[Continuing our series on deception in politics and public policy.] The word of the day is “deliberative.” Last week, President Obama let slip that “we have no strategy’ for dealing…
The Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation Pay no attention to the First Family behind the curtain By Jonathan M. Hanen, Foundation Watch, September 2014 (PDF here) This special…
One of the main ways in which the media lie is simply to leave out relevant information. Here’s an example: a Business Insider account, posted at http://www.businessinsider.com/eye-witness-account-of-michael-browns-shooting-2014-8…
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and public policy.] A meme, as it’s called by experts in communications theory, is an idea that spreads in the manner of a…
Last November, when the American Federation of Teachers wanted to slip a cool half-million into a last-second ad buy to support Marty Walsh’s Democratic candidacy for mayor of Boston, it…
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and public policy.] If you’re politically knowledgeable and not crazy, living in Washington, D.C. is tough. As a D.C. resident, I’m surrounded by…
College costs too much, everyone agrees, and so numerous federal officials (from both parties) keep offering new ways to “help” with this problem. As usual, the government answer is to…
Read the PDF here. Summary: Around the nation, pressure groups are helping to pass laws that forbid local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration agencies that issue orders to…
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and public policy.] About 35-40 percent of Americans lean to the Left. Of those, only 18-23 percent are liberals. And, of those, only…