THE SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE REVIEW

Subtitled "The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News,"  The Family Research Council has posted yet another collection of valuable links to current articles on a variety of themes.   (I have posted a previous edition here.)  Themes include educational freedom, environmental issues, faith and policy, health care, homosexuality in the military, judiciary, family economics, marriage and family, religious liberty, and sanctity of human life.  Be sure to click the "Continue reading" link at the bottom of this post.

Educational Freedom and Reform

• "Which Sex Position Will Your Kid Learn?," Peter Sprigg, Family Research Council
• "Excerpts from proposed Helena, Montana sex ed curriculum," Peter Sprigg, Family Research Council
• "NEA celebrates 'drag queen' teachers," Bill Bumpas, OneNewsNow
• "Authorizing Charters," Terry Ryan, Michael B. Lafferty and Chester Finn, Education Next
• "Tale of Two Cities," Nathan Glazer, Education Next
• "Secularism in Academe," Jordan J. Ballor, The Acton Institute
• "Should States Let the Federal Government Set Education Standards for Schools?," Heather Horn, The Atlantic

Environmental Issues

• "A Climate Absolution?," Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
• "Spiritual Labor and the Big Spill," Ray Nothstine, The Acton Institute
• "Feds to fund study of Chesapeake microorganisms," Associated Press
• "Feds haven't treated spill like national disaster," James Carafano, The Washington Examiner
• "The Gulf Oil Spill-a Catholic Response," Don Clemmer, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• "BP and the Tragedy of the Commons," William F. Shughart II, Human Events
• "The Climategate Whitewash Continues," Patrick J. Michaels, The Wall Street Journal

Faith and Policy

Check out Speak Up site for Chaplains, Alliance Defense Fund's new project.

• "Who's Telling the Truth -- NASA's Chief or the White House?," Ken Blackwell, Fox News
• "Don't devalue Christian heritage," Fr. Robert Sirico, The Detroit News
• "Hard to Believe? Biblical Authority and Evangelical Feminism," Albert Mohler, Crosswalk
• "Residents protest over ban on displays; vote delayed," Crystal Owens, Loudoun Times
• "Pew: Religion less important to young," Jeremy Foster, KTAR
• "The Signpost at the Crossroads," Joseph Bottum, First Things
• "The Kenya connection," Editorial, The Washington Times

Health Care

• "Rationed Healthcare and Assisted Suicide," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "Obamacare: The President's Wooden-Headed Interpretation of Our Constitution," Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski, Family Research Council
• "Will Obama Keep His Abortion Promise?," Bob Maginnis, Family Research Council
• "Maryland Becomes Second State to Offer Federally Funded Abortions under Obamacare," Matt Cover, CNS News
• "Health insurers may soon offer contraceptives at no extra cost," Michelle Andrews, The Washington Post
• "Federal judge hearing arguments in health care reform lawsuit in Detroit," Santiago Esparza, The Detroit News
• "AMA asks insurers to examine doctor-rating programs," Patrick G. Lee, The Boston Globe
• "Steny Hoyer maintains individual mandate is not a tax," Kerry Picket, The Washington Times
• "Berwick: Bigger Than Kagan," Daniel Henninger, The Wall Street Journal
• "Dr. No: America doesn't need a rationer-in-chief," Reps. Phil Gingrey, Tom Price and Charles Boustany, The Washington Times
• "Lost in Taxation: The IRS's vast new ObamaCare powers," Editorial, The Wall Street Journal
• "Insurers Push Plans Limiting Patient Choice of Doctors," Reed Abelson, The New York Times
• "Rationer in Chief: The Confirmation Hearing That Wasn't," Republican Staff Commentary, Joint Economic Committee

Homosexuality in the Military

• "The "Don't Ask" Trojan Horse Strategy," Bob Maginnis, Family Research Council
• "Kagan and the Military: What Really Happened," Pete Hegseth, The Wall Street Journal
• "Speaking out," Edward Lee Pitts, WORLD Magazine
• "Gay ex-officer to testify against military's ban," Associated Press

Judiciary

Read FRC Action's Tom McClusky's posts on the Kagan nomination at The Cloakroom.

