THE SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE REVIEW

- Update: For the latest Social Conservative Review click here.

- I have two major "Social Conservative Review" postings from the Family Research Council to add to previous postings.  The articles and analysis found in each issue of the  "Social Conservative Review" constitute a major and invaluable resource.  Click through to the list of articles below.

From the October 21, 2010 edition:

Educational Freedom and Reform

• “Worldview Conflicts in Education: Revisiting “The Closing of the American Mind”,” The Colson Center
• “LA mayor: Unions will not stop school reform moves,” Christina Hoag, Business Week
• “Speak Up on D.C. Schools, Mr. President,” William J. McGurn, The Wall Street Journal
• “The Erosion of American Higher Education,” Bill Costello, American Thinker
• “Job security,” Alisa Harris, WORLD Magazine
• “President Obama No Superman for Schoolchildren,” Rachel Sheffield, The Heritage Foundation
• “Teachers Unions and Civil Rights Groups Block School Choice for Black Students,” Anthony B. Bradley, The Acton Institute
• “Teaching Students or Subjects?,” Hayden Butler, The Examined Life

Environmental Issues

• “The UN carbon fiasco,” Terence Corcoran, Financial Post
• “Kill a schoolchild. How hilarious,” Dominic Lawson, The Independent
• “Greens shackle national security — and renewable energy,” Paul Driessen, CFACT
• “Black Crosses and black deaths,” Bishop Harry Jackson and Niger Innis, Canada Free Press
• “California’s Green Nightmare,” Stephen Moore, Environment and Climate News

Faith and Policy

• “A Window Into Barack Obama’s Theology,” Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• “Walking away from church,” Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell, Los Angeles Times
• “Federal authorities defend Tennessee mosque,” Kristen M. Hall, OneNewsNow
• “What are Christians known for?,” Marcia Segelstein, OneNewsNow
• “Social Darwinism and the Left,” Jay Richards, The American

Health Care

• “How to Reform ObamaCare Starting Now,” Scott Gottlieb and Tom Miller, Wall Street Journal
• “New England Journal of Medicine Pushes NICE-Style QALY Health Care Rationing,” Wesley Smith, Secondhand Smoke
• “Politics of health,” Edward Lee Pitts, WORLD Magazine
• “Don’t forget Obamacare,” Marvin Olasky, WORLD Magazine
• “How Best to Monitor Health Care” Tevi Troy, NRO Corner Blog
• “States Permitted to Continue Part of Their Challenge to Healthcare Law,” Liberty Counsel
• “ObamaCare Already Hurting Businesses and Infringing on Liberty ,” Liberty Counsel
• “What’s the Worst That Could Happen With The New Health Law?,” Rea Hederman, The Heritage Foundation
• “Medical Innovation in Peril,” Scott Gottlieb, American Enterprise Institute
• “ObamaCare, for Some,” Editorial, The Wall Street Journal
• “Would the Supreme Court Dare Undo the Mandate?,” Megan McArdle, The Atlantic

Homosexuals in the Military

• “Federal Judge Ignores the Constitution, Military Leaders On ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’,” Press Release, Family Research Council
• “Unexpected Turns for Suit Over ‘Don’t Ask’ Rule,” Lizette Alvarez, New York Times
• “Don’t Defend, Don’t Tell: The Obama Administration has chosen to place political considerations over a proper defense of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law,” Ed Whelan, The Public Discourse
• “Christian compassion requires the truth about harms of homosexuality,” Tony Perkins, The Washington Post
• “Study: Gay Parents More Likely to Have Gay Kids,” Paul Kix, AOL News
• “What homosexual-run military could lead to,” Chad Groening, OneNewsNow

Judiciary

• “The Rot at the Department of Justice,” Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• “The Supreme Court and Religious Liberty,” Allen D. Hertzke, The Weekly Standard
• “California 2010: The Courts and the Economy, White Paper on the California Supreme Court,” The Federalist Society
• “Supreme Court Starts Term With 51% Approval,” Lydia Saad, Gallup

