Recently, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases about the validity of state laws banning boys from girls sports, West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox. The lawyers on the trans side bizarrely claimed that puberty blockers erase whatever athletic advantage men who say they are women may have. That’s crazy enough—as the attorneys for the young women pointed out, the male athletic advantage doesn’t begin at puberty, but begins as early as 5 or 6 years of age. But there is something even crazier here, for the presumption seems to be that men have a right to compete in women’s sports unless they have a biological advantage, just because they think they are really women. No. They aren’t what they think they are, and they have no such right. To say what ought to be obvious: Men and women are different. Moreover, women want and need some girls-only activities, and men want and need some boys-only activities. This would be true even if the two sexes were equally big, fast, and strong. We don’t have to pretend that they are the same, and we don’t have to pretend that sexuality is all in our minds, so that I might be a “woman in a man’s body,” a “man in a woman’s body,” or even, as we now sometimes hear, a “lesbian in a man’s body.” If you haven’t heard the last one yet, it refers to a woman who is sexually attracted to other women, but who is trapped in the body of a man. We are passing through a pandemic of lunacy, of dangerous and contagious detachment from reality. It isn’t just young people with gender dysphoria who suffer the harmful delusion that we can be the sex other than what we are. Now, schoolteachers often promote transgender ideology, even to children in the lower elementary grades, asking them, “What are your pronouns?” At the university where I teach, if I were to use the male pronoun for a male student who “identified as” female, I would be roundly condemned. I don’t go out of my way to offend people, so in a case like that, I would avoid pronouns altogether. But for some people, even that isn’t enough. They won’t be satisfied unless I pretend to agree with them. How far does this go? The gender delusion isn’t just about whether we are male or female, or whether men can get pregnant. We are now told that there are up to 95 genders, and the number keeps growing. Some activists suggest not just giving men faux vaginas and women faux penises, but leaving the polarity of male and female behind altogether. They’re for surgically crafting genitals to look like flowers or abstract sculpture. Other activists are pressing for attraction to minors to be considered a gender. Perhaps next in line will be attraction to other men’s wives: “My gender is adulterer.” So far, the weirdest so-called gender is “xenogender,” defined as “a gender “that cannot be contained by human understandings of gender.” If it can’t be, I wonder, then how do we know that it is a gender at all? Nor does the lunacy stop even there. Not only do some people claim to be of a different sex than they are, some now claim to be of a different species than they are. They “identify” as dogs, raccoons, or bunny rabbits, and expect to be treated as such even at school and work—although I don’t think they want to be kept in a cage and fed kibble. And then there are those who think that they have different bodies than they have. Some people “identify as paraplegic” and demand that doctors sever their spines. Articles have appeared in medical journals, seriously discussing whether people who “identify” as having fewer limbs should have some of their limbs amputated. This isn’t “affirming” them. It’s mutilating them. All these delusions are symptoms of a still deeper lunacy. Their root is the notion that true freedom lies in rejecting every limitation, even the very framework of human nature. Every artist knows that to make beautiful things he must honor the laws of his medium, whether paint, stone, or sound. This is also true of the artistry of living, in which the medium in which our lives are etched is human nature itself. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal.  The post Speaking of Reality: Men Are Not Women appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Am I sexist? I think there are differences between men and women—traits beyond obvious physical ones. But when I was young, feminist leaders said there were no differences. The only reason men ran most things was sexism. There was plenty of that. One example people forget: Until 1974, women couldn’t get a credit card without their husband’s permission. A women’s movement was long overdue. I believed the new “experts” who said, if we raise children in gender-neutral ways, men and women will behave similarly. Then I had kids. Now I understand that boys and girls are just different. But for some reason, we’re not supposed to acknowledge that. “Aren’t women, in general, better nurturers?” I asked Gloria Steinem. “No,” she snapped. “Next question.” Today many people still avoid talking about differences. But not Heather Mac Donald! “If we weren’t so insane, it would be perfectly obvious that there are innate differences,” she says in my new video. She points out that men explored the world, not women. “Their societies wouldn’t allow it!” I say. “That’s true,” she notes, “but they haven’t been doing much in the interim.” “Men drove the Thirty Years’ War … the Hundred Years’ War,” I say. “Maybe it would be better if women managed governments.” “Some of the Green parties, the female dominated parties in Europe, they’re the war parties,” she replies. “They’re all for continuing to arm Ukraine, for involvement in the Serbian conflict … A lot of female EU politicians are no more pacifistic than some of their male colleagues.” She points out that it was men who “developed ideas of constitutional government, due process, human rights. Those are much more powerful than the Thirty Years’ War.” Men, she says, have more “passion for novelty, competitiveness, aggression.” It’s why more inventions are made by men, and businesses started by men. “You have to be a very ideologically dominated parent,” adds Mac Donald, “not to notice that there are differences between male and female children almost from the start, as far as levels of aggression, the types of toys they gravitate towards.” Some of this is not good for men. “Males have a greater predilection towards insanity, towards really stupid behavior. … There’s obviously individual exceptions,” adds Mac Donald. “There’s highly aggressive, competitive females and highly nurturing, empathetic males … But we’re talking averages. The average male, there’s a greater change that he’s going to be a risk taker and seeker of knowledge.” A recent study blames “unconscious bias in the selection process” for the lack of women in CEO positions. But Mac Donald says it’s not sexism that keeps women out of CEO roles. “Nobody’s keeping females out. They just aren’t interested. Google is desperate to hire more females. Nobody’s preventing females from doing an AI startup! … They don’t have that same drive to stay up until 3:00 a.m., eating cold pizza, coding! That drive to conquer facts and data is disproportionately male.” Women, on the other hand, laughs Mac Donald, “They’re influencers! They’re talking about makeup (and) fashion.” Really? Is she saying women are less useful? “They are very useful for raising children,” she answers. She also notes that many women accomplish remarkable things. “George Elliot and Edith Wharton are great novelists,” says Mac Donald. “We’ve got great female composers, Fannie Mendelssohn, Cecile Chaminade, Amy Beach. I want to hear all of them, absolutely! But I am not going to try to tear down an institution because it is predominantly male.” One institution women have harmed, she says, is the university, because its civilizational mission has been compromised by women claiming victimhood. “The claims of ‘unsafety,'” she says, are hysterical neurosis. “You now have portraits of white male scientists being taken down because they might make female medical students feel unsafe.” She says pursuit of knowledge is under threat because women care less about free speech. One study did find 60% of women favor “inclusivity” over free speech, while 71% of men favor protecting free speech. “When you ask either (group), which do you value more? … A vast majority of males choose the pursuit of truth, academic freedom, whatever the cost. The females favor emotional safety and equity.” “So what?” I push back. “Both are good qualities.” “No, they’re not!” she scolds me. “The university exists for the pursuit of truth.”COPYRIGHT 2026 BY JFS PRODUCTIONS INC. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal.  The post Boys vs. Girls appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Waukegan High School teachers and staff in Chicago, Illinois, led students in a walkout to protest ICE arresting criminal aliens. They carried a perverted, crucified effigy of President Trump, a man who was almost killed in two assassination attempts. They are sacrilegiously defiling the death of Christ. I would like to see them do this […] The post Chicago HS Teaches Kids to Dehumanize Trump & Defile Jesus Christ appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Breaking into the arts is difficult under any circumstances. Doing so as an openly conservative theater producer? Well, that’s nearly impossible. Robert Cooperman knows this better than anyone because he appears to be the only one who actually did. Do a quick search of “conservative theater companies” and you’ll find just one response: Stage Right Theatrics in Columbus, Ohio. Cooperman founded the company in 2016 with the mission of presenting plays that reflect a conservative point of view. For the past decade, that decision has come with predictable consequences. Stage Right has been boycotted, mocked, marginalized, and largely ignored by the local theater establishment and media. Cooperman himself has been branded a “clown,” a “fascist,” a “racist,” a “homophobe,” and every other label that conservatives are usually called. “Right from the start, I was considered unserious or dangerous by the theater