James E. Risch: “Autocrats fear the loss of control, and this ensures opposing ideas are neither seen nor heard.”

It should not surprise anyone that the model anti-NGO law was first designed by Vladimir Putin.

Oh, we can be fired.

As we celebrate 250 years of Independence, we must remember the sacrifices made to secure it and recommit ourselves to the ideals that have defined our great nation for centuries: freedom, faith, hard work, equality, and the Rule of Law.

The tool of choice for authoritarians these days is anti-nongovernmental organization laws, also referred to as foreign agent laws.