Editor’s note: Readers had strong feelings about Rachel del Guidice’s coverage of the decision by GuideStar—an aggregator of tax data on charities and other nonprofits—to use the label “hate group” for some well-known conservative organizations, attributing the designation to the controversial Southern Poverty Law Center. This week’s roundup begins by sampling those comments.—Ken McIntyre Dear […]
Conservative members of Congress are taking a stand and asking congressional leadership to forego lawmakers’ August recess. “There is only one place that we can do legislation and that is in Washington, D.C., and I think it is critical that we stay in and do the people’s business,” Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of […]
This fall, some Colorado teachers will return to school armed with knowledge—and guns. Laura Carno, author of “Government Ruins Nearly Everything: Reclaiming Social Issues from Uncivil Servants,” is bringing advanced firearms training to school teachers. “Can government stop school shooting[s]? The answer is no … How do we as a community keep our kids safer […]
Today marks the eighth anniversary of the first published post of The Conservative Papers appearing on the web. Eight years ago on the seventh day of the seventh month of 2009 (July 7th), The Conservative Papers came to fruition. With almost 12,500 posts along with a growing library of content, we are increasingly expanding our presence on the […]
Russia on Thursday objected to a United Nations Security Council condemnation of North Korea’s latest rocket launch, Reuters reported. The reason for Russia’s objection, diplomats said, was the fact the U.S.-drafted statement labeled the rocket that was tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and Moscow disagrees. Security Council statements have to be agreed upon by […]
As much as liberals say they despise “fake news,” some of the most powerful and notorious sources of fake news in America are the leftists in Hollywood. Their “based on a real story” manglings and stranglings of history are legendary, from Oliver Stone on down. The latest example is a new TV series that debuted […]
An odd assortment of states are taking varying positions on whether to cooperate with the Trump administration’s investigation into potential voter fraud. Some red states—whose voters solidly backed the president—are declining to collaborate and some solidly blue states are participating in the investigation. As of early Thursday, at least 20 states have agreed to provide […]
Young men are working less and playing video games more, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research study published Monday. Men ages 21 to 30 years old worked 12 percent fewer hours in 2015 than they did in 2000, the economists found. Around 15 percent of young men worked zero weeks in 2015, a rate […]
(CNSNews.com) — On June 30, Harvard Law School announced the establishment of the Antonin Scalia Professorship of Law “in recognition of the historic tenure of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ’60.” “Justice Scalia had a singular impact on statutory analysis and legal thought,” said Martha Minow, the Morgan and Helen Chu Dean […]
Berlin (CNSNews.com) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to make climate change, free trade and mass migration key themes, at the Group of 20 (G20) summit starting Friday in Hamburg, setting her on a potential collision course with President Trump. “Anyone who believes the problems of this world can be solved with isolationism and protectionism […]
