donor intent

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Symposium Contributor Julius Krein
In “What do conservative donors want?,” Julius Krein, editor of the American Affairs quarterly journal, dauntlessly describes conservative philanthropy’s current predicament—and, equally dauntlessly, urges it to be self-critically clear and honest about its…
by Michael E. Hartmann on April 20, 2023

CRC in the News
A Conversation with the New Jersey Constitutional Republicans
In a wide-ranging conversation with J.R. Carman of the New Jersey Constitutional Republicans, Capital Research Center (CRC) president Scott Walter discusses how CRC began as an organization that investigates donor…
by Scott Walter on April 4, 2023

Special Report
Martin Morse Wooster: Book Man
An entire library was to Martin but an “after-dinner mint.” He daily consumed oceans of books, newspapers, and magazines on every subject imaginable and several beyond the imaginations of most…
by Scott Walter on February 16, 2023

Special Report
Martin Morse Wooster: Martin’s Genuine “Civic Participation”
Martin understood what real civic participation is—love of your neighbors, your local sports teams, and your local civic festivals. Hazlett recalls how Martin “viewed every parade, and devoured each spectacle.”…
by Scott Walter on February 16, 2023

Special Report
Martin Morse Wooster: Big Martin vs. Big Philanthropy
Martin relentlessly hammered Big Philanthropy. On the one hand, he could write with deep appreciation of titans whose entrepreneurial genius allowed them to amass a fortune that would later be,…
by Scott Walter on February 16, 2023

Book Profile
Kick Up Some Dust by Bernie Marcus
One of the best ways donors can preserve their intentions is to make their intentions as explicit as possible. The more a donor says about his ideas and passions, the…
by Martin Morse Wooster† on December 1, 2022

Deception & Misdirection
Getting Close to Bad People: Episode 5 of Showtime’s The Lincoln Project
Outside of the pedantic rehash of 2020 election denial, the big reveal in Episode 5, and the reason why it is still well worth watching, involves coverage of the John…
by Ken Braun on November 21, 2022

Deception & Misdirection
The Outrage Machine: Episode 4 of Showtime’s The Lincoln Project
Showtime’s The Lincoln Project (full series) Introduction | Episode 1 | Episode 2 Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode…
by Ken Braun on November 18, 2022

Deception & Misdirection
Eyes off the Prize: Episode 2 of Showtime’s The Lincoln Project
If it had not been for the pandemic, it’s hard to see how Trump would have lost his job. Whether the people featured in the Showtime series really helped push…
by Ken Braun on November 7, 2022

Deception & Misdirection
Losing the Latino Voters: Episode 1 of Showtime’s The Lincoln Project
According to the Showtime account, increasing Latino and black support for Donald Trump is not what the Lincoln Project had in mind. The filmmakers chose “The gunslingers” as the title…
by Ken Braun on October 25, 2022