• "FRC Action Statement On Elena Kagan's approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee," Press Release, FRC Action
• "Freedom from Religion Foundation v. Barack Obama," Legal Brief filed by FRC's Ken Klukowski
• "Motion: Freedom from Religion Foundation v. Barack Obama" Petition for leave to participate in oral argument, filed by FRC's Ken Klukowski
• "Elena Kagan's intolerance," Peter Sprigg, Family Research Council
• "Prayer shushed on Supreme Court steps," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
• "FRC Opposes Supreme Court Decision in CLS v. Martinez," Press Release, Family Research Council
• "Kagan Promoted Shariah Law at Harvard," Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, Townhall.com
• "Kagan's Shariah problem," Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., The Washington Times
• "Is Elena Kagan Morally Blind?," James Lewis, American Thinker
• "When Kagan Played Doctor," William Saletan, Slate
• "C. Everett Koop urges senators to block Kagan," Kathy Kiely, USA Today

Marriage and Family

Family Economics

• "It's Not Only about 'the Economy, Stupid'. It's About Freedom," Ken Blackwell, Family Research Council
• "GOP: Keep Bush Tax Cuts to Create Jobs," Donald Lambro, Human Events
• "When Debt Flies Off the Charts," Veronique de Rugy, The American
• "Keynes is Dead; Long Live Adam Smith," Lynn Woolley, Human Events
• "How Financial Reform Discriminates -- Unless Your Daughter Goes to Wellesley," Terry Jeffrey, Townhall.com
• "About That Financial Reform 'Victory'," Kimberley A. Strassel, The Wall Street Journal
• "The Economic Case Against the Death Tax," Curtis Dubay, The Heritage Foundation

Marriage

• "Judge Strikes Down Traditional Marriage," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• "FRC's Tony Perkins Decries D.C. Court of Appeals Decision to Block Marriage Vote," Press Release, Family Research Council
• "God + Intact Family = Less Likely to Abort First Pregnancy," Michael Leaser, Family Research Council
• "Homosexual Agenda is Low Priority-Even for Democrats," Peter Sprigg, Family Research Council
• "Religion and Morality in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate," Thomas M. Messner, The Heritage Foundation
• "DC Court of Appeals: OK to lock out voters on marriage," Press Release, Alliance Defense Fund
• "How I went from committed lesbian to a happily married mother of four," Jackie Clune, The Daily Mail
• "Support for gay marriage has grown in recent years, new poll finds," Shelby Grad, The Los Angeles Times
• "Looking for Time Bombs and Tea Leaves on Gay Marriage," Adam Liptak, The New York Times
• "Argentina Legalizes Gay Marriage," Associated Press

Pornography

• "Dr. Pepper's suggestive ad campaign," KSLA News
• "Watch out women, Porno will steal your soul!," David J. Ley, Ph.D., Psychology Today
• "Computer Monitoring Software Keeps Kids Safe from Internet Pornography," PRWeb
• "Court Decision Striking Down Broadcast Indecency Ban is 'Anti-Family,' Says FCC Commissioner Copps," Pete Winn, CNSNews.com

Religious Liberty

• "Lackadaisical About Religious Liberty," Rob Schwarzwalder, The Washington Times
• "The Problem with Purim," Abby Wisse Schachter, Commentary Magazine
• " God and Gettysburg," Robert George, First Things
• "Police say prayer illegal on U.S. Supreme Court grounds," Press Release, Alliance Defense Fund
• "Bad theology in the House of Representatives," Allie Bullard, Associated Baptist Press
• "Promoting Religious Liberty: Whither the Obama Administration?," Doug Bandow, The Huffington Post
• "Veiled Threats?," Martha Nussbaum, The New York Times
• "Uzbek Women Accuse State of Mass Sterilizations," Associated Press
• "An American Honor Killing," Abigail Pesta, Marie Claire
• "New Zealand Christian school ordered to pay compensation after firing gay sports coach," Associated Press

