In an article titled, Movement of the Moment Looks to Long-Ago Texts, New York Times reporter Kate Zernike provides an accurate description of the philosophical works behind the Tea Party movement that advocate for limited government involvement in the economy. She mentions Frederic Bastiat’s The Law, F.A. Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom, and The 5000 Year Leap, among others. But Zernike is wrong when she suggests the Tea Party movement “has reached back to dusty bookshelves for long-dormant ideas.”

These ideas are anything but long-dormant. Although their popularity may be … Continue Reading

National Public Radio’s Chris Arnold covered the Tax Day Tea Party protest in Boston last week, and challenged one of the organizers by repeating the White House talking point that the president had cut taxes for a majority of the country. Here’s a part of the transcript:

The Greater Boston Tea Party is planning a modern-day demonstration. The president of the group, Christen Varley, says that a year ago she was a housewife who decided to get involved in politics….

When it comes to taxes, the Obama administration has actually cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans through a federal income

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On March 10th, the Washington Post ’s Nicole Norfleet wrote a feature story entitled “Thousands rally to support health-care reform in downtown Washington.” It’s a pretty straight piece. It provides quotes from activists calling for passage of the health care legislation, and a brief rebuttal with the insurance industry’s perspective. Notably, the picture accompanying the story parrots the rally’s organizers estimates of the crowd—5,000—and in the second to last paragraph, Norfleet reports that:

No one was arrested during Tuesday’s demonstration, Elliot said. But there was a minor skirmish between police and protesters when

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