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
- "When Hippies Were the Ones Homeschooling," Erik Hayden, The Atlantic
- "For home-school parents, classroom design is the subject du jour," Kavita Daswani, Los Angeles Times
Legislation and Policy Proposals
- "Is the Prestige Worth It?," Krystle Weeks, Family Research Council
- "Congrats, 2010 Grads! Your Debt Load Is the Heaviest," Allison Linn, MSNBC
- "Wanted: 10 Million Skilled Workers," Michael G. Morris, The Washington Times
- "Georgia schools cut Bible classes to pay bills," Alicia Constant, WORLD Magazine
- "School Choice Programs Snowball," Sheryl Blunt, Christianity Today
- "What Happened to Data-Driven Education Reform?," Andrew G. Biggs, Lindsay Burke, and Jason Richwine, The Huffington Post
- "Capitalism on Campus: What Are Students Learning? What Should They Know?," The Manhattan Institute
Government Reform
Regulation
- "The Housing Market is Still in a Depression," Dan Indiviglio, The Atlantic
- "Is There a Retirement Crisis?," Nicole Gelinas, City Journal
- "The Civics Crisis," Sohrab Ahmari, City Journal
- "The EPA's Reliability Cover-Up," The Wall Street Journal
- "Regulatory Analysis and Regulatory Reform," Jerry Ellig and Sherzod Abdukadirov, Mercatus Center
Waste/Fraud/Abuse
- "A time for choosing," Joel Belz, WORLD Magazine
- "5 reasons why the GOP would be nuts to raise taxes," James Pethokoukis, The Enterprise Blog
Health Care
Abstinence
- "New York Parents Mobilize Against Sex-Ed Mandate," Brian Fraga, National Catholic Register
- "Faith is No. 1 reason for teens' abstinence," Erin Roach, Baptist Press
- "All the Married Ladies: A Response to Kate Bolick," Rachel Motte, Politicalistas
- "Fewer Teens Are Having Sex," Joe Carter, First Things
Conscience Protection
- "Obama turns his back on Catholics," Michael Gerson, The Washington Post
- "NJ Hospital Administrators Flout Law To Violate Conscience Rights," Alan Sears, Alliance Defense Fund
- "NJ nurses explain lawsuit against hospital's abortion requirements," Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency
Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts
- "Historic Obamacare battle at Supreme Court in 2012," Ken Klukowski, The Washington Examiner
- "Another unpleasant surprise from Obamacare," Diana Furchtgott-Roth, The Washington Examiner
- "Deficit Deal Could Diminish Drug Access," Grace-Marie Turner, The Galen Institute
- "Obama Nominee for Social Security Board Favors Rationing Health Care," Jeffrey H. Anderson, The Weekly Standard
- "Repeal health tax to create jobs," Sen. John Barrasso and Sen. Orrin Hatch, Politico
- "Another ObamaCare Glitch," Jonathan H. Adler and Michael F. Cannon, The Wall Street Journal
- "More Americans than not want health law repeal: poll," Reuters
Homosexuality
- "Nike, Microsoft, Google support striking down Defense of Marriage Act," Christine Dhanagom, LifeSiteNews.com
- "Pelosi leads Democrats' challenge to DOMA," Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle
- "Corporations Line Up on Both Sides of Marriage Battle," Karla Dial, CitizenLink
- "Homosexual Activists Seek to Force Values on Businesses," Bob Ellis, Dakota Voice
Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion
- "Science Can Help Define Personhood," Cathy Ruse, RealClearReligion
- "In personhood debate, precise wording matters," Cathy Ruse, The Washington Post
- "Nicholas Kristof and Toddlers: When You Really Need a Fact Checker," Susan E. Wills, The Public Discourse
- "The Reckless, Profitable Elimination of Down Syndrome," Mark W. Leach, The Public Discourse
- "In Defense of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development," Richard L. Wood, First Things
- "Duties to the Unborn: Alabama Supreme Court Deems Viability Irrelevant to Fetal Wrongful-Death Actions," Jonathan Berry, The Federalist Society
- "Planned Parenthood throws in the towel," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
Bioethics and Biotechnology
- "All His Children," Robin Romm, The Atlantic
- "Down Syndrome screening and the revival of eugenics," Ken and Kim Falkenstein, Bearing Drift
Euthanasia and End of Life Issues
- "New Technique Reveals that People Categorized to be in Persistent Vegetative State May Be Fully Conscious," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
Stem Cell Research
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- "The huge potential of adult stem cells," Vatican Radio
- "Exciting advances in adult stem cell research," Vatican Radio
- "Science must never compromise human dignity," Vatican Radio
Women's Health
- "Kristof Is Wrong to Hail the 'Birth Control Solution'," Christopher White, National Review Online
Marriage and Family
Adoption
- "Start a Church Adoption Fund," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
- "Americans adopted 15 percent fewer foreign children last year," Associated Press
- "Last faith agency opposed to civil union adoptions out of foster care," Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune
- "Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Adoption by Unmarried Cohabitating Couples," Jordan E. Pratt, The Federalist Society
Family Economics
