The Democracy Initiative
(Green Watch, June 2013 – PDF here) Many Americans think of the Sierra Club as a mainstream organization…
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Briefly Noted: June 2013
In the wake of the Boston Marathon terrorist bombing of April 15, a new 501(c)(3) charity, The One Fund Boston, was created at the request of Boston Mayor Thomas M.
God-like Judges? A legal group that is sure it’s better than you
(Organization Trends, June 2013) (PDF here) The American Bar Association and the trial lawyers’ trade group (the American Association for Justice) are well known as bastions of…
Philanthropy Notes: June 2013
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who oversees the implementation of Obamacare, is shaking down businesses and charitable groups for large donations. HHS, which initially denied what Sebelius was…
From Tobacco to Politics
(PDF here) The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation leads a powerful, state-wide coalition of left-wing groups that want to re-make North Carolina in their image. Like so many…
Anti-deception and collective intelligence: Dan Rather, George W. Bush, and how the Internet makes deception more difficult (part 2)
Continuing our series on deception in politics and public policy. Anti-deception and collective intelligence: How the Internet makes deception more difficult (part 2) By Dr. Steven J. Allen (JD, PhD)…
Labor Notes (from this month’s Labor Watch)
From the May 2013 issue of the Capital Research Center publication Labor Watch: President Obama nominated Thomas Perez, head of the civil rights division of the Justice Department, to be Secretary…
Green Notes (from this month’s Green Watch)
From the May 2013 issue of the Capital Research Center publication Green Watch: The nominations of Gina McCarthy to run the Environmental Protection Agency and Ernest Moniz to…
Scanlon Washington Times op-ed: Bubbles out of the bottle
Today's Washington Times carries an op-ed by Capital Research Center president Terrence Scanlon: SCANLON: Bubbles out of the bottle The nannies aim the hopeless soda-pop war at food stamps…
Unfriendly Persuasion: Will the Labor Department disarm employers in their struggle with the unions?
Unfriendly Persuasion Will the Labor Department disarm employers in their struggle with the unions? (Labor Watch, May 2013 – PDF here ) By Diana Furchtgott-Roth Summary: At the behest of unions…