ACORN-Like Pressure Groups Get Big Bucks in Budget Deal
I found yet another reason for conservatives to hate the budget deal. The compromise spending legislation funds ACORN-like radical activist groups to the tune of a whopping $680 million in…
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Pew and the Gang Ride Again
(Foundation Watch, April 2011, PDF here) The Pew Charitable Trusts and a small group of left-of-center grantmakers have launched repeated crusades…
ACORN convicted of voter fraud in Nevada
For the first time ever ACORN has been convicted in a conspiracy to commit massive voter fraud. Voter fraud, sometimes called electoral fraud, is a blanket term encompassing a host of…
The Battle for New Jersey: Chris Christie vs. Public Employee Unions
(Labor Watch, April 2011, PDF here) Summary: Governor Chris Christie is rallying public support for his fight against public sector unions…
Hotheads on a Lukewarm Planet
(Green Watch, April 2011, PDF here) The public debate over global warming is driven by two camps: Hotheads, who…
GE: When General Electric Becomes Government Electric: Ronald Reagan’s Old Employer Becomes Barack Obama’s Corporate Spokesman
General Electric (GE) is far too cozy with the Obama administration. Its affection for big government programs that allow it to receive huge taxpayer subsidies is nothing new, but its…
James Madison Institute Wins Award
Congratulations to the James Madison Institute for winning State Policy Network’s SPNovation Award for its “Celebrate Freedom” High School Curriculum Supplement. (Note: I am a research fellow at the Florida-based think…
Democracy Alliance’s New Project
George Soros’s Democracy Alliance, a billionaires’ club that aims to turn America into Greece, has a new project. It’s called New Media Ventures. This is its self-description from the…
Charities Wonder Who’s Next After Secret-Video Episode
The Chronicle of Philanthropy has a new article on the fallout from James O’Keefe’s skillfully engineered undercover video takedown of NPR. Here’s the passage that quotes me: But some conservatives…
Will Google Boss Become Next Commerce Secretary?
President Obama is considering making outgoing Google CEO Eric Schmidt his next Secretary of Commerce, according to reports. This can’t possibly be good. Google is somewhat left-leaning in its…