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
- "From School Choice to Educational Choice," Frederick M. Hess, Olivia Meeks, Bruno V. Manno, American Enterprise Institute
- "Teaching the Trivium," Mollie Hemingway, Get Religion
- "A Star Is Born," James Taranto, The Wall Street Journal
Legislation and Policy Proposals
- "College Debt Will Soon Exceed Credit Card Debt at 1 Trillion Dollars," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
- "Michelle Rhee Finds an Excellent Defender," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
- "The Tolerant Left," Michael Walsh, National Review Online
- "Report: School-choice advocates cheer Supreme Court ruling in Arizona case," John Couretas, The Acton Institute
- "Federal Education Spending Grows and Grows," Kevin R. Kosar, The American
- "School Vouchers Can Hurt as Well as Help," Charles Murray, The American
- "Shanghai Surprise," Chester E. Finn, Jr., The Hoover Institution
- "Can Catholic Schools Be Saved?," Andy Smarick, National Affairs
- "Why Catholic Schools Matter," Sol Stern and Patrick J. McCloskey, City Journal
- "Your Child Left Behind," Eric Hanushek and Paul E. Peterson, The Hoover Institution
- "Parents 'Bite the Bullet' as College Tuition Rises," Lisa Gartner, The Washington Examiner
Government Reform
Regulation
- "California Dreamin'--of Jobs in Texas," John Fund, The Wall Street Journal
- "U.S. EPA exempts milk from spill-control rules," Reuters
Waste/Fraud/Abuse
- "Federal Borrowing on Pace to Hit Debt Limit in Less Than Week," Terrence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com
- "How Not to Plan for the Future," Opinion, New York Times
- "Do Less with Less: What the History of Federal Debt and Tax Leverage Teaches," Jordan J. Ballor, The Acton Institute
- "Obama's Permanent Spending Binge," John B. Taylor, The Wall Street Journal
Health Care
Abstinence
- "N.D. LEGISLATURE: Legislators reach deal on abstinence bill," Teri Finneman, The Grand Forks Herald
- "School board OKs new abstinence-based class," Jeff Gill, The Gainesville Times
Conscience Protection
- "Conscience Rights: The New Frontline in the Culture War," Sarah Torre, The Heritage Foundation
Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts
- "Supreme Court hints at Obamacare impact in sovereign immunity cases," Ken Klukowski, The Washington Examiner
- "A Better Strategery And Better Chosen Ground," Pete Spiliakos, The Ashbrook Center
- "Magical Health-Care Savings," Josh Barro, City Journal
- "Robert Reich's Pie in the Sky Push for Universal Medicare," Wesley J. Smith, First Things
- "Supreme Court Allows Obamacare to Metastasize," David Catron, The American Spectator
- "Pay-for-Performance in Medicare Could Do More Harm Than Good," Kathryn Nix, The Heritage Foundation
Homosexuality
- "Profile in Courage Defending Marriage: Paul Clement," Ken Klukowski, Townhall
- "Give chikin a chance," Megan Basham, WORLD Magazine
- "For Catholics, Open Attitudes on Gay Issues," Austin Considine, New York Times
- "Proposition 8 backers: Gay judge's ruling should be thrown out," Ashley Hayes, CNN
- "Religion, Reason, and Same-Sex Marriage," Matthew J. Franck, First Things
- "State Department Lies About the Holy See," Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing
Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion
- "Fact Checking the Fact Checker," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
- "Planned Parenthood myths," Jeanne Monahan, The Washington Post
- "State of Health Insurance Abortion Coverage in the States," Brianna Walden, Family Research Council
- "Government loses abortion battle," Dominic Hughes, BBC News
- "Letter to the Editor on Planned Parenthood," Msgr. Daniel S. Hamilton, New York Times
- "UN Forgets Abortion is Not an International Human Right," Bill Saunders, LifeNews.com
- "The New Anti-Abortion Math," Gail Collins, New York Times
- "90% of Down Syndrome Children Aborted, Survivors Bring Joy," Maura Butler, LifeNews.com
- "Site: No stigma in abortion," Christine McConville, Chris Cassidy, and Laurel Sweet, The Boston Herald
- "Young Mother with Cancer Sacrifices Life for Unborn Child," John Jalsevac, LifeSiteNews
- "Oklahoma 4th state to ban abortions after 20 weeks," Steve Olafson, Reuters
- "Guttmacher Going After Catholics and Protestants," Amanda Pawloski, Turtle Bay and Beyond
- "Raped girl's lawsuit against Planned Parenthood comes to a close," Steven Aden, Alliance Defense Fund
- "Planned Parenthood 'scared' of personhood," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
Bioethics and Biotechnology
- "Democratic Bioethics and Eugenics," Sherif Gergis, The Public Discourse
- "New Report: 2.6M Annual Stillbirths Ignored," Susan Yoshihara, Turtle Bay and Beyond
- "World's most premature baby born in Germany," Physorg.com
Cloning
- "Nobel laureates support repeal of creationist bill," Andy Coghlan, The New Scientist
- "Biotech experts: Fischbach research ban could chill industry," Mark Sommerhauser, St. Cloud Times
Euthanasia and End of Life Issues
- "The Bearable Lightness of Dignity," Mary Ann Glendon, First Things
- "Lawsuit to Legalize Assisted Suicide to be Filed in Canada," Wesley J. Smith, First Things
- "DNR Order Mission Creep?," Wesley J. Smith, First Things
Stem Cell Research
- "The next big medical leap," Elissa Black, Sunday Mail
- "America's 'Clone War'," Justin Kinney, The Christian Post
- "Stem cell treatments threatened by European patents ruling," Ian Sample, The Guardian
- "Catholic couple blazes new trails in adult cardiac stem-cell research," Maureen Pratt, The Boston Pilot
Women's Health
- "Delivery from shame," Emily Belz, WORLD Magazine
Marriage and Family
Adoption
- "Tony Perkins on Same-Sex Adoptions: Fox News appearance," FRC Press Office
- "New Illinois civil unions law pressuring Catholic adoption agencies," Marianne Medlin, EWTN News
- "Virginia Protects Religious Liberty in Adoption and Foster Care," Sarah Torre, The Heritage Foundation
Family Economics
- "The Immorality of Our Federal Income Tax," Leslie Carbone, Bearing Drift
- "Who Among Us Doesn't Pay Income Tax?," Alex Brill, RealClearMarkets
- "Anti-Capitalism Christians," Joseph Sunde, Common Sense Concept
- "What Would Jesus Cut?," Debra Saunders, RealClearPolitics
Family Structure
- "Three Important Things Happened on 4/18/11 to Defend DoMA," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
- "Equal Pay for Women Act Brings Battle of the Sexes to Life in Louisiana," Robert Ross, The Pelican Post
- "Against Divorce: David Hume Defends Traditional Marriage," Russell Nieli, The Public Discourse
- "Selling Children: Condemned or Celebrated? (Part 1)," Brett Harvey, Alliance Defense Fund
- "1 in 4 children in U.S. raised by a single parent," Christine Armario, The Washington Times
- "Suffer the Little Children: Cohabitation and the Abuse of America's Children," W. Bradford Wilcox, The Public Discourse
- "Sexual Revolution: Defend It, If You Can," Anthony Esolen, The Public Discourse
- "Facing the Challenges of Single Parenting," Robert D. Jones, Crosswalk
Parental Rights
- "Court upholds woman's 'de facto' parental rights," Beth Miller, The News Journal
Media
Pornography
- "Good News: Supreme Court asked to Review Indecency Case (FCC v Fox)," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
- "City Libraries Say 'Checking Out' Porn Protected by First Amendment," Douglas Montero and Bob Fredericks, NewYork Post
Internet
- "Time to Reboot the Net Neutrality Debate," Nick Schulz, American Enterprise Institute
- "What effect has the internet had on religion?," Aleks Krotoski, The Guardian
- "Twitter traits," Alissa Wilkinson, WORLD Magazine
