(PDF here) Although the Glaser Progress Foundation was made possible by the great wealth its benefactor garnered from a mere decade’s work at Microsoft, it aims to change the…
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and policy.] Progressivism is an ideology based on the idea that most people are stupid, and that society is best governed…
The economy continues to sputter, hitting a four-decade low of 62.8% in the workforce participation rate (the percentage of adults either working or looking for work). Because the main unemployment…
(PDF here.) The Social Cost of Carbon is a number guesstimated by economists and then manipulated by bureaucrats and envi¬ronmentalists to justify government activi¬ties ranging from…
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and policy.] In ancient Rome, politicians lied about the start of the new year. The Clinton administration lied about the beginning of the…
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and policy.] Magicians, con men, and intelligence operatives use a wide range of deception techniques– camouflage, concealment, "barnum statements," and countless other methods…
Radical Bill de Blasio, New York City’s newly sworn in 109th mayor, owes his political existence to Bertha Lewis, former chief organizer of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform…