John McCain’s Charitable Contributions
Harper’s columnist Ken Silverstein assesses the patterns of John McCain’s philanthropy by analyzing the tax forms for the John and Cindy McCain Family Foundation of Phoenix. The only thing…
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The D.C. Civil Rights (i.e. Gun Rights) Case
Second Amendment enthusiasts have created a website with regular updates on District of Columbia v. Heller, the upcoming Supreme Court case that could put gun prohibitionists out of business forever. Imagine…
Camille Paglia, Global Warming Skeptic
Camille Paglia, of all people, points favorably to a new website, Climate Debate Daily, that fairly covers the global warming debate. The website presents the latest information on the…
Who’s Behind the Trial Lawyers Think-Tank?
There is a Philadelphia think-tank that does research on class action lawsuits–and, no fooling, its trustees and funders are plaintiffs’ attorneys. The most prominent are Bill Lerach and his former firm, Milberg…
“Mr. Clinton and the Tycoon”
Here’s an editorial in the Washington Post that raises many of the same points made in our recent profile of the William J. Clinton Foundation. (An abridged version…
Will Better Teachers Fix Education?
Many education reformers are convinced that relying on new alternative ways to recruit teachers will produce better schools. But placing new hires in public schools systems often means displacing tenured…
Quid Pro Quo, Mr. Clinton?
The New York Times reports today that mining magnate Frank Giustra, a partner-in-philanthropy with Bill Clinton, gave $31.3 million to Clinton’s charity after a visit the two made…
Bill Clinton Speaks the Truth
Bill Clinton, namesake of the William J. Clinton Foundation and purveyor of global warming hysteria, finally admitted what those who study the various Ponzi schemes that seek to regulate…
Catalyst for Foundation Reform Dies
The death of financier Louis Wolfson, whose dubious foundation payments to Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas led to the Justice’s resignation in 1969, was reported yesterday [and here]. Wolfson was…
Billionaires for Big Government
The January 2008 edition of CRC’s of Foundation Watch looking into the workings of the Democracy Alliance is now available here. We have also taken a look at where Democracy Alliance…