community, said Cooperman. “One member said I was dismissive of theater being a safe space for marginalized people.” But despite the valiant effort to trample it into the dust, Stage Right has survived, and even thrived, in a world where liberals believe they “own” the arts and entertainment. Stage Right Theatrics. “The Uncanny” by Andrew Klavan. In January 2017, the company staged its first Conservative Theatre Festival, a modest one-night event featuring six short plays by conservative writers from across the country. The name was intentional and unapologetic. Stage Right was announcing itself to an industry that prides itself on “diversity” while blatantly discriminating against conservatives at every turn. To the surprise of no one, progressives responded with derision and outrage, while conservatives showed genuine curiosity. Stage Right offered something rarely seen before. Instead of presenting conservatives as caricatures, they were painted as multi-faceted, inherently interesting individuals. The work was pro-tradition, pro-culture, and anti-woke. What followed over the next decade was more of the same. The Left’s treatment of Stage Right mirrors its approach to every conservative institution. They kept up with the intimidation, ridicule, shunning, and a smug moral superiority. Despite their best efforts, Stage Right kept right on existing and promoting values that used to be mainstream. 2019 annual theater festival. Robert and Sandra Cooperman in “Donut Shop Dates” by Jeff Strausser. After the 2024 election, Cooperman briefly held out hope that the cultural temperature might shift. It wasn’t just that Trump was elected president, but more that voters indicated their exhaustion with endless woke virtue signaling and the dismantling of Western traditions. Instead, the leftists came out kicking and screaming. “I really thought, naively it turns out, that the Left would see very clearly the moral and philosophical direction the country embraced in the 2024 election, said Cooperman. “I thought they would realize that they have been losing audiences — and now voters — and that the election results might humble them a little bit to reach out to half the population they have been disparaging for years. I was wrong. They doubled down.” One incident clearly illustrates the hostility. Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Cooperman dedicated three performances of Eugene O’Neill’s “Desire Under the Elms” to Kirk’s commitment to free speech. He framed the dedication as a celebration of the free exchange of ideas and invited post-show discussion. Stage Right Theatrics. Eugene O’Neill’s “Desire Under the Elms.” The response was ugly. Audience members shouted that the dedication was “inappropriate.” Someone scrawled “Bigot” on a box of playbills. A lead actor threatened to quit. Two patrons demanded refunds. Word spread quickly through the local theater community, further isolating Stage Right. This cultural enforcement extends far beyond Columbus. When President Trump restructured the Kennedy Center’s board with the stated aim of broadening ideological inclusion and halting overtly woke productions from being staged, several prominent artists canceled their performances, claiming the institution had become “political.” The irony was glaring. For decades, the Left has insisted that art is apolitical while simultaneously saying anything conservative is propaganda. Institutions like Stage Right and the Trump-era Kennedy Center expose that lie. While the hostility from the Left was expected, Cooperman now faces a new challenge as conservatives fracture over key political issues. Cooperman says his pro-Israel stance has led some conservative and libertarian figures to distance themselves from the organization. A prominent podcaster declined an interview for that reason. A local classical academy backed away from a potential partnership. Cooperman now finds himself defending his principles on two fronts, both from friends and foes. In 2026, Stage Right celebrated its tenth annual Conservative Theatre Festival. He hopes to encourage conservatives not only to criticize the state of the arts, but to engage in them. There are conservative artists across the country who remain silent, fearing professional or personal fallout. Cooperman understands the fear, but insists that meaningful change requires courage. There will be consequences, but he insists that standing for something true and good is worth the cost. The theater company’s motto says it plainly: “Disagreement Does Not Equal Hate.” Cooperman also hopes that one day there will be dozens of companies like his across the country. “I’d love to see theatre companies that present counter programming to what is currently being offered by “mainstream” theatre,” he said. “I’m not talking about the “tied and true” classics that conservatives will generally attend, but experimental pieces and musicals that present a conservative worldview with hope and redemption built into their structure.” After ten years, he has learned that no amount of wokeness, past or present, is going to bring him down.

Lead pollution today compared to 100 years ago has dramatically declined—by 100-fold over the last century—according to new research. Lead is a dangerous neurotoxin that accumulates in human tissues and is linked to developmental deficits in children. Due to the health risks, the United States and other countries start phasing out lead in the 1970s, […] The post Lead Pollution Has Dropped 100-Fold in the U.S. Over the Last Century appeared first on Good News Network.

An Excerpt from Haven Hill Here’s where the story left off last time. Morning light seeped through the curtains in thin, watery bands. It made the cabin look gentler than it had any right to, given the current situation. Kate stood at the kitchen window, not in front of it, but angled sideways, careful of her silhouette. She watched the fog rise off the yard. For her coffee, she had chosen a purple mug that said, I came. I saw. I forgot what I was doing in a script that looked handwritten. “It looks so… normal,” Ariel said quietly, coming up beside her with her blanket still around her shoulders. Kate nodded, though her chest stayed tight. “Normal’s a tricky thing. It fools you.” Ariel yawned and shuffled to the stove. “Can I please have coffee, too?” Kate hesitated. Normally, she didn’t let Ariel drink a full cup of coffee—just a sip here and there of her mother’s. She was inclined to say yes today, but her thoughts scattered because of where Ariel stood while making the request. She was right in front of the window, where her silhouette might be clear to someone outside. The idea of her daughter standing near a window—even for a second, much less directly in front of one—made Kate’s skin crawl. But normalcy mattered. Small rituals mattered. They steadied the hands. “Yeah,” Kate said softly. “That sounds nice. You can join me for a cup.” Ariel busied herself pouring coffee from the pot into a mug, adding cream, then sugar, doing everything carefully, almost ceremonially, as if making coffee could anchor the world in place. Kate did another sweep of the cabin exterior, peeking through the windows. The tripwire bells looked untouched. The teal rocking chair sat still in its corner, now in the proper position overlooking the forest as Kate had placed it the day before. No fresh footprints were obvious. No shadows moved between the trees. “So… what now?” Ariel asked tentatively over the rim of her yellow mug. “We can’t just stay here like this forever.” Kate leaned her palms on the counter. “We’ll figure something out. But for now, we breathe. And we stay alert.” Ariel poured two mugs and slid one across the counter toward her mother. She tried for a smile, saying hopefully, “Maybe he really did leave.” Kate didn’t answer. She didn’t want to destroy that small bit of optimism, but she also didn’t want to lie. Instead, she lifted the curtain one more inch and scanned the driveway, as she had a dozen times already. Empty. “He’s gone,” Ariel said again, more hopeful now. Kate took a slow sip of coffee. Maybe, she thought, without conviction. “Maybe,” she said aloud, in a tone more cheerful than she felt. A deep quiet had settled over the mountain, too quiet, almost painted-on quiet. A quiet that made Kate’s instincts twitch. Then she heard it. The crunch of tires on gravel. Slow. Heavy. Unfamiliar. Ariel straightened so fast her mug clinked against the counter. Kate’s stomach dropped. They weren’t expecting anyone. No one knew they were here. She grabbed her firearm, and Ariel followed suit. Kate moved to the living room window, expecting to see Logan’s truck pulling in just to mock them. She was stunned when, instead, a sheriff’s SUV rolled into view, half-fogged headlights cutting through the trees. Ariel whispered, “Mom… is that for real?” Kate’s voice was barely audible. “I don’t know yet.” She hardly dared to hope. The SUV rolled to a slow stop at the top of the driveway, tires cracking over frost-stiff gravel. A door creaked open. Kate and Ariel both ducked low. A silhouette moved past the headlights—broad shoulders, uniform jacket, hat. He paused to look up at the cabin, hands planted on his duty belt, stance casual. Too casual for Kate’s liking. He didn’t seem urgent or alarmed. That bothered her. He should have shown more tension if he knew a crime was being committed, especially if Mr. Slocum’s body had been discovered. “Mom…?” Ariel whispered again. Kate’s heartbeat thudded in her ears. She tried to sort through her instincts—years of them, sharpened by experience and