MINNETRISTA, Minn. — Just when the backlash over First Lady Michelle Obama’s school lunch menu leveled off, students in a handful of Twin Cities schools got a taste of what could be another controversial food fad. The main course? Non-GMO (genetically modified organisms) meals. “Having the GMO awareness day for our district was to really…
The 13th Amendment abolished the evil institution of slavery in 1865, but debate continues over the relationship between slavery and the Constitution in 1789 and afterward. Was our founding document protective, antagonistic, or neutral toward slavery? Here are three arguments that will be examined during a Preserve the Constitution event to be held Sept. 29…
The Heritage Foundation’s Daren Bakst appeared on The Daily Signal podcast on Wednesday to discuss the farm bill. Here is a lightly edited transcript of that conversation. Katrina Trinko: The House is expected to vote on the farm bill this Friday. Now, the farm bill is actually a pretty huge bill. It includes both funding…
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…
Virtue signaling is the modern, politically correct way to demonstrate your “goodness” to others, usually with little actual sacrifice or effort. It’s a kind of surface-level, and typically meaningless, moralizing that Americans get force-fed from Hollywood types seeking accolades on social media. Now, if you live in one Maryland county, you too can participate and…
After Joe Biden became president, farmers in Yuma County, Arizona, watched as illegal aliens soiled large sections of their crops. “When the United States Border Patrol lost operational control of the border here in Yuma, we had a lot of people that were making it into the production areas,” farmer Cory Mellon told The Daily…
CLEVELAND—About 90 miles from the Quicken Loans Arena here, two Ohio communities are celebrating an annual tradition this week: the county fair. Residents and vacationers in Lake Erie gathered at the Ottawa County Fair Grounds in Oak Harbor. Further south, but about the same distance from Cleveland, a similar scene played out in the rural…
China is all aboard the cause of “anti-racism” and critical race theory. At least, China wants the United States to be all aboard. In a video produced by China Global Television Network, which is a state-owned media company controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, two narrators talk about “how to teach about racism to your…
Why is life so tough in some parts of America? Is the American dream still possible everywhere in the nation? What’s behind the appeal of President Donald Trump–and socialism? Tim Carney, author of “Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse,“ joins us to discuss. Read the transcript posted below or listen to the…
Pro wrestling star and Hollywood actor John Cena—known lately for playing good guy protagonists—has gone through quite a heel turn. Cena became mired in controversy when promoting his soon-to-be-released movie “F9,” the latest in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, Reuters and other news outlets reported. While promoting “F9” on a Taiwanese television station in early…
A recent report from the U.S. Trade Representative, titled “Leveling the Playing Field,” describes how the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership could reduce other countries’ trade barriers. There’s nothing wrong with that goal. But reducing self-destructive U.S. trade barriers also should be at the top of the priority list for U.S. negotiators. According to the report, the…
For the past 18 months, China’s farm and agriculture sectors have been pummeled by two different infestations. African swine flu has killed millions of hogs as it’s spread south through China. Fall armyworms and locusts marched north, devouring millions of acres of crops along the way. Recent mass flooding in China’s southern region and…
Starbucks plans to stop using plastic straws at all of its stores worldwide within the next two years. The global coffee chain will eliminate all plastic straws by 2020, and will instead cap cold drinks with lids, Starbucks stated in a press statement. Starbucks becomes the most recent company to join a crusade against plastic straws. The…
There’s a lot of media coverage of what U.S.-made goods China is supposed to be buying as a part of the administration’s trade deal with China (aka the “Phase One” deal). But the deal covers only about two-thirds of U.S. annual exports to China. Last year, the U.S. exported $106 billion worth of goods to…
A total of 1 million tests for the coronavirus now have been administered, President Donald Trump announced Monday evening during a Rose Garden press conference. On a table outside the White House, Trump demonstrated two COVID-19 tests that can be completed within five to 15 minutes. “Today we reached a historic milestone in our war…
The federal government takes the hard-earned money of taxpayers and gives handouts to farm households that generally make a lot more money than they do. This wealth transfer subsidizes the $15 billion “safety net” for agricultural producers, which ostensibly exists to help these businesses address agricultural risk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released a report that shed…
In the past few months, I have written much about James Madison’s Montpelier, our fourth president’s home and now museum. A great deal of my writing has been descriptive, detailing the exhibits at Montpelier and evidencing whose influence has been impactful. I piled fact upon fact, relying on research and primary sources and letting much…
President Donald Trump seemed supportive of Attorney General William Barr’s directive to protect the individual rights of citizens against the potential encroachment by state or local governments. Asked in the Rose Garden press briefing Monday if the administration would bring lawsuits against states, Trump left the door open. “It would depend on the circumstances of…
While the Food and Drug Administration has finally taken steps to close a regulatory loophole regarding “poppers” and amyl nitrate, at the 11th hour, right before President Donald Trump’s FDA commissioner has taken office, it hasn’t advanced significant regulatory action on illicit marketing and abuse of nitrous oxide. Nitrous oxide (also referred to as laughing gas) has a…
In the summer of 2015, Shelia Champion bought some land in Hazel Green, Ala., hoping to turn it into an environmentally friendly cemetery where members of her community could purchase natural shrouds, caskets, and graves for their loved ones. However, she quickly found that licensing laws would put a damper on the business that became…