After years of protests in American cities, and the most recent upheaval on university campuses, congressional members in both chambers are beginning to take seriously the idea that parts of the American nonprofit sector may have been hijacked by special interests behind the scenes that are actively – and possibly illegally -- contributing to the discord, and possibly even fomenting terrorism.

Mehrsa Baradaran’s new The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America joins many other histories in citing “the Powell memo” as an important part of their narratives. In the case of The Quiet Coup, the Powell memo helps tell, as Baradaran introduces the book, “the story of how an ideology called neoliberalism infected our politics, creating a complex and impenetrable network of laws and regulations that has created a system which is inherently unfair.” To the large…

On May 29, 2024, Scott Walter testified about foreign money in elections and other challenges to election integrity before the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs.

An overwhelming majority of Americans want foreign money kept out of our elections, and existing federal and state laws partially bar this outrageous intrusion, but loopholes remain, and abuses continue.

Note: This episode contains discussions of subjects that may not be suitable for children. Parental discretion is advised. Everybody’s doing it—sex education. And as American sexual mores have grown more…