Articles

Philanthropy
“Conservatism & the Future of Tax-Incentivized Big Philanthropy: A Symposium”
The Giving Review symposium earnestly and meaningfully explores conservatism’s past and future relationships with the country’s philanthropic establishment, which is overwhelmingly predominantly progressive, in our view. Implicitly or explicitly, the…
by Michael E. Hartmann on March 16, 2023

Book Profile
Stolen Youth and the “Power of the Powerless”
In "Stolen Youth: How Radicals are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation," Bethany Mandel and New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz detail the alarming shifts toward ideological indoctrination in education…
by Michael Watson on March 15, 2023

Deception & Misdirection
Twitter Files: Federally Funded Censorship Targeted Veteran U.S. House Staffer
Unknown to him at the time, Jamie Roe’s original message was submitted to Twitter by the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) as one of seven examples of “high profile tweets on…
by Ken Braun on March 14, 2023

Featured Items
Video: BLM Aftermath: Houston
BLM Aftermath: Houston, examines what happens when a city refuses to bend to the will of the activists who descend on their city and choose to deny them the chaos…
by CRC Staff on March 13, 2023

Book Profile
Waging a Good War: Tortured Thesis
Those with little or no background in that history can gain it from Waging a Good War. The writing isn’t awful when it sticks to the story, rather than the…
by Ken Braun on March 11, 2023

Book Profile
Waging a Good War: He Is Writing This Because . . .
Rick's military history approach comes off as just a vehicle to score some historical and contemporary points. For example, he wrote, “The same antidemocratic faction of American life that opposed…
by Ken Braun on March 11, 2023

Book Profile
Waging a Good War: The Army of One
The clumsy military clichés and analogies in Waging a Good War also caused Ricks to veer into incongruous criticisms of the individuals who waged the good war. In one example,…
by Ken Braun on March 11, 2023

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #260: Are Unions Coming to College Sports?
In late 2021, following a class action suit in which the Supreme Court decided some college athletes should be allowed to earn money off their image and likeness, a Biden…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on March 10, 2023

Organization Trends
Public-Health Powers Abused Must Be Powers Forfeit
The world is leaving behind the age of lockdowns and mask mandates. Five million swarmed Argentina’s capital to celebrate their World Cup victory, and even New York Mayor Eric Adams…
by Michael Watson on March 9, 2023

Featured Items, Green Watch
Video: Enviro Silence on East Palestine
Should we believe big investment companies who claim they care deeply about the environment? What about the loudest activist voices who say they care, like Al Gore and Greta Thunberg?…
by CRC Staff on March 8, 2023