With the continuing hysteria about Donald Trump’s presidency, a few questions come to mind. The first: Can a bad man become a good president? The second: Does one’s being a good man guarantee he’ll be a good president? Third: Does having a good president require a good man? Is there any evidence of Lord Acton’s […]
A new metastudy by Serbian think tank Libek confirms that countries wishing to increase their economic growth—and reap the many rewards that come from doing so—need to focus on advancing the economic freedom of their people. Libek looked at 92 scholarly research studies that considered the relationship between economic freedom and economic growth. Eighty-six of […]
When Thomas Jefferson appointed Albert Gallatin to be secretary of the treasury in 1801, Federalists expected the worst. They had just lost the presidency for the first time, in an election so sharply contested that it took 36 ballots in the House of Representatives to make Jefferson president. They had also lost their majority in […]
Even if you strongly oppose President Donald Trump and want to see him defeated in 2020 or impeached before then, you should hope his presidential campaign succeeds with its legal action against Omarosa Manigault Newman alleging she violated a nondisclosure agreement. And if she broke any laws, you should want her prosecuted. Manigault Newman—a fired presidential aide […]
Editor’s note: It’s a good time to share some views on the left’s opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, now that his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing is slated for Sept. 4. Don’t be shy about writing us about this and other matters at [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Demagoguery is when a leader in a […]
We break down the top media moments this week—and plenty of misses. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made some disturbing comments this week when he said “We’re not going to make America great again. It was never that great.” But we think the mainstream media didn’t cover it soon enough. And newspapers across the country […]
U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officials on Aug. 14 arrested and deported an illegal immigrant who is wanted in El Salvador on murder charges. Brian Alejandro Martinez reportedly had been arrested and freed several times in New Jersey and New York. ICE officials criticized authorities in Middlesex County, New Jersey, for releasing Martinez without notifying […]
A foreign government sought to influence the U.S. presidential race to benefit a favored candidate by pushing stories into the American media, working through an ambassador, and instigating what could be called collusion with the candidate. “Liberals never gave a damn about Russian meddling in American elections until 2016,” @DrPaulKengor says. This was 1796 and […]
Clint Bolick entered college pursuing a career in teaching and politics. But then a summer internship with The Fund for American Studies placed him in Sen. Orrin Hatch’s office and changed his life forever. It was the summer before his senior year at Drew University, a liberal arts school on the outskirts of New York […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, says America was “never great,” in part due to the “discrimination [against] and stereotyping of women.” But are women in America really systematically being discriminated against and stereotyped, or is Cuomo just using women as pawns to push a greater agenda? We discuss that question, along with a […]
