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
- "Back in the home school classroom: First day of school," Lynn R. Mitchell, SWAC Girl
- "Teen opts for home schooling to further education," Sue Bero, The Times
- "Cardus Survey--The Rest of the Story," Jeremiah Lorrig, Home School Legal Defense Association
Legislation and Policy Proposals
- "Let the people make education policy, not the feds ," Chris Gacek, The Hanford Sentinel
- "The Bedroom in the Classroom: Clio is Not Amused," Dr. Jason R. Edwards, The Center for Vision and Values
- "Online Education Is Everywhere. What's the Next Big Thing?," Marc Parry, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- "College Asks About Sexual Orientation on Application," Nathan Harden, National Review Online
- "Green Light More Education Tax Credits," Matthew Brouillette, The Commonwealth Foundation
- "Are U.S. Students Ready to Compete?," Paul E. Peterson, Carlos Xabel Lastra-Anadon, Eric A. Hanushek, and Ludger Woessmann, Education Next
- "School Choice Gains Traction," Kevin Schmiesing, The Acton Institute
- "Empower Parents: Restore the Constitution by Returning Educational Policy to the States," Jane Robbins, The Public Discourse
- "Pupils Delighted," Anthony Esolen, Touchstone Magazine
Government Reform
Regulation
- "Obama's War on the Secret Ballot," Ken Blackwell, Townhall.com
- "Nanny State Tackles...Nannies," Robinson O'Brien-Bours, The Ashbrook Center
- "Mere Proposals," Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
- "Why I'm 'Ginned Up' about Regulation," Blake Hurst, The American
Waste/Fraud/Abuse
- "Obama administration moves to save debt-ridden Postal Service from default," Bernie Becker, The Hill
- "Obama's Jobs Big Idea? Spend Another $300 Billion," Publius, Big Government
- "In Government We Mistrust," Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
Health Care
Abstinence
- "Church views on morality, chastity," Lisa Larson, The Spectrum
- "Desire, Lust, Chastity, and Love: A Deeper Understanding," William May, Culture of Life Foundation
Conscience Protection
- "Uphold Conscience Protection: Religious Freedom's Contribution to the American Experience and Threats to its Survival," Helen Alvare, The Public Discourse
Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts
- "Senator Hatch: Top 10 reasons why repealing Obamacare saves money and jobs," Tom McClusky, The Cloakroom
- "Health Law Puts Governors in Pickle," Jonathan Weisman, The Wall Street Journal
- "Help the Sick and Reduce the Debt: The Moral Economy of the Health-Care Debate," Yuval Levin, The Public Discourse
- "A Hidden Jobs-Killer," Grace-Marie Turner, The New York Post
- "Obamacare: Uninsureds Grow and Uncertainty Reigns," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
Homosexuality
- "Teacher Reinstated After Suspension for Comments Against Gay Marriage," Publius, FedSoc Blog
- "A novel notion of justice," Robert R. Reilly, MercatorNet
- "Christian Group Criticized for Ousting Gay Member," Brittany Smith, Crosswalk
- "Sojourners Passes GLAAD's Advertising Test on GLBT Issues," Tobin Grant, Christianity Today
Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion
- "Biden 'Understands' China's One-Child Policy ," Ken Blackwell and Robert Morrison, Townhall.com
- "Hillary's Abortion Revolution," Robert Morrison, The Compass Paper
- "Dead Baby Jokes at Planned Parenthood: Not Funny, Give Us Back Our Tax Money," Cathy Ruse, Family Research Council
- "Virginia officials prepare to release draft abortion regulations," Lena H. Sun and Anita Kumar, The Washington Post
- "China Dupes: Excusing the One-Child Policy ," Dr. Paul Kengor, The Center for Vision and Values
- "Court: State can tell pregnant women of 'existing relationship' with baby," Baptist Press
- "Favoring Abortionists in Sex-Slavery Fight," Bob Laird, The Washington Times
- "Abortion increases risk of mental health problems, new research finds," London Daily Telegraph
- "You've Been Guttmacher'd: Planned Parenthood's Baby," Ryan Bomberger, LifeNews.com
- "The new Abby Johnson?: Another Planned Parenthood manager quits and converts to pro-life," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
- "Redefining the Abortion Debate," Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life
- "Why Isn't Millennial Support For Abortion Rights Increasing?," Megan McArdle, The Atlantic
Bioethics and Biotechnology
- "Optimism May Lower Stroke Risk," Dr. David Prentice, Family Research Council
- "The Near Miracle of Male Infertility Treatment," Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill, The New Atlantis
- "The First Fourteen Days of Human Life," Patrick Lee and Robert P. George, The New Atlantis
- "Siblingcide," Justin Paulette, The Ashbrook Center
- "One Sperm Donor, 150 Offspring," Jacqueline Mroz, New York Times
- "Biological Colonialism: Kidney Traffickers Busted," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
- "Targeting Down Syndrome by Regulation," Mark Leach, The Public Discourse
Euthanasia and End of Life Issues
- "10% of Suicides Involve Illness," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
Stem Cell Research
