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Featured Organizations
The Patriot
PostAmerica's most widely read Internet-based
publication,
The Patriot Post, is a
highly
acclaimed journal advocating individual liberty, the restoration of
constitutional limits on government and the judiciary, and the promotion of free
enterprise, national defense and traditional American values.
Founded in 1990, the Acton Institute is named in honor of John Emerich
Edward Dalberg Acton, first Baron Acton of Aldenham (1834-1902), the "historian
of freedom." The mission of the Institute is to promote a free society
characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious
principles.
The official site of Focus on the Family offers practical helps for your
marriage and parenting role. Recent magazine articles, letters from Dr. James
Dobson, news, RealAudio broadcasts and much more.
GOPUSA strives to educate, enlighten, and engage conservatives through a
host of features and services including news, online discussions, commentary,
activism, outreach, and information. Through a host of products and services,
GOPUSA is committed to providing conservatives with news, information,
commentary, education, activism, and community both online and in
person.
Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational
institute -- a think tank -- whose mission is to formulate and promote
conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited
government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong
national defense. Heritage's products include publications, articles, lectures,
conferences, and meetings.
The NCPA was established in 1983 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy
research institute. Their mission is to seek innovative private sector solutions
to public policy problems - solving problems by relying on the strengths of the
competitive, entrepreneurial private sector rather than government regulation
and control.
Young America's Foundation is committed to ensuring that increasing numbers
of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual
freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional
values.
Academia & Education
CAMPUS Magazine Online (CMO) is the only national student-written online
magazine for college students that provides a national platform for student
articles on current abuses and potential reforms in higher
education.
campusreportonline.net is Accuracy in Academia's online news service in
which we document and publicize political bias in education. Our articles focus
on three issues: the exploitation of the classroom or university resources to
indoctrinate students; discrimination against students, faculty or
administrators based on political or academic beliefs; and campus violations of
free speech.
The work of the College Republican National Committee is guided by three
primary goals: to help elect Republicans; to support the President’s agenda;
to prepare future leaders of the Party. The CRNC serves as the grassroots arm of
the Republican Party. 

CollegeGuide.org is a one-stop source for information on choosing the right
college and surviving and thriving at the college of your choice. The available
resources are designed for students, parents, guidance counselors, and anyone
interested in the state of higher education in America today.
The Collegiate Network (CN), a program administered by the Intercollegiate
Studies Institute, provides support for alternative student publications across
the country. There are over seventy member papers in the Network, each of which
is a strong champion of Western civilization, the free market, and limited
government.
The Collegiate Patriot, sponsored by The Patriot Post, provides students on
college and university campuses across the nation with a constitutional and
conservative alternative to the prevailing thinking of the academic mainstream.
It aims to disenfranchise the Leftist academy's near-monopoly on student
opinion.
David Horowitz began the Center for the Study of Popular Culture in 1988 to
establish a conservative presence in Hollywood and show how popular culture had
become a political battleground. In 2006, the Center's Board of Directors
decided to change the name of the organization to the David Horowitz Freedom
Center.
The mission of the Friedman Foundation is to promote public understanding
of the need for major reform in K-12 education and of the role that competition
through parental choice can play in achieving that reform. Started by Milton and
Rose Friedman in 1996, the foundation conducts public education and research
programs.
The Fund for American Studies advances the values of freedom, democracy,
and a free market economy by sponsoring educational programs of the highest
quality for university students with outstanding leadership potential. These
programs include institutes in the United States and abroad that prepare young
people for honorable leadership by educating them in the theory, practice, and
benefits of a free society.
Hillsdale College, located in southern Michigan, is a small liberal arts
college with about 1,200 students. Founded in 1844 with the mission of
"educating for liberty," it is known nationally for its principled refusal to
accept any federal funds, even in the form of student grants and loans, and for
its monthly speech digest, Imprimis, which has a circulation of over 1.1
million.
The Institute for Humane Studies is a unique organization that assists
undergraduate and graduate students worldwide with an interest in individual
liberty. Programs include scholarships, paid internships, and free summer
seminars.
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) is a non-profit, non-partisan,
tax-exempt educational organization whose purpose is to convey to successive
generations of college youth a better understanding of the values and
institutions that sustain a free society.
ISI Books publishes interdisciplinary titles that strike at the heart of
the prevailing orthodoxies of contemporary scholarship and debate. Enduring in
substance and quality, their titles are meant to persist in their importance and
to serve successive generations of readers.
The Ashbrook Center teaches the meaning and significance of America by
providing an academic forum for the study, research, and discussion of the
principles and practices of American Constitutional government and politics. The
Ashbrook Center's programs are directed to the scholarly defense of individual
liberty, limited constitutional government and civic morality, which together
constitute our democratic way of life.
The Leadership Institute's mission is to identify, recruit, train, and
place conservatives in politics, government, and media.
Young America's Foundation is committed to ensuring that increasing numbers
of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual
freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional
values.
Business & Economics
Founded in 1990, the Acton Institute is named in honor of John Emerich
Edward Dalberg Acton, first Baron Acton of Aldenham (1834-1902), the "historian
of freedom." The mission of the Institute is to promote a free society
characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious
principles.
