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Philanthropy
GuideStar Has More To Do, If It Cares About Its Objectivity
This story is cross-posted from Philanthropy Daily – published July 27, 2017 This month, after a justified public outcry, the online charity evaluator GuideStar quickly reversed its decision to stick…
Michael E. Hartmann

Organization Trends
Social Security Administration Issues $171 Million in Improper Payments
According to a new report by the Washington Free Beacon, the Social Security Administration (SSA) paid out $171 million dollars by improperly paying recipients twice for their benefits. An audit by…
Daniel Lauer

Regulation
Emails Show Seattle’s Coordination with Activists in Minimum Wage Research
Last month, researchers from the University of Washington informed the city of Seattle that despite the best efforts of the Service Employees International Union they had failed to repeal…
Michael Watson

Regulation
Vladimir Putin Opposes U.S. Fracking Because It Threatens Russia’s Oil & Gas Exports
Russian connections to anti-fracking activism in the United States underscore Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dedication to keeping Eastern Europe dependent on the oil and natural gas which flows from its state-owned…
Jacob Grandstaff
Person

Mischa Popoff


Philanthropy
What donors can learn from Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens”
This article is cross-posted from Philanthropy Daily – published July 20, 2017 When I worked for a newspaper syndicate I wrote an article on a conference where young people who…
Martin Morse Wooster†

Green Watch
The Organic Bureaucracy Fails—Naturally
Summary: Think you’re getting a good value when you buy organic food? Probably not. Bureaucrats at the USDA run an organics program that leads consumers to pay more for organic…
Mischa Popoff

Deception & Misdirection
Opening the Books on the Madigan Family Dynasty
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has the opportunity make a dent in his state’s entrenched dynastic politics. Shirley Madigan, wife of longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, is overdue to retire her position…
Jacob Grandstaff

Philanthropy
Fog in August
This article is crossposted from Philanthropy Daily – published July 13, 2017 We know that the Nazis were evil, particularly when they supported state-sponsored euthanasia and eugenics. But there is a…
Martin Morse Wooster†

Organization Trends
Battle Stations! The Voter Purges are Coming!
One of the Left’s favorite scare tactics is to claim that Republicans want to ruthlessly purge members of Democrat-friendly demographic groups from the nation’s voter rolls. They claim Republicans want…
Matthew Vadum