----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Allan Siegel inquires as to the goals of my employer. I'm sure if he calls 310-843-3699 Joe Piechowski will be happy to send him a complete catalog of publications and a free sample of any one he wishes to peruse. Generally, the organization was established out of Collier and Horowitz's "Second Thoughts" project of the late 1980's. The purpose was to research how totalitarian intellectual ideas discredited around the world still held such a spell over gullible American academics, journalists, and Hollywood types. Also, the question came up of how dissenting moderate and conservative viewpoints, especially liberal anti-communist ones -- represented say by Elia Kazan -- were squeezed out of the cultural mainstream. My own particular area of study was the role of federal funding in this process, beginning with a study of PBS, then expanding to the NEA and NEH, now looking at the Smithsonian. It's no secret, and its all in the various publications: Heterodoxy, The Defender, The Report Card, and COMINT, for which I am Washington Editor. Quite frankly, I find Dr. Siegel's insinuations insulting and ask him to respond frankly by sharing his goals openly and those of his employers. Would they include "progressive social change"? Yours sincerely, Larry Jarvik CSPC