At the heart of democracy lies not just the right to vote, but the right to vote in a free and fair election. After all, what incentive do voters have to cast ballots if they have no faith in the integrity of the process or the accuracy of the outcome? That is why, last year,…
How can Americans be certain that scientific studies that are the basis of costly EPA regulations are accurate, and that the benefits of the regulations outweigh the expense? Contrary to what critics say about a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency, part of the answer lies in greater openness and transparency by federal officials,…
Actors make a living portraying other people’s identities. It’s what they do, and they’ve done it for millennia. Yet today, loud voices for political correctness are seeking to redraw the lines of acceptable identity portrayal. The question is: Who has the right to play who on the big screen? Political correctness says: Only actors with…
Young Americans are being taken captive by a political ideology that has failed over and over again. “America First” host and former White House aide Sebastian Gorka debunks some myths of socialism and challenges Americans to look honestly at its great lie. Read the transcript, posted below, or listen to the podcast: We also cover…
Editor's note: Judging from the mailbag at [email protected], The Daily Signal's audience is wary that the Biden administration is leading the country toward stricter measures against COVID-19. Here's a sampling.—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I find it incredibly interesting that American citizens basically are having their arms twisted behind their back to get a substance…
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed an executive order requiring all cities and counties in the commonwealth to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “It's just common sense that our law enforcement, our state and local law enforcement, are working with—instead of against—our federal authorities,” Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares told The Daily Signal…
It’ll be a showdown between two Midwest men when Sen. JD Vance, an Ohio Republican, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, face off in the vice presidential debate Tuesday evening in New York City. The stakes are high in what likely will be the only debate between the vice presidential candidates as both Vance…
“Despite the occupation, despite the apartheid, Palestine will one day be free,” declared Mahmoud Kutmah, the valedictorian of Kentucky Country Day School’s class of 2021, at the end of his graduation speech. What followed that May 2021 commencement ceremony set off a chain reaction that enabled education consultant Rodney Glasgow to enter the picture and…
Waste is a real and pressing issue in Social Security’s disability programs. According to a recent report by the Office of the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration, 44.5 percent of beneficiaries received more money than they were supposed to at some point between 2004 and 2014. Recipients enrolled before October 2003 were overpaid…
Social Security was a fact of life in 20th-century America, but it may soon reach a critical fork in the road. In less than two decades from now, Social Security’s combined trust fund will be exhausted. If no action is taken to reform this major program, benefits will suddenly be indiscriminately reduced by 23 percent. To…
In 1998, former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw published a bestselling book about Americans who came of age during the Great Depression and World War II. He called it, and them, “The Greatest Generation.” He had good reason to. While all generations must steward the nation through both good and bad times, they tend…
Looking for a good book to start the new year? We've put together a list of recommendations by Heritage Foundation experts that will give you plenty of interesting reading options for 2016. History 1) "Hamilton versus Jefferson in the Washington Administration: Completing the Founding or Betraying the Founding?" by Carson Holloway Carson Holloway's study of the constitutional and political clashes of…
It’s no secret that the postal business is shrinking. First-class mail volume is melting away like a popsicle in the sun—down 40 percent since 2000. Less well-known is the shrinkage of the U.S. Postal Service’s board of governors. It is supposed to have nine members (not counting the postmaster general and deputy postmaster general). At…
When the Office of Management and Budget released its 2022 budget request, President Joe Biden stated, “Where we choose to invest speaks to what we value as a Nation.” On that basis, the Biden administration does not value United States armed forces. Biden’s budget reflects more interest in an unprecedented expansion of the federal government…
Over 10 million illegal aliens entered the U.S. under President Joe Biden’s leadership, a reality that even MSNBC has become critical of. “The border was not Biden’s finest moment, frankly,” economic analyst Steve Rattner said on MSNBC Thursday. Rattner, who served in the Obama administration, pointed to a large chart on MSNBC’s “Morning…
Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, is putting the finishing touches on his supposed "investigation" of the IRS scandal that will, in essence, be a press release for the IRS and the administration, a reliable source tells me. A forthcoming report is expected to clear the IRS of wrongdoing for targeting…
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., just ended a civil war that has raged inside the chamber’s Republican conference for months. GOP leadership will not bring a budget plan to the floor next week for a vote, McCarthy’s office told Politico Thursday afternoon. And without a budget resolution, the House Appropriations Committee can begin moving…
Americans hold politicians in low esteem. In a 2017 Gallup poll on the honesty and ethical standards of people in 21 different fields, 60 percent rated politicians “low” or “very low” in this regard—(versus only 39 percent feeling that way about car salesmen, for example). A poll at the 2014 midterm election found that only 4 percent of Americans…
The House Appropriations Committee moved to block State Department funding for an international nonprofit that accuses Americans and U.S. organizations of being “opponents of Ukraine.” The move comes one day after Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., sent a letter to top House appropriators asking to end U.S. support for the Ukrainian reporting nonprofit called the DATA…
This week the Senate will debate a House-passed bill to pay for federal highway and transit programs through May 31, 2015. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., wants to force action earlier, though, saying, “We must put politics aside and work together to pass a long-term transportation bill with a sustainable funding solution before the end of…