Sanctity of Life

Abortion

• "Myth And Fact: The Truth About Ella And How It Works," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "FRC Responds to Flawed British Study on Fetal Pain ," Press Release, Family Research Council
• "Obamacare abortions on tap," Editorial, The Washington Times
• "You Can't Take the Back Alley Out of Abortion," Mary Rose Somarriba, First Things
• "Undercover Video Exposes Abortion Clinic," Elisabeth Meinecke, Human Events
• "California Poll Shows Voters Still Pro-Abortion, Could Impact Senate Race," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
• "Court tosses Planned Parenthood to legal 'bounty hunter'," Drew Zahn, WorldNetDaily
• "White House Backs Kenyan Constitution Allowing Abortion," Tess Civantos, Fox News
• "Jindal signs abortion regulation bills," Associated Press
• "Endangered Species: Do pro-life Democrats have a future?," John McCormack, The Weekly Standard
• "500 Abortions A Day In Britain," Kirsty Buchanan, Express.co.uk
• "Plan C, for conscience," Cristina Alarcon, Mercator.net
• "Bringing science to the abortion debate," Daniel Allott, The Washington Times
• "Obama Admin Authorized Abortion Funding in Third State Under Health Care Law," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
• "U.S. aid to Kenya to push easing of abortion laws hit," Kathryn Watson, The Washington Times
• "Fertility Treatment Leads to Twins, Then Abortion," John Johnson, Newser

Adoption

• "Adopting special-needs kids tough but rewarding, parents say," The State Journal-Register
• "Adoption Agency: Major Increase in US Interest in Orphans," Christian Post
• "An Adoption Movement? Agencies Say Interest on Rise," Crosswalk.com
• "Ethiopian orphans need families," Johnny Carr, The Washington Post
• "Adoption Is Everywhere," Ted Olsen, Christianity Today

Bioethics

• "Genetic testing mix-up reignites debate over degree of federal regulation needed," Rob Stein, The Washington Post
• "The Euthanasia Drumbeat Gets Louder," Mark P. Mostert, American Thinker
• "How does one choose end-of-life care?," Sabina Dana Plasse, Idaho Mountain Express
• "Assisted Suicide Debate Continues," Father John Flynn, LC, Zenit
• "Family's wish, doctors' dilemma," Stephen Smith, The Boston Globe

Stem Cell Research

• "Shame on the MS Society," Mark Pickup
• "How Saving Umbilical Cords Saves Lives," Bonnie Rochman, Time
• "Universities Bank on Stem-Cell Research," Robert A. Guth, The Wall Street Journal
• "U.S. appeals court reinstates stem cell suit," Maggie Fox and Jeremy Pelofsky, Reuters
• "Scientists Make Immune Cells In Mice That Fight Off HIV," The Huffington Post

Other Articles of Note for Social Conservatives

• "Why Natural Law Still Matters for Conservatives," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council

"Vernon Baker, An American Hero," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council

"The Return of the Jeffersonian Vision and the Rejection of Progressivism," Michael Barone, The American

"The Spirit of Independence: The Social Psychology of Freedom," Lee Harris, The American

"Scientists expected Obama administration to be friendlier," Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger, Tribune Washington Bureau

"The selective modesty of Barack Obama," Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post

"The Obama-Pelosi Lame Duck Strategy," John Fund, The Wall Street Journal

"The Town Hall Revolt, One Year Later," Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal

"Poll: D.C. elites a world apart," Andy Barr, The Politico

"Iran Cannot Be Contained," Bret Stephens, Commentary Magazine

• The post actually began with the following:

• Check out FRC Action's Webcast: "Mission Compromised: How the military is being used to advance a radical agenda." Through proposals to have abortion at military medical hospitals and clinics and to allow open homosexuality in the Armed Forces, the Obama Administration is placing our military at risk and using service personnel to advance a radical social agenda. Our Webcast, featuring distinguished military and political leaders, explains how.

• Family Research Council's latest publication, "The Defense of Marriage Act: What It Does and Why We Must Keep It," has just been issued. This important booklet, authored by FRC Senior Fellow Chris Gacek, Ph.D., J.D., explains why DOMA is essential to the well-being of families and the very institution of marriage itself. It is available as a PDF at http://www.frc.org/doma, where you can also order hard copies. Marriage is under attack -- and our new publication will help you take action to protect and defend it.

  Additionally, FRC's Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment, former Ohio Secretary of State and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Commission Ken Blackwell, and FRC's Director of the Center for Religious Liberty Ken Klukowski, J.D., appear in today's Wall Street Journal discussing the unconstitutionality of the Obama health care plan and how the federal courts might view the lawsuits brought against the new medical care mandate.

