 |
|---|
| Good morning from Washington, where the Obama administration insists Americans should be able to purchase junk food with food stamps. Maine's governor argues that's nuts. Melissa Quinn has the latest. Did you know Planned Parenthood gets millions from United Way? Leah Jessen has numbers. One state gets serious about teaching America's founding documents. Faith Vander Voort reports. Plus: Diane Katz on Boeing's big sale to Iran, Mary Eberstadt on the left's dangerous language, and Stacey Dash on being a conservative in Hollywood. Oh, and it's Sunglasses Day. |
NewsUnited Way Affiliates Give $3 Million a Year to Planned Parenthood Among 76 United Way affiliates steering donations to the nation's largest abortion provider, chapters in Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin each gave over $170,000 in 2013 and 2014. Read More |
CommentaryThe Left Endangers the Rest of Us When It Uses Terms Like 'Haters' and 'Bigots' "Social media and other denigrations of religious believers as 'haters' and 'bigots' and the rest by so-called watchdog groups roll on—exactly as if words mean nothing," Mary Eberstadt writes in an excerpt from her new book on religious freedom. Read More |
NewsGovernor to Obama in Food Stamp Fight: 'Wake Up and Smell the Energy Drinks' Maine Gov. Paul LePage, who doesn't want to allow food stamps to be used to buy junk food, tells President Obama's agriculture secretary that the administration is hypocritical about its commitment to nutrition and healthy eating. Read More |
CommentaryIran's Unfriendly Skies With the blessing of the Obama administration, Boeing Co. has negotiated the sale of a fleet of new jets to the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism. Read More |
NewsThis New Law Ensures South Carolina Students Will Study the Founding Documents "I think it's time we get back to the basics," state Rep. Chip Huggins says of his bill, which Gov. Nikki Haley signed into law. Read More |
Commentary'Clueless' Star Stacey Dash Talks About Being Pro-Life and Pro-Gun in Hollywood In an on-camera interview with Genevieve Wood, the actress talks about how her conservative beliefs come from a very personal place. Watch the Video |
The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation.
 Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter
The Daily Signal
214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843 Donate to The Daily Signal |
-
PAT DOLLARD YOUNG AMERICANS 11 Hours Ago Bloomberg to Air Gun Control Ad During Superbowl Feb 2, 2013Toro520 Via The Associated Press: NEW YORK (Associated Press) – A gun control group founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is airing a Super Bowl advertisement calling for background checks. The 30-second spot by Mayors Against Illegal Guns will air in the Washington area during the game between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers. The ad calls on lawmakers to pass rules requiring background checks on guns. It is narrated by children, with “America the Beautiful” playing in the background. It includes decades-old footage of National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre saying the gun lobby group approves of the checks. LaPierre recently testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the NRA no longer supports background checks for all gun sales. A Bloomsberg spokesman would say only that the ad cost in the six-figure range....