43 Percent of Americans Believe ‘Being Christian’ Is a Significant Part of Being ‘Truly American,’ Study Shows

According to a new study from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), about 43 percent of Americans believe that “being Christian” is a critical trait of being “truly American.”The Competing Visions of America: An Evolving Identity or a Culture Under Attack? survey was released on Monday. It features the responses of a nationally representative sample of…Continue Reading

White Evangelicals Are the Only Religious Group to Believe 2020 Election Was Stolen: Poll

White evangelicals are the only religious group who believe the 2020 election was stolen from President Trump, according to a new Public Religion Research Institute survey.The poll, released Monday, found that 31 percent of all Americans believe the “2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump,” while 67 percent reject the idea.But among white evangelicals, the…Continue Reading

House Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill amid Wrangling over Reconciliation Package

(Unsplash) The House passed the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Friday night following months of negotiations, sending the legislation to the White House for President Biden’s signature. Lawmakers voted 228-206 to pass the legislation, and representatives broke into cheers at the end of the vote. While six Democrats voted against the bill, 13 Republicans…Continue Reading

Durham Is Steadily Exposing the Real ‘Russia Collusion’ Scandal

The media owe the American people an apology, though we won’t hold our breath. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I t’s one of the biggest scandals in American political history, and it barely warrants any media coverage. Donald Trump might have desired a closer relationship with Vladimir Putin, but it was Democrats who had aggressively and successfully…Continue Reading

House Dem Leadership Delays Reconciliation Bill, Pushes for Infrastructure Vote

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) delivers remarks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., November 5, 2021. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) House Democratic leadership delayed a final vote on the Biden administration’s $1.75 trillion reconciliation package, but vowed to hold a vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Friday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.,…Continue Reading

More Parents in the Classroom, Please

A group of outstanding Louisiana dads are proving why we need more parents intimately invested in their children’s education“I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” That line, delivered by Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia gubernatorial debate on Sept. 29, became a call to arms for concerned Virginia parents…Continue Reading

Progressivism’s Silver Linings

The radical left has helped Americans remember both who they are and who they must be to preserve our republican government. Conservatives are right to become alarmed when any new socialist variant appears to be gaining political traction and to do their best to expose the intellectual errors underlying its deceptive appeal. Modern progressivism is…Continue Reading

The Only Path Forward is National Conservatism

We must restore cultural sanity in part by means of the return of God to the public square.Adapted from an address to the National Conservatism Conference 2021.Edmund Burke famously wrote in his Reflections on the Revolution in France: “The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory…Continue Reading

Dancing for the Master

A review of the documentary film “In Balanchine’s Classroom.” (Ron Kroon/Wikimedia Commons) George Balanchine ranks as America’s greatest choreographer based on the breadth, beauty, and originality of his ballets, which are performed by companies around the world. The documentary film In Balanchine’s Classroom explores his investment in the dancers who brought these ballets to life.…Continue Reading

Virginia Democrats concede defeat, say Republicans control House

RICHMOND, Va. — Democratic leaders in Virginia conceded Friday that Republicans have won control of the House of Delegates. The Associated Press has not called all of the races yet. But House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn issued a statement acknowledging the GOP majority shortly after Democratic Del. Martha Mugler conceded defeat in a tight race against…Continue Reading