daily Signal’s audience, and featuring some of those responses seems appropriate this Easter…. Read More
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Physician-Assisted Suicide Comes to New Jersey. Here’s Why It’s Badly Misguided.
In becoming the ninth jurisdiction to legalize physician-assisted suicide, New Jersey has unleashed a Pandora’s box on its residents—and the poor, weak, and disabled will… Read More
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Despite Differences, Civil Discourse Is Still Possible
America is divided. Nobody is listening to anyone else. All we want to do is have our own cognitive biases confirmed. America is doomed to… Read More
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Elegy for a Fallen Spire
It’s not about what we can say to mark a tragedy like the burning of Notre Dame. It’s about what we can’t. “There certainly are… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I Was Born at 29 Weeks. That’s Why I’m Pro-Life.
“My body, my choice.” This is a common slogan among those who are pro-choice. It’s a handy little slogan. Any pro-choice woman can use it… Read More
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Tackling Questions About Colorado’s Red Flag Law and the Second Amendment
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, this month signed into law a bill allowing a person to be temporarily disarmed if a court finds that… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Podcast: Born at 29 Weeks, This Young American Talks About Late-Term Abortions
Zach Mettler was apparently in quite a rush to see the world—he was born unexpectedly when he was just 29 weeks old, and a mere… Read More
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Problematic Women: What Bre Payton’s Mom and Friends Want You to Know About Grief
The Daily Signal’s weekly podcast, “Problematic Women,” went on a three-month hiatus after losing our podcast co-host, Bre Payton, on Dec. 28 of last year…. Read More
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The Natural Limits of Identity Politics
Economist Herbert Stein’s old adage—“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop”—still holds. Take illegal immigration. There are currently somewhere from 11 million to… Read More
SocietyNews
3 Keys to Understanding the Attorney General’s Move to Limit ‘Catch and Release’
Attorney General William Barr has announced a new asylum policy to curb the government’s practice of catching illegal immigrants and then releasing them into the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Are Chase Bank’s Account Decisions Motivated by Politics?
I have been a Chase Bank customer for years. Who knows how much longer it’ll be? Will the company’s thought police come for me next?… Read More
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Those Who Advocate Sanctuary Cities Should Experience the Consequences
In the category of Mad Magazine’s “scenes we’d like to see” comes President Donald Trump’s threat to transport migrants to cities and states that have… Read More
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After San Antonio Blocks Chick-Fil-A, Texas Conservatives Reignite Fight for Religious Freedom
Chick-fil-A may cater, but not to the demands San Antonio liberals care about. Now, three weeks into the City Council’s decision to ban the restaurant… Read More
