Articles

Green Watch
Jay Faison and the ClearPath Foundation: Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing?
What if there were a self-proclaimed conservative who lobbied lawmakers and used his nonprofit foundation to fund and make left-wing environmental policy a standard part of the conservative political narrative?…
by Daniel Lauer on August 20, 2018

Green Watch
The Bogus Bipartisanship on a Carbon Tax
In Washington, D.C., “bipartisan” is a word in search of a definition. To some, it means teamwork—but to many conservatives, it’s come to mean “We lose, they win.” That’s the…
by Hayden Ludwig on August 20, 2018

Deception & Misdirection
When LBJ Warned Us About Southern Republicans (Not Really)
This article originally appeared in American Greatness on August 16, 2018.  “We have lost the South for a generation,” President Lyndon B. Johnson told an aide after he signed…
by Dr. Steven J. Allen on August 17, 2018

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast Episode #37: Eric Holder’s Gerrymander
In this episode: Eric Holder and his National Democratic Redistricting Committee are planning to use the next census to gerrymander in the Democrats’ favor, potentially changing the future of American…
by CRC Staff on August 17, 2018

Philanthropy
The Importance of that First Grant
This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on August 17, 2018. It should be a law of philanthropy that the first grant is more important than the last one.
by Martin Morse Wooster on August 17, 2018

Green Watch
Poor Research Leads Environmentalists to Make Strawman Arguments
Five hundred million. That’s the number of plastic straws used daily by Americans, according to environmental groups that want to scare Americans into giving up the small piece of plastic.
by Avery Phillips on August 15, 2018

Labor Watch
Jane Fonda Needs an Economics Workout
The minimum wage has long been a hotly debated aspect of the economy. Recently, this fight came to Washington, DC with Initiative 77, an immensely controversial attempt to raise…
by Kyle Permann on August 14, 2018

Featured Items
Featured Video: Venezuela’s American Support
Despite Venezuela’s ongoing political strife, spiraling inflation, and heartwrenching humanitarian crises, large and influential swaths of the American Left have supported the Venezuelan socialist project since Hugo Chavez came to…
by CRC Staff on August 14, 2018

Labor Watch
Missouri Underscores Need to Consolidate Victories
In the US Supreme Court’s late-June Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) decision, the Court held, 5-4, that AFSCME violated the First Amendment by…
by Michael E. Hartmann on August 14, 2018

Organization Trends
Populism: The ‘Extremist’ Vision of Jefferson, Lincoln, and Reagan
This article originally appeared in American Greatness on August 8, 2018. At the heart of the current conflict in American politics is the belief among privileged elites that grassroots…
by Dr. Steven J. Allen on August 13, 2018