Paul Weyrich, “Godfather” of Modern Conservative Movement, Dead at 66
…ut as a newspaper and radio reporter, then worked as an aide to Colorado’s Republican senator, Gordon Allott, before plunging into politics,” James Ridgeway and Alicia Ng wrote of his background in a September 2006 interview with Weyrich that focused on his opposition to The Patriot Act. “He set up the Heritage Foundation by persuading the Coors family to finance the venture. Later, he went on to help found the Moral Majority [Weyrich apparently o…
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