Marriage and Family

Family Economics

• “The Family GDP: How Marriage and Fertility Drive the Economy,” Patrick F. Fagan, Family Research Council
• “‘Culture of Poverty’ Makes a Comeback,” Patricia Cohen, New York Times
• “ACSTO: Is the government’s decision not to tax every dollar you make the same as taxing and spending it? The ACLU seems to think so.,” David Cortman, Alliance Defense Fund
• “The 2010 Spending Record,” Editorial, The Wall Street Journal
• “2010 Sets Record for Cost of Government,” Mattie Corrao, Budget and Tax News
• “Liberals Reexamining the Culture of Poverty? Guess Again,” Robert Rector, National Review
• “Americans Prefer Social Security Upper Income Benefit Reductions to Tax Hikes,” Conn Carroll, The Heritage Foundation

Marriage

• “Marriage and the Law of Tradition,” RJ Snell, The Public Discourse
• “GAO: Defense domestic violence tracking remains flawed,” Norah Swanson, Government Executive
• “Is America in a ‘Father Absence’ Crisis?,” Ryan O’Hanlon, Good Feed Blog
• “Ads Urge Fathers to ‘Take Time’ to Be a Dad,” Jane L. Levere, New York Times
• “Marriage Goes Down, Poverty Goes Up,” Rachel Sheffield, The Heritage Foundation
• “D.C. City Council Attacks Marriage Again,” Bishop Harry Jackson, Townhall

Pornography

• “A front for sex trafficking in U.S.,” Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
• “Library to block porn on kids’ computers,” Amanda Lehmert, Greensboro News and Record
• “Porn-Free Vision,” Jim Graves, National Catholic Register

Religious Liberty

• “Secularists Unite to Destroy Parental Authority and Religious Liberty,” Alan Sears, Alliance Defense Fund
• “Religious Speech Vital to Democracy,” Kevin Theriot, Alliance Defense Fund
• “Historic Turnaround in Europe Preserves Conscience Rights,” Terrence McKeegan, C-FAM
• “What the Wilders Trial Means ,” Editorial, National Review
• “Who Says Islam Is Totalitarian? Not long ago, Bernard Lewis sounded almost like Geert Wilders,” Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review
• “Christians in Turkey Acquitted of ‘Insulting Turkishness’,” Damaris Kremida, Compass Direct News
• “Study: Religious diversity increases in America, yet perceptions of Christian nation intensify,” PhysOrg.com

Sanctity of Life

Abortion

• “What is the effect of “Ella” on a teenage woman’s body?,” Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• “Fatal Clostridium sordellii Infections after Medical Abortions,” Elissa Meites, M.D., Suzanne Zane, D.V.M., and Carolyn Gould, M.D., New England Journal of Medicine
• “Mildred Jefferson, 84, Anti-Abortion Activist, Is Dead,” Dennis Hevesi, New York Times
• “Health-care overhaul: Does it provide tax dollars for abortions?” N.C. Aizenman, The Washington Post
• “No Truce on Abortion” Fr. Frank Pavone, The Washington Times
• “A Champion For Maternal Health,” Amanda Pawloski, C-FAM
• “In Memory of the Greatest Pro-Life Orator,” Cal Thomas, Crosswalk
• “Amnesty Demands Abortion Decriminalization in Latin America,” Seana Cranston, C-FAM
• “Critics Call New Maternal Death Report Faulty,” Susan Yoshihara, C-FAM

Adoption

• “Appeal in ‘gay’ adoption ruling uncertain,” Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
• “Pastor, church embrace adoption,” Alyssa LaRenzie, Forsyth County News

