Free Congress Foundation
Describing itself as not only "politically conservative, but it is more than that: it is also culturally conservative", a think tank focused "on the Culture War. Will America return to the culture that made it great, our traditional, Judeo-Christian, Western culture? Or will we continue the long slide into the cultural and moral decay of political correctness? If we do, America, once the greatest nation on earth, will become no less than a third world country."[1] It was founded by the late Paul Weyrich, after leaving the Heritage Foundation.
Another description of its ideology is "traditional conservative" pr paleoconservative, which American conservatives use as a differentiator from neoconservatism.[2]
It receives its major funding from foundations of the Scaife family, which support a number of conservative causes. [3]
Among its grantees is Robert Spencer, an activist against Islam.
References
- ↑ About Us, Free Congress Foundation
- ↑ David Wilkinson (5 February 2003), Voices in the Wilderness: Of the "Paleoconservative" Spectrum, EtherZone.com
- ↑ Nurith C. Aizenman (July-August, 1997), "The man behind the curtain: Richard Mellon Scaife - and $200 million of his money - is the man behind the conservative revolution - heir to the Mellon family millions funds three rightwing foundations", Washington Monthly