3 Reforms Congress Can Build on to Get the Budget Under Control

On Wednesday, the Senate Budget Committee approved its first bipartisan package of budget process reform proposals in nearly 30 years. The proposal is co-sponsored by Chairman Mike Enzi, R.-Wyo., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D.-R.I. The federal budget is more than $23 trillion in debt, with additional budget deficits projected to exceed $1 trillion annually for […]

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Conservative Law Professor Challenges Campus Left on Free Speech (and Wins Them Over)

The family who runs a 130-year-old bakery in Ohio was accused of racism after having an Oberlin College student arrested for shoplifting. Hostilities and boycotts against Gibson’s Bakery escalated into a court case debating free speech. Legal Insurrection, a website on politics and law, has followed this case since its beginnings in 2016.  Bill Jacobson, founder […]

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Justices Should Reject Criminal Alien’s Appeal of Deportation Order

The Supreme Court on Nov. 4 heard oral arguments in an immigration case that could have a dramatic impact on how many criminal aliens plaguing our communities finally get deported. The case, Barton v. Barr, is complicated, in large part because the statutes involved are vague and subject to various interpretations. That prompted Justice Stephen […]

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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 week’s mailbag reveals. You can join in by emailing [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Excellent article by Fred Lucas about the education failures of the Great Society (“Why LBJ’s Great […]

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‘Popular Vote’ Movement Would Shift Power to Big Cities, Experts Warn

The Electoral College is under threat from states looking to enact legislation that ignores local voters in favor of national election results, experts said during a panel Thursday at The Heritage Foundation. Responding to a wave of 15 states that have joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact since the 2016 election, they argued that […]

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Socialism All About Inclusivity and Kindness, These Students Say

The word “socialism” has left behind its past of breadlines and beatings and come to mean something like “kindness” for some students at Georgetown University, The Daily Signal found in campus interviews.  Many millennials would agree with the positive feelings these university students have for socialism.  According to a new YouGov survey commissioned by the […]

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