Midknight Review -- new and revised: We recommend the Action Institute for its excellent editorial opinions.

We recommend the Action Institute for its excellent editorial opinions.

We are adding the Action Institute to our Editorial Blogroll. Here is why:

The Acton Institute consistently ranks among the top think tanks in the world.

The University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) maintains comprehensive data on more than 6,500 think tanks worldwide. Of those more than half are considered in the ranking, but fewer than 300 organizations make it into the final report. In recent years, the Acton Institute has consistently placed among the top think tanks worldwide.

The 2015 University of Pennsylvania report ranked Acton as such:

9th of 90 in the Top Social Policy Think Tanks ranking (9th in 2014).
29th of 75 in the Top Think Tanks in the United States (29th in 2014).
155th of 175 in Top Think Tanks Worldwide (previously unranked).
10th in Best Advocacy Campaign (11th in 2014) for PovertyCure.
17th (out of 61) in Best Think Tank Conference (17th in 2014) for Acton University

Let's return the favor, shall we?

CLINTON: You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about. That’s why I believe if we are fortunate enough to win back the House and/or the senate, that’s when civility can start again. But until then, the only thing that the Republicans seem to recognize and respect is strength. And you heard how the Republican members led by Mitch McConnell, the president really demeaned the confirmation process.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."