- "Theotechnos: Some Reflections on the Intersection of Social Media and Theology," Jeffrey Volkmer, The Good Book Blog
Religion and Public Policy
- "Religious Left Forms "Circle of Protection" Around Big Government," Jeff Walton, The Institute on Religion and Democracy
- "Blessed is Big Government," George Neumayr, The American Spectator
- "Evangelicals Join 'Religious Left' to Defend Poor Against Budget Cuts," Stephanie Samuel, The Christian Post
Religious Liberty
- "Mercifully Forsaken," Mark Galli, Christianity Today
- "What's So Good about Good Friday?," Carolyn Arends, Kyria
- "Before Philosophy--and After?," Ken Thomas, The Ashbrook Center
Religion in America
- "On the President's Easter Prayer Breakfast Comments," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
- "The Atheist Message Rests on Easter," Ginny Mooney, Breakpoint
- "Survey: Plurality of Americans believe capitalism at odds with Christian values," Public Religion Research Institute
- "No Perfect People Allowed," Dr. James Emery White, Crosswalk
- "Losing sight of our nation's source of truth," Katherine Kersten, Star-Tribune
- "The Gospel According to Hollywood," John A. Murray, The Wall Street Journal
- "Religion continues to impact voter decision, study finds," Physorg.com
Secularism
- "Newt Gingrich warns: Creeping secularism replacing Christianity," Kendra Marr, The Politico
- "Tim Keller: 'Mushy Middle' in Religion Is Disappearing," Ethan Cole, The Christian Post
International
Israel
- "Turkey's Cautionary Tale," Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
- "Obama's Altruistic Foreign Policy," Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
International Economy and Family
- "Tehran, Pyongyang Watch Libya," Robinson O'Brien-Bours, The Ashbrook Center
- "Conservatism finding its voice on the Spanish stage," Warren Cole Smith, WORLD Magazine
Religious Persecution
- "The Flame That Will Not Be Extinguished," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
- "Counting China's Christians," Rodney Stark, Byron Johnson, and Carson Mencken, First Things
- "The Forgotten: Christians Persecuted in the Middle East," George Marlin, The Catholic Thing
Sharia law -- U.S., foreign
- "Missouri House votes to ban Sharia law," Jason Hancock, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- "Religion in the News: Islam Was No. 1 Topic in 2010," The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
- "How to Behave During an Islamic Massacre," Andrew Klavan
The Courts
Constitutional Issues
- "Seventh Circuit Affirms Americans' God-Given Right to Pray for This Nation," Alan Sears, Alliance Defense Fund
- "Library Censorship Case Catches Media's Attention," Thomas More Society
Judicial Activism
- "Knave and Spalding," Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
- "Florida Judge Uses Islamic Law in Suit," FedSoc Blog
Other News of Note
- "The Tea Party and Nullification," Michael Sabo, The Ashbrook Center
- "Compassionate Conservatism: A Primer," Clifford Orwin, The Hoover Institution
- "The Crisis of the New Order," Richard Adams, The Ashbrook Center
- "Catholics and the Civil War," George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing
- "Building Virtue," Raymond Hain, The Public Discourse
- "The White House Wants a List," Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
- "'Atlas Shrugged:' The Blockbuster that Wasn't," Ray Gustini, The Atlantic
- "Machiavelli's Children -- Or Ours?," Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing
Book reviews
- "Counterfeit Gospels," Trevin Wax, Christianity Today
- "Shaping Up the Campus," Elizabeth Corey, First Things
- "A Review of To Change the World," John Henry Cosby, First Things
- "Ronald Reagan at 100," Clark S. Judge, Claremont Review of Books
- "Standing Pat [Moynihan]," Steven F. Hayward, Claremont Review of Books