Scalia and Supporting College Ideologues

From cursor.org

An AP article on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's ridiculing of the court's ruling on gay sex, provides some unusually in-depth background, reporting that the group he spoke to -- the Intercollegiate Studies Institute -- "draws much of its funding from conservative foundations, including three controlled by or associated with billionaire philanthropist Richard Mellon Scaife, a vehement critic of former President Clinton."

Read more about ISI and its funding of conservative student newspapers. Plus: How to create dedicated ideologues.

EL - Scaife is *1 of my list of who is ruining this country. In the April 27 issue of Newsweek, reporter Mark Hosenball wrote: ''The evidence linking Starr to conservative Clinton-haters traces back to a single figure: Richard Mellon Scaife. . . . Scaife is also a fervent Clinton-hater who has spent millions trying to undermine the president.'' - IBD

In These Times:

Right-wing foundations understand how to create dedicated ideologues. They target budding freshmen conservatives from their move-in day and support their progeny up through—and beyond—their TV talking-head appearances.

While conservative groups like the Collegiate Network pour nearly $1 million a year into starting and sustaining right-wing campus publications, lefty college ’zines struggle on without thousands of foundation dollars.

Progressive policy think tanks also offer fewer and less lucrative research opportunities than their conservative counterparts. The Heritage Foundation, by contrast, offers 50 paid internships each summer.