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Haley Backer AFP Could End Up Boosting Trump
Dan McLaughlin of National Review Online highlights one group’s work to get voters to the polls. There are real reasons to wonder whether Donald Trump’s campaign, despite doing well in…
Charles Koch
American billionaire and businessman
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Conservative conflict over Big Tech
Kevin Daley of the Washington Free Beacon details a debate among conservatives about the future of Big Tech. A new lawsuit is inflaming tensions on the right between the powerful,…
Law & Public Safety
Prospects for D.C. bipartisanship
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online ponders the possibility of increased bipartisanship on Capitol Hill. In December, right before the government shutdown began, a surprisingly broad bipartisan coalition united behind…
Liberty
Correcting Nancy MacLean, One Error at a Time
In a recent blog post, David Bernstein provides an update on what he calls, “The biggest academic scandal of the year”: Duke University History Professor Nancy MacLean’s Democracy in Chains…
Law & Public Safety
Kennedy’s future interests Washington activist groups
Melissa Quinn of the Washington Examiner highlights recent speculation about the U.S. Supreme Court’s most unpredictable member. The Washington rumor mill is churning with speculation about whether Justice Anthony Kennedy…
Education
Attacking a Wake Forest program devoted to human flourishing
Robert Whaples writes for the Martin Center about efforts to thwart the Eudaimonia Institute at Wake Forest University. Last fall Wake Forest University announced a $4.2 million donation to fund…
Law & Public Safety
Helping Trump through lawsuits
Conservative policymakers interested in helping President Trump get rid of overly burdensome regulations might consider suing him. Christopher Bedford of the Daily Caller explains why one state-level official is making…
Energy
National Review editors respond to Democratic senators’ anti-free speech campaign
An editorial at National Review Online reacts to Democratic U.S. senators’ attacks on groups challenging the alarmist view of global warming. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D., John Kerry’s yacht) is leading…
Education
Walter Williams considers an honor for the late Justice Scalia
Walter Williams‘ latest column at Human Events ponders the reaction to news that George Mason’s law school has been renamed for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Accompanying the…
Elections & Public Integrity
Kochs and Latinos
Tim Higgins of Bloomberg Businessweek profiles a group with links to the Koch brothers that’s working to boost support for free markets and limited government among Latinos. Lisa Meklas, a…
Liberty
Dreaming of an Economy
Last night, I read Charles G. Koch’s Good Profit. His values really reminded me of Henry Ford’s.* I first heard Koch in an interview my boss was watching, and he…
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Before your next rant about the Koch brothers …
… It might be useful to learn what they actually think about political issues. The latest issue of Forbes magazine devotes four pages to an interview with Charles Koch. Q.…