SocietyCommentary
The History of ‘Extreme Vetting’ of Immigrants
The United States began as a nation of immigrants, and it continues to be so today. The ability to absorb people from around the globe… Read More
SocietyCommentary
There Is Time to Reverse Obama Census Proposal That Promotes Group Identity Politics
There are only 10 days left to comment on one of the most important early challenges in the young Trump administration: proposals to further balkanize… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A Constitutional Amendment That Would Drain the Swamp
Congressional reform begins with stopping Congress from spending us into oblivion—and that begins with a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. To make that happen,… Read More
SocietyNews
College May Punish Students Who Disrupted Conservative’s Speech
Claremont McKenna College officials have announced possible repercussions for students who protested a conservative speaker’s speech last week. Protesters successfully blocked students and professors from… Read More
SocietyNews
Claremont College Students Shut Down Conservative Speaker
Protesters from the Claremont Colleges successfully prevented conservative commentator Heather Mac Donald from speaking on the Claremont Mckenna College campus. Students at the Claremont Colleges,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Why Self-Reliance Is Key in Fighting Big Government
Most Americans don’t expect the federal government to stay out of their lives altogether. What they expect is minimal involvement: Let Washington be the last… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Democracy Dies in the Administrative State
In the age of Trump, the so-called “mainstream media” has once again been possessed of its manic Republican administration energy levels, determined to shine the… Read More
SocietyNews
Student Rights Group Begins Litigating ‘Free Speech Zones’
An organization dedicated to protecting the constitutional rights of college students has helped file the first lawsuit as part of a new campaign to end… Read More
PoliticsNews
On Diversity of Top Staff, Senate Republicans Outpace Democrats
Senate Democrats apparently could take some tips from Senate Republicans in hiring more racially diverse senior staff. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., noting that Republicans have… Read More
SocietyNews
Vandals Spray-Paint LGBT Slogans on Marriage Groups’ Tour Bus Near UN
Two men spray-painted and smashed the windshield of a tour bus used by the National Organization for Marriage in “broad daylight” Thursday in New York… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Why Trump’s Visit to Andrew Jackson’s Grave Matters
On Wednesday, Andrew Jackson’s 250th birthday, President Donald Trump is scheduled to lay a wreath on the seventh president’s grave. He will be the first president… Read More
LawCommentary
At Odds With History: States Seize Control of Civil Asset Forfeiture
In 1762, agents of the king of England entered John Entick’s house without his consent, searched it from top to bottom, and seized documents and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We Hear You: Religious Liberty, Same-Sex Marriage, and Wedding Cakes
Editor’s note: We got a big reaction with our report on the appeals court date for the husband-and-wife Oregon bakers ordered by a state agency to pay $135,000… Read More
EconomyNews
Economist Walter Williams Wins 2017 Bradley Prize for Free Market Advocacy
Walter E. Williams, an economist and professor at George Mason University, is one of four recipients to be awarded the 2017 Bradley Prize, an award… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
How Woodrow Wilson Planted the Seeds of the Administrative State
Today the crisis of American government is expressed in an ungainly phrase that rarely appeared in conservative vocabulary in the 1950s and 1960s—the “administrative state,”… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Jacksonian Ideas That Would Make America Great Again
Andrew Jackson is back in the White House—or at least his portrait is. Following President Donald Trump’s inaugural address, his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, noted that… Read More
PoliticsNews
Here’s What Conservative College Students Think About Socialism
Hundreds of students from across the country traveled to the Washington, D.C., area last week to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference. The Daily Signal… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We Hear You: How Can The Daily Signal’s Audience Make a Difference?
Editor’s note: Here’s another batch of correspondence from you, our audience. Thanks for your enthusiasm and support. You’ll find our address below. —Ken McIntyre Dear… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Obama Bests Monroe, Madison, Clinton on Historians’ List of Great Presidents
Abraham Lincoln, who preserved the Union and ended slavery, is our greatest president while immediate predecessor James Buchanan, who dithered and dallied while war clouds… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Why We Should Celebrate Washington’s Birthday, Not Presidents Day
America’s greatest statesmen did not think that national holidays were merely about family dinners, watching fireworks, or getting a three-day weekend. These occasions, to the… Read More
PoliticsNews
Sen. Mike Lee Calls for ‘Populist Agenda’ Putting Government on Side of ‘Forgotten Americans’
“We as conservatives can make a case for a unified, principled, and populist agenda that puts the federal government back on the side of the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Why Frederick Douglass Was an Exemplary American
This month of each year, we commemorate the great individuals and events in the history of African-Americans. On Tuesday, marking his 199th birthday, we will… Read More
SocietyCommentary
What Ruth Bader Ginsburg Gets Wrong About the Electoral College
Since President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the November presidential election without winning the popular vote, there have been almost unending calls from the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Why People Are Leaving Blue States in Droves
Some Americans think state boundaries and the principle of federalism are outdated relics from the past. They couldn’t be further from the truth. New data… Read More
LawCommentary
History Is Being Distorted to Insinuate Trump Will ‘Defy’ Courts Like Andrew Jackson
Sometimes, an old media fabrication is used to justify a new one. Such is the case with the response to President Donald Trump’s executive order… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Left Holds Itself to Lower Standards of Behavior
One can only imagine the widespread media, political, and intellectual condemnation of Republicans and conservatives if, after the inauguration of President Barack Obama, they had… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Andrew Jackson Portrait Now Hangs in Oval Office. Here’s What He Said About Draining the Swamp.
There is an old quotation that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. For Americans, who have a unique and exceptional heritage, it is important… Read More
SocietyCommentary
It’s Time for Leaders to Earn Back the People’s Trust
Conventional wisdom holds that the great malady plaguing American life today is the toxic combination of political polarization and social fragmentation. And there’s a great deal… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Here’s How America’s First Outsider President Set a Precedent for Inaugurations
The Washington establishment was stunned. A political outsider with few connections in the nation’s capital, but wide national celebrity among the American people, was going… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Administrative State Has Changed Our Culture. Trump Can Help Reverse Course.
The overreaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s election—from campus “cry-ins” to Brandon Victor Dixon’s “Hamilton” rant—is more than just a left-wing tantrum. It displays a more fundamental development… Read More
