These compilations from a variety of sources by the Family Research Council continue to offer interested people a gold mine. A new edition appears every two weeks. Readers will find in each a wealth of information not readily found elsewhere. For previous reviews I've posted, click here. For a complete list of articles from this latest edition, click "continue reading" below.
Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling
- "New FRC Pamphlet Available: Jack Klenk's "Who Should Decide How Children are Educated?"," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
- "Creation Museum Founder Disinvited from Homeschooling Conferences," Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today
- "Homeschooling Freedom," David Mills, First Things
Legislation and Policy Proposals
- "Dinosaur U.," Steve Forbes, Forbes
- "Universities on the Brink," Louis E. Lataif, Forbes
- "The Future of Pell Grants," Frederick M. Hess, American Enterprise Institute
- "Respecting Teachers in the Sunshine State," Marcus A. Winters, City Journal
- ""Lesly's Story": Speaker Boehner for School Choice & Opportunity in the Nation's Capital," Michael Ricci and Bryant Avondoglio, Office of Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)
Government Reform
Regulation
- "Tax break for charitable giving targeted," Bernie Becker, The Hill
- "Supernanny State," Ryan Hansen, American Thinker
Waste/Fraud/Abuse
- "Fiscal Irresponsibility: 28 Facts on Spending and Debt," Tom McClusky, The Cloakroom
- "Somebody Missed the 'Nobody Messes With Joe' Memo," Ken Blackwell, Townhall
- "In spending bill fight, GOP mulls ratcheting up pressure on cuts," Erik Wasson, The Hill
Bureaucracy
- "Why Is California Broke? Because it Taxes the Rich!," Emily Esfahani Smith, The Blaze
- "CBO: Obama policies would require deficits of $9.5 trillion through 2021," Lori Montgomery, The Washington Post
- "Economist Edward Lazear Says Taxation Won't Cut It," Emily Skarbek, MyGovCost.org
Health Care
Abstinence
- "Sexting: One 14-Year-Old Girl's Nightmarish Story of Sending a Naked Pic to Her Boyfriend," Emily Esfahani Smith, The Blaze
- "Sexual Responsibility Leads to Big Cut in HIV in Zimbabwe," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
Conscience Protection
- "Obama Administration Rejects Conscience Protection," William Saunders and Anna Franzonello, Health Care News
Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts
- "New Video: Why a Federal Judge Ruled Obamacare Unconstitutional," Carrie Russell, Family Research Council
- "Overspending on Multi-Source Drugs in Medicaid," Alex Brill, American Enterprise Institute
- "Healthcare at Year One: Are You Better Off? Will You Be?," Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg, The American
- "ObamaCare and Carey's Heart," Ron Johnson, The Wall Street Journal
- "Dems: Potential cuts to Medicaid outlined by administration 'cruel'," Mike Lillis, The Hill
Homosexuality
- "USCCB urges HUD not to include sexual orientation & gender identity among protected categories," Tom McClusky, The Cloakroom
- "Jennifer Roback Morse to RI House Judiciary: The thin disguise of marriage equality will not atone for the wrong done to future generations," Alliance Defense Fund
- "Army readies chaplains before 'Don't Ask' repeal," Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service
- "AFL-CIO backs same-sex marriage legislation," Philip Marcelo and Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal
- "Evangelical shift on gays: Why 'clobber scriptures' are losing ground," Jonathan Merritt, Christian Science Monitor
- "Film: Christians, Gays, and Reconciliation," Josephine Vivaldo, The Christian Post
Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion
- "Former FRC Adjunct Fellow Publishes Major Study on Abortion in Top State Politics Journal," Press Release, Family Research Council
- "Kermit Gosnell's Legacy of Death," Tom McClusky, National Review Online
- "Cut Planned Parenthood's funding," Chuck Donovan, CNN
- "The Pontifical Council for the Family's Lexicon," Human Life International
- "New York City sued over crisis pregnancy center gag law," Peter Smith, LifeSiteNews.com
- "Planned Parenthood CEO Busted Making False Claims," Amy Kim, Charisma
- "Pro-life laws seen as factor in drop in abortions," Cheryl Wetzstein, The Washington Times
- "GOP Trying To Use Tax Law To Limit Abortions," Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press
- "Abortion and African Americans," Chuck Colson, The Christian Post
Bioethics and Biotechnology
- "Aging Is Not a Disease," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
Cloning
- "Minnesota Moves Ahead with Prohibition on Human Cloning," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
- "Does the Minnesota Medical Association Support Human Cloning?" Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
- "Senate GOP passes human service overhaul, including cloning ban, but Dayton veto likely," Dave Orrick, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Euthanasia and End of Life Issues
- "Euthanasia "Choice" Would Often Not Be," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
- "The Sanctity of Human Life," David P. Gushee, Qideas
- "Assisted Suicide Mystery: What's Really Going On?," Elenor K. Schoen, National Catholic Register
Stem Cell Research
- "Oklahoma House Votes Against Destruction of Embryonic Humans," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
- "Canada Proposes National Cord Blood Bank," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
- "Adult Stem Cells Help Patients with Aggressive Multiple Sclerosis," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
- "They Treat Horses, Don't They? ##2," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
Women's Health
- "State of Sex Trafficking In the States," Brianna Walden, Family Research Council
- "Why Do We Let Them Dress Like That?," Jennifer Moses, The Wall Street Journal
- "The Prenatal Testing Sham," Mark W. Leach, The Public Discourse
Marriage and Family
Adoption
- "Arkansas Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Adoption Ban," Ron Breeding, KUAR
- "RF, US ready to sign child adoption deal," ITAR-TASS
Family Economics
- "Reasons Why General Motors Still Struggles," Ken Blackwell, Investors Business Daily
- "Dodd-Frank's Threat to Financial Stability," Peter J. Wallison, American Enterprise Institute
- "Social Security Still Needs Fixing," Louie Glinzak, The Acton Institute
- "Reagan's Legacy and the Current Malaise," Steve Forbes, The Wall Street Journal
- "On a losing streak," The Economist
Family Structure
- "Seeking the real Obama on marriage," Chris Gacek, The Washington Examiner
- "For most families, Mom is still heading to work," Allison Linn, Life Inc.
- "Polygamy ban should be 'relegated to scrap heap': civil liberties group," Keith Fraser, The Montreal Gazette
- "Marriage and Procreation: The Intrinsic Connection," Patrick Lee, Robert P. George, and Gerard V. Bradley, The Public Discourse
- "What Marriage Has Become," Christopher Wolfe, The Public Discourse
- "Answer to Family Breakdown is "Social Fatherhood," UN Says," Susan Yoshihara, C-FAM
Parental Rights
- "Do Profoundly Disabled People Have Parental Rights?," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
- "Diversity, Dignity, and My Daughter," Anonymous, The Public Discourse
Media
Pornography
- "No Kisses for ICANN's Approval of .XXX Internet Domain Name," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
- "What Porn Does to Relationships Pt. 3," John and Rachel Buckingham, RELEVANT Magazine
- "Department of Justice Reports Escalation of Child Pornography Cases," Flynn M. Owens, FindLaw
Internet
- "How a Blogger Blocked Sex Slavery," Abigail Pesta, The Daily Beast
- "Netflix Politics," Ned Ryun, American Spectator
- "The Economics of Apple," Nick Schulz, The American
Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty
- "Religion may become extinct in nine nations, study says," Jason Palmer, BBC News
- "Natural Law in Protestant and Roman Catholic Ethics," Jordan J. Ballor, The Acton Institute
- "Bad Taste," Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing
- "European Court Affirms Crucifixes May be Displayed in Public Schools," Terrence McKeegan, C-FAM
Religion in America
- "Hispanic Population Helping U.S. Christianity Thrive," Andrea Marcela Madambashi, The Christian Post
- "Solidarity, Charity and Government Aid," Philip Booth, The Acton Institute
- "Carbon dioxide, a pollutant? Better hold your breath," Benjamin B. Phillips, Baptist Press
- "Assorted Thoughts on Evangelicals and Natural Law," Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Orthodoxy
- "More U.S. colleges adding Muslim chaplains," Matthew Daneman, USA Today
Secularism
- "Secularism Spreads in Spanish Schools," James Heiser, The New American
- "PETA Wants New Bible Translation to Personalize Animals," Wesley J. Smith, First Things
- "Bishop Nazir-Ali blasts 'totalitarian' secularism," The Christian Institute
International
Israel
- "Could Hamas teach the Holocaust?," Julian Kossoff, London Daily Telegraph
- "Israel and the Occupation Myth," Danny Ayalon, The Wall Street Journal
International Economy and Family
- "Why is Kenya Poor?," Charissa Romens, The Acton Institute
- "Girl Stories," Luiza Oleszchuk, The Economist
- "CRR, Congressman Chris Smith and Kenya," Samantha Singson, Turtle Bay and Beyond
Religious Persecution
- "Are Christians humans, too?," Ken Blackwell, WORLD Magazine
- "State Department Lies about the Holy See," Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing
- "The Forgotten: Christians Persecuted in the Middle East," George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing
- "New report reveals 75 percent of religious persecution is against Christians," Terry Murphy, Aid to the Church in Need
- "World's Christians in Grave Danger," Franklin Graham, Newsmax
Sharia law -- U.S., foreign
- "President Obama: 'Mosques Destroyed'," Robert Morrison, American Thinker
- "An Unholy Alliance," Justin Paulette, The Ashbrook Center
- "Growing Sharia Finance in India a Boon or Bane?," Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post
- "Egypt's Islamists: A Cautionary Tale," Hillel Fradkin and Lewis Libby, Commentary Magazine
The Courts
Constitutional Issues
- "Court weighs constitutionality of law funding political opposition," Ken Klukowski, The Washington Examiner
- "Court tackles biggest-ever sex discrimination case," Ken Klukowski, The Washington Examiner
- "Who "Deserves" Constitutional Rights?," Gregory S. Baylor, Alliance Defense Fund
Judicial Activism
- "April 5th Will Decide Who Governs Wisconsin: The Voters or 4 Judges," John Nolte, Big Government
- "Judicial Excuses," Anthony Sanders, National Review Online
Judicial Nominations
- "Republicans Should Not Play Nice on Judicial Nominations," Mario Diaz, Townhall
- "The Judicial Confirmation Crisis: The Threat to Diversity," Leslie Proll, The Huffington Post
Other News of Note
- "American exceptionalism: GOP vs. the Dems," Michael Medved, USA Today
- "Our World: Three Jewish Children," Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
- "The Ted Kennedy Chronicles: A Look at the Latest Declassified FBI Files," Paul Kengor, American Thinker
- "The Central Front, The Right, And The Middle," Pete Spiliakos, The Ashbrook Center
- "Machiavelli's Children -- or Ours?," Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing
Book reviews
- "A Review of God's Many-Splendored Image," Scott Moringiello, First Things
- "The Vindication of Constantine," Trevin Wax, Christianity Today
- "Warning Sign," Leslie S. Lebl, City Journal
- "Review: The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith," Keith Buhler, The Examined Life
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