regret and survival. Something about this felt off. Not wrong. Just… misaligned. Kate watched from beside the window as the sheriff (Was he really the sheriff? Was she crazy for wondering that? she pondered) started up the path toward the porch, boots crunching softly. He moved at an easy pace, as though approaching a home where nothing bad ever happened, where no one was hunted through the forest by a man with a knife and a grudge. Kate motioned for Ariel to get behind the fridge. Ariel nodded once and slipped silently into her hiding place. Kate stayed angled away from the window as the knock came—firm, polite, measured. Not frantic. Not desperate. Just… neighborly. A pause. Then a voice, muffled through the door. “Sheriff’s Department. Anyone home?” Kate pressed her back against the wall near the door, gun held low but ready. Her pulse hammered. Was she being paranoid? Yes, she told herself unconvincingly. Still, something prickled at the base of her skull—the same sensation she’d felt in the woods when she realized Logan was circling her trail rather than running from her. “Should we answer?” Ariel whispered. “No,” Kate mouthed. “Not yet.” The sheriff knocked again, a little louder but still without urgency. “Anybody home? I’ve been trying to reach the occupants here. We’ve been asked to make a notification. I’m here to make sure you’re all right.” Kate’s gut twisted. Her voice nearly cracked with relief. Maybe. Maybe this was finally help. She took a slow breath to steady herself and called through the door, “Identify yourself, please.” The sheriff stepped back a bit, posture shifting as though to give her space. “Deputy Collins, ma’am. Henderson County Sheriff’s Office.” His tone was calm, practiced. “I’d be obliged if you opened the door. Just need to make sure you’re safe.” Kate hesitated only a second longer. He used the word obliged. Old-fashioned. Polite. The kind of thing a real mountain deputy might say. She flicked her gaze toward the front window, catching a glimpse of the vehicle again. It boasted real plates, real markings, and an intact light bar. Not a trap. Not Logan’s beat-up truck. Her shoulders relaxed, and she pulled the curtain aside. “It’ll just take me a minute,” she called, then began to push the big armoire out of the way. She unlatched the top lock. Ariel’s breath hitched audibly behind her. Kate reached for the bottom lock, feeling something in her chest unclench for the first time in days. Hope. She opened the door just enough to see the deputy—and let him see her. And that’s when she saw it. Beyond the deputy’s shoulder, a figure stepped into view from behind the SUV. Tall. Lean. Familiar as a recurring bad dream. Logan. Her face froze into something that had once been a smile. He lifted two fingers to his forehead in a mocking little salute. Kate swallowed a gasp and stepped back a fraction, the breath punched out of her. He wasn’t rushing the porch. He wasn’t charging the door. He was waiting. Waiting for her to open it. Because the sheriff wasn’t in danger yet. But he would be. Kate’s voice cracked as she screamed, “Behind you!” Don’t want to wait two weeks to find out what happens? Buy the complete book HERE. There are 39 chapters and an epilogue! About Daisy Daisy Luther is a coffee-swigging author and blogger who’s traded her air miles for a screen porch, having embraced a more homebody lifestyle after a serious injury. She’s the heart and mind behind The Organic Prepper, a top-tier website where she shares what she’s learned about preparedness, self-reliance, and the pursuit of liberty. With 17 books under her belt, Daisy’s insights on living frugally, surviving tough times, finding some happiness in the most difficult situations, and embracing independence have touched many lives. Her work doesn’t just stay on her site; it’s shared far and wide across alternative media, making her a familiar voice in the community. Known for her adventurous spirit, she’s lived in five different countries and raised two wonderful daughters as a single mom. Now living in the beautiful state of North Carolina, Daisy has been sharing her knowledge through blogging for 15 years.  She is the best-selling author of 5 traditionally published books, 12 self-published books, and runs a small digital publishing company with PDF guides, printables, and courses at SelfRelianceand Survival.com You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and X. The post Haven Hill: Chapter 31 appeared first on The Organic Prepper.

