TALLINN, Estonia—The night of Friday, Feb. 10, was frigid and snowy in Estonia’s capital city. The kind of winter weather one expects in this Baltic country, which lies at roughly the same geographic latitude as southern Alaska. Inside the lobby bar of Tallinn’s Swissotel, however, the temperature was warm and the atmosphere bustled with people […]
A pair of longtime journalists announced last week the launch of “NewsGuard,” an initiative intended to combat “fake news” online. Steve Brill and Gordon Crovitz say that NewsGuard will be hiring dozens of trained journalists to review 7,500 news and information websites widely read in the United States. Its primary goal will be to provide […]
Little more than 600 votes out of more than 227,000 cast separate the top two candidates in the special election for a House seat in Pennsylvania, as Democrat Conor Lamb maintained a slim lead over Republican Rick Saccone, with no official winner. #BREAKING: With 100% precincts reporting, Democrat Conor Lamb has 113,111 votes and Republican […]
Confidence among small business owners is at a record high, according to a recent CNBC survey. The good humor is due, in part, to the half of them who expect positive change to come from the new tax law in 2018. Positive change is already happening: Wells Fargo and U.S. Bancorp are two of many institutions raising […]
There are a couple of important economic lessons that the American people should learn. I’m going to title one “the seen and unseen” and the other “narrow, well-defined large benefits versus widely dispersed small costs.” These lessons are applicable to a wide range of government behavior, but let’s look at just two examples. Last week, […]
Last week, a teenage student in southern Utah brought an explosive device to school. Thankfully, it failed to explode and the student was arrested. The student was then tied to a recent Islamic State-inspired act of vandalism at a nearby school. This plot was the 102nd Islamist plot or attack against the U.S. homeland since […]
A grocery chain in the United Kingdom has drawn media attention for selling gender neutral Mother’s Day cards to make the day more “transgender inclusive.” Waitrose, an upscale grocery, stocked transgender-friendly cards among its selection for Mother’s Day s, which was March 11 in the U.K. Some examples of gender-inclusive card slogans and greetings include: […]
President Donald Trump will push states to make it easier to seize weapons from people a court finds dangerous, hold federal agencies more accountable for background checks, and promote arming teachers. The White House’s formal release of a school safety agenda is an early step, as the president is also naming a commission to come […]
A Feb. 10 military fracas that involved Syria, Iran, and Israel yielded an impressive amount of destruction: An Iranian drone and command center, Syrian anti-aircraft batteries, and even an Israeli F-16 fighter jet were lost in the escalating clashes. The implications of these hostilities are expansive, but it’s worth narrowing in on the impetus for […]
Editor’s note: Many in The Daily Signal’s audience are fed up with the continuing malice toward, and underestimation of, President Donald Trump. Today we begin with a sampling of related thoughts. Write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: As Jarrett Stepman’s commentary suggests, evaluating a president’s foreign policy and national security legacy takes at least […]
