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
- "Homeschool graduations make The New York Times," Angela Lu, WORLD Magazine
- "Homeschooling: Right Choice for Your Child?," Emily Driscoll, Fox Business
Legislation and Policy Proposals
- "Hard work versus handouts," Robert Morrison, The Ellis County Press
- "Catholic U. president: it's time to ditch coed dorms," Kathleen Gilbert, Life Site News
- "Inner-city education fails without the church," Anthony B. Bradley, The Acton Institute
- "Why is U.S. History High-Schoolers' Worst Subject?," Gary J. Schmitt and Cheryl Miller, National Review Online
- "Contested Curriculum," Andrew P. Kelly, Daniel K. Lautzenheiser, and Cheryl Miller, American Enterprise Institute
- "School Voucher Programs and the Effects of a Little Healthy Competition," Lecture, American Enterprise Institute
- "The Dead Hand of Federal Education Reform," Lindsey Burke, The Washington Times
- "Course Corrections," Allen C. Guelzo, Touchstone Magazine
- "Teachers Without Students," R.R. Reno, First Things
Government Reform
Regulation
- "Back Door Social Engineering," Jordan J. Ballor, Capital Commentary
- "The Washington Diet," Steven Malanga, City Journal
Waste/Fraud/Abuse
- "The Fiscal Pledge We Need: Cut, Cap, Balance," Colin Hanna, Ken Blackwell, and Chris Chocola, The Wall Street Journal
- "California's Nutty Budget Battle," Steven Greenhut, City Journal California
- "The Facts about Transportation Spending," Veronique de Rugy, Reason
- "More Evidence That Federal Employees Are Overpaid," Andrew Biggs, The Enterprise Blog
Health Care
Abstinence
- "Deep divisions rock UN HIV/AIDS meeting," LifeSiteNews
- "Arizona needs to change its approach to sex education," Oonagh McQuarrie, The State Press
- "Women Who Lost Virginity Early More Likely To Divorce: New Study," Stephanie Marcus, The Huffington Post
Conscience Protection
- "The Health Care and Conscience Debate," Luke W. Goodrich, The Federalist Society
- "Senate strips changes in 'conscience protection' law out of abortion bill," Bill Barrow, The Times-Picayune
Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts
- "Why ObamaCare Is Losing in the Courts," David B. Rivkin, Jr. and Lee A. Casey, The Wall Street Journal
- "What Does Medicare Part D Say About the Ryan Plan?," Joseph Antos, RealClearMarkets
- "Spend More, Save More," Peter Suderman, Reason
- "Repealing and Replacing IPAB with Better Solutions," Grace-Marie Turner, The Galen Institute
- "The Accountable Care Fiasco," Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
- "Obama admin to end health care waivers," Ricardo Alonzo-Zaldivar, The Daily Caller
- "Obama's abortion extortion: Indiana's Medicaid funds withheld on behalf of Planned Parenthood," Emily Miller, The Washington Times
Homosexuality
- "Gay marriage at odds with U.S. liberties," Peter Sprigg, Albany Times-Union
- "French National Assembly rejects homosexual 'marriage' in historic vote," Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Life Site News
- "Intolerance about-face? Some gay-rights foes being bullied," David Crary, Associated Press
- "Obama's Views on Gay Marriage 'Evolving'," Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times
- "UN group backs gay rights for the 1st time ever," Frank Jordans, Associated Press
- "Offense and Criticism in the Marriage Debates," R.J. Snell, The Public Discourse
- "Tea Party and African Americans join up against SSM," Rick Karlin, Capitol Confidential
- "Obama Omits 'Creator' When Citing 'Inalienable Rights' of LGBTs," Jerad McHenry, CNSNews.com
Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion
- "The Fetus and Federal Regulations," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
- "The Real War Against Women: Sex Selection Abortion," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
- "Phoenix woman refuses abortion, gives birth to baby carried outside womb," Peter Smith, Life Site News
- "Baltimore Moves to Distract, Detour Women Seeking Pregnancy Centers,"Alan Sears, Alliance Defense Fund
- "Planned Parenthood Closes Center Near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
- "Last Tennessee county readies to kick Planned Parenthood funding," Kathleen Gilbert, Life Site News
