The Landmark Forum: 42 Hours, $500, 65 Breakdowns PART 1

AFTER NEARLY 40 HOURS inside the basement of Landmark Education’s world headquarters, I have not Transformed. Nor have I “popped” like microwave popcorn, as the Forum Leader striding back and forth at the front of the windowless gray room has promised.

Town Hall Protests: Astroturf 2.0? PART 1

This summer, town hall meetings to discuss health care reform have turned into battlegrounds—with fist fights, belligerent protestors, and at least one lawmaker reporting a death threat.

Town Hall Protests: Astroturf 2.0? PART 2

FreedomWorks
FreedomWorks is headed by former GOP House majority leader Dick Armey, who left government in 2003 and became a heavy-hitting lobbyist for DLA Piper, whose numerous corporate clients include pharmaceutical firms.