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- "BioCentury 09.04.11 [1] - Litigation Update," BioCentury.com
Women's Health
- "End Human Trafficking: A Contemporary Slavery," Laura J. Lederer, The Public Discourse
- "A Win for Women?," Nora Sullivan, Susan B. Anthony List
Marriage and Family
Adoption
- "Good rules assist foster parents," Opinion, Palladium-Item
- "Georgia Family Shares International Adoption Challenges, Blessings Online," Nic Anderson, All News Wire
Family Economics
- "Money Madne$$," Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online
- "Why the Gender Gap Won't Go Away. Ever.," Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal
- "Atlas Slouched," Robinson O'Brien-Bours, The Ashbrook Center
- "Can the Middle Class Be Rebuilt?," Andrew G. Biggs, American Enterprise Institute
Family Structure
- "Meet the Co-Parents: Friends Not Lovers," Cathy Ruse, Family Research Council
- "Divorce in the Bible Belt?," Glenn T. Stanton, National Review Online
- "FEMA's use of term 'federal family' for government expands under Obama," George Bennett, Palm Beach Post
- "ProtectMarriage.com Fights to Defend Prop. 8," Catholic News Agency
- "More elderly couples live together without marrying," Anita Creamer, The Kansas City Star
Media
Pornography
- "End Child Pornography: Enforce Adult Pornography Laws," Patrick A. Trueman, The Public Discourse
Internet
- "Google Cuts Churches Out Of Nonprofit Program," Matt Branaugh, Christianity Today
- "They Were Never Really My Friends: Facebook Revelations," Lawrence Meyers, Big Government
- "Twitter vs. Blogs...Is There Even a Battle?," Vincent Harris, Net Conservative
- "In Defense of Social Media and Other Evils," Whitney Archer, Dale City Patch
Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty
- "Excluding prayer from 9/11 memorial compounds the tragedy of that day," Ken Klukowski, The Washington Examiner
- "What it means to be American: Attitudes in an Increasingly Diverse America Ten Years after 9/11," Robert P. Jones, Daniel Cox, William A. Galston, and E.J. Dionne, Jr., The Brookings Institution
- "This attack on confession is a threat to all religions," David Quinn, The Independent
- "A World Spinning Backward ," Doug Bandow, The American Spectator
- "Mike Bloomberg and the End of Tolerance," William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal
- "Re: Obama DOJ Picks a Fight Against Religious Freedom," Ed Whelan, National Review Online
Religion in America
- "The Rock in Scott Walker's Pocket," Nicholas G. Hahn, III, RealClearReligion
- "Educated belief," Tim Dalrymple, WORLD Magazine
- "Dubya and Me," Walt Harrington, The American Scholar
- "Religious Tests at the New York Times," Justin Paulette, The Ashbrook Center
- "Work and Prayer: Of Coins, Sheep, and Men," Jordan Ballor, The Acton Institute
Secularism
- "Religion and the Bad News Bearers," Rodney Stark and Byron Johnson, The Wall Street Journal
- "Conservative Humility, Liberal Irony," Andrew Stark, The Hoover Institution
- "Peace If Possible; Truth At All Costs," Michael Hannon, First Things
International
Israel
- "The Perils of a Remilitarized Sinai," Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
- "Glenn Beck's Revealing Visit," Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
International Economy and Family
- "Chinese Gendercide: An Unqualified Wrong,"Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
- "Famine spreads to another region of Somalia," Mission Network News
- "China's Human Rights Abominations," George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing
Religious Persecution
- "Gambia: Country 'No Go Area' for Religious Extremists," Hatab Fatera, AllAfrica
- "Pakistan: Police Admit Taliban Murdered Minister Shahbaz Bhatti," Religion Today
Sharia law -- U.S., foreign
- "The Libyan War," Robinson O'Brien-Bours, The Ashbrook Center
- "Promote Democracy: Start at Home, but Don't Stop at Home," Jennifer Bryson, The Public Discourse
- "Moving from Exclusion to Embrace: Miroslav Volf on Christianity and Islam," Patton Dodd, Patheos
- "Islamic Law (Shari'a) and U.S. Foreign Policy," Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and Public Affairs
The Courts
Constitutional Issues
- "Deep-Sixing the 'Furnace Doctrine'," Robert Morrison, The American Thinker
- "Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2011?," The Federalist Society
- "Has the Federal Government Crossed a Line?," Robert P. George, ABC News
- "The Constitution and Limited Government," Edward J. Erler, Imprimis
- "Obama's Erosion of the Rule of Law ," Robert Alt, The Washington Times
Other News of Note
- "Why Americans care about Iowa," Robert Morrison, The Compass News
- "Hillary Clinton: World's Second Most Powerful Woman?," Ken Blackwell, The Huffington Post
- "The Cosmopolitan Conservative," R.R. Reno, First Things
Book reviews
- "Carpooling with George Washington," Robert Morrison, Family Research Council
- "Explosive new book details war on unborn baby girls," Catholic News Agency
- "Tokyo on Foot," Andrew Wilson, Christianity Today
- "The world according to Belloc," Brett Decker, The Washington Times
- "The Guided and the Misguided," Martha Bayles, Claremont Review of Books