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
- "HSLDA Arrives; Superintendent Does 180," Home School Legal Defense Association
- "The Heroism of Motherhood," Gretel Deem, Crosswalk
Legislation and Policy Proposals
- "Pell Grants: Another Fiscal Disaster Unfolding," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
- "U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Tuition Tax Credits for Arizona Religious Schools," Liberty Counsel
- "Preserving Their Wonder," Rachel Motte, The Examined Life
- "Medieval Wisdom for Modern Universities," Matthew J. Milliner, The Public Discourse
- "Return of the One-Room Schoolhouse, " RiShawn Biddle, The American Spectator
- "Report: Many Catholic Colleges Have Ties to Planned Parenthood," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
- "The Campus Chapel as an Interfaith Laboratory," Mark Edington, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- "Embracing a classical education," Julia Duin, The Washington Post
Government Reform
Regulation
- "No More Dancing around Spending Cuts: Here Comes Debt Limit," Bridget Johnson, The Enterprise
- "No one left to tax?," Richard Adams, The Ashbrook Center
Waste/Fraud/Abuse
- "Pros and Cons of the purported 2011 budget deal," Tom McClusky, The Cloakroom
- "Boehner: Next fight to be about trillions, not billions," John Boehner, USA Today
- "Municipal Debt Crises: Some Historical Perspective," Alex J. Pollock, The American
Bureaucracy
- "Deficit Deception: Don't Bank on Social Security: A Primer in the Manifest Phoniness of the Social Security System," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
- "Shut it, but only to save it," Alex Tokarev, WORLD Magazine
- "Concessions and Tension, Then a Deal," David M. Herszenhorn and Helene Cooper, New York Times
Health Care
Abstinence
- "Abstinence can work," Editorial, Deseret News
- "Abstinence on the rise among teens, young adults," Brittany Stevens, Kansas State Collegian
- "Benefits of abstinence blossom," Bill Bumpas, OneNewsNow
Conscience Protection
- "New Conscience Regulations from the Department of Health & Human Services: Do They Strike the Right Balance Between Conscience and the Medical Profession?," The Federalist Society
Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts
- "Fox News Poll: Voters Say High Court Should Invalidate Health Care Law," Dana Blanton, Fox News
- "Medicare for a New Century," Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
- "A Sugar Coating for the Bitter Pill of ObamaCare," Donald P. Condit, The Acton Institute
- "Just How Is Medicare Spending Our Money?," Joseph Antos, The American
- "Truth-in-pricing Medicare will bring down health care costs," Conn Carroll, The Washington Examiner
- "Mitt's Mistake: ObamaCare Is Not 'Waivable'," Grace-Marie Turner, Investor's Business Daily
Homosexuality
- "DoMA Case Put on Hold until Further Notice by First Circuit," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
- "Beliefs & Business: Chick-Fil-A's Current Conundrum," Megan Basham, Crosswalk
- "Md. Senate derails transgender anti-discrimination bill," John Wagner, The Washington Post
- "Your assignment from the transgender lobby," Stella Morabito, The Washington Examiner
- "Pro-homosexuality foundation pours millions into Catholic and mainline Protestant dissident groups," Methodist Thinker, MethodistThinker.com
Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion
- "Portrait of an Abortion Zealot: Glimpse of Obama in the NYT ," Cathy Ruse, Family Research Council
- "Planned Parenthood lies again," Darin Miller, Family Research Council
- "State of Abortion Clinic Regulations in the States," Brianna Walden, Family Research Council
- "Punished With Babies?," Kevin Staley-Joyce, First Things
- "Sanger's Victory," Allan Carlson, Touchstone Magazine
- "Democrats will yield on everything but abortion," Timothy P. Carney, The Washington Examiner
- "The Pro-Abortion Party," James Taranto, The Wall Street Journal
- "Who's the Extremist Now?," William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal
- "Fifteen States Considering Banning Abortion After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy," Joe Carter, First Things
- "Breaking: Never before released audiotapes reveal hundreds of nationwide Planned Parenthoods offering to cover up child rape," Jill Stanek, JillStanek.com
Bioethics and Biotechnology
- "Bobby Schindler Connects Dots on Quasi Judicial Bioethics Committee Threat," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
- ""Illinois Court Protects Pharmacists' Conscience Opposition to Contraception Under First Amendment," Wesley Smith, Secondhand Smoke
Cloning
- "Opponents of Cloning Ban Need a Course in Stem Cells 101," Dave Andrusko, National Right to Life
Euthanasia and End of Life Issues
- "Organ Transplant Community Should Publicly Refuse Organs from Suicides," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
- "Man Sentenced For Murdering Man Who Wanted to Die: Where's the Crime?," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
Stem Cell Research
- "First Patient Injected with Embryonic Stem Cell Derivatives is Identified," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
- "Growing Human Hearts in the Lab?," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
- "First patient to get stem cell therapy comes forward," Rob Stein, The Washington Post
- "Stem cells 101," Jean Swenson, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
- "Stem Cells: The Scientists Knew They Were Lying?" Sherif Girgis, The Public Discourse
- "The Stem-Cell War," David Klinghoffer, National Review Online
Women's Health
