THE SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE REVIEW - SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Herewith the latest selection of articles from sources far and wide collated by the Family Research Council.  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.  Previous collections of articles can be found here.

 

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News--September 2, 2010
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Educational Freedom and Reform

• "Even Its Fans Are Having Second Thoughts About Race to the Top," Frederick Hess, Education Next
• "New court decision reinforces need for speech policy changes at five colleges, universities," Alliance Defense Fund
• "School choice proves effective in Fla.," OneNewsNow
• "Fewer Americans Back Obama's Education Programs," Dakarai I. Aarons, Education Week
• "Curriculum Producers Work to Reflect New Standards," Catherine Gewertz, Education Week
• "Failing grade," Alisa Harris, World Magazine

Environmental Issues

• "BP's Imbalanced, Uncharitable Funding," Rob Bluey, First Things
• "End Environmental Experiments on Africans!," Fiona Kobusingye, Science and Public Policy Insitute
• "The climate climate: cool and getting colder," Terence Corcoran, Financial Post
• "EXTREME WEATHER"? NOT YET!," Dennis T. Avery, Center for Global Food Issues
• "The left's war on the gasoline-powered car," Editorial, The Washington Times

Faith and Policy

• "Woodrow Obama falls for Mosquerade," Robert Morrison, The Daily Caller
• "God and Man in the Conservative Movement," Joe Carter, First Things
• "Ground Zero Imam Says U.S. Worse than al-Qaeda," Jason Mattera, Human Events
• "The New Moral Equivalence: Prominent media hosts equate Christian and Muslim violence," Dennis Prager, National Review Online
• "The Tea Parties and the Future of Liberty," Stephen F. Hayes, Imprimis
• "The World Trade Center Mosque and the Constituiton," Mark Helprin, The Wall Street Journal
• "State Department Submits to UN Human-rights Review for the First Time," Joe Wolverton, II, The New American
• "73 Days to Decide: Will Religion Decide November?," Fox News

Health Care

• "US "admits" human rights shortcomings in UN report," Associated Press
• "Doctors' religious beliefs strongly influence end-of-life decisions," Physorg.com
• "Medical Care Facts and Fables," Thomas Sowell, National Review
• "Putting the Brakes on ObamaCare," Grace-Marie Turner, The Wall Street Journal
• "The Laugher Curve," David Catron, The American Spectator

Homosexuals in the Military

• "Mounting religious liberty concerns in "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" attack grow with new revelations from active-duty chaplain," Daniel Blomberg, The Daily Caller
• "Head of U.S. Marine Corps weighs in on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'," NECN
• "Survey counters backing of gays in military," Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times

Judiciary

• "Judge Walker and the Language of the Law," Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing
• "Inventory of Posts on Judge Walker's Anti-Prop 8 Ruling," Ed Whelan, National Review Online
• "Nonpartisan plan takes focus off politics for judges," Kathryn Wall, The News-Leader
• "Legal logjam leaving judges' seats empty in federal courts," Carol J. Williams, The Los Angeles Times

Marriage and Family

Family Economics

• "Sales tax holidays are a good idea," Krystle Weeks, The Daily Caller
• "What Women Wanty"For Real: The new feminism of life as it is actually lived," Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online
• "The Failure of the Liberal Economic Experiment," James K. Glassman, Commentary Magazine
• "The Free Marketers Strike Back," Guy Sorman, City Journal
• "Never Enough: America's Limitless Welfare State, by William Voegli," Fred Siegal, Claremont Institute
• "The seven secrets of a happy life," Nick Powdthavee and Carl Wilkinson, Financial Times
• "Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten system," Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

Marriage

• "Rigorous federal study shows Oklahoma's Family Expectations program strengthens new parents' relationships and helps families stay together," Public Strategies
• "Same-Sex Marriage Battle: California Case Ignites Debate," Father John Flynn, LC, Zenit
• "Same-Sex Marriage and the Insignificance of Men and Women ," Dennis Prager, Townhall
• "Same-Sex Marriage and Public Opinion: Spirals, Frames, and the Seinfeld Effect," Matthew J. Franck and Gwen Brown, Public Discourse: Ethics, Law and the Common Good
• "Mixed Messages from Glenn Beck ," Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy in Media
• "Prop. 8 ruling ignores precedent, evidence and common sense," Ed Meese, The Washington Post
• "UN Bureaucracy Campaigns for Homosexual Adoption in Mexico," C-Fam
• "Happily married vs. happily single: In the end, is one better for your health?," Heather Furey, The Florida Times-Union
• "Birthrates, Marriage Rates and Divorce Rates Fell in 2009," Catherine Rampell, The New York Times
• "Education for 'Happily Ever After' Marriages," Seth Eisenberg, Pairs Foundation
• "High Income Women Increasingly Choosing Divorce," Pairs Foundation