The FairTax plan includes a progressive national retail sales tax, a
"prebate" to ensure no American pays federal taxes up to the poverty level,
dollar-for-dollar revenue neutrality, and the repeal of the 16th Amendment. The
FairTax has often been referred to as the most thoroughly researched and viable
alternative to the current intrusive and costly income tax system.
Americans For Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) is a nationwide organization of
grassroots leaders committed to advancing every individual's right to economic
freedom and opportunity. AFPF believes reducing the size and scope of government
is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all
Americans. AFPF educates and engages citizens on issues that support restraining
state and federal government growth, and returning government to its
constitutional limits.
ATR opposes all tax increases as a matter of principle. We believe in a
system in which taxes are simpler, fairer, flatter, more visible, and lower than
they are today. The government's power to control one's life derives from its
power to tax. We believe that power should be minimized.
Since 1981, Atlas Economic Research Foundation has been the leading
international organization for supporting independent think tanks advancing
freedom. Based in Arlington, Virginia, and founded by the late Sir Antony
Fisher, Atlas believes the prospects for free societies all over the world
depend upon "intellectual entrepreneurs" in civil society, who wish to improve
public policy debates through sound research.
CapitolWatch-a non-profit grassroots organization with over 250,000
supporters nationwide-lobbies Congress on behalf of all American taxpayers.
CapitolWatch is dedicated to defending American taxpayers from higher taxes and
wasteful spending.
The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit coalition of restaurants,
food companies, and consumers working together to promote personal
responsibility and protect consumer choices.
The Center for Freedom and Prosperity (CF&P) is a free-market, pro-tax
reform organization that is leading the fight against global taxation schemes.
Center of the American Experiment is a nonpartisan, tax-exempt, public
policy and educational institution, which brings conservative and free market
ideas to bear on the most difficult issues facing Minnesota and the
nation.
The Club for Growth is a national network of over 30,000 men and women,
from all walks of life, who believe that prosperity and opportunity come through
economic freedom.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a non-profit public policy
organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited
government. We believe that consumers are best helped not by government
regulation but by being allowed to make their own choices in a free
marketplace.
The Employment Policies Institute is dedicated to studying public policy
issues surrounding employment growth, and especially issues that affect entry
level employment. EPI sponsors nonpartisan research which is conducted by
independent economists at major universities around the country.
The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), one of the oldest free-market
organizations in the United States, was founded in 1946 by Leonard E. Read to
study and advance the freedom philosophy. FEE's mission is to offer the most
consistent case for the "first principles" of freedom: the sanctity of private
property, individual liberty, the rule of law, the free market, and the moral
superiority of individual choice and responsibility over coercion.
The Fraser Institute promotes competitive market solutions for public
policy problems in Canada. Established in 1974, The Fraser Institute is an
independent public policy organization with offices in Vancouver, Calgary, and
Toronto.
The mission of FMP is to audit the media's coverage of the free enterprise
system. It is our goal to bring balance to economic reporting and to promote
fair portrayal of the business community in the media.
The Galen Institute, Inc., is a not-for-profit, free-market research
organization devoted exclusively to health policy. It was founded in 1995 by
Grace-Marie Turner to promote a more informed public debate over individual
freedom, consumer choice, competition, and diversity in the health
sector.
The NCPA was established in 1983 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy
research institute. Their mission is to seek innovative private sector solutions
to public policy problems - solving problems by relying on the strengths of the
competitive, entrepreneurial private sector rather than government regulation
and control.
The National Right to Work Committee, established in 1955, is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan, single-purpose citizens' organization dedicated to the principle
that all Americans must have the right to join a union if they choose to, but
none should ever be forced to affiliate with a union in order to get or keep a
job.
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, established in 1968,
is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees
whose human or civil rights have been violated by abuses of compulsory
unionism.
The largest grassroots taxpayer organization, NTU lobbies Congress and
state legislatures, educates politicians and the media on important taxpayer
issues and teaches its members how to become effective, united citizen
lobbyists.
The Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy promotes the principles of
individual freedom and personal responsibility. The Institute believes these
principles are best encouraged through policies that emphasize a free economy,
private initiative, and limited government.
The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBEC) works to influence
legislation and policies that help to create a favorable and productive
environment for small businesses and entrepreneurship.
State Policy Network (SPN) is the professional service organization for
America's state-based, free market think tank movement.
The Tax Foundation provides taxpayers with principled research on the
economic impact of taxes and helps them understand the cumulative effect that
taxes at all levels of government have on their daily lives.
TCS publishes daily original commentary, news and analysis, focused on
economics, business, foreign affairs, technology, science, the environment,
trade, and politics. TCS is one of the most influential online opinion journals
publishing today, with readers from government, media, public policy
organizations, industry, think tanks, academia and the investing world. TCS
publishes daily original commentary, news and analysis, focused on economics,
business, foreign affairs, technology, science, the environment, trade, and
politics. Based in Washington, DC, TCS also has offices in Brussels, Belgium and
Melbourne, Australia.
A wealth of globalization resources celebrating global exchange, new
opportunities, and human freedom.
Energy & Environment
The website aBetterEarth.org explores alternative, free-market approaches
to environmental concerns. It offers stories, the latest research, links, essay
contests, and more.
The Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change was created to
disseminate factual reports and sound commentary on new developments in the
world-wide scientific quest to determine the climatic and biological
consequences of the ongoing rise in the air's CO2 content.
The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) was created to offer a
positive new voice on consumer and environmental issues. The Committee boldly
proclaims that the tremendously powerful forces of competition, progress,
political and economic freedom, and genuine environmental stewardship can and do
offer the best hope for protecting not only the earth and its wildlife, but just
as importantly, its people. CFACT is therefore working to promote
market-oriented and safe technological solutions to such growing concerns as
energy production, waste-management, food production and processing, air and
water quality, wildlife protection and much more.
NCPA's E-Team is one of the largest collections of energy and environmental
policy experts and scientists who believe in sound science and that economic
prosperity and protecting the environment can go hand and hand. The Team seeks
to correct misinformation and promote sensible solutions to energy and
environment problems.
Green Watch is an on-line database and information clearinghouse providing
factual information on over 500 non-profit environmental groups.
A network of religious, academic and community leaders offering sound
theological, scientific and economic perspectives on enviromental issues. Giving
a credible alternative to liberal advocacy for people in congregations, schools,
government, and the media.
Since 1996, this widely-acclaimed web site has been dedicated to
spotlighting the use of junk science -- faulty science used to advance special
agendas.
PERC is the nation's oldest and largest institute dedicated to original
research that brings market principles to resolving environmental problems.
Located in Bozeman, Montana, PERC pioneered the approach known as free market
environmentalism, which is based on the following
tenets.
Family, Society, & Religion
Founded in 1973, the American TFP was formed to resist, in the realm of
ideas, the liberal, socialist and communist trends of the times and proudly
affirm the positive values of tradition, family and property.
The Boy Scouts of America is the nation's foremost youth program of
character development and values-based leadership training. In the future
Scouting will continue to offer young people responsible fun and adventure;
instill in young people lifetime values and develop in them ethical character as
expressed in the Scout Oath and Law; train young people in citizenship, service,
and leadership; serve America's communities and families with its quality,
values-based program.
BreakPoint is a program of The Wilberforce Forum, a division of Prison
Fellowship. Our mission is to develop and communicate Christian worldview
messages that offer a critique of contemporary culture and encourage and equip
the church to think and live Christianly.
Capital Research Center (CRC) was established in 1984 to study non-profit
organizations, with aspecial focus on reviving the American traditions of
charity, philanthropy, and voluntarism. CRC specializes in analyzing
organizations that promote the growth of the welfare state - now almost
universally recognized as a failure - and in identifying viable private
alternatives to government welfare programs.
The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity exists to help individuals and
organizations address the pressing bioethical challenges of our day, including
managed care, end-of-life treatment, genetic intervention, euthanasia and
suicide, and reproductive technologies.
The mission of Concerned Women for America is to protect and promote
Biblical values among all citizens-first through prayer, then education, and
finally by influencing our society-thereby reversing the decline in moral values
in our nation.
Eagle Forum is the conservative advocacy organization founded by Phyllis
Schlafly, one of the most prominent voices of the pro-family
movement.
This is the web's most complete source of information on the aftereffects
of abortion and post-abortion healing. We have over 500 hundred links to
thousands of printed pages of original research, testimonies, articles, and
resources. Most of these are drawn from articles and books published by the
Elliot Institute, one of the nation's leading authorities on post-abortion
issues.
The Natural Family: A Manifesto is a document with a concise, coherent,
compelling pro-family worldview and program of action.
The Family Research Council champions marriage and family as the foundation
of civilization, the seedbed of virtue, and the wellspring of society. We shape
public debate and formulate public policy that values human life and upholds the
institutions of marriage and the family. Believing that God is the author of
life, liberty, and the family, we promote the Judeo-Christian worldview as the
basis for a just, free, and stable society.
The Heritage Foundation's familyfacts.org catalogs social science findings
on the family, society and religion gleaned from peer-reviewed journals, books
and government surveys. Serving policymakers, journalists, scholars and the
general public, familyfacts.org makes social science research easily accessible
to the non-specialist.
FIRST THINGS is published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an
interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to
advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of
society.
The official site of Focus on the Family offers practical helps for your
marriage and parenting role. Recent magazine articles, letters from Dr. James
Dobson, news, RealAudio broadcasts and much more.
Girl Scouts of the USA is the world's preeminent organization dedicated
solely to girls -- all girls -- where, in an accepting and nurturing
environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. In
partnership with committed adult volunteers, girls develop qualities that will
serve them all their lives, like leadership, strong values, social conscience,
and conviction about their own potential and self-worth.
Home School Legal Defense Association is a nonprofit advocacy organization
established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct
the education of their children and to protect family freedoms. Through annual
memberships, HSLDA is tens of thousands of families united in service together,
providing a strong voice when and where needed.
The Howard Center endeavors to reinforce the natural family as the first
and irreplaceable social unit, to renew the religious foundations of virtue and
liberty, and to restore the education of the young in the obligations of free
men and women.
The Human Life Review is the only publication of its kind in the world: a
journal devoted to life issues, primarily abortion, but also "neonaticide,"
genetic engineering, cloning, and fetal tissue experimentation, as well as the
end-of-life issues of euthanasia, assisted suicide and suicide.