Recently, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases about the validity of state laws banning boys from girls sports, West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox. The lawyers on the trans side bizarrely claimed that puberty blockers erase whatever athletic advantage men who say they are women may have. That’s crazy enough—as the attorneys for the young women pointed out, the male athletic advantage doesn’t begin at puberty, but begins as early as 5 or 6 years of age. But there is something even crazier here, for the presumption seems to be that men have a right to compete in women’s sports unless they have a biological advantage, just because they think they are really women. No. They aren’t what they think they are, and they have no such right. To say what ought to be obvious: Men and women are different. Moreover, women want and need some girls-only activities, and men want and need some boys-only activities. This would be true even if the two sexes were equally big, fast, and strong. We don’t have to pretend that they are the same, and we don’t have to pretend that sexuality is all in our minds, so that I might be a “woman in a man’s body,” a “man in a woman’s body,” or even, as we now sometimes hear, a “lesbian in a man’s body.” If you haven’t heard the last one yet, it refers to a woman who is sexually attracted to other women, but who is trapped in the body of a man. We are passing through a pandemic of lunacy, of dangerous and contagious detachment from reality. It isn’t just young people with gender dysphoria who suffer the harmful delusion that we can be the sex other than what we are. Now, schoolteachers often promote transgender ideology, even to children in the lower elementary grades, asking them, “What are your pronouns?” At the university where I teach, if I were to use the male pronoun for a male student who “identified as” female, I would be roundly condemned. I don’t go out of my way to offend people, so in a case like that, I would avoid pronouns altogether. But for some people, even that isn’t enough. They won’t be satisfied unless I pretend to agree with them. How far does this go? The gender delusion isn’t just about whether we are male or female, or whether men can get pregnant. We are now told that there are up to 95 genders, and the number keeps growing. Some activists suggest not just giving men faux vaginas and women faux penises, but leaving the polarity of male and female behind altogether. They’re for surgically crafting genitals to look like flowers or abstract sculpture. Other activists are pressing for attraction to minors to be considered a gender. Perhaps next in line will be attraction to other men’s wives: “My gender is adulterer.” So far, the weirdest so-called gender is “xenogender,” defined as “a gender “that cannot be contained by human understandings of gender.” If it can’t be, I wonder, then how do we know that it is a gender at all? Nor does the lunacy stop even there. Not only do some people claim to be of a different sex than they are, some now claim to be of a different species than they are. They “identify” as dogs, raccoons, or bunny rabbits, and expect to be treated as such even at school and work—although I don’t think they want to be kept in a cage and fed kibble. And then there are those who think that they have different bodies than they have. Some people “identify as paraplegic” and demand that doctors sever their spines. Articles have appeared in medical journals, seriously discussing whether people who “identify” as having fewer limbs should have some of their limbs amputated. This isn’t “affirming” them. It’s mutilating them. All these delusions are symptoms of a still deeper lunacy. Their root is the notion that true freedom lies in rejecting every limitation, even the very framework of human nature. Every artist knows that to make beautiful things he must honor the laws of his medium, whether paint, stone, or sound. This is also true of the artistry of living, in which the medium in which our lives are etched is human nature itself. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal.  The post Speaking of Reality: Men Are Not Women appeared first on The Daily Signal.

