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I’ve had enough. This really needs to be said. History abuse must stop. If you’ve paid attention to the news recently, it’s been hard not to notice that analogies to World War II have become increasingly ridiculous, especially regarding the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine and President Donald Trump’s negotiations to end it. Western media…
This is the fourth in an eight-article series on “Restoring Trust in Public Health: Lessons from COVID-19.” Four years of the Biden-Harris administration has left Americans rightly skeptical of public health institutions. This series highlights key findings from several congressional oversight reports, including the final report of the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic,…
The Trump administration is doubling down on deregulation: Where the previous Trump administration removed five regulations for every new one, the target is now 10. Our research shows that cutting regulations will increase gross domestic product, expand investment, and cut inflation without raising taxes. We used RegData 5.0, a text-based database that tracks regulatory intensity…
In the annals of trailblazing Republican women, few have more claims to fame than Margaret Heckler. The only woman in her law school class, Heckler became the first woman from Massachusetts to get elected to Congress without succeeding her husband. She also convinced Ronald Reagan to promise that he would name the first woman to…
Under the Trump administration, the media landscape seems to be changing for the better. While some legacy media journalists continue to push a biased narrative, their audiences are shriveling and influence is shrinking. Meanwhile, the White House pressroom is welcoming free-thinking, nontraditional media in droves. But those of us who care about truth-seeking journalism should not get…
In his remarks at the March for Life in January, Vice President JD Vance declared his support for children and families. “I want more babies in the United States of America,” he said. “I want more happy children in our country. And I want beautiful young men and women who are eager to welcome them into…
Socialism is popular! A Pew study reports that more than a third of American adults view it positively. How is this possible? Little has brought more misery—first in the Soviet Union, then in China, Cuba, Nicaragua, now Venezuela … One reason young people support socialism is because their social media feeds show videos made…
Big Tech’s unchecked influence over public discourse has long been a cause for concern, especially for those of us in the pro-life movement. For years, we’ve watched as social media giants and search engines subtly—and, sometimes, blatantly—silenced our message. Pregnancy help centers have had their ads rejected. Pro-life news stories have been buried by algorithms….
The number of human beings living in freezers in the United States now outnumbers the population of Dallas, Texas. “Estimates place the number of frozen embryos at greater than 1.5 million,” reported the March 2022 edition of Fertility and Sterility, a journal published by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. According to the latest Census…
Everyone agrees that those in certain positions, from teachers to doctors, should report instances of child abuse and neglect. Democrat lawmakers in Washington state, however, are advancing legislation that would require clergy members to report, even in circumstances that would violate the Sacrament of Confession, a central tenet of the Catholic faith. Washington legislators have…
About 25 years ago, James Whitford and his wife founded a ministry to the poor and homeless in Missouri. Not long after starting the ministry, Whitford felt led by the Lord to see for himself what it was like to be homeless. After several conversations with his wife, the couple agreed that Whitford would take…
This column was lightly edited and reprinted with permission from Victor Davis Hanson’s X account. 1) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not grasp—or deliberately ignores—the bitter truth: Those with whom he feels most affinity (Western globalists, the American Left, the Europeans) have little power in 2025 to help him. And those with whom he obviously…
When we think about rural communities, we tend to conjure up images of faith, large families, friendly neighbors, and conservative values—the exact opposite of the trends that mark our nation’s urban centers these days. Unfortunately, as Bob Dylan once famously sang, “The times they are a-changin … ” And just as the times changed in…
Sooner or later, The New York Times catches on to the news. In the case of immigration policy, the news it has caught up with is that mass immigration, legal and illegal, from less-developed countries is politically toxic. That news was relayed in a Feb. 24 article and thread on X by reporter David Leonhardt,…
CNN host Jake Tapper announced that he and Axios reporter (and CNN analyst) Alex Thompson have a book coming out in May titled “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.” They promise “an unflinching and explosive reckoning.” Conservative reaction was fierce. CNN was part of the cover-up. You…
The best thing modern feminists could do for women is tell them to reject feminism. The Institute for Family Studies recently analyzed findings from the annual American Family Survey. It found 37% of conservative women ages 18-40 said they were completely satisfied with life. But only 12% of liberal women that age were. That’s a…
“We’ll see you in court,” Maine Gov. Janet Mills told President Donald Trump at a Feb. 21 gathering of the National Governors Association at the White House. But Mills, a Democrat, should be careful what she wishes for, because Trump wasn’t bluffing when he said Mills and Maine would be the big losers if she refused to…
Editor’s Note: These are the lightly edited remarks by Vice President JD Vance made Feb. 28 at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. I will say that even though I, in my private-sector days, was a technology investor in Silicon Valley, I haven’t quite figured out…
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. President Donald Trump is incurring a lot of criticism lately on the Ukrainian war. He’s trying…
The argument between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Friday in the Oval Office sent a sonic boom around Washington, D.C. Talks between Trump and Zelenskyy came to an abrupt end after the leaders raised their voices at one another over finding a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine. Zelenskyy’s premature departure…