The Independent Women's Forum is dedicated to advancing the spirit of
enterprise and self-reliance among women, and supporting the principles of
political freedom, economic liberty, and personal responsibility.
Judicial Watch, Inc. was established in 1994 to serve as an ethical and
legal "watchdog" over our government, legal, and judicial systems and to promote
a return to ethics and morality in our nation's public life.
The mission of Life Legal Defense Foundation (LLDF) is to give innocent and
helpless human beings of any age, particularly unborn children, a trained and
committed defense against the threat of death, and to support their advocates in
the nation's courtrooms. LLDF will accomplish its mission and purpose through
the law and education.
The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps is not a call to arms, but a call to
service seeking a peaceful and effective resolve to the chaotic neglect of our
borders by members of our local, state and federal governments charged with
applying U.S. immigration law. The Minutemen provide support to under-manned
Border Security by observing and reporting the activities of illegal immigrants
at our country's borders.
The National Memorial for the Unborn, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is
dedicated to healing generations of pain associated with the loss of aborted
children.
The ultimate goal of the National Right to Life Committee is to restore
legal protection to innocent human life. The primary interest of the National
Right to Life Committee and its members has been the abortion controversy;
however, it is also concerned with related matters of medical ethics which
relate to the right to life issues of euthanasia and infanticide. The Committee
does not have a position on issues such as contraception, sex education, capital
punishment, and national defense.
RetireSafe.org is a grassroots action network promoting dynamic, pro-growth
solutions to America's retirement security challenges. It is a project of the
Council for Government Reform.
Toward the ultimate goal of ending abortion, the Susan B. Anthony List
trains pro-life activists and candidates in campaign fundamentals, advocates the
passage of pro-life legislation in Congress, works to dispel the myths about
abortion, educates women voters on the importance of voting, and works to
increase the percentage of pro-life women in Congress.
Team NCPA is an all-volunteer network of concerned citizens who are
dedicated to fixing Social Security in a way that protects current and near
retirees, and gives younger Americans the opportunity to enjoy a secure
retirement.
U.S.ENGLISH, Inc. is the nation's oldest, largest citizens' action group
dedicated to preserving the unifying role of the English language in the United
States.
WallBuilders is an organization dedicated to presenting America's forgotten
history and heroes, with an emphasis on the moral, religious, and constitutional
foundation on which America was built -- a foundation which, in recent years,
has been seriously attacked and undermined. In accord with what was so
accurately stated by George Washington, we believe that "the propitious
[favorable] smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation which disregards
the eternal rules of order and right which heaven itself has
ordained."
The World Congress of Families is an international coalition which
coordinates the efforts of pro-family groups from more the 60 countries
worldwide and unites people of goodwill who recognize that the family is the
fundamental unit of society.
Foreign Policy
The Center for Security Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan organization
committed to the time-tested philosophy of promoting international peace through
American strength.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) seeks to advance
global security and prosperity in an era of economic and political
transformation by providing strategic insights and practical policy solutions to
decisionmakers. CSIS serves as a strategic planning partner for the government
by conducting research and analysis and developing policy initiatives that look
into the future and anticipate change.
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies is a non-profit organization
based in Washington, D.C. that conducts research and education on the war on
terrorism.
The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University,
is a public policy research center devoted to advanced study of politics,
economics, and political economy -- both domestic and foreign -- as well as
international affairs. With its world-renowned group of scholars and ongoing
programs of policy-oriented research, the Hoover Institution puts its
accumulated knowledge to work as a prominent contributor to the world
marketplace of ideas defining a free society.
Law & the Judiciary
ADF is America's largest legal alliance defending religious liberty through
strategy, training, funding, and litigation.
Through our work in the courts and the legislative arena, the ACLJ is
dedicated to protecting your religious and constitutional freedoms. In addition
to providing its legal services at no cost to our clients, the ACLJ focuses on
the issues that matter most to you -- national security, protecting America's
families, and protecting human life.
Civil rights are the fundamental liberties that all Americans should enjoy
as a matter of basic morality, as well as Constitutional protection. Several
organizations exist to protect one aspect or another of our civil rights and
liberties. But the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) is dedicated to protecting
our fundamental rights and liberties across the board. The ACRU focuses, in
particular, on those areas of our civil rights which are ignored, or even
actively undermined, by other supposed civil liberties groups.
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is a group of
conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state of the legal
order. It is founded on the principles that the state exists to preserve
freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our
Constitution, and that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary
to say what the law is, not what it should be. The Society seeks both to promote
an awareness of these principles and to further their application through its
activities.
Home School Legal Defense Association is a nonprofit advocacy organization
established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct
the education of their children and to protect family freedoms. Through annual
memberships, HSLDA is tens of thousands of families united in service together,
providing a strong voice when and where needed.
Founded in 1991, the Institute for Justice is what a civil liberties law
firm should be. As our nation's only libertarian public interest law firm, IJ
pursues cutting-edge litigation in the courts of law and in the court of public
opinion on behalf of individuals whose most basic rights are denied by the
government--like the right to earn an honest living, private property rights,
and the right to free speech, especially in the areas of commercial and Internet
speech.
Landmark's mission is to use the law to advance conservative principles and
policies through the judicial system, government and public forums.
