Charles Fried, a conservative legal scholar who as President Ronald Reagan’s solicitor general argued against abortion rights and affirmative action before the Supreme Court — but who later rejected the conservative legal movement’s rightward march, calling the current high court “reactionary” — died on Tuesday at his home in Cambridge, …
Read More »UK’s Conservatives lose two safe seats in historic by-election defeat
Labour Party easily wins two central England seats in blow for ruling party ahead of general election next year. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s ruling Conservative Party has lost two safe parliamentary seats in a bellwether vote ahead of the next general election. The centre-left Labour Party easily won the …
Read More »Wrestling With Inequality, Some Conservatives Redraw Economic Blueprint
More Republicans are coming to the view that economic inequality, or a lack of social mobility, is a problem in the United States — and that more can be done to enable families to attain or regain a middle-class life. Though discussions about inequality tend to be most visible among …
Read More »Conservatives Are Going Crazy Over This Viral Protest Song By A Virginia Farmer
A farmer from Virginia has found himself going viral on social media with his debut single “Rich Men North Of Virginia,” and conservatives everywhere are loving it! ‘Rich Men North Of Virginia’ Don’t even remember the last time a new song hit me like this Be a shame if this …
Read More »How Conservatives Can Learn From NYC’s 1990s Revival
By Thomas Koenig for RealClearPolitics A new documentary can help remind conservatives of the importance of responding to real-world problems with practical policies. “Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New York” tells the story of how an unapologetic commitment to common sense and truth helped liberate New York City from …
Read More »Conservatives set to win Spain election but hung parliament looms
No single party or bloc is on course to win an outright majority in Spain’s snap general election, according to a tally with about 99 percent of votes counted. The conservative People’s Party (PP) was set to narrowly win the election on Sunday but without the majority needed to topple …
Read More »Ramaswamy Looks to Supreme Court in Effort to Appeal to Conservatives
Vivek Ramsawamy, an entrepreneur running for the Republican presidential nomination, on Monday will release a list of potential choices for the U.S. Supreme Court, in an effort to highlight his conservative credentials to early-state voters who may be skeptical of a candidate without a political background. The move echoes one …
Read More »How a Campaign Against Transgender Rights Mobilized Conservatives
When the Supreme Court declared a constitutional right to same-sex marriage nearly eight years ago, social conservatives were set adrift. The ruling stripped them of an issue they had used to galvanize rank-and-file supporters and big donors. And it left them searching for a cause that — like opposing gay …
Read More »Justin Trudeau And Joe Biden Show Conservatives What Real National Security Looks Like
A day after Biden had an unidentified object shot down over Alaska, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau had an object shot down that violated Canadian airspace. Prime Minister Trudeau tweeted: I spoke with President Biden this afternoon. Canadian Forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage of the object. Thank you …
Read More »Conservatives Speak Out on Possible Ousting of Project Veritas Founder James O’Keefe From Organization
Reports of Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe being placed on paid leave as the board of the organization determines his future with the journalism outlet have been confirmed, with many wondering whether the popular conservative journalist will continue to have a place in the organization which has been the bane …
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