Bioethics

• “Twins Socialize in the Womb,” Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• “Sacred cells? A reply to Peters, Lebacqz, and Bennett,” Gary S. Elkins, Ethics & Medicine
• “Twin fetuses learn how to be social in the womb,” Lin Edwards, PhysOrg.com
• “Commercial Surrogacy is Human Trafficking: Biological Parents to Birth MotherAbort Down Fetus!“, Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
• “A Noble Nobel?“, Jennifer Lahl, The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network
• “Oregon Hospices Right Not to Cooperate With Assisted Suicide,” Wesley J. Smith, The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network
• “Science Cannot Teach Us Right From Wrong and Distinguish Good From Bad,” Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
• “Stem-cell research lacks basic ethics,” Letter to the Editor, Jonathan Embody, The Washington Times

Cloning

• “Federal Funding for Human Cloning?,” Wesley J. Smith, National Review
• “Double Trouble: ‘Never Let Me Go’ is really about cloning, no matter what they say,” Gina R. Dalfonzo, The Weekly Standard

Stem Cell Research

Articles by Dr. David Prentice

• “Adult Stem Cells-Best-Kept Secret, Treating Juvenile Diabetes,” David Prentice, Family Research Council
• “Parents and Patients Welcome Maryland Cord Blood Bank,” David Prentice, Family Research Council
• “Geron Begins Questionable Human Experiments,” David Prentice, Family Research Council

Other Stem Cell Research Articles

• “What Do 30 Pieces of Silver Buy You Today?,” Jennifer Lahl, Center for Bioethics and Culture
• “How much respect do we owe the embryo? Limits to embryonic stem cell research,” Dennis L. Sansom, Ethics & Medicine
• “Stem Cell News: Hype Over Science,” Michael Fumento, AOL News
• “More court deadlines set in stem cell case,” Meredith Wadman, Nature

Other News for Social Conservatives

• ““The World Turned Upside Down”–Or, Why Americans Don’t Bow to Kings,” Robert Morrison, Family Research Council
• “Vote Yes on Slots? Here are some Why Nots,” Robert Morrison, Family Research Council
• “Modern Hollywood’s Love Affair With Satanism,” Leo Grin, Big Hollywood
• “Reinter the Death Tax,” Robert Knight, The Washington Times
• “Politics as a Profession,” Roger Scruton, The American Spectator
• “Atheists Debate How Pushy to Be,” Mark Oppehneimer, New York Times
• “Europe’s Choice on Conscience Protection,” Matthew Schmitz, The Public Discourse
• “The Credentialed Gentry and the Unpersuaded Yahoos,” Elizabeth Scalia, First Things
• “The Presidency and the Constitution,” Rep. Mike Pence, Imprimis
• “The Cult of Multiculturalism: This modern obsession has created problems so obvious that only the intelligentsia could fail to see them,” Thomas Sowell, National Review

*** And here's the report from the October 7th edition:

Educational Freedom and Reform

• "President to Parents: "Do As I Say..."," Ken Blackwell, The Huffington Post
• "Texas ed board adopts resolution limiting Islam," April Castro, Associated Press
• "As home-schooling moves to mainstream, stigma fades," Vidya Rao, MSNBC
• "Leaving Children Behind? It's Time to Embrace Online Education," Rachel Sheffield, The Heritage Foundation
• "D.C. schools don't suit daughters," Deborah Simmons, The Washington Times
• "High Schools, Civics, and Citizenship," Gary J. Schmitt, Frederick M. Hess, Steve Farkas, Ann M. Duffett, Cheryl Miller, Jenna M. Schutte, American Enterprise Institute
• "Does School Choice "Work"?," Frederick M. Hess, National Affairs
• "Want school reform? Start in the home," Russell Shaw, OSV Daily Take Blog
• "School Should Make Us Happier," Eric Yang, The Examined Life
• "Human Dignity and Higher Education," by Peter Augustine Lawler, The New Atlantis
• "Obamechanic Tinkers with Colleges: Education Commissar Wants Institutions to Seek Federal Accreditation," Robert Knight, TheWashington Times
• "The Federal Takeover of Education," Bill Costello, The American Thinker