- "Pain-capable abortion ban passes in Alabama, but personhood bill fails," John Jalsevac, Life Site News
- "The New Pro-Life Surge," Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today
- "The abortion industry's war on choice," Mailee Smith, The Washington Times
- "Don't Worry, Next Generation of Americans is Pro-Life," Michael New, LifeNews.com
- "United Nations' abortion fine print," Wendy Wright, The Washington Times
- "Safer chemical abortions? Yeah, right," Brendan Malone, Mercator Net
- "Guttmacher: Abortion Rate Down Overall, Up Among Poor Women," Michael J. New, National Review Online
Bioethics and Biotechnology
- "Comfort or conflict: Earlier Down syndrome test," Malcolm Ritter, Associated Press
- "The Human Lantern," Justin Paulette, The Ashbrook Center
Euthanasia and End of Life Issues
- "The Antithesis of Love and Mercy: Physician Assisted Suicide," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
- "Facing Death with Love and Dignity," Pia de Solenni, Headline Bistro
- "Euthanasia Study Raises 'Chilling' Concern That Patients Could be Killed to Harvest Better Organs," Jessica Ryen Doyle, Fox News
- "Dr. Kevorkian's Victims," Ross Douthat, New York Times
Stem Cell Research
- "ACT Picks First Human Subjects for Embryonic Stem Cell Eye Experiment," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
- "California company to use stem cells from aborted babies to treat paralysis," Christine Dhanagom, Life Site News
- "National Science Foundation Publishes False Stem Cell Paper," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
- "IPS Stem Cells Could Allow Human Organs to be Grown in Pigs," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
Marriage and Family
Adoption
- "Seeking protection," Emily Belz, WORLD Magazine
- "Adoption, Identity, and Kung-Fu Panda," Russell Moore, Moore to the Point
- "Affording foreign adoptions," Myscha Theriault, The Sacramento Bee
- "Census shows rise in Gay adoptions," Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times
- "Catholic Charities, Refusing to Provide Adoptive Children to Homosexuals, End Adoption Services in Illinois Communities," Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune
Family Economics
- "Our Fiscal Crisis: We Cannot Tax, Spend and Borrow enough to Substitute for Marriage," Henry Potrykus, Patrick Fagan, and Robert Schwarzwalder, MARRI
- "Articles of Faith," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
- "Recovery and resurgence starts with the family," Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski, The Washington Examiner
- "Social, economic conservatives need each other," Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski, The Washington Examiner
- "Social Contracts, Human Flourishing, and the Economy," Samuel Gregg, The Public Discourse
- "Unemployment? Blame ATMs," Robinson O'Brien-Bours, The Ashbrook Center
- "Salvaging the American Dream," Michael Auslin, The American
- "Retirement Security: Challenges Confronting Pension Plan Sponsors, Workers, and Retirees," Alex Brill, American Enterprise Institute
Family Structure
- "California Bankruptcy Court Strikes Down DoMA," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
- "Study links education to responsible fatherhood," Tiffany Owens, WORLD Magazine
- "Economy of sex: It's cheap these days," Cheryl Wetzstein, The Washington Times
- "A Tale of Two Fathers," Paul Taylor, Pew Research Center
- "The Family's End," Scott Yenor, The Public Discourse
- "The Family: What Is to Be Done?," Scott Yenor, The Public Discourse
Media
Pornography
- "Spanish Bishops Denounce Sexually Explicit Ads In The Media," Catholic News Agency
- "Arousing Ourselves to Death," Russell D. Moore, Touchstone Magazine
Internet
- "Federal Court Rules Pa. Teens Can't Be Suspended for MySpace Parodies," Associated Press
- "Theology, Therapy, Twitter, and the Scandal of the Gospel," Albert Mohler, AlbertMohler.com
Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty
- "The Activists' Game Plan Against Religion, Life and the Family: The UN, the Courts and Transnationalist Ideology," Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D. and William L. Saunders, Family Research Council