The mission of Life Legal Defense Foundation (LLDF) is to give innocent and
helpless human beings of any age, particularly unborn children, a trained and
committed defense against the threat of death, and to support their advocates in
the nation's courtrooms. LLDF will accomplish its mission and purpose through
the law and education.
Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF) is a nonprofit, public interest
legal center dedicated to individual liberty, the right to own and use property,
limited and ethical government and the free enterprise system.
NLPC promotes ethics, openness and accountability in government through
research, education and legal action.
The National Right to Work Committee, established in 1955, is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan, single-purpose citizens' organization dedicated to the principle
that all Americans must have the right to join a union if they choose to, but
none should ever be forced to affiliate with a union in order to get or keep a
job.
Founded in 1973, PLF is America's trusted champion of constitutional
rights, fighting and winning decisive actions in the courts of law and the court
of public opinion to rescue liberty from the grasp of government
power.
Lawsuit Abuse Makes Us Sick is the Internet's best resource for
information, statistics and quotes about the healthcare litigation epidemic
affecting all Americans.
Stewards of the Range was created in 1992 to pursue precedent setting
litigation and to teach America's landowners how to defend and restore full
respect for private property rights in America.
Military Academies
"The Citadel's mission is to educate and prepare graduates to become
principled leaders in all walks of life by instilling the core values of The
Citadel in a challenging intellectual environment. Throughout its history, The
Citadel's primary purpose has been to educate undergraduates as members of the
South Carolina Corps of Cadets and to prepare them for post-graduate positions
of leadership through academic programs of recognized excellence supported by
the best features of a structured military environment. The cadet lifestyle
provides a disciplined environment that supports the growth and development of
character, physical fitness, and moral and ethical principles."
The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, through its unique
combination of academic, regimental and shipboard programs, will train you as a
leader of quality, integrity and high ethical standards. The academic and
professional credentials that you earn, and the leadership ability you acquire,
will set you apart and above as you enter the career marketplace.
The USAFA mission is, "To educate, train and inspire men and women to
become officers of character, motivated to lead the United States Air Force in
service to our nation." The staff and faculty of the U.S. Air Force Academy, in
the interest of our future national security, molds our future leaders into
outstanding young men and women into Air Force officers with knowledge,
character, and discipline; motivated to lead the worlds' greatest aerospace
force in service to the nation.
"The United States Coast Guard Academy is committed to strengthening the
nation's future by educating, training and developing leaders of character who
are ethically, intellectually, professionally, and physically prepared to serve
their country and humanity, and who are strong in their resolve to build on the
long military and maritime heritage and proud accomplishments of the United
States Coast Guard."
The USMA mission is, "To educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so
that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values
of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and
service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army."
The USNA mission is, "To develop midshipmen morally, mentally and
physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty
in order to provide graduates who are dedicated to a career of naval service and
have potential for future development in mind and character to assume the
highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government."
Founded in 1839, the Virginia Military Institute is the nation's first
state military college. VMI "believes that the measure of a college lies in the
quality and performance of its graduates and their contributions to society.
Therefore, it is the mission of the Virginia Military Institute to produce
educated, honorable men and women, prepared for the varied work of civil life,
imbued with love of learning, confident in the functions and attitudes of
leadership, possessing a high sense of public service, advocates of the American
Democracy and free enterprise system, and ready as citizen-soldiers to defend
their country in time of national peril."
News & Media
Accuracy In Media is a non-profit, grassroots citizens watchdog of the news
media that critiques botched and bungled news stories and sets the record
straight on important issues that have received slanted coverage. We encourage
members of the media to report the news fairly and objectively--without
resorting to bias or partisanship.
Founded in 1992, Citizen Outreach is a non-profit, non-partisan
organization which promotes greater citizen understanding of, and participation
in, public policy issues at the federal, state and local levels.
FrontPage Magazine is the David Horowitz Freedom Center's online journal of
news and political commentary.
GOPUSA strives to educate, enlighten, and engage conservatives through a
host of features and services including news, online discussions, commentary,
activism, outreach, and information. Through a host of products and services,
GOPUSA is committed to providing conservatives with news, information,
commentary, education, activism, and community both online and in
person.
HUMAN EVENTS, the national conservative weekly, was first published in 1944
- more than a decade before any other conservative weekly. Since then, HUMAN
EVENTS has not only defended conservative principles, but helped define them for
the rest of the movement.
Founded by L. Brent Bozell III in 1987 with the mission of bringing
political balance to the nation's news media and responsibility to the
entertainment media, the Media Research Center (MRC) has grown into the nation's
largest and most respected conservative media watchdog organization.
Reliable news from a Christian source. We offer both
free and fee-based news services.
The originator of conservative radio.
The American is a magazine of ideas for business
leaders. Modeled on Henry Luce's original vision for Fortune Magazine, it
surveys the full scope of American life through the lens of business and
economics. The magazine is published six times a year. The web site,
American.com, takes the same editorial mission to the Internet, with original
writing every day and a selection of thought-provoking links from around the
web. The American is a project of The American Enterprise Institute.
WORLD is a weekly newsmagazine, published 50 times a
year. WORLD includes sharp, full-color photographs and offers complete coverage
of national and international news, all written from a Christian perspective.
Political Parties
Second Amendment
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a non-profit lobbying
organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights
of gun owners. GOA sees firearms ownership as a freedom issue.
Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative
Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America.
ILA is committed to preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals to
purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the
Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
KeepAndBearArms.com is a grassroots movement of the
people, by the people, and for the people. It is a call to action, a call for
self-education, and a 21 gun salute to the many good men and women who fought
and died to bring America into being. This web site is about helping lawful
people maintain their abilities to protect themselves and the people they love
effectively from anyone who would do them harm -- through legal, private
ownership and use of guns. We also stand for the repealing of all gun laws which
infringe on the civil rights of peaceable women and men to defend their own
lives and property.
For more than 125 years the NRA has provided
generations of Americans with programs focused on safety, education and
responsibility.
A concealed carry database.
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is dedicated to
promoting a better understanding about our Constitutional heritage to privately
own and possess firearms. To that end, we carry on many educational and legal
action programs designed to better inform the public about the gun control
debate.
State Organizations
The Alabama Policy Institute is dedicated to defending
and promoting the ideals of free markets, the limited role of government and
strong families, which are indispensable to the preservation of a free and
prosperous society.
The Allegheny Institute is a non-partisan research and
education organization. Its mission is to defend the interests of taxpayers,
citizens, and businesses against an increasingly burdensome and intrusive
government. To that end, Allegheny formulates and advocates public policies that
roll back the size and scope of local government as well as create a more
accountable government.
The Arkansas Policy Foundation is a nonpartisan,
non-profit organization that analyzes the impact of public policy on Arkansas
and makes recommendations. The Foundation emphasizes the importance of tax
policy and education reform.
An independent, non-partisan association of writers,
speakers and thinkers who analyze state and local public policy in Kentucky, and
suggest alternatives more in concert with the ideas of our founders: Individual
liberty, economic freedom, personal responsibility and a respect for others.
The Buckeye Institute is a highly effective,
independent institute that analyzes state and local government programs, taxes,
and regulations in Ohio and offers policy alternatives consistent with a respect
for individual liberty, private property and limited government.
The Calvert Institute for Policy Research is a
non-partisan, educational institution dedicated to the research and propagation
of solutions to Maryland state and local public-policy concerns based upon the
principles of free markets and personal responsibility. It is a tax-exempt
501(c)(3) organization.
Cascade Policy Institute was founded in January 1991
as a nonprofit research and educational organization to focus on Oregon state
and local issues. The Institute's mission is to explore and advance public
policy alternatives that foster individual liberty, personal responsibility, and
economic opportunity.
Center of the American Experiment is a nonpartisan,
tax-exempt, public policy and educational institution, which brings conservative
and free market ideas to bear on the most difficult issues facing Minnesota and
the nation.
The purpose of The Commonwealth Foundation is to be
the vanguard of freedom and conscience of liberty in the state of
Pennsylvania.The mission of The Commonwealth Foundation is to improve the
quality of life for all Pennsylvanians by advancing public policies based on the
principles of limited government, economic freedom, and individual
responsibility.
The Empire Center for New York State Policy, a project
of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, is dedicated to fostering
greater economic growth, opportunity and individual responsibility in the Empire
State. Through research papers, policy briefings, commentaries and conferences,
the Empire Center will seek to educate and inform New York State policymakers,
news media and the general public.
The Ethan Allen Institute is Vermont's independent,
nonpartisan, free-market-oriented public policy think tank. The Institute offers
"Ideas for Vermont's Future" built upon a libertarian, decentralist,
community-based philosophy.
Our Mission is to advance individual liberty, free
enterprise, and responsible government. Our efforts center around public policy
research and alternatives in these core areas: state budget and tax policy,
welfare reform, healthcare reform, education, citizenship and governance issues.
The Flint Hills Center for Public Policy, dedicated to
the constitutional principles of limited government, open markets, and
individual freedom and responsibility, serves as an independent, source of
information regarding public policy.
The Free State Foundation is a non-profit
Maryland-based think tank. Its purpose is to promote, through research and
educational activities, understanding of free market, limited government, and
rule of law principles in Maryland and throughout the United States.
Formed in the fall of 1991, the Foundation is the only
private, nonpartisan research and education organization in Georgia that focuses
on state policy issues. The Foundation's members are a diverse group of
Georgians that share a common belief that the solutions to most problems lie in
a strong private sector, not in a big government bureaucracy.
The Goldwater Institute was established in 1988 as an
independent, nonpartisan research and educational organization dedicated to the
study of public policy in Arizona.
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii is a public policy
think tank formed in 2001 by Hawaii residents who realized the need for detailed
study, analysis, investigation and reporting on the impact on the individual
citizen by government. Our vision is for individual self-government as outlined
in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.
Great Plains Public Policy Institute is a nonpartisan,
public policy educational institution that brings free enterprise and
alternative ideas to bear on the most difficult issues facing South Dakota and
the nation.
Heartland's mission is to help build social movements
in support of ideas that empower people. Such ideas include parental choice in
education, choice and personal responsibility in health care, market-based
approaches to environmental protection, privatization of public services, and
deregulation in areas where property rights and markets do a better job than
government bureaucracies.
