Report Exposes Soros's Philanthropic Radicalism According to the Capital Research Center's Foundation Watch, billionaire international financier George Soros donates millions of dollars annually to radical left-wing causes spanning the political fringe—from death penalty opponents to militant anti-capitalist foes of property rights. Soros's Open Society Institute (OSI) distributed over $103 million to American "nonprofits" in 2000. Groups that received funding in 2001 from OSI include:
According to "Foundation Watch," OSI funds a minimum of 22 organizations that seek a radical transformation of "democracy in the United States" by "addressing barriers to opportunity and justice" and assisting "marginalized groups" so they can participate "equally in civil society." The irony of Soros's radical philanthropic endeavors to create an "open society" is that he attributes much of his own philosophical outlook to his intellectual mentor, Sir Karl Popper (1902-1994), the distinguished philosopher and logician who once held posts at the London School of Economics (head of the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method) and the University of London (Professor of Logic and Scientific Method). Popper, the author of The Logic of Scientific Discovery, Conjectures and Refutations and The Poverty of Historicism, actually denounced the type of Utopian impulses attributed to Marxist totalitarianism in his landmark tome The Open Society and Its Enemies. The left-wing radical endeavors that Soros financially supports actively undermine the type of free and open society that Popper envisioned. For more information on the February 2003 "Foundation Watch" newsletter, go to the Capital Research Center's website: www.capitalresearch.org. FRC Report Focuses On Post Roe Culture The Family Research Council's new Center for Human Life and Bioethics has issued its first publication in the wake of the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling. Building a Culture of Life: 30 Years After Roe v. Wade, edited by William L. Saunders and Brian C. Robertson, considers "how the pro-life movement can foster respect for human life at every stage and in every condition." The book includes contributions from 14 prominent pro-life leaders. There are chapters on human cloning, the ethics of embryonic stem cell research, Hispanics and the culture of life, and the impact of abortion on women's health. The concluding chapter is by James C. Dobson. For more information contact the Family Research Council: www.frc.org or (202) 393-2100.
