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Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr. is the son of mutual-funds pioneer Sir John Templeton and chairman and president of the John Templeton Foundation. ^[1]

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Contents 1 Controversy 1.1 Mitt Romney 1.2 Freedom's Watch 1.3 Affiliations 2 Resources 2.1 Related SourceWatch articles 2.2 References 2.3 External articles 2.4 External resources

Controversy

The son of renowned investor John Templeton, John Templeton Jr is in charge of the Templeton Foundation, which describes itself as "a philanthropic catalyst for research and discoveries relating to what scientists and philosophers call the Big Questions".

Templeton has funded a wide variety of projects dear to conservative hearts, including the re-election of George W. Bush, while the libertarianCato Institute has also received funding for its Russian-language web site, cato.ru ^[2] who has openly called for the West to prepare for a military conflict with Russia," Justin Raimondo wrote August 24, 2007, at Antiwar.com.^[3]

Mitt Romney

Templeton "recently joined" Republican 2008 presidential candidate Mitt Romney's "National Faith and Values Steering Committee, a group that includes an antiabortion activist and a fellow from the Heritage Foundation."^[4]

Freedom's Watch

Templeton, "a former trauma surgeon and a born-again Christian",^[5] is one of several prominent conservatives funding Freedom's Watch, a new White House front group^[6] which on August 22, 2007, began "a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign to urge members of Congress who may be wavering in their support for the war in Iraq not to 'cut and run'."^[3]

Affiliations

• Trustee, Foreign Policy Research Institute
• Let Freedom Ring
• Renaissance Weekend
• Community of West and Islam Dialogue: Members

Resources

Related SourceWatch articles

• Civic Ventures (John Templeton Foundation)
• Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy (John Templeton Foundation)
• Competitive Enterprise Institute (John Templeton Foundation)
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (John Templeton Foundation)
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (John Templeton Foundation)
• Pacific Research Institute (John Templeton Foundation)
• State of the World Forum (John Templeton Foundation)
• Washington Educational Television Association (John Templeton Foundation)
• Wheaton College (Illinois) (John Templeton Foundation)

References

1. ↑ About Us: John Templeton, Jr., John Templeton Foundation, accessed August 22, 2007.
2. ↑ Google search: Andrei Illarionov.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Justin Raimondo, "Home Front 'Surge'. War Party's ad campaign will boomerang," Antiwar.com, August 24, 2007.
4. ↑ Barbara Ehrenreich, "John Templeton's Universe," The Nation, October 10, 2007.
5. ↑ "The Devout Donor," BusinessWeek, November 28, 2005.
6. ↑ "Adelson runs attack ads against Porter," Las Vegas Gleaner, August 22, 2007.

External articles

• Josh Gerstein, "Political Group Shells Out $1M To Boost Santorum's Popularity With Women," New York Sun, October 2, 2006. re Softer Voices
• John J. Miller, "Big Bucks, Big Minds, Big Hearts. The John Templeton Foundation," National Review (Templeton.org),
• Mike Allen, "Pro-Bush group spends $15M defending war," The Politico (posted by Free Republic), August 22, 2007.

External resources

• John Templeton, Jr. in the Wikipedia.
• Donors: President George W. Bush Inauguration 2001, OpenSecrets.org, updated January 25, 2001. Templeton donated $100,000.