- "Five Books on the Body for Evangelicals," Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Orthodoxy
- "A Circle of Exchange is Better than a Circle of Protection," Kevin E. Schmiesing, The Acton Institute
- "Let the Briefing Begin: The Supreme Court to Decide How Far Courts Can Intrude into Religious Life," Diana Verm, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
- "Minority Religious Communities at Risk - Event Audio/Video," Randolph Marshall Bell, Thomas F. Farr, Tad Stahnke, William L. Saunders, The Federalist Society
- "Protecting Religions From "Defamation": A Threat To Universal Human Rights Standards," Leonard A. Leo, Felice D. Gaer, and Elizabeth K. Cassidy, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
Religion in America
- "First Amendment protects prayer, not obscene violence," Ken Klukowski, The Washington Examiner
- "Pledging Allegiance and Saluting Frank Mickens," Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison, The Huffington Post
- "No worship allowed," Emily Belz, WORLD Magazine
- "California School District Cancels Fundraiser After Submission of Scripture-Inscribed Bricks," Joshua Rhett Miller, Fox News
- "Catholic group banned from town parade over baby picture on pro-life banner," Rebecca Millette, Life Site News
- "School Censors Religious Words in Graduation Speech," Todd Starnes, Fox News
- "Catholic Limits on Political Categorization," Joe Carter, First Things
Secularism
- "Faith and secularism in Turkey: A divide or a synthesis?," Joe Sterling, CNN
- "Global Survey: Evangelicals Say Secularism, Not Islam, Is Top Threat," Michelle A. Vu, The Christian Post
International
Israel
- "Might Israel Know What It's Doing?," Lazar Berman, The American
- "Is the US deliberately harming Israeli covert ops in Iran?," Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
- "Obama's Not Done Hammering Israel on 1967 Lines," Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary Magazine
- "Are Young Rabbis turning on Israel?," Daniel Gordis, Commentary Magazine
- "Confronting our subversive institutions," Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
International Economy and Family
- "Germany Opts for Economic Suicide," Steve McCann, American Thinker
- "The End Of Europe: A Civilization Built On Sand," Jerry Bowyer, Forbes
Religious Persecution
- "Targeting The World's Worst Religious Persecutors," Doug Bandow, Forbes
- "Minority Religious Communities at Risk," The Federalist Society
- "Children of Persecution: Child-like Faith in Suffering," Carl Moeller, Crosswalk
Sharia law -- U.S., foreign
- "The Americanization of Islamism," Mohamed Nimer, The American Interest
- "SBC resolution targets Sharia law," Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press
The Courts
Constitutional Issues
- "Getting schooled in the First Amendment," Mollie Hemingway, Get Religion
- "Supreme Court Assesses State Immigration Policy," Julia K. Stronks, Capital Commentary
- "The Upside of Voter ID Initiatives," Ike Brannon, The American
Judicial Activism
- "The 'Judicial Activism' Ploy," Thomas Sowell, Creators.com
- "Reasserting Federalism in Defense of Liberty," Ken Cuccinelli, Imprimis
Other News of Note
- "Who social conservatives want for 2012," Tony Perkins, CNN
- "The problem with the Republican Party," Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski, The Washington Examiner
- "May the Farce Be With You: Lessons for 2012 from Lincoln and Louis," Marvin J. Folkertsma, The Center for Vision and Values
- "World Agape as America Runs Over the Debt Cliff and the GOP Searches for a Candidate," Conrad Black, New York Sun
- "The Right To Work: A Fundamental Freedom," Mark Mix, Imprimis
- "Of Prudes and Libertines," Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing
Book reviews
- "The Wisdom of the Common Law," Richard Adams, The Ashbrook Center
- "The War Against Girls," Jonathan V. Last, The Wall Street Journal
- "The worldwide war on baby girls," The Economist
- "A Shameful Glory," Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing
- "Making Religion Safe for Democracy," Ian Buruma, Claremont Review of Books