- "An Economic Case for More Kids?," Andrew Haines, The Public Discourse
- "Work, the Curse, and Common Grace," Jordan Ballor, The Acton Institute
- "Losing the Working Class," Henry Olsen, The Weekly Standard
- "Food stamps surge," Marvin Olasky, WORLD Magazine
- "Income Inequality and the Founding Fathers," David Weinberger, The Heritage Foundation
- "The Government as Family," Jim Daly, Crosswalk
Family Structure
- "True marriage defenseless?," Ken Blackwell, WORLD Magazine
- "With Girl Scouts astray, a wholesome alternative," Rebecca Hagelin, The Washington Times
- "Why Marriage Is At Risk In America Today," Jennifer Roback-Morse, Truth and Triumph
- "Why are the Women Fading?," Rebekah Lyons, Qideas
- "I Had to Turn it Off," Jim Daly, Focus on the Family Online Community
- "Mom Guilt," Andrea Farrell, What She Said: Faith and Family in A Complicated World
Media
Pornography
- "Fighting pornography: Group warns about dangers of 'new drug'," Hillary Bowler, Deseret News
- "Pope says prostitution, pornography threaten human dignity of women," Kristin Gobberg, Catholic News Service
- "Florida Man Gets Life Sentence for Child Pornography: Too Severe?," Matthew Bryan Beck, The Christian Post
- "Yale Bans Sex Week After Finding Organizers In Bed With The Porn Industry," Vivian Giang, Business Insider
- "Pastors say porn impacts their churches, but many are not sure to what degree," David Roach, LifeWay
Entertainment
- "Why Disney Killed Its Princess Movies," David Outten, Movieguide
Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty
- "Martin Luther: 10 November 1483," Robert Morrison, Family Research Council
- "Even Kafka Would Be Scandalized at Obama Administration's Effort To Banish References to God From Memorial to FDR," Conrad Black, New York Sun
- "Spiritual Decay," Jeff Walton, The American Spectator
- "Mandating Our Religious Freedom," Jane Robbins and Emmett McGroarty, The Public Discourse
- "Religious symbols on public property trigger convoluted church-state debates," Charles C. Haynes, The Washington Post
- "Ledyard clerk controversy headed for courts?," Robert Harding, The Auburn Pub
- "Whiteville Responds to Freedom from Religion with Hundreds of Crosses," Adam Hammond, WREG.com
- "The Persecution of Religion Has Begun," Russell Shaw, Patheos
Religion in America
- "Jesus the Economist? Or Something Else?," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
- "Brian's Song," Chris Potts, Truth and Triumph
- "Ain't No Hopus Pocus," Fr. Micah Snell, The Examined Life
Secularism
- "Bishops: Secular forces attack religious liberty," Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA Today
- "Secularists or Christian? The Religious Lives of American Political Candidates in the Public Sphere," Denis Lacorne, The Huffington Post
International
Israel
- "Open Mic, Closed Minds," Ken Blackwell and Robert Morrison, The Huffington Post
- "If Israel Strikes," Ken Blackwell, Townhall.com
- "Eclipsed," Lee Smith, Tablet
- "Deligitimizing the Deligitmizers," Caroline Glick, The Jerusalem Post
- "With Friends like These," Caroline Glick, The Jerusalem Post
- "Media Attempt to Cover Up Obama Comments on Israel," Roger Aronoff, Accuracy in Media
International Economy and Family
- "Fiat Currency, the Euro, and Greek Default," Dylan Pahman, The Acton Institute
- "Libyans Need Economic Freedom," Jay Hallen, The American
Religious Persecution
- "Holding fast," Mindy Belz, WORLD Magazine
- "Attention on Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani's Case Helps Persecuted Christians," Jordan Sekulow, Persecution.org
- "US commission: Pakistani schools teaching intolerance of non-Muslims, increasing militancy," Associated Press
Sharia law -- U.S., foreign
- "Islamist rivalry heats up in Egyptian election," Borzou Daragahi, Financial Times
- "11th Annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture - Event Audio/Video," Michael B. Mukasey and Eugene B. Meyer, The Federalist Society
The Courts
Constitutional Issues
- "A Constitutional Conversation with an Ohio Farmer," Justin Paulette, The Ashbrook Center
- "Does the Constitution Make You a Cash Cow?," James V. DeLong, The American
Judicial Activism
- "Debate on Civil Rights and Voter Fraud Draws Attention," Justin Shubow, The Federalist Society
Other News of Note
- "'As free as the wind ...'," Robert Morrison, The Washington Examiner
- "Socialism, Anarchism, and Aristocracy," Richard Adams, The Ashbrook Center
- "The Accommodator: Obama's Foreign Policy," Colin Dueck, The Hoover Institution
- "Who Killed Horatio Alger?," Luigi Zingales, City Journal
Book reviews
- "Islam in Our Midst - A Review," Alexander Marcus, Family Research Council
- "Scouts' Honor," Kathleen Arnn, Claremont Review of Books
- "Read History. Bede's History.," Lindsay Marshall, The Examined Life
- "Book Reviews of The Seven Story Mountain and Lit: A Memoir," Byron Borger, Qideas
- "Left, right, fight, fight, fight," Marvin Olasky, WORLD Magazine
- "Kurtz on Francis Fukuyama," Stanley Kurtz, Claremont Review of Books
- "Irving Kristol: The Art of Persuasion," Ross Douthat, Claremont Review of Books
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