Jarrett Stepman

Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for Daily Signal. He is also the author of “The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past.”

After Billions Spent and Zero Trains, California’s Rail Boondoggle Nears a Reckoning

Commentary California’s high-speed rail boondoggle may finally be running out of money. It’s bad news for California Gov. Gavin ...

Viewpoints August 17, 2026
San Francisco Put a Noncitizen in Office—This Is Part of the Left’s Plan to Demolish Our Republic

Commentary California is once again leading the way, showing us the dark, dystopian post-U.S. future that awaits us ...

Viewpoints February 26, 2024
Mountain of Expenses: Denver’s Fiscal Woes Climb as Illegal Aliens Overwhelm City

Commentary Denver is buckling under a financial crisis caused by illegal immigration. But the fault lies not in ...

Viewpoints February 20, 2024
The DEI Racket Transformed Our Colleges, Universities—But Tide Could Be Turning

Commentary College campuses have been dominated by the Left for generations. That’s hardly news to anyone. But a ...

Viewpoints September 14, 2023
Busing Illegal Immigrants to Blue America Is Working

Commentary Republican border-state strategy to send illegal immigrants to Democrat-run cities and states is paying off. On Thursday, New ...

Viewpoints August 30, 2023
Panicked LGBTQ Group Declares ‘National Emergency’—What It Fears Is Fed-Up Americans’ Threat to Its Institutional Power

Commentary The institutional left senses that its dominance over our societal mores faces a sudden and unexpected challenge. ...

Viewpoints June 7, 2023
Border Crisis Likely to Worsen After Federal Judge Orders End to Title 42 Expulsion of Illegal Aliens

Commentary The historic level of illegal immigration on the southern border is likely to get much worse, if ...

Viewpoints November 21, 2022
In Discussing Reparations, Honest History of Slavery Makes the Left Uncomfortable

Commentary The Left loves to promote “reparations”—but only up until the point where history and truth run counter ...

Viewpoints September 23, 2022
Vice President Harris Says Border Is ‘Secure.’ Now Migrants Are Showing Up at Her House.

Commentary The border crisis isn’t just going north, it’s showing up at the vice’s president’s doorstep. On Sunday, ...

Viewpoints September 16, 2022
Biden’s Policies Fueling Illegal Immigration Crisis, Border Patrol Chief Says in Deposition

Commentary The border surge of the past 18 months is a crisis of the Biden administration’s own making. ...

Viewpoints September 7, 2022
The Border Goes North, and Blue City Mayors Melt Down

Commentary The border has come to northern, blue cities—and Democrats aren’t handling it well. July’s border numbers are ...

Viewpoints August 23, 2022
How the IRS Expansion Would Empower Ruling Elites to Target Americans

Commentary “He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our ...

Analysis August 10, 2022
Amid Record Illegal Immigration, Mayorkas Insists Border Is ‘Secure.’ What Would Unsecured Look Like?

Commentary Millions of people have illegally crossed the southern border into the United States in the past few ...

Viewpoints July 27, 2022
For July Fourth, NPR Ditches Declaration of Independence

Commentary At National Public Radio, the document that effectively created the United States is out. Predictably, this year ...

Viewpoints July 6, 2022