From Atheist Marxist to Christian Conservative: Sohrab Ahmari Shares His Journey
Sohrab Ahmari grew up in Iran. Then as a teen, he immigrated to America, and became an atheist and a Marxist. But as a young man, his path took another twist: He found himself interested in Christianity. Ahmari, author of the new book “From Fire, by Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith,” joins us to share his complicated path. Read […]
No One Is Safe in Maduro’s Venezuela
Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos and his team were detained in the presidential palace of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela on Monday evening. After Ramos inquired about electoral fraud and human rights abuses, and played a video of hungry Venezuelans rummaging through garbage, Maduro’s thugs confiscated their equipment and apprehended the journalists. They were released and […]
Gov. Matt Bevin Believes the American Dream Still Exists Because He’s Lived It
Health care. Covington. President Donald Trump’s attention to what governors think. Abortion extremism. School safety. On today’s podcast, we have a wide-ranging conversation with Gov. Matt Bevin, R-Ky., on all these topics and more. Talking about Medicaid work requirements, Bevin shares details about his own rise from poverty—and why he still thinks the American dream […]
Only 3 Democrat Senators Vote for Bill Protecting Babies Born Alive After Abortion
The Senate voted 53-44 in favor of legislation that would protect survivors of abortion, falling short of the necessary 60 votes to proceed as Democrats blocked the bill when only three of them joined Republicans. Sens. Doug Jones of Alabama, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and Bob Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania were the only Democrats […]
Competition, Not Government Control, Can Make Health Care Cheaper
In a new Gallup poll, 35 percent say government is the worst problem facing the U.S. In the 55 years that Gallup has asked the question—”What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today?”—this is the highest percentage of people who have identified the government as the nation’s worst problem. Given […]
Parents sue to fight Anti-White, Anti-Male, Anti-Christian, Communist Indoctrination in California
By Matthew Vadum Parents in Santa Barbara, California, are suing a leftist hate group called Just Communities and the local school board there to end the group’s taxpayer-funded so-called implicit bias training that has a powerful anti-white, anti-male, and anti-Christian slant. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, was brought by Fair Education Santa Barbara, […]
The Goldstein Incident in Hebron, Twenty Five Years Later
The Goldstein Incident in Hebron, Twenty Five Years Later by ARIEL NATAN PASKO Now that we understand that we live in the era of “Fake News,” – what once was called “Yellow Journalism” – where left-wing media hysteria, pre-judgement, and playing loose with the facts to further an agenda, reins supreme; I think it behooves […]
We Hear You: What Listening to Each Other Might Achieve
Editor’s note: Welcome to the 100th edition of “We Hear You,” where we publish your takes on the policy issues The Daily Signal covers. Thank you for making this feature one of our most popular. And don’t forget to write us at [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Thanks for Rob Bluey’s interview with Black Lives […]
9 Years After Obamacare Passed, Agency Finds Numbers Were Wildly Off
Democrats defeated Republicans in the Obamacare repeal fight by warning that 22 million Americans would be thrown off their health insurance. They pointed to data leaked from the Congressional Budget Office. Well, it turns out that data was completely wrong. According to a report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released Wednesday, the […]
The Riddle of Climate Change
By Linda Goudsmit The Riddle: What climate does climate change change? The Answer: The political climate of course. Let me explain. Pollution and climate change are two separate issues. Environmental pollution is a man-made problem that humans can and should remedy. Taking responsibility for our behavior is a necessary part of civilized life and eliminating environmental horrors like […]
Media Misses: Reaction to Jussie Smollett and Covington Case Shows Media’s Agenda
Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good narrative. But that’s what happened in the case of Jussie Smollett, a gay, black actor who stars in the show “Empire,” who claimed he was the victim of a vicious and brutal hate crime in Chicago. On Wednesday, Smollett was charged with filing a false […]
