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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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GOP Lawmakers Press WNBA Commissioner to Protect Caitlin Clark
The on-court abuse of WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark has reached the halls of Congress. The House Republican Study Committee, led by Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, sent a letter last week to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, arguing the league has not done enough to protect Clark from “unnecessary physical hostility and violence.” Several members from Indiana,… -
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Mamdani Erases Little Italy … and (Of Course) the Jews
Not having Little Italy on a map of ethnic enclaves in New York is like leaving the Golden Gate Bridge off a list of bridges in San Francisco. And yet that is precisely what the Ugandan-born socialist mayor of New York has done. Zohran Mamdani’s Office of Immigrant Affairs released a map on Wednesday titled… -
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The Left Makes Weird Comments About Usha Vance’s Normal Maternity Clothes
The Left said Vice President JD Vance was weird when he was on the campaign trail. Now it’s obsessed with his wife’s pregnant belly. That’s weird. Usha Vance appeared on the most recent episode of “Storytime with the Second Lady” wearing a slightly off-the-shoulder, fitted coral maternity dress, and the chief fashion critic of The… -
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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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Bill Maher, Liberalism’s Apostate
Bill Maher is the perfect liberal, at least on paper—yet despite his talk shows being nominated for Emmy awards more than 40 times, it’s only in Donald Trump’s Washington that Maher finally gets the recognition he craves. He’s now the 27th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, an award first won by… -
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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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The Racist Plot to Retire Caitlin Clark From the WNBA
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. I don’t watch much Women’s National Basketball Association games. Apparently, most Americans have not in the past. But there was an incident the other day… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The WNBA’s Racist Agenda Toward Caitlin Clark
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: Most Americans don’t care about women’s basketball. We do here in Connecticut—you know, University of Connecticut women’s basketball,… -
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The Conservative Movement and ‘The Odyssey’
Just a few weeks after our nation’s 250th anniversary, Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of Homer’s 3,000-year-old epic “The Odyssey” will hit theaters. The conservative movement can learn something from Odysseus, the “man of twists and turns,” nearly three millennia after the poem was composed. As colossal as the poem’s story is—being stretched over 10 years… -
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Our Favorite Patriotic Tunes, Part 1: ‘God Bless America’ vs. ‘This Land Is Your Land’
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. (Yes, “Star-Spangled Banner,” I’m thinking of you.) Though the songs may be as familiar as the red, white, and blue, the… -
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Taking Out the Trash in America
Although major sports wins bring celebration, the festivities are often marred in big cities by unruly behavior. That was particularly the case in New York, following the Knicks’ June 13 clinching of the NBA championship. The parade that followed brought more chaos. Following that victory over the San Antonio Spurs—the Knicks’ first title in 53… -
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NFL Subscriptions Stir Controversy
The National Football League has privatized much of its viewership, which is drawing criticism from leading lawmakers, such as Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, and President Donald Trump. The controversy comes as NFL fans are now expected to spend up to $1,000 across roughly 10 different subscriptions if they wish to have access to… -
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Trump Celebrates Birthday With UFC Freedom 250 Event
WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) – Donald Trump hosts a card of seven mixed martial arts fights to be held on Sunday inside a specially built arena on the White House’s South Lawn on his 80th birthday, a spectacle spotlighting his norm-defying style at a tense moment in his presidency. Seventeen months into his second term… -
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June Starts Strong for Fox News, While Kimmel Can’t Catch Gutfeld
While Fox News started June at its familiar perch atop the cable news ratings—and No. 2 behind ESPN overall on cable—the news channel also managed to knock off two of the television networks in primetime. Fox News ended the week of June 1 with 2.7 million weekday primetime viewers and 245,000 viewers in the crucial… -
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Canada, Terrorist Group Welcome Alleged Terror-Tied FIFA Referee
Progressive politicians in Canada and the Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab have condemned the United States for denying entry to Omar Artan, a Somali-born FIFA World Cup 2026 referee with alleged ties to the terrorist group. “Denying entry to Omar Artan, who has earned his place on the world stage through hard work and perseverance, is… -
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Artists Pull Out of Great American State Fair, Citing Partisanship and ‘Threats’
Several musical artists scheduled to perform at the Great American State Fair in honor of America’s 250th birthday have withdrawn from the event after SPIN Magazine highlighted President Donald Trump’s connection to the fair. The Great American State Fair will showcase all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. It… -
opinion
To Save America, We Must Reconnect With the Founders’ Moral Imagination
Matthew Mehan, author of “The American Book of Fables,” joins Bradley Devlin on a new episode of “Signal Sitdown“ to discuss the “moral imagination” of the Founders and the need during America 250 for the nation to have a “shared memory.” This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. Bradley Devlin: Why did you write… -
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Bruce Springsteen’s Land of Hope and Dreams No Longer Welcomes All
The first time I heard Bruce Springsteen play “Land of Hope and Dreams” during his reunion tour of 1999, I nearly wept. Summoning the spirit of Woody Guthrie’s “Bound for Glory” and The Impressions’ gospel-tinged “People Get Ready,” the soul-soaring number evoked America as a train, with “this train” welcoming “saints and sinners,” “losers and… -
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‘Hollywood for Ugly People’ Finally Gets a Taste of Celebrity Treatment
It’s often said that Washington, D.C., is Hollywood for ugly people. Well, Congress is finally getting the Hollywood treatment it has been longing for. While lawmakers are on spring break, the entertainment news outlet TMZ has joined the scrum that is covering news on Capitol Hill. As members of Congress left Washington, D.C., for a…