PARIS – Populist presidential candidate Marine Le Pen received a modest boost in the first poll following the terror attack against police officers Thursday in Paris. Le Pen gained one point to 23 percent in an Odexa poll conducted after the attack. Her three main competitors all dropped half a…
Read MoreDay: April 23, 2017
Trump Administration to Start Border Wall by ‘The End of the Summer’
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly both stood by the need for a physical border wall during their trip to the U.S.-Mexico border Friday. “We hope to begin construction by the end of the summer,” Mr. Kelly said on CNN. The starting location for the wall…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Governor Tim Burchett?
Dear Tennessee Star, With Dr. Mark Green’s nomination to be the next Secretary of the Army it has left many in the state desperately trying to find a true conservative candidate they can support in next years gubernatorial race. There is one person that all conservatives can support, that person…
Read MorePresident Trump Targets Tax Red Tape with Executive Action
President Donald Trump will take his first trip across the street to the Treasury Department on Friday to sign an executive order and a pair of memos taking aim at the confusing and complex tax system. The Trump administration hopes to push comprehensive tax reform through Congress. For now, though,…
Read MorePence Optimism About Islam And Indonesia Misplaced
by George Rasley, ConservativeHQ.com Editor During Vice President Mike Pence’s recent visit to Indonesia he praised Indonesia for its “tradition of modern Islam.” We wish that the Vice President’s remarks reflected reality, but our experience living and working in Indonesia tells us that the Vice President’s optimism that a secular…
Read MoreMetro Nashville School Nurses Receive No Formal Training On Female Genital Mutilation
Metro Nashville school nurses have not received formal training on how to spot potential cases of female genital mutilation despite state lawmakers drawing attention to FGM with legislation in 2012. The 2012 law requires health care providers to report injuries related to FGM, a brutal practice in parts of Africa, the…
Read MoreFaith: Verse of the Day for Sunday, April 23
VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing April 23, Sunday Romans 7:6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of…
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