Op-Ed Column

Op-Ed Column
The Goose, the Gander, and Green Bay
“Swamp” is perhaps the most-familiar metaphor for the national capital city, where so much power—existing and desired, institutional and personal—resides. As part of “draining it,” some conservatives have suggested that…
by Michael E. Hartmann on December 17, 2024

Op-Ed Column
Why Do So Many Social-Science Studies Show “Mixed” Results?
Imagine a randomized controlled trial that studied whether a particular medicine was more effective when delivered by a red or a green syringe. Such an experiment is so obviously pointless…
by Julia Nelson on May 16, 2024

Op-Ed Column, Organization Trends
Left-Wing “Dark Money”—Ignored by the Press—Could Tip Several Elections
News broke recently of shadowy, left-wing nonprofit network Arabella Advisors’ plans to “carpet bomb” the 2020 election, per a new report detailing the $635 million in revenues the network boasted in 2018. But the…
by Sarah Lee on October 13, 2020

Op-Ed Column
CRC Board Member Edwin Meese III Featured in the Wall Street Journal
(Read the op-od PDF here.) An op-ed by Capital Research Center Board of Directors member and Heritage Foundation fellow Edwin Meese III was featured in the Wall…
by Hon. Edwin Meese III on July 20, 2017

Featured Items, Labor Watch, Op-Ed Column
Featured Op-Ed: Workers’ freedom scores a small victory in Washington state
This op-ed was originally featured in the Washington Examiner on June 19, 2017. Hartmann was also quoted in the Blaze on June 18, 2017. Did you know that just…
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 29, 2017

Featured Items, Op-Ed Column
Is Team Jihad Here to Stay?
This op-ed originally appeared in the Daily Caller on June 26, 2017 When Amor Ftouhi stabbed a Flint police officer June 21, Americans feared the worst: Terrorism. When media reports…
by Matthew Vadum on June 27, 2017

Op-Ed Column, Special Report
Climate Dollars in the News: Read Dr. Allen’s WSJ Op-Ed
The op-ed below appeared in the print edition of the Wall Street Journal on April 28, 2017, and can be viewed online here (subscription required). A Climate Hysteric’s Fake…
by Dr. Steven J. Allen on April 30, 2017

Foundation Watch, Op-Ed Column
Surfrider Foundation conceals lobbying expenses
Editor’s Note: CRC has asked the IRS to investigate the Surfrider Foundation and its campaign expenditures. You can see the letter here. This article originally appeared in the…
by Dr. Steven J. Allen on April 10, 2017

Op-Ed Column
Op-ed: The Tax-Exempt Status of George Soros’s Media Matters Should Be Revoked
C. Boyden Gray, White House counsel for President George H.W. Bush, suggests in a Washington Times column that the (undeserved) tax-exempt status of leftist slander shop Media Matters for America should…
by Matthew Vadum on June 22, 2011