“Think tanks” that sound…

like they came from the Soviet Union:

“Heritage wants to unify the social conservatives, foreign policy hawks, and free marketers. In politics, there are inevitably issues that divide that coalition (Franc cited immigration as an example). When a tough policy issue comes up, how does Heritage deal with the arguments that may arise? Simple, don’t have the arguments (publicly) at all! Work out what the unified position is and stick to it. Whatever you do, don’t allow people who may have different points of view to publish papers that disagree with each other, think about how that would make the marketing department’s job harder.”

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