Pornography

• "Switzerland Confidential: Behold the Legal Sex Drive-Thru," Allie Townsend, Time
• "RIM faces battle over content in Indonesia," Anthony Deutsch, Financial Times
• "Stamp out the creep of pornography," Jill Singer, Herald Sun
• "A Click Away: Preventing Online Child Porn Viewing," Martin Kaste, NPR
• "Pastor Calls For Fight Against Porn," Patrick Preston, NBC

Religious Liberty

• "Gay member of Catholic nonprofit told he cannot be president because he's gay," St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• "What is the love of God doing to you?," Kat Wilton, Cathouse Chat
• "Evangelicalism and the Tower of Babel," Adam Omelianchuk, First Things
• "The Refugee Pastor That Could," Marshall Allen, Christianity Today
• "This Is The Way It Ought To Be," Tullian Tchividjian, Crosswalk
• "Freedom," Mindy Belz, World Magazine
• "A vote for religious liberty," Editorial, NWFDailyNews.com
• "Ninth Circuit Upholds Religious Liberty in World Vision Case," Thomas Messner, The Heritage Foundation

Sanctity of Life

Abortion

• "Watson Pharmaceuticals Pushing to Have New Abortion Drug on Market Soon," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "Common-sense oversight for Virginia abortion providers," Jeanne Monahan, The Washington Post
• "Iowa Board of Medicine Hears From Opponents of Telemed Abortion Process," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
• "Rethinking China's one-child policy," The Economist
• "Regulating abortion clinics: Virginia AG Cuccinelli tries to clean up a dirty business," Editorial, Washington Times
• "Ella: Untangling the Ball of Lies (Part 1)," Gerald Nadal, Coming Home
• "48% Say It's Too Easy To Get An Abortion in America (Women think it's too easy in greater numbers than men)," Rasmussen Reports
• "Court Victory for Ultrasound Before Abortion Act; Required script informs women of right to view ultrasound and request photo," Bioethics Defense Fund
• "Barack Obama's Image in Kenya Tarnished by Abortion Battle," C-Fam
• "Help for Women Who Are Forced to Get Pregnant," Belinda Luscombe, Time
• "Buying Kenya's pro-abortion constitution," Rep. Chris Smith, The Washington Times
• "Pro-Life Film Exposes Racism of Abortion," Danielle Bean, First Things

Adoption

• "Women get equal rights in guardianship, adoption of children," The Times of India
• "Getting their faces out there: promoting adoption through a photo gallery," Laura Felton, Selma Times-Journal

Bioethics

• "First Minutes of Life," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Ray Gosling Euthanasia Controversy," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "The Unique Worth of an Individual Human Life: Leon R. Kass on Conversing with and Learning from Paul Ramsey," Leon R. Kass, The New Atlantis
• "The World's Most Dangerous Idea," Margaret Somerville, Mercatornet
• "A Preventative Against Biological Colonialism," Wesley J. Smith, Center for Bioethics & Culture
• "Doctors' religious beliefs strongly influence end-of-life decisions," Physorg.com
• "UK's NICE Rationers: Plush Office Remodel-YES!-Pay for Life-Extending Cancer Drug-NO!," Wesley J. Smith, First Things

Cloning

• "Will Human Cloning Cause the Next Financial Crisis?," Stephen Gandel, Time
• "Breaches privacy and human control," Jay Kumar, The Times of India
• "A question of respect," Margaret Somerville, The Gazette

Stem Cell Research

• "Obama Administration Turns on a Dime - When It Wants To," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• "A Stem Cell Victory for Patients," Jared Bridges, Family Research Council
• "Inconvenient Facts About Stem-Cell Research," Steve Chapman, Scripps
• "Stem Cells, Life, and the Law," Adam Keiper & Yuval Levin, National Review
• "Let the private sector fund stem-cell research," Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
• "Obama administration appeals stem cell injunction," Jeremy Pelofsky, Reuters
• "57% Oppose Taxpayer Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research," Rasmussen Reports
• "Stem cell judge Royce Lamberth no stranger to controversy, independence," Spencer S. Hsu and Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post

Articles by Dr. David Prentice

• "A Stem Cell Victory for Patients," Dr. David Prentice, AOLnews
• ""Smart" Adult Stem Cells Heal Hearts," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Stem Cells for Parkinson's Treatment," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "The Media Hearts Embryonic Stem Cells," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "More Potential Spinal Cord Injury Treatments," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Recruiting Adult Stem Cells for Faster Bone Healing," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council

Other News for Social Conservatives

• "For black children, daunting divides in achievement and family life," George F. Will, The Washington Post
• "A Relativist, Wrapped in a Muslim, Inside an Agnostic ," George Neumayr, American Spectator
• "The Old Times, The End Times and Glenn Beck," Elizabeth Scalia, First Things
• "The Re-Hollowing of the Military," Arthur Herman, Commentary Magazine
• "The Islands of Lost Boys," Lisa Fabrizio, The American Spectator
• "'Mama Grizzlies' Embody Authentic Feminism," Marjorie Dannenfelser, Politics Daily