Campaign Finance Disclosure – It’s good for what ails ya’

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November 1, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Worthless patent medicines used to be sold as all-purpose remedies.  Got a problem?  Not feeling well?  Try Dr. Smith's Miracle Elixer. "It's good for ...

“Trick or Treat[?]!”

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October 31, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

We forget that "Trick or Treat?" is not a salutation but a question, an implied threat made cute by the passage of time.

It ...

All the Inaccuracy That’s Fit to Print: The New York Times Strikes Again

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October 28, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

The wonderful thing about the New York Times editorial board is the way they can be so indignant, while having their facts (we won't ...

“Cover for Corruption”

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October 27, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

CCP Chairman Brad Smith notes the Wisconsin corruption that is covering for Wisconsin corruption, in yesterday's Roll Call.

UPDATE: The Supreme Court of Wisconsin ...

Is Air America an Illegal Campaign Committee?

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October 26, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

Air America, the liberal talk radio network, recently declared its bankruptcy.  Unremarked upon, however, is the prospect that Air America was merely "circumvention" of ...

Free Exercise Where the Activity is Free

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October 25, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

If drinking hoasca is okay, what is the result under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act when churches' sincere religious beliefs involve unpaid politics, and ...

Does Money Guarantee Election?

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October 23, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Barron's is predicting minimal Republican losses this year, based almost entirely on candidate fund raising totals.  How valid is this analysis?  Click the header ...

Newsreel IV

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October 20, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

West Palm Beach, Fla.--Florida Democrats asked a state court Friday to block Election Day notices at polling places that ...

“Promises About Prop. 89 All a Dream”

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October 19, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

The Cato Institute's John Samples and CCP Academic Advisor Jeffrey Milyo show the puffery in California Prop. 89.

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“Best Election Money Can Buy”: Reading the News with a Skeptical Eye

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October 18, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

A recent article in the L.A. Times is practically bursting with all the things that advocates of campaign finance ...

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