Timothy P. Carney and Kevin Mooney
We had a memorable “Organization Watch” show yesterday. Our guests were author Timothy P. Carney, who spoke about USCAP (United States Coalition Action Partnership), a coalition of big businesses and…
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New Release: 2008 Guide to Nonprofit Advocacy
We are pleased to announce the release of the new 2008 Capital Research Center Guide to Nonprofit Advocacy. This handy directory provides capsule information on about 100…
Brock’s Anti-McCain Hate Factory Implodes
With barely a whimper a few weeks after its big launch, David Brock’s much-hyped Progressive Media USA has collapsed, thrown under the bus by Team Obama. (See previous blog entry…
Soros Connection to Scott McClellan’s Book
Brent Baker of NewsBusters reports that Public Affairs Books, which just published What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception, by Scott McClellan, President George W.
Green Warfare?
The misanthropic movement known as environmentalism doesn’t mind the military killing people, but God forbid if an instrument of warfare generates carbon dioxide! According to this LiveScience article, Environmentally Friendly Bombs…
The Spirit of Dean Zerbe Lives On
Dean Zerbe was the Senate Finance Committee guru on all things nonprofit when its chairman was Iowa Republican Charles Grassley. Zerbe left Congress in February for the greener pastures…
“Starve the Beast” Doesn’t Work
President Bush has vetoed the $307 billion farm bill, but Republicans and Democrats in Congress promise to override it. The grab bag of subsidies and spending programs passed 308 to 106 in the…
The Benefits of China’s Earthquake
Individual volunteers, private philanthropy and charities in China are not waiting for government approval to help earthquake victims in Sichuan province, reports today’s New York Times and yesterday’s Washington…
Cap-and-Trade Could Push Gas Prices Up $5: Senators
According to Senators James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) and Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) prices at the pump could rise dramatically –perhaps as much as $5 a gallon– if the proposed “Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act” (S.
“Heritage Foundation Condemns Bush Administration’s…
Polar Bear Decision” is the title of a Heritage press release highlighting a strongly-worded statement issued by Heritage President Edwin Feulner: “Today’s decision seems aimed at endangering another endeavor: New…