Environmental Issues

• "Leading Evangelical Group Expresses Grave Concern Regarding New Restrictive Energy Policies," Press Release, Cornwall Alliance
• "Global Warming Panel Accepting Nominations," Craig D. Idso, Environment & Climate News
• "Mary Landrieu Channels Jesse Helms," Marc Theissen, The American
• "Global Cooling Hysteria: Heading for Coldest Winter in 1000 Years?," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke

Faith and Policy

• "Killing the Extremist Idea that Threatens America: Counter Fear with Freedom," Thomas F. Farr, The Witherspoon Institute
• "The Faith of Obama and Washington: A Double Standard?," Dr. Gary Scott Smith, Crosswalk
• "Friendship in Foreign Policy," Carson Holloway, The Public Discourse
• "City Market vendor could lose lease for turning away gays," Bill McCleery, The Indianapolis Star
• "ALERT: Be On Look-Out For Violent Rioting Christians," Captain Fish, Snapped Shot
• "Killing the Extremist Idea that Threatens America: The Misalliance of Muslims and Secularists," Thomas F. Farr, The Public Discourse

Health Care

• "How Much More Can They Get Wrong? The New Obamacare Impact Calculator Answers," Rea Hederman, The Heritage Foundation
• "It Depends What the Definition of 'Uninsured' Is," Thomas P. Miller, The American
• "Healthamburglar," Editorial, The Wall Street Journal
• "Should U.S. Import U.K. Model For Medicare And Medicaid?," Tomas J. Philipson, Forbes
• "New study estimates tax credits coming under national health care overhaul," Diane Stafford, Kansas City Star
• "You Can't Keep the Plan You Have : Obamacare is coming to a doctor's office near you," Marc Siegel, M.D., National Review Online
• "The Stakes of Obamacare," Charles Kesler, The Claremont Institute
• "We ignore rise in drug abuse among kids," William Bennett, Alexandra Datig, and Seth Leibsohn, CNN
• "Health Care's Uneven Road to a New Era," David Leonhardt, New York Times

Homosexuals in the Military

• "Abortion, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Feature in Lame-Duck Bill," Peter J. Smith, LifeSiteNews

Judiciary

• "Benched: Supreme Court Rookie Sidelined on 24 Cases," Washington Update, Family Research Council
• "The Biggest Question About Elena Kagan," Ken Klukowski, Fox News
• "Contemplating the Supreme Court's Push to the Right," Heather Horn, The Atlantic
• "The Supreme Court of the Ninth Circuit," Ed Whelan, National Review

Marriage and Family

Family Economics

• "Is There a War Between Social and Economic Conservatives?," Jared Bridges, Family Research Council
• "Republican plan ignores the American family crisis," Robert W. Patterson, The Washington Examiner
• "That Money In Your Wallet is Increasing Government Spending," Joe Carter, First Things
• "Saying No to 'I Do,' With the Economy in Mind," Erik Eckholm, New York Times
• "Fatherhood and Innovation: Act Now!," Vanessa Leon, The Washington Insider
• "How Much Trouble Are We In?," Veronique de Rugy, National Review

Marriage

• "Does 'Living in Sin' Still Lead to Divorce?," Johannah Cornblatt, Newsweek
• "Satisfaction in the Marital Conjugal Relationship," E. Christian Bruegger, D.Phil., Culture of Life Foundation
• "Census data: Weddings in 2009 at record low level," Hope Yen, Associated Press
• "Keeping the Pledge on Marriage-Friendly Federal Policy," Chuck Donovan, The Heritage Foundation
• "A New Kind Of Outing," Eve Conant, Newsweek
• "Bush and Rove weren't behind the state marriage amendments of 2006," Jordan Lorence, The Washington Examiner
• "Changes in Marriage Rates," U.S. Census

Pornography

• "A Tale of Two Web Videos," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "An Equal-Opportunity Destroyer," Christianity Today
• "Pornographers taking advantage of iPhone app," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow

Religious Liberty

• "My Take: The Curious Case of the Christian Hipster," Brett McCracken, CNN
• "Religion, Journalism, and the New American Orthodoxy," Charles J. Chaput, The Public Discourse
• "Religious respect and civility a 2-way street," Jennifer Bryson and Robert P. George, The Philadelphia Inquirer
• "What are Theologians For?," Jeremy Mann, Mere Orthodoxy
• "Basic Religion Test Stumps Many Americans," Laurie Goodstein, New York Times
• "This Is My Father's World: God and Digital Technology," Chuck Colson, Crosswalk
• "Coach not concerned with ACLU," Bill Bumpas, OneNewsNow
• "Chinese lawyer needs foreign intervention," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
• "Persecution mounting in Ethiopia," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
• "Job site for Christian demographic," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
• "Christmas returns to parade name," Will Jones, Richmond Times-Dispatch

Sanctity of Life

Abortion

Articles by Jeanne Monahan

• "Ella and Abortion," Jeanne Monahan, National Review Online
• "How Ella Causes Abortion," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "Concerned Parent and Former Girl Scout Leader Explores GSA Relationship with Planned Parenthood and other Pro-abortion Groups," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "Cost of Abortion," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "RU-486: Ten Years After," Jeanne Monahan, Human Events

Other Articles

• " Recognition that Many Tea Partiers Do Oppose Abortion," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• "Quietly racking up the abortion toll," Rita Diller and Katie Walker, The Washington Times
• "Poverty link to abortion numbers," The Press Association
• "The Argument Over Pregnancy -- And Why it Matters," Christopher O. Tollefsen, The Public Discourse
• "Tea Partiers Oppose Abortion, Not Just Deficits," Timothy Carney, Washington Examiner
• "Europe's Choice on Conscience Protection," Matthew Schmitz, The Public Discourse

Adoption

• "English Catholic adoption agency appeals Charity Commission's decision," Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service
• "Gay adoption hot topic in race for attorney general," Abel Harding, The Florida Times-Union

Bioethics

• "Why Pro-Abortion Is Anti-Science," Nancy Pearcey, Human Events
• "Australian PM Right: Belgium Proves No Way to Create a "Safe" Euthanasia System," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke

Stem Cell Research

• "Adult Stem Cells-Best-Kept Secret, Treating Spinal Cord Injury," David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Adult Stem Cells-Best-Kept Secret, Treating Multiple Sclerosis," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
• "Court of Appeals hears arguments in stem cell case," Meredith Wadman, The Great Beyond
• "Study shows progress with stem cell alternative," Malcolm Ritter, Associated Press
• "U-M stem cell milestone advances research, controversy," Kim Kozlowski, The Detroit News
• "We can all find agreement on success of using adult cells over embryonic," Rep. John Shimkus, The Hill

Other News for Social Conservatives

• "Asking Too Much From Our Fighting Women," by Elaine Donnelly, National Review Online
• "The Cheshire Cat Conservative" (Review of Athwart History: Half a Century of Polemics, Animadversions, and Illuminations: A William F. Buckley Jr. Omnibus by Linda Bridges and Roger Kimball, eds.), by Peter Berkowitz, Policy Review
• "Gone to Pot: The medical marijuana charade," by Matt Labash, The Weekly Standard
• "Cultural Suicide," Hal G. P. Colebatch, The American Spectator
• "The Organizational Secret of the Tea Parties," J.R. Dunn, The American Thinker
• "What Batman Taught Me About Being a Good Dad," Adam Rogers, The Atlantic
• "Claremont Institute Files Amicus Curiae Brief in California's Prop. 8 Case," The Claremont Institute
• "A Twenty-First Century GOP," Tevi Troy, City Journal
• "Modernity's Uninvited Guest: Civilization makes progress, but evil persists," Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
• "Politics as a Profession," Roger Scruton, The American Spectator
• "Why the US Should Not Ratify the CRC," E. Douglas Clark, J.D., The Howard Center