Americans for Prosperity

To hear business leaders and political candidates talk, proper industrial policy comprises only three elements: a fair tax system, a level playing field and "certainty." So why is it that all three are about to be thrown out the window as a sop to oil,...

I just got done endorsing PBS’s “Frontline” a few weeks ago, and what do you know: they become basically the only media outlet to shed light on the connection between well-financed right-wing groups and the veritable disappearance of...

JERSEY CITY (WPIX) -- New Jersey drivers were lined up at the pump for hours this morning, when one local gas station offered fuel for $1.84 per gallon to the first 150 customers. To avoid a traffic nightmare at the inbound Holland Tunnel, police...

WASHINGTON — In the escalating money race for the White House, Mitt Romney was supposed to have an advantage: a cavalry of outside groups that could collect unlimited sums and flood the airwaves with advertisements on his behalf. "Super PACs"...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Flip through Rachael Ray's daytime cooking show and you'll likely see an ad featuring Democratic Senate candidate Joe Donnelly arguing he can best bring compromise to Washington. Wait a few hours for the CBS primetime hit "NCIS" and...

This is a response to Jeff Henry's letter "Reasons for concern." It is clear in his letter that he has a strong hatred of President Obama saying that he can't bring himself to even call him by name. Of course, as usual, the birther nonsense is brought...

Are two of the left's most useful villains, Charles and David Koch, not quite as unredeemable as liberals believe? Could it be they might change their minds about climate change and admit that it is real? Richard A. Muller, a physics professor at...

The Republican stance on health care is a strange mix of muddle and mendacity. The muddle comes from the GOP's presumptive nominee for president, Mitt Romney. The mendacity is the work of conservative super PACs that are spending millions on new attack...

TAMPA, Fla. — A little more than a year ago, Frank VanderSloot contributed $1million to a "super PAC" supporting Mitt Romney. Now, the Idaho-based health products executive is a sought-after donor at the Republican National Convention as he makes...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bill Clinton offered some of his luster to the Democratic National Convention with a prime-time address Wednesday as iffy weather forced President Barack Obamato ditch plans to deliver his acceptance speech before a throng...

I’m used to politicians lying in their campaign advertisements. What I’m not used to is campaigns acknowledging that their story lines are untrue, but perpetuating them anyway. “Mitt Romney is a felon.” “Really?”...

Today's topic: the billions (yes, with a "b") that will be spent on advertising in this year's presidential and congressional campaigns, and what kind of messages that money is sending. Like jazz, blues and musical comedy, the political ad is a...