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Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling
- "Many states loose on homeschooling regulations," Richard O. Jones and Denise Wilson, Middletown Journal
- "Anecdotes About Horrible, Sexist "Quiverfull" Families Probably Proof That Homeschooling Needs More Government Oversight," Lucy Steigerwald, Reason Magazine
Legislation and Policy Proposals
- "Upheavals in American Education: The Start of Something Big?," Mark W. Hendrickson, The Center for Vision and Values
- "Special Education and Shirked Responsibility," Alicia Brzycki, The Public Discourse
- "Educational Leadership for a New Era," Rick Hess, Education Week
- "You Went to College for That?," Jane S. Shaw, The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy
- "Federal Student Aid: The Worst of Both Worlds," George Leef, National Review Online
- "Beyond the B.A.," Warren Cole Smith, WORLD Magazine
- "Student-Loan Debt Tops $1 Trillion," Josh Mitchell and Maya Jackson-Randall, The Wall Street Journal
- "Will Your University be Subject to a Conscience Tax?," Speak Up University
Government Reform
Regulation
- "Healthcare Law Highlights Problems With Regulatory Process," Jerry Ellig, U.S. News & World Report
- "Sunsetting Technology Regulation: Applying Moore's Law to Washington," Adam Thierer, Forbes
Waste/Fraud/Abuse
- "Conservatives' budget will stop borrowing from our children," Reps. Scott Garrett and Jim Jordan, The Washington Examiner
- "GAO: Federal government wastes billions on duplicate services," Danielle Ryan, Seacoastonline.com
- "Harry Reid's Pet Bullet Train Project on Verge of Securing $4.9 Billion Government Loan," Doug Powers, MichelleMalkin.com
Health Care
Abstinence
- "Abstinence Push Wins in Wisconsin," Stephanie Banchero, The Wall Street Journal
- "In Utah, talks about what's appropriate in sex ed likely to continue," Rosemary Winters and Heather May, The Salt Lake Tribune
Conscience Protection
- "USAID's directive on conscience gives church officials glimmer of hope," Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service
- "People have right to freedom of conscience," Joel Torczon, The Bakersfield Californian
Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts
- "How Using Party Balloons Today Could Affect Healthcare Costs Tomorrow," Joe Carter, The Acton Institute
- "AEI Special Poll Report Health Care," Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg, American Enterprise Institute
- "ObamaCare, Religion, and the Court," Howard Slugh, The American
- "Obamacare: Will It Withstand Constitutional Scrutiny?," John A. Sparks, The Center for Vision and Values
- "How ObamaCare Misses the Mark on Pre-Existing Conditions," The Galen Institute
- "Obamacare: The reckoning," Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post
- "The Constitution vs. Obamacare," Opinion, National Review Online
- "5 things to watch in health arguments," Jennifer Haberkorn and Josh Gerstein, The Politico
Homosexuality
- "LGBT: An Open-Minded Movement?," Ben Stevens, First Things
- "Why Opposing The Gay Lobby is Not Anti-Gay," Jennifer Roback Morse, The Blaze
- "Group urges Starbucks boycott due to gay 'marriage' support," Michael Foust, Baptist Press
- "Military Academy Hosts "Queer Prom" & "Condom Olympics"," Todd Starnes, Fox News
Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion
- "The First RU-486 Abortion Death in Australia," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
- "Deflection: From the Constitution to Contraceptives," Sherry Crater, The Cloakroom
- "After-Birth Abortion Still Kills People," Gabrielle Speach, The Public Discourse
- "Why You Should See October Baby," Suzanne Venker, National Review Online
- "Death May Spark Backlash against Abortion Drug," Samantha Donovan, The World Today
- "Will Down Syndrome children disappear?," Dominic Perrottet, MercatorNet
- "Refuting the "After-Birth Abortion" Philosophers," Josh Brahm, LifeNews.com
- "Contraception Mandate=Population Control," Bishop Harry Jackson, Townhall.com
Bioethics and Biotechnology
- "Who's afraid of the slippery slope?," Zac Alstin, MercatorNet
- "No More "Ashley's Treatment" Until Studied and Approved," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
- "China to Phase Out Prisoner Organ Donation," Laurie Burkitt, The Wall Street Journal
Euthanasia and End of Life Issues
- "ADF Argues Against Guaranteed Right to Assisted Suicide," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
- "Oregon Report Shows More Assisted Suicides, More Secrecy," Jonathan Imbody, LifeNews.com
- "Should Dehydration Be the Default Decision for PVS?," Wesley J. Smith, Center for Bioethics and Culture Network
Stem Cell Research
