SocietyCommentary
Freedom Requires Discipline—and We’ve Forgotten How to Teach It
Few things feel as American as a packed stadium singing about the land of the free—marching bands blaring, flags waving, the easy confidence of a… Read More
SocietyNews
Immigrant Restaurant Owners Targeted After Serving Free Meals to Law Enforcement
When “ICE Out” protests spread across Arizona in recent months, one restaurant found itself at the center of the ICE storm. At Sammy’s Mexican Grill,… Read More
SocietyNews
Why the Department of Transportation Is Asking Americans to Travel in 2026
“Celebrate your country by seeing your country.” With that message to Americans, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy kicked off a new national campaign Friday at Union Station in Washington, D.C.—one designed to remind… Read More
Politics Commentary
Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Laid Out America’s Comeback While Democrats Sat Silent
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… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Trump’s SOTU: The Golden Age as Its Own Evidence
On Sept. 26, 1960, something strange and irreversible happened to American politics: Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy faced each other in the first televised… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Trump’s SOTU Was a Defiant Commitment to American Self-Rule Over Ideology
What is the state of the union in the 250th year of America’s independence? Seeing the country’s strength and prosperity today, the signers of the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Promises Made, Promises Kept: The Return of an ‘America First’ Future
When presidents stand before a joint session of Congress, they like to declare that “the state of our union is strong.” President Donald Trump can… Read More
News
At Olympics, Alysa Liu’s American Dream Comes True Against Wishes of CCP
Alysa Liu is living the American dream, and not just because the figure skater won two gold medals for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Liu… Read More
PoliticsNews
Why Are US Citizens Proud of America? New Study Reveals 2 Key Reasons
A new Pew Research Center study set out to learn why citizens of 25 different countries, including the United States, are proud of their nation…. Read More
EconomyNews
America Just Hit a New Record, But Not a Good One
The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., on “The Signal Sitdown.” The full interview… Read More
SocietyCommentary
45 Years Later, President Trump Is Delivering on Reagan’s Promise
One year ago today—Jan. 20, 2025—President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Freezing… Read More
SocietyCommentary
America Needs More Masculinity
Society has spent decades telling boys that masculinity is toxic, and now there’s a shortage of skilled tradesmen. The connection should be obvious. Through his… Read More
PoliticsNews
Venezuela’s Warning to Californians: Never Take Elections for Granted
While Congress argues over whether the Trump administration “overreached” by capturing Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro, it’s important to remember Venezuela was “not a free and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Autopsy on America: 2025’s HUGE Wins and Loses
The world changed forever in 2025. President Donald Trump returned to the White House and immediately began implementing his “America First” agenda, including closing the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Slippery Slopes Have 2 Sides
Most conservatives are likely familiar with John Adams’ insightful observation, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate… Read More
SocietyCommentary
America Is Surviving, Not Living, and It’s Breaking Us
Life in America doesn’t feel like life right now. It feels like triage. People get up, commute, grind through work, juggle kids and side hustles,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In Today’s Culture, Choose Meaning Over Freedom
There’s a popular idea circulating, especially for young Americans, that the highest form of freedom means having no one need you. It usually comes packaged attractively:… Read More
SocietyNews
Kevin Roberts Goes on ‘Offense’ With New Docuseries
Kevin Roberts, former university professor and current president of The Heritage Foundation, has launched a new docuseries in anticipation of America’s 250th anniversary titled “The Next Frontier.” “Today, the Left doesn’t just forget history; they rewrite it,”… Read More
EducationCommentary
What Does It Mean to Teach Social Studies?
This week, the National Council for Social Studies—the largest professional association dedicated to social studies education—is hosting its 105th annual conference in Washington, D.C. The conference webpage… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Don’t Take Thanksgiving for Granted
The nation will this week partake in a ritual unlike any other in the rest of the world. Americans of all persuasions, races, and creeds… Read More
Society Commentary
Victor Davis Hanson: ‘We Did That’: Baby Boomers’ ‘Generational Betrayal’
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss the failure of baby boomers to pass on… Read More
SocietyCommentary
How Can We Expect Immigrants to Embrace American Values If We Don’t?
In addition to demonstrating a basic handling of speaking, reading, and writing in English, federal immigration law requires prospective citizens to understand “the fundamentals of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Democrats Have Lost Touch With FDR, LBJ, and Truman, Emanuel Says
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — In casual conversations with Democrats in August from across the Midwest, I found that their biggest frustration with the national party is… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
The American Dream Is Dying. HUD Secretary Scott Turner Aims to Revive It.
The American dream is in crisis. A study published by Pew Research last year found that only 42% of adults under 50 say the American… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Sen. Schmitt at NatCon 5: What Is an American?
The following are remarks as prepared by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., on Sept. 2 at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, D.C. There’s a special… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Washington Bureaucrats Are Destroying Small Business Dreams
Countless Americans see the United States as the land of opportunity. This belief is vividly demonstrated through the relentless pursuit of the American dream. According… Read More
SocietyNews
Heritage President Says America’s Second Revolution Must Aim at Cultural Flourishing
“We are in the second American Revolution,” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts declared Friday. “I don’t mean that there needs to be bloodshed,” Roberts said… Read More
SocietyNews
Grassroots Organization Launches Campaign to Promote America’s Founding Principles
A conservative grassroots organization launched a major campaign Wednesday to rally Americans around the nation’s founding principles ahead of next year’s 250th anniversary. Americans for… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The End of Patriotism?
America has a major problem: nearly half of Americans—42%— don’t believe in America. According to Gallup, just 58% of adults say they are either “extremely”… Read More
EducationCommentary
Revive Civics Education for America’s 250th
“America is not perfect, but perfection is not its promise. Opportunity is. And as long as we remain faithful to that idea, the American Dream will… Read More