The Illinois Policy Institute is a free market
oriented think tank dedicated to state public policy issues in Illinois. The
Institute is the only free market think tank located in the State Capital of
Springfield. The Illinois Policy Institute’s mission is to preserve and
strengthen the societal foundations of the Land of Lincoln. Through the
promotion of the benefits of limited government, competitive private enterprise
as well as Illinois’ critical cultural and political institutions via rigorous
inquiry, debate, and writing the Institute strives to unleash the full potential
of the citizens of Illinois to lead good and productive lives.
The Independence Institute is established upon the
eternal truths of the Declaration of Independence. Founded in 1985, the
Independence Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit public policy research
organization dedicated to providing timely information to concerned citizens,
government officials, and public opinion leaders.
The Indiana Policy Review Foundation is a nonprofit
education foundation focused on state and municipal issues. Our mission is to
marshal the best thought on governmental, economic and educational issues at the
state and municipal levels.
The James Madison Institute is a Florida-based
research and educational organization engaged in the battle of ideas. The ideas
of the Institute are rooted in a belief in the US Constitution and such timeless
ideals as limited government, economic freedom, federalism, traditional values,
and individual liberty coupled with individual responsibility.
A group of North Carolinians in 1990 created the John
Locke Foundation as an independent, nonprofit think tank that would work “for
truth, for freedom, and for the future of North Carolina.”
The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy is a
non-profit, non-partisan, independent think tank focused on state and local
public policy issues that affect the quality of life for New Hampshire's
citizens. To improve economic prosperity and the general welfare, the Center
provides information, research, and analysis to decision makers. The Center has
as its core beliefs individual freedom and responsibility, limited and
accountable government, and an appreciation of the role of the free enterprise
system.
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonpartisan
research and educational organization devoted to improving the quality of life
for all Michigan citizens by promoting sound solutions to state and local policy
questions. The Mackinac Center assists policy makers, scholars, business people,
the media and the public by providing objective analysis of Michigan issues. The
goal of all Center reports, commentaries and educational programs is to equip
Michigan citizens and other decision makers to better evaluate policy options.
The Maine Heritage Policy Center is a research and
educational organization whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative
public policies based on the principles of free enterprise; limited,
constitutional government; individual freedom; and traditional American
values--all for the purpose of providing public policy solutions that benefit
the people of Maine.
Founded in July 2001, the Maine Public Policy
Institute—a think tank—is a nonprofit, nonpartisan corporation organized
under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue code. The Maine Public Policy
Institute’s mission is to advance sound policies based on the principles of
free enterprise, individual liberty, and limited constitutional government.
Founded in 2001, The Maryland Public Policy Institute
is a nonpartisan public policy research and education organization that focuses
on state policy issues.
Mississippi Center for Public Policy is an
independent, non-profit public policy organization based in Jackson, MS. MCPP
works to promote and protect the concepts of free markets, limited government,
and strong traditional families.
The Institute is a free-market think tank which finds
private solutions for public problems facing Nevada, the West and the nation.
NPRI has offices in Las Vegas, but scholars and writers from all over Nevada and
the nation contribute to our mission.
OCPA's mission is to accumulate, evaluate, and
disseminate public policy ideas and information for Oklahoma consistent with the
principles of free enterprise, limited government, and individual initiative.
OCPA's vision is to be recognized as a highly respected independent public
policy institute, whose research, analysis, and commentary guides the formation
of Oklahoma's public policies and helps Oklahoma to become the leader,
specifically within our seven-state region, in all aspects of economic
performance and quality of life issues.
The Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy
promotes the principles of individual freedom and personal responsibility. The
Institute believes these principles are best encouraged through policies that
emphasize a free economy, private initiative, and limited government.
Palmetto Family Council is a non-profit educational
foundation committed to strengthening South Carolina families. Primary issues of
concern include life-long committed marriage, the relationship between parent
and child, sexual responsibility in youth and adults, the definition of
marriage, life issues, and public and private gaming expansion.
Pioneer Institute is an independent, non-partisan,
privately funded research organization that seeks to change the intellectual
climate in Massachusetts by supporting scholarship that challenges the
"conventional wisdom" on Massachusetts public policy issues. The Institute
believes that individual freedom and responsibility, limited and accountable
government, and the expanded application of free-market principles to public
policy contribute to greater human dignity, happiness, and economic prosperity.
Public Interest Institute is a non-profit,
non-partisan, public policy research organization located on the campus of Iowa
Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. The Institute promotes the importance of
a free-enterprise economic system and limited government in society based upon
individual freedom and liberty.
The Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia is a
nonprofit research and education organization that conducts scholarly research
and analysis of state and local issues. The Foundation's mission is to advance
sound policies in West Virginia based on the principles of free enterprise,
individual liberty, limited government and traditional American values.
The Rio Grande Foundation of New Mexico is an
independent, non-partisan, tax-exempt research and educational organization
dedicated to the study of public policy. The Foundation promotes prosperity for
New Mexico based on principles of limited government, economic freedom and
individual responsibility. The Rio Grande Foundation neither seeks nor accepts
government funding. The Foundation relies solely on generosity of individuals
and institutions in the private sector to fund its activities.
The Sam Adams Alliance was formed to connect and
support citizen leaders who are working to expand liberty and hold the
government accountable starting at the state and local level.
The Show-Me Institute seeks a Missouri which leads the
nation in opportunity and economic growth for all, and where citizens treasure
their liberty and trust one another. We will achieve this through empiric
research, education, and promotion of a non-partisan, sound public policy.
