The poorest cities in America have one thing in common: decades of monolithic control by the Left.
Monica Conyers & Hipsters on Food Stamps
March 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Former Detroit Councilwoman Monica Conyers clutched a $1,000 Louis Vuitton handbag as she emerged from a chauffeured Lincoln Town Car to attend her sentencing for a bribery conviction.
Just days later, a federal judge declared her indigent and appointed a public defender to represent her. Now taxpayers will foot the bill for the “destitute” Mrs. Conyers’ [...]
The Savaging of Paul Ryan
February 10, 2010 By 27 Comments
The Wisconsin Republican has a plan to restore America’s financial footing – and Democrats won’t forgive him for it.
Paul Ryan’s Express – The Weekly Standard
February 9, 2010 By 1 Comment
Representative Paul Ryan’s 40th birthday coincided with the House GOP retreat in Baltimore on January 29. Ryan’s wife and three children joined him for the event. President Obama was also there, at the invitation of the House Republican leadership, to deliver remarks and answer questions from selected members. And he had a surprise in store [...]
Rep. Paul Ryan clashes with Obama over budget – washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2010 By 2 Comments
Rep. Paul D. Ryan says he is determined to make sure the Republican Party is viewed as “the alternative party, not the opposition party.” That is a goal President Obama embraced when he visited House Republicans at their policy retreat in Baltimore last week, and he singled out Ryan as someone he would like to [...]
Industrial Areas Foundation
December 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
For the entire Industrial Areas Foundation profile, click here. Selected highlights from the Industrial Areas Foundation profile: Established in 1940 by Saul Alinsky, the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) is a Chicago-based community-organizing network consisting of 59 affiliate groups located in 21 U.S. states as well as Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany. IAF’s mission is to “build organizations whose primary purpose is [...]
JACOB LAKSIN: The Rise of the Muckraking Right, AFF Doublethink Online »
December 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Mike Flynn thought it was a crazy idea. When James O’Keefe, a 25-year-old, self-styled investigative journalist, first approached him last August about promoting a series of candid-camera style videos on the community organizing group ACORN, Flynn, an old Washington hand and editor of the new libertarian-themed website Big Government, initially dismissed the project as far-fetched. [...]
