SocietyCommentary
Peloton ‘Scandal’ Shows How Mentally Unfit We’ve Become
We are fast approaching the end of 2019, and as we close the book on a turbulent decade, nothing summarizes the state of our culture… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Tucker Carlson’s False and Misleading Claims About The Heritage Foundation
In a segment that aired Friday night, Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson made several false, outrageous, and unfounded accusations against The Heritage Foundation. For… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Problematic Women: The Truth About Going on TV
This week on “Problematic Women,” we interview the “leading voice of The Heritage Foundation,” Genevieve Wood, to get her take on everything from feminism to… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Media Have Some Apologizing to Do After the Inspector General’s Report
Thanks to the Justice Department inspector general’s report, we now know for certain what has been, for those paying attention, fairly obvious. The Steele dossier… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
Media Watchdog Exposes ‘Fake News’ With Citizen Activism, Investigative Journalism
Accuracy in Media recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Founded in 1969 by Reed Irvine to combat liberal media bias, the organization has a new leader…. Read More
PoliticsCommentary
CBS Boosts Southern Poverty Law Center
You’d think that liberal news outlets would get tired of schlepping around the Southern Poverty Law Center’s baggage. After a devastating year—one that saw all… Read More
PoliticsNews
Rep. Devin Nunes Sues CNN, Denies Meeting Ex-Ukrainian Prosecutor
Republican California Rep. Devin Nunes is adamantly denying that he traveled to Vienna last year and met with a former Ukrainian prosecutor to dig up… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Praise, Shade, and the Politics of Public Funerals
Public funerals have become somewhat of a unique tradition in American politics. While in times past, deceased politicians, and even famous entertainers, have laid in… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
We Hear You: Oberlin College’s ‘Lawsuit Mess’ With a Local Bakery
Editor’s note: Welcome back to some of the intriguing missives from The Daily Signal’s mailbag. Don’t forget to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
SocietyCommentary
Disney Again Faces Up to Its Racist Past
Disney has come a long way. Like most American girls, we grew up on Disney princesses. In 2009, when the animated feature “The Princess and… Read More
SocietyNews
College Newspaper That Apologized for Covering News Won’t Print Another Point of View
A student newspaper that apologized to readers for “retraumatizing” them through its coverage of a disrupted campus appearance by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions also declined… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
We Hear You: ‘Education Is Too Important to Leave to Professionals’
Editor’s note: Count on The Daily Signal’s audience to have a lot to say on the state of public education and other topics, as this… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Twitter’s Ban on Political Ads Will Only Make Things Worse
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey recently announced that the social media platform will no longer run political advertisements of any kind. Twitter is a private company… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Former Time Magazine Editor Is Wrong. America Doesn’t Need ‘Hate Speech’ Laws.
Will someone in our free press stand up for free speech? Just as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been harangued by politicians and legacy media… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Washington Post’s Headline on ISIS Chief’s Death Shows Moral Gulf Between Left, Right
The headline to The Washington Post obituary read, “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48.” “Austere religious scholar”?… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Media Coverage of Terrorist ISIS Founder’s Death Exposes a Double Standard
The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as U.S. special forces cornered the terrorist founder of the Islamic State was a blessing to humanity and justice…. Read More
PoliticsNews
Kellyanne Conway Skewers Washington Post for al-Baghdadi Headline
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway ripped into The Washington Post on Monday for the newspaper’s headline calling ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi an “austere religious… Read More
SocietyNews
Major Media Coverage Normalizes Polyamory
Major media outlets appear to be normalizing non-monogamous relationships. CBSN, the digital streaming arm of CBS News, provided the latest example with an hourlong special… Read More
PoliticsNews
John Legend’s Version of ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ Includes a ‘Choice’ Line
Singer John Legend will release a rendition of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” this Christmas featuring the line “It’s your body, and your choice.” The musician… Read More
PoliticsNews
Judge Allows Nick Sandmann’s Libel Lawsuit Against Washington Post to Advance
A federal judge reversed his ruling Monday and announced that the family of Kentucky teenager Nick Sandmann may sue The Washington Post for libel over… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
3 Things I Saw and Heard at This Year’s Politicon
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Can the left and right still learn from each other in America in 2019? Politicon, “the unconventional political convention” held this year in Nashville,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Why Are the Legacy Media Afraid of Free Speech on Social Media?
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg came to Capitol Hill last week for a House Financial Services Committee hearing where the primary focus was supposed to… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
We Hear You: Notes on Our Schools From the ‘Belly of the Beast’
Editor’s note: We’re back with a roundup of your emails, beginning with one on the state of public schools from a correspondent who recently moved… Read More
SocietyCommentary
They Butchered ‘Star Wars,’ and I’m Not Hopeful for ‘The Rise of Skywalker’
Who knows? Maybe “The Rise of Skywalker” will bind all the tedious storylines of the first two “Star Wars” sequels into a cohesive and rewarding… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
On China, LeBron James’ Views Are Cowardly
NBA superstar LeBron James says Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey was “misinformed” and “wasn’t educated on the situation at hand” when he tweeted in… Read More
PoliticsNews
Mark Zuckerberg Leans on Free Speech While Defending Facebook’s Ad Policies
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Thursday against critics who believe his company’s new advertisement policies will allow politicians to lie and misinform voters ahead… Read More
PoliticsNews
4 Big Indicators of What’s Next in Impeachment Process
As House Democrats’ impeachment probe moved forward Thursday, a star witness told Congress that “no quid pro quo” existed in the president’s dealings with Ukraine… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
YouTube’s Concerning Suppression of Conservative Speech
Dear Mr. Brin: Fifty years ago this week, when I was a 21-year-old college senior, I was in the Soviet Union, sent by the government… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In Trump Fact Check, CNN Fact-Checker Leaves Out …the Facts
CNN’s fact-checking unit reached out last week to The Heritage Foundation for analysis of President Donald Trump’s recent comments about the U.S. military’s munitions stockpile… Read More