- "Let's Get the Facts Straight: What Planned Parenthood Actually Does," Jeanne Monahan, The Cloakroom
- "Census spotlights India's 'missing girls'," Rupam Jain Nair, Physorg.com
- "Things Planned Parenthood's 'Truth Team' Forgot to Mention," Susan Wills, American Thinker
- "Planned Parenthood: So Accustomed to Lies," Mona Charen, Townhall
Marriage and Family
Adoption
- "Foster Care: Safety Net or Trap Door?," Thomas Atwood, The Heritage Foundation
- "Adoption increasingly crosses racial, ethnic lines," Sharon Jayson, USA Today
- "Ark. court strikes down law barring gay adoptions," Jeannie Nuss, Associated Press
- "Proposed Adoption Rule Change Riles Social Conservatives," Jonathan Wilson, WAMU
Family Economics
- "Money Can't Buy You Economic Prosperity," Shawn Ritenour, The Center for Vision & Values
- "Love, Sex & Mammon," Russell D. Moore, Touchstone Magazine
- "Is It Immoral To Cut the Budget?," Roger Pilon, The Wall Street Journal
- "Debt and the Birth Dearth," Jordan Ballor, The Acton Institute
- "Entitlements Are Free!," Hunter Baker, The Acton Institute
- "Dooming the dollar," George F. Will, New York Post
Family Structure
- "Defining Conservatism, Defining Marriage," David Mills, First Things
- "Polygamy: More Common Than You Think," Rose McDermott, The Wall Street Journal
Parental Rights
- "FRC Praises U.S. Supreme Court for Upholding Parents' Rights, Religious Liberty in Education," Press Office, Family Research Council
- "Chicago school bans some lunches brought from home," Monica Eng and Joel Hood, Chicago Tribune
Media
Pornography
- "GAO: DOJ behind on implementing anti-child-porn act," Gautham Nagesh, The War on Illegal Pornography
- "Why more and more women are using pornography," Tanith Carey, The Guardian
Internet
- "Net Neutrality Override," Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
- "Gov. Sandoval seeks federal, not state, approval of online poker," Chris Sieroty and Steve Tetreault, Las Vegas Review-Journal
- "State Politicians and Social Networking," Robinson O'Brien-Bours, The Ashbrook Center
Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty
- "What the Founders Really Did on Religious Liberty," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
- "Room for worship: Zoning disputes involve more than mosques," Religion Link
- "An Improbable Alliance," Chuck Colson and Timothy George, Christianity Today
- "Mummies, Miracles and Dry, Dry Bones," Max Lindenman, Patheos
- "Will the Obama Administration Re-Interpret Federal Law Re: Religious Discrimination When Awarding Federal Grants?," Derek L. Gaubatz, The Federalist Society
Religion in America
- "Why Does the Illinois Government Oppose the Religious Liberty of Pharmacists?," David Addington, The Heritage Foundation
- "Laughing at Impiety," John Mark Reynolds, Evangel
- "Suzan Johnson Cook's Second Chance," Doug Bandow, The American Spectator
- "Why Doesn't the Media "Get" Religion?," Trevin Wax, Crosswalk
- "Christ's Kingdom and the Federal Government," Jordan Ballor, The Acton Institute
Secularism
- "Movie explores faith in Cristero War against forced secularism," Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency
- "Secularism and religious fanaticism make dangerous bedfellows," The Rev. Thomas V. Berg, The Journal News
- "Politics and the Devil," Charles J. Chaput, The Public Discourse
International
Israel
- "Richard Goldstone and Palestinian Statehood," Carolyn Glick, Jerusalem Post
- "The Syrian Spring," Carolyn Glick, Jerusalem Post
International Economy and Family
- "Prominent During Revolution, Egyptian Women Vanish in New Order," Anna Louie Sussman, The Atlantic
Religious Persecution
- "Christian Worshipers Arrested in China," Joe Carter, First Things
- "Chinese Christian journalist gets 10-year sentence for articles government doesn't like," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
- "Vietnam -- all doubt of persecution removed," Russ Jones, OneNewsNow
Sharia law -- U.S., foreign
- "Of Gods and Men," James Bowman, The American Spectator
- "A busy day on multicultural front in Oklahoma," Editorial, The Oklahoman
- "Introducing the 'Anti-Sharia Oath'," Chad Groening, OneNewsNow
- "Hadith and Apostasy," Abdullah Saeed, The Public Discourse
The Courts
Constitutional Issues
- "What would the Founding Fathers do?," Richard Brookhiser, The Washington Times
- "It's Not a Living Constitution; It's a Living Argument," Julie Ponzi, The Ashbrook Center
- "North Dakota the First to Pass New Tactic Against Federal Debt," Fergus Hodgson, The Pelican Post
Judicial Activism
- "Wisconsin's Supreme Court race heats up as enviro-ideologue candidate accuses conservative of judicial activism," Matthew Boyle, The Daily Caller
Other News of Note
- "Second Thoughts on the Goldstone Report," Ken Blackwell and Robert Morrison, The Huffington Post
- "The Miracle at Appomattox: April 9, 1865," Robert Morrison, Family Research Council
- ""Hold as with a Chain of Steel" Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861," Robert Morrison, Family Research Council
- "The English Language is 'Literally' Falling Apart," Troy Senik, Ricochet
- "Children Astray in the American Regime," Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing
Book reviews
- "Casualties of China's One Child Policy," Lesley Downer, New York Times
- "An Indefensible Faith: Another Review of Love Wins," Sarah J. Flashing, Evangel
- "Not Lost in Translation," Christina Hoff Sommers, Claremont Review of Books
- "Hamilton's Monument," Ryan L. Cole, City Journal
- "All Sail, No Anchor," Jeff Shesol, Claremont Review of Books
- "Truth Over Ideology," Bruce S. Thornton, City Journal