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Proud American Studios, a new media network, aims to counter the Left’s pervasive bias by highlighting the voices of patriotic Americans who served in the military and law enforcement—a particularly resonant mission amid the recent demonization of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. “The recent media coverage out of Minneapolis is a textbook example of why we built Proud American Studios,” Michael Koscielniak, a retired officer with Homeland Security Investigations and the president of the new media company, told The Daily Signal in a statement Thursday. “Homeland Security officers and agents are on the ground every day enforcing our nation’s immigration laws and removing violent criminals to keep our communities safe,” he added. “These officers deserve their side of the story told in an honest and dignified way.” Defending ICE in Minneapolis Proud American Studios is releasing the first episode of its podcast “The Forum” on Saturday ahead of its official launch on March 21. The episode will highlight the struggles that the oft-demonized Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, alongside other federal agents, have faced in the field, and criticize the left-leaning commentators and Democrats who demonize their efforts. “To be straight with you, it pisses me off,” Koscielniak says in a teaser clip for the first episode. “These guys are coming their to do their jobs, and when political candidates or political individuals take this position, they make the jobs of the federal agents and all the other first responders on scene much more difficult. It incites people.” Darcy Leutzinger, who served 27 years as a special investigations executive lieutenant in the Warren, Michigan, police department, explains the difference between how the law and the media treat an officer after an officer-involved shooting. “The officer can use deadly force based on what they knew at that time, not what they were judged on later, not videotapes, not slowed down video or hindsight, it’s what they saw based on their perception at that time and that’s all they had,” Leutzinger says. “The media wants everybody tried in the media.” “It’s one thing to bring a firearm to a protest, it is even more of an issue when you actually want to agitate and confront federal law enforcement within accordance of their duties,” Trey Lindsey, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Navy who served 13 years with SEAL Team 6, says in the video. Lindsey founded Gallowglass Guardian Group, a tactical, security, and defense consulting company based out of Dallas. Proud American Studios “After decades of serving on the front lines protecting this nation, the men and women of Proud American Studios are united in building a patriotic multimedia company that honors the American values,” Koscielniak told The Daily Signal. “Proud American Studios’ mission is to confront misinformation, elevate frontline voices, and deliver fact-driven multimedia that cuts through the noise and challenges false narratives promoted by liberal media outlets.” Proud American Studios plans to release short video clips, longer podcast episodes, and even full-length documentaries. It has multiple projects in pre-production, including documentaries on President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the rise of radical Islam in America; along with movies about the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, and how Homeland Security Investigations has hunted Chinese spies and money launderers. In addition to news commentary, Proud American Studios plans to produce what it calls “micro-series” videos: short action videos highlighting the heroism of law enforcement. Subscribers can access the content for $99 annually or $17.76 per month, Koscielniak told The Daily Signal. Dean Cain Dean Cain, an actor, writer, and producer best known for his role as Superman in the 1990s TV series “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” has joined the project and will be a regular on the podcast “The Homeland.” “I’m truly honored and excited to be joining Proud American Studios on the ‘The Homeland’ podcast on March 21,” Cain told The Daily Signal in a statement Thursday. “It’s a privilege to work alongside the men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting this country.” “Their experience, sacrifice, and commitment to America deserve to be heard, respected, and supported, and I’m proud to be part of that mission,” Cain added. ?EXCLUSIVEWhat's the antidote to the Left's relentless demonization of ICE?