PoliticsAnalysis
One Big Thing Biden Will Leave Behind
The 1972 presidential election—which pitted incumbent President Richard Nixon against Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota—was an absolute wipeout. Nixon won 49 of the 50… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The New Kennedy-Nixon Moment: Why Politicians Must Master Podcasts to Win
Jeff Bezos is right. Americans do not trust the news media, but he misunderstands why. Americans are tired of talking heads and the opinions of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Are Those Darn Baby Boomers So Rich?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Or, more precisely, why are subsequent generations so… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Legacy of Richard Mellon Scaife, Champion of Independent Journalism, Lives on at The Daily Signal
PITTSBURGH—Just over 50 years ago, Richard Mellon Scaife did something both his friends and critics thought was just a vanity project to promote his conservative… Read More
International Commentary
Reconsidering a Giant of American Foreign Policy
“I think of myself as a historian more than as a statesman,” Henry Kissinger once reflected. Kissinger, who died Nov. 29 at the age of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A Rumsfeld Acolyte Remembers Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger died Wednesday at the age of 100. While there will be many assessments of the nature of Kissinger’s foreign policy legacy, there… Read More
President Obama Shakes Hands with Cuban Dictator
Earlier today at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, President Obama shook hands with Cuba’s dictator, Raul Castro. This exchange marks the third time in history that… Read More
Idaho Businessman Sounded Alarm on IRS Hit List Last Year
Last year Frank VanderSloot made a sizable donation to a super PAC supporting Mitt Romney. He signed up as a national co-chairman on Romney’s finance… Read More
Standing Filibuster Would Cause More Senate Delays
In an interview on January 11, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV) told a Nevada television station that the Senate would likely not take the… Read More
Select Committee on Benghazi: Precedent Exists
In the aftermath of the September 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, the Obama Administration announced efforts to investigate the facts behind… Read More