The South Carolina Policy Council Education Foundation
was established in 1986 as a nonpartisan, tax-exempt public policy research and
education foundation. Its mission is to educate members and all South
Carolinians about state and local public policy based on the traditional South
Carolina values of individual liberty and responsibility, free enterprise and
limited government.
State Policy Network (SPN) is the professional service
organization for America's state-based, free market think tank community.
Founded in 1992, SPN is the only group in the country dedicated solely to
improving the practical effectiveness of independent, non-profit,
market-oriented, state-based think tanks.
The Sutherland Institute's vision is that Utah has the
capacity, the character, and thus the potential to lead out among states in
adopting and implementing public policies that could be the envy of, and set a
standard for, the nation.
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research is an
independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization dedicated to
providing concerned citizens, the media and public leaders with expert empirical
research and timely free market policy solutions to public policy issues in
Tennessee.
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility’s mission is to
create and sustain a system of strong fiscal stewardship within state
government, through cultural and political change.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a 501(c)3
non-profit, non-partisan research institute guided by the core principles of
individual liberty, personal responsibility, free markets, private property
rights and limited government. The Foundation seeks to improve Texas by
producing academically sound research on important issues offered to policy
makers, opinion leaders, the media and general public.
The mission of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for
Public Policy is to provide Virginia's political, business, academic, community
and media leadership with thoughtful, realistic, useful and non-partisan
analysis of public policy issues confronting our Commonwealth. These alternative
policy ideas focus on state and local issues and are based on the Institute's
belief in free markets, limited government and individual responsibility. The
general areas of interest for this Institute are reforming government, economic
development, improving health, public education and welfare, criminal justice,
and legislative analysis.
The Virginia Institute for Public Policy is an
independent, nonpartisan, education and research organization committed to the
goals of individual opportunity and economic growth. Through research, policy
recommendations, and symposia, the Institute works ahead of the political
process to lay the intellectual foundation for a society dedicated to individual
liberty, free enterprise, private property, the rule of law, and strictly
limited government.
Washington Policy Center is a nonpartisan,
free-market, state-based think tank in Seattle, Washington, that publishes
studies, sponsors events and conferences, and educates citizens on public policy
issues facing Washington state. The Center believes that the American ideals of
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness best flourish in a free society which
liberates the energies of all its members to pursue their own peaceful
goals.
The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute is a
not-for-profit institute established to study public-policy issues affecting the
state of Wisconsin. Under the new federalism, government policy increasingly is
made at the state and local levels. These public-policy decisions affect the
life of every citizen in the state. The goal is to provide nonpartisan research
on key issues affecting Wisconsinites, so that their elected representatives can
make informed decisions to improve the quality of life and future of the state.
Ever since 1987 the Yankee Institute has been on the
front lines, helping Connecticut citizens -- and our elected officials -- better
understand the Constitutional and free market principles that maximize freedom
and well-being for peoples of all economic and social backgrounds. Our public
policy initiatives bolster a market economy, encourage limited government,
promote respect for private property, and preserve our Constitutional rights.
Think Tanks and Lobbyists
The American Conservative Union is the nation's oldest
conservative lobbying organization. ACU's purpose is to effectively communicate
and advance the goals and principles of conservatism through one multi-issue,
umbrella organization.
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
Research is a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to
research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social
welfare.
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is
the nation's largest nonpartisan, individual membership association of state
legislators, with nearly 2,400 members across America. ALEC's National Task
Forces provide a forum for legislators and the private sector to discuss issues,
develop policies and write model legislation.
ALG works with local people all across America to
pursue initiative and legislative efforts that focus on limiting the size and
scope of government.
The Ashbrook Center is an academic forum for the
study, research and discussion of the principles and practices of American
constitutional government and politics. The Ashbrook Center's programs are
directed to the scholarly defense of individual liberty, limited constitutional
government and civic morality, which together constitute our democratic way of
life.
Since 1981, Atlas Economic Research Foundation has
been the leading international organization for supporting independent think
tanks advancing freedom. Based in Arlington, Virginia, and founded by the late
Sir Antony Fisher, Atlas believes the prospects for free societies all over the
world depend upon "intellectual entrepreneurs" in civil society, who wish to
improve public policy debates through sound research.
The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of
public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American
principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace.
Toward that goal, the Institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the
intelligent, concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of
government.
Founded in 1998, the Center for Individual Freedom is
a non-partisan, non-profit organization with the mission to examine and focus
public, legislative and judicial attention on individual freedoms and individual
rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
With more than one million members and supporters,
CAGW is a private, non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to educating
Americans about the waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in the federal
government.
The mission of the Claremont Institute is to restore
the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority
in our national life. To recover the Founding principles in our political life
means recovering a limited and accounted government that respects private
property, promotes stable family life and maintains a strong
defense.
Register today for the largest gathering of
conservative political activists in the country!
David Horowitz began the Center for the Study of
Popular Culture in 1988 to establish a conservative presence in Hollywood and
show how popular culture had become a political battleground. In 2006, the
Center’s Board of Directors decided to change the name of the organization to
the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
keep America free," by
promoting freedom and liberty, supporting the American military, and educating
youth.
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