@proudamericanst, a new patriotic media platform featuring law enforcement veterans like Michael Koscielniak, Darcy Leutzinger, and Trey Lindsey, champions America and law enforcement.Proud American… pic.twitter.com/YkZUGcfw7a— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) February 7, 2026 The post EXCLUSIVE: New Media Network Combats Anti-American Spin by Featuring Veterans, Law Enforcement appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Am I sexist? I think there are differences between men and women—traits beyond obvious physical ones. But when I was young, feminist leaders said there were no differences. The only reason men ran most things was sexism. There was plenty of that. One example people forget: Until 1974, women couldn’t get a credit card without their husband’s permission. A women’s movement was long overdue. I believed the new “experts” who said, if we raise children in gender-neutral ways, men and women will behave similarly. Then I had kids. Now I understand that boys and girls are just different. But for some reason, we’re not supposed to acknowledge that. “Aren’t women, in general, better nurturers?” I asked Gloria Steinem. “No,” she snapped. “Next question.” Today many people still avoid talking about differences. But not Heather Mac Donald! “If we weren’t so insane, it would be perfectly obvious that there are innate differences,” she says in my new video. She points out that men explored the world, not women. “Their societies wouldn’t allow it!” I say. “That’s true,” she notes, “but they haven’t been doing much in the interim.” “Men drove the Thirty Years’ War … the Hundred Years’ War,” I say. “Maybe it would be better if women managed governments.” “Some of the Green parties, the female dominated parties in Europe, they’re the war parties,” she replies. “They’re all for continuing to arm Ukraine, for involvement in the Serbian conflict … A lot of female EU politicians are no more pacifistic than some of their male colleagues.” She points out that it was men who “developed ideas of constitutional government, due process, human rights. Those are much more powerful than the Thirty Years’ War.” Men, she says, have more “passion for novelty, competitiveness, aggression.” It’s why more inventions are made by men, and businesses started by men. “You have to be a very ideologically dominated parent,” adds Mac Donald, “not to notice that there are differences between male and female children almost from the start, as far as levels of aggression, the types of toys they gravitate towards.” Some of this is not good for men. “Males have a greater predilection towards insanity, towards really stupid behavior. … There’s obviously individual exceptions,” adds Mac Donald. “There’s highly aggressive, competitive females and highly nurturing, empathetic males … But we’re talking averages. The average male, there’s a greater change that he’s going to be a risk taker and seeker of knowledge.” A recent study blames “unconscious bias in the selection process” for the lack of women in CEO positions. But Mac Donald says it’s not sexism that keeps women out of CEO roles. “Nobody’s keeping females out. They just aren’t interested. Google is desperate to hire more females. Nobody’s preventing females from doing an AI startup! … They don’t have that same drive to stay up until 3:00 a.m., eating cold pizza, coding! That drive to conquer facts and data is disproportionately male.” Women, on the other hand, laughs Mac Donald, “They’re influencers! They’re talking about makeup (and) fashion.” Really? Is she saying women are less useful? “They are very useful for raising children,” she answers. She also notes that many women accomplish remarkable things. “George Elliot and Edith Wharton are great novelists,” says Mac Donald. “We’ve got great female composers, Fannie Mendelssohn, Cecile Chaminade, Amy Beach. I want to hear all of them, absolutely! But I am not going to try to tear down an institution because it is predominantly male.” One institution women have harmed, she says, is the university, because its civilizational mission has been compromised by women claiming victimhood. “The claims of ‘unsafety,'” she says, are hysterical neurosis. “You now have portraits of white male scientists being taken down because they might make female medical students feel unsafe.” She says pursuit of knowledge is under threat because women care less about free speech. One study did find 60% of women favor “inclusivity” over free speech, while 71% of men favor protecting free speech. “When you ask either (group), which do you value more? … A vast majority of males choose the pursuit of truth, academic freedom, whatever the cost. The females favor emotional safety and equity.” “So what?” I push back. “Both are good qualities.” “No, they’re not!” she scolds me. “The university exists for the pursuit of truth.”COPYRIGHT 2026 BY JFS PRODUCTIONS INC. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal.  The post Boys vs. Girls appeared first on The Daily Signal.