• And here are earlier postings of "the Social Conservative Review"

The Social Conservative Review:

The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News

May 27, 2010

Educational Freedom and Reform

• "Education Items for Home Schools and Private Religious Schools," Chris Gacek, Senior Fellow, Family Research Council
• "Virginia Principal Placed on Leave for Distribution of Fetal Models to Students," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
• "Texas Textbook Wars," Cal Thomas, Dallas Morning News

Environmental Issues

• "A Gathering of Wolves," Ken Blackwell and Robert Morrison, Senior Fellows, Family Research Council, American Thinker
• "Global Warming Hysteria: Science Uses Fake Photo to Defend Warming Scientists," Wesley J. Smith, First Things
• "Leading Evangelical Group Expresses Grave Concern Regarding New Restrictive Energy Policies," The Cornwall Alliance
• "Obama's Emissions," Chris Horner, The American Spectator

Faith and Policy

• "Kenyan Constitution Opens New Front in Culture Wars," Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times
• "Are Democrats pulling back on faith outreach?," Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post
• "Storm Clouds in Ukraine," George Weigel, First Things
• "Progressive Christianity's habit of 'Embracing the Tormenters'," John Couretas, The Acton Institute
• "Civil Debate: HB 444 accommodates equality and religion," Honolulu Star-Bulletin
• "Why Johnny Can't Read the Bible," Collin Hansen, Christianity Today
• "Gliding Serenely into Heresy," Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing

Health Care

• "No, You Can't Keep Your Health Plan," Scott Gottlieb, The Wall Street Journal
• "Patients Left with Fewer Options," Scott Gottlieb, The Politico
• "New health-care law raises concerns about respecting providers' consciences," Rob Stein, The Washington Post
• "Federal Government Asks for Dismissal of Virginia Lawsuit, " Emily P. Walker, MedPageToday

Homosexuality in the Military

• "Homosexual Assault in the Military," Peter Sprigg, Senior Fellow, Family Research Council
• "DADT Update: Veterans Groups and House Armed Services Leaders Oppose President's DADT Plan," Tom McClusky, Senior Vice President, FRC Action
• "The American Legion to Congress: Don't Repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'," PRNewswire.com
• "Ready, Fire, Aim on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"," Chuck Donovan, The Heritage Foundation

Judiciary

• "Family Research Council president slams Kagan," Associated Press
• "Running Out the Kagan Clock," Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council
• "Penumbras, current society, and a written Constitution," Rob Schwarzwalder, Senior Vice President, Family Research Council, The Daily Caller
• "Kagan and anonymous America," Ken Blackwell, Senior Fellow, Family Research Council, WORLD Magazine
• "Kagan Commentaries: Gays, Delays and a Media Blase," Tom McClusky, FRC Action
• "Obama the destroyer," Jeffrey T. Kuhner, The Washington Times
• "Cuomo's cross-dressing lawsuit irks family organization," John O'Brien, Legal News Line
• "Elena Kagan and the Yale-Harvard Nexus ," Michael Filozof, American Thinker
• "Transgenders win discrimination tiff with American Eagle Outfitters, AG Andrew Cuomo forces changes," Erica Pearson, New York Daily News
• "Kagan speech rationing," Editorial, The Washington Times
• "A code word for bias," Kurt Schlichter, The Washington Times
• "Kagan's Nuremberg defense," Editorial, The Washington Times
• "Meager fare in a time of need," Bernard Dobranski, The Washington Times
• "Novartis Must Pay Punitive Damages in Sex-Bias Case, Jury Rules," Patricia Hurtado and David Glovin, Bloomberg
• "With friends like these ...," William Saunders, The Washington Times
• "Pro-Life Group Fights Disclosure Law," Julia Duin, The Washington Times
• "County sued after passing bill penalizing Md. pro-life pregnancy resource centers," Alliance Defense Fund
• "Liberty Counsel Obtains Emergency Order for Food and Water to Elderly Patient," Liberty Counsel
• "Reasons to Cheer the Kagan Nomination," Andrew Cohen, The Atlantic

Marriage and Family

Family Economics

• "Pew Study Finds Children of Divorced Parents More Likely to Remain at Bottom of Income Ladder as Adults," Pew Charitable Trusts
• "Sexual Equality, Social Inequality," Bryce J. Christensen and Robert W. Patterson, The Family In America
• "Poverty, Capital and Economic Freedom," Victor V. Claar, The Acton Institute
• "Debt, Credit and the Virtuous Life," Rev. Gregory Jensen, The Acton Institute
• "What Do Americans Think about Taxes? An Update," Karlyn Bowman, Tax Notes

Marriage

• Homosexual Activity More Likely in Non-Intact Families Who Worship Infrequently, by Michael Leaser, Family Research Council
• "CBO: Benefits for same-sex partners would cost $310 million," Joe Davidson, The Washington Post
• "Malawi: Judge convicts gay couple," Raphael Tenthani, Associated Press

Pornography

• "The Weight of Smut," Mary Eberstadt, First Things
• "America's Other Weight Problem," Jared Bridges, Family Research Council
• "Soft-core porn still hot stuff on cable TV ," Jon Weinbach, Los Angeles Times
• "Steve Jobs Says iPad Revolution Means 'Freedom from Porn'," Peter J. Smith, LifeSiteNews.com

Religious Liberty

• "Debating Church and State in Texas," Ken Klukowski, Special Counsel, Family Research Council, Big Government
• "Islam's Captive Audience," Hamid Reza Kusha, The Claremont Institute
• "Religious Liberty for Me, but Not for Thee...," Alliance Defense Fund, Christian Post
• "US Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Arizona School Choice Suit," Catholic Online
• Independent panel criticizes Obama, Bush, Clinton on religious freedom, Associated Baptist Press

Sanctity of Life

Abortion

• "Ultrasound images should be shown to women seeking abortion," Cathy Ruse, Senior Fellow, Family Research Council, St. Petersburg Times
• "Killing is OK, But Advertising it is Not?," David Christensen, Family Research Council
• "Baby in the womb -- There's an App for that," Joshua Mercer, CatholicVoteAction.com
• "Prisoners of the pill," Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet
• "The New Normal on Abortion: Americans More "Pro-Life"," Lydia Saad, Gallup
• "Abortion foes target private insurers," Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press
• "Mo. passes expanded abortion-consent requirement," David A. Lieb, Associated Press
• "Anti-abortion forces enjoy their moment in the sun," John Ivison, National Post
• "Demonstrators speak out against abortion ultrasound bill ," ABC News
• "Marjorie Dannenfelser, a crusader backing antiabortion women into political life," Jason Horowitz, The Washington Post
• "Planned Parenthood Patient Taken to Hospital, Possible Botched Abortion Victim," Naples Daily News
• "Unborn Baby Gives British Mom a Thumbs Up in Rare Ultrasound Picture," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
• "UK Abortion Ad Battle," Greg Palkot, Fox News
• "US Groups Scrutinize Abortion Details in Kenya's Draft Constitution," Nico Colombant, VOANews.com
• "Planned Parenthood President Says Telemed Abortion Scheme Going Nationwide," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
• "Divine Impulses: Rep. Bart Stupak on pro-life political 'hypocrisy'," Katherine Crnko, The Washington Post
• "Academics urge G8 to fund 'measures to reduce unsafe abortion'," The Toronto Star
• "Abortions in Scotland fall for first time in six years," BBC News
• "Teenager Dies After Father Attempts At-Home Abortion," Fox News

Adoption

• "US senators unveil plan to aid Haiti orphans," AFP
• "Open birth record bills advance in Illinois and Rhode Island," Lori Holden, Examiner.com

Cloning

• "Stealth Legislation to Federally Fund Human Cloning," Wesley J. Smith, The Center for Bioethics and Culture

Bioethics

• "Obama Not Interested in Deep Discourse So "Shadow" Bioethics Council Will," Wesley J. Smith, First Things
• "Vatican Gives A Boost To Biotech Company ," Greg Burke, Fox News
• "Cut The Cheese, Build Your Immunity," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Kinder, Gentler Bone Marrow Transplants," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Bond With Your Kids, Grow More Brain Cells," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "New Brain Cells Even In Old Age," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council

Stem Cell Research

• "Boy Gets New Windpipe Made With His Adult Stem Cells," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "New Disease Identified, Treated with Adult Stem Cells," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Using Leftovers for Adult Stem Cells to Treat Hearts," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Healing Fractures Faster," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Getting Hip, Boning Up with Adult Stem Cells," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Misleading Michigan on Stem Cells," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council

Other Articles of Note for Social Conservatives

• "Trafficking and Prostitution of Children in the United States," Jeanne Monahan, Director of the Center for Human Dignity, Family Research Council
• "A Suggestion for the Arizona Legislature," Jay Nordlinger, National Review Online
• "Why Is a Former Sex Blogger "Rethinking Virginity"?," Jessica Grose, Slate
• "'You Can't Make It Up' Dept.: The Feds Are Paying the Islamist Mosque in Virginia," Andy McCarthy, National Review Online
• "The Tea Party Spirit," Charles R. Kesler, The Claremont Institute
• "Dhimmicrats on the March?," Ken Blackwell, American Thinker
• "Professor dumped from oil spill team over writings," Jim Salter, Associated Press
• "What Kind of Socialist Is Barack Obama?," Jonah Goldberg, Commentary Magazine
• "The New Culture War," Arthur C. Brooks, The Washington Post
• "Goldblog vs. Peter Beinart, Part I," Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
• "Distorting the Truth About Crime and Race," Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
• "A Hidden History of Evil," Claire Berlinski, City Journal

 

• The Social Conservative Review:

  The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News

  May 13, 2010

  Educational Freedom and Reform

• "New York Can Live with Fewer Teachers," Frederick M. Hess, New York Daily News
• "Teacher Quality in Colorado," Frederick M. Hess, National Review Online
• "Why Charter Schools Fail the Test," Charles Murray, New York Times
• "Stroll to the Top," Frederick M. Hess, National Review
• "Human Dignity and Higher Education," Peter Augustine Lawler, The New Atlantis

Environmental Issues

• "Keep the Gulf Oil Rig Disaster in Context," Mackubin T. Owens, The Ashbrook Institute
• "The political pitfalls of settled science," D.C. Innes, WORLD Magazine
• "Ecocide: a Crime Against Peace?," Wesley J. Smith, The Weekly Standard

Faith and Policy

• "Calling homosexuality a sin is criminal," Marcia Segelstein, WORLD Magazine
• "What Liberalism is Missing," Laurence Cooper, Policy Review

Health Care

• "Why the AMA Wants to Muzzle Your Doctor," Hal Scherz, The Wall Street Journal
• "Keeping Health Care Front and Center," Andrew E. Busch, The Ashbrook Institute
• "New health-care law raises concerns about respecting providers' consciences," Rob Stein, The Washington Post
• "Analysis of the Lawsuits Challenging the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," Paul Benjamin Linton, Thomas More Society
• "Obamacare Individual Mandate Unlikely to Work," Merrill Matthews, The Heartland Institute
• "CBO ups health care cost projections," Jennifer Haberkorn, Politico

Homosexuals in the Military

• "Nonsexual Zones of Trust and Military Policy," R.L. Bernard, American Thinker
• "Military Chaplains Urge Obama to Maintain Ban on Open Homosexuals in Military," Kathleen Gilbert, Lifesite News

Judiciary

• "Kagan Nominated for Supreme Court on Monday?," Tom McClusky, Family Research Council
• "A Life Rooted in Pursuit of Education," Dionne Searcey, The Wall Street Journal
• "Elena Obama," Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
• "ADF on Supreme Court nomination: Judges should rule according to the Constitution," Alliance Defense Fund
• "Senate Should Probe Elena Kagan's Judicial Philosophy for Supreme Court Position," Liberty Counsel
• "The Borking Of Kagan," Andrew Sullivan, The Atlantic
• "RE: Kagan and Partial Birth Abortion," W. James Antle, III, The American Spectator
• "Fudging Facts to Defend Kagan," John Tabin, The American Spectator
• "6 Catholics, 3 Jews: Does it matter that there might soon be no Protestants on the Supreme Court?," Elesha Coffman, Christianity Today
• "Questions for Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan," Jay Sekulow, American Center for Law & Justice
• "A Triumph for Political Speech," Jennifer Rubin, Commentary Magazine
• "Stopping Obama's Plan to Subvert the Constitution," Ken Blackwell, Townhall.com

Marriage and Family

Family Economics

• "Tax bills in 2009 at lowest level since 1950," Dennis Cauchon, USA Today
• "Fiscal Conservatism Is Not Enough: What Social Conservatives Offer the Party of Lincoln," Robert W. Patterson, The Family in America

Marriage

• "Marriage Law Is Challenged as Equaling Discrimination," Katherine Q. Seelye, The New York Times
• "Gay Couples Challenge Defense Of Marriage Act," Tovia Smith, National Public Radio
• "Backers Say Gay Rights Bills Will Win in House," Steven T. Dennis and Tory Newmyer, Roll Call
• "Spiritual, But Not Religious: The Impact of Parental Divorce on the Religious and Spiritual Identities of Young Adults in the United States," Jiexia Elisa Zhai, Christopher Ellison, Charles E. Stokes, Norval D. Glenn; Review of Religious Research

Pornography

• "More Internet domains = more porn," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
• "The Social Costs of Pornography," The Witherspoon Institute

Religious Liberty

• "Millennials embrace spirituality, not religion," Ed Stetzer, The Tennessean
• "Court puts Boy Scouts in a moral quandary," Robert Knight, The Washington Times
• "ADF condemns theft of Mojave Cross," Alliance Defense Fund

Sanctity of Life

Abortion

• "Women should be informed before they abort," Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post
• "Abortion Has Become More Concentrated Among Poor Women," Guttmacher Institute
• "Our view on women's choice: Ultrasound mandates in abortions cross a line," USA Today
• "Opposing view on women's choice: New law empowers women," Lisa Billy, USA Today
• "Hillary Clinton's abortion grenade," Michael Gerson, The Washington Post
• "Kansas: Abortion Bill Veto Stands," Associated Press
• "Abortion's New Battle Lines," Charles Blow, New York Times
• "Kenyan churches oppose constitution over abortion," Tom Maliti, Associated Press
• "Covert plan to create late-term abortion program in Wis. ends after exposure by ADF and allies," Alliance Defense Fund

Adoption

• "Russian official: accord reached on adoption deal," Associated Press
• "Rick Warren to hold forum on orphans and adoption," Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register

Cloning

• "How to Think about Patenting Genes," John E. Calfee and Elizabeth DuPre, The American

Bioethics

• "The Science of Stewardship: Sin, Sustainability, and GM Foods," Jordan Ballor, Journal of Markets and Morality
• "Humans Anonymous," C. Ben Mitchell, The Center for Bioethics and Culture
• "Belgian Doctors Euthanized Disabled Patient and Harvested Her Organs," Wesley J. Smith, First Things
• "Dr. Death Takes Hollywood," George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing

Stem Cell Research

• "Stem cells raise hope for treatment for multiple sclerosis patients," Richard Alleyne, London Daily-Telegraph
• "Good News on Multiple Sclerosis with Adult Stem Cells," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Adult Stem Cells From Around the Globe," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Getting Hip, Boning Up with Adult Stem Cells," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council

Other Articles of Note for Social Conservatives

• "New Union Leader Wants Group to Be More of a Political Powerhouse," Steven Greenhouse, New York Times
• "On Inclusiveness, the GOP Just Can't Win," Jonah Goldberg, National Review Online
• "The Churchill Test ," Steven F. Hayward, The Weekly Standard
• "Charlie Crist and the Narrow Middle," John C. Fortier, The Politico
• "Since When Is Iran a Champion for Women's Rights?," Anne Bayefsky, Fox News
• "President Obama's Priorities: Human Rights Be Damned," Anne Bayefsky, Commentary Magazine
• "ENDA sanity?," Peter Sprigg, The Washington Times
• "Pew vs. The Pill," Daniel J. Flynn, The American Spectator
• "The Cultural Preconditions of American Liberty," Christopher Wolfe, National Review
• "How dark chocolate may guard against brain injury from stroke," Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
• "The quiet weapon," Edward Lee Pitts, WORLD Magazine
• "The Varieties of Liberal Enthusiasm," Benjamin A. Plotinsky, City Journal
• "What Kind of Socialist Is Barack Obama?," Jonah Goldberg, Commentary Magazine
• "Reading the Tea Leaves in Kentucky," Howard Fineman, Newsweek