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President Donald Trump hosted an event in the Oval Office in November to honor three Navajo code talkers who served during World War II. Characteristically, he made news when he referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., as “Pocahontas” because of her contested claim of Native American ancestry. Also raising eyebrows was the fact that a…
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced a proposal on Monday that would create well-deserved educational opportunities for military families. The Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018 would allow military families to choose education options that are the right fit for their children instead of having to attend the public schools nearest to base….
Here is my homework assignment for all the fist-clenching, gun control-demanding teenagers walking out of classrooms this week (and next week and next month) to protest school shootings: Ask not what the rest of the country can do for your local school’s safety; ask what your local school boards and superintendents have been failing to…
“Why would any law-abiding citizen need an AR-15?” This question has been a favorite talking point of gun control activists in recent months, grating the ears of many lawful owners of the popular semi-automatic rifle. Never mind that rifles of any kind account for only a fraction of gun deaths every year, or that some…
Writing last week about the opioid crisis, I suggested that, as we consider policy options for dealing with the problem, we consider that at least some part of it may reflect a spiritual, moral crisis in the country. I noted that casualties from opioids show that they are disproportionately men, disproportionately divorced or never married,…
Perhaps as soon as next week, the House Agriculture Committee will release its farm bill, and it looks now as if the end result likely will be a system that funnels even more money to agricultural producers. Here are seven signs the taxpayer-funded “safety net” in the legislation is a disaster: 1. The bill would…
Why did Democrat Conor Lamb win in a district that President Donald Trump won by 20 points in 2016? The Daily Signal’s Fred Lucas joins us to discuss the surprising outcome of a hotly contested election. Plus: Trump is pushing for a “Space Force” and Britain is taking action against Russia.
In the wake of the tragic murder of 17 innocent students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students, educators, politicians, and activists are searching for solutions to prevent future school shootings. As emotions morph from grief to anger to resolve, it is vitally important to supply facts so that policymakers…
Confidence among small business owners is at a record high, according to a recent CNBC survey. The good humor is due, in part, to the half of them who expect positive change to come from the new tax law in 2018. Positive change is already happening: Wells Fargo and U.S. Bancorp are two of many institutions raising…
Although much of the discussion of the Chinese National People’s Congress has focused on the removal of term limits, effectively extending Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s) hold on power, the session also has seen yet another increase in China’s national security spending. Both developments point to a sense of insecurity in…
On March 2, Mike Huckabee was forced to leave his position on the board of the Country Music Association Foundation due to pressure from Little Big Town and Kacey Musgraves manager Jason Owen, who ridiculed Huckabee for his belief in traditional marriage and his support of gun rights. Despite the breaking news, my family and…
There are a couple of important economic lessons that the American people should learn. I’m going to title one “the seen and unseen” and the other “narrow, well-defined large benefits versus widely dispersed small costs.” These lessons are applicable to a wide range of government behavior, but let’s look at just two examples. Last week,…
It’s true that the U.S. and China continue to have problems with access to certain areas of the Chinese market and that intellectual property theft is a problem. It’s also true that China’s state-led capitalism diverts both its own markets and international markets. We have to find ways to address these problems, but in the…
Let’s get a few facts clear first. I’m female. I’m single. I don’t have a son. And I never considered voting for Hillary Clinton. In a series of rude, condescending remarks Sunday, Clinton made it clear how little respect she had for those who voted for Donald Trump. Speaking at the India Today Conclave 2018…
In the wake of the Parkland massacre, the age-old question, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” has a newfound relevance. As another mass school shooting stuns Americans, it is time to talk about not just how to protect students from shooters, but also about what must happen so that fewer students become shooters in the first…
Beth Richardson is committed to her son’s success. She expected Jed to do his homework once in school, so she did her homework first on the schools near their South Carolina home. “I visited every single school that was available,” she says. She wasn’t satisfied with Jed’s assigned school, and her research led her to…
Last week, according to experts at the United Kingdom’s premier defense laboratory, the world witnessed the debut of a new and extraordinarily deadly weapon—the chemical agent known as “Novichok.” According to British Prime Minister Theresa May, Novichok was used in the March 4 assassination attempt on former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter…
The Daily Signal’s two interns this semester, Kyle Perisic and Chrissy Clark, join us to weigh in on life as a conservative at the university—and what they think of a new Gallup poll that found 6 out of 10 college students believe “campus climate prevents people from speaking freely.” Plus: We talk about Hillary Clinton’s…
At the City College of New York in the late 1930s, my father, an Orthodox Jew, wrote his senior class thesis on anti-Semitism in America. He delineated common realities of the era, such as Jews’ admission to law firms, country clubs and colleges being denied or restricted, and various other manifestations of popular and institutional…
My school, Wayne State University, doesn’t typically get much media attention. It’s the third-largest university in Michigan, with over 27,000 students, yet it often gets overshadowed by the bigger universities in the state. So I was surprised last week to see Wayne State make national headlines for reinstating a Christian student group on campus. The…