America's Future Foundation
by James N. Markels

01/15/06

Most newspapers pay for the op-eds they publish in their editorial sections. Think tanks are in the business of paying scholars to write op-eds, studies, and books. America's Future Foundation, the nonprofit that runs this website, has paid writers to provide the content herein. In fact, I was paid by AFF to write this very article. Does that make those published opinions dishonest? The reason I bring this up is because of what's happened to a former colleague of mine, Doug Bandow, who lost a syndicated column and a position at the Cato Institute when it was revealed that he had accepted thousands of dollars from felon lobbyist Jack Abramoff to write op-eds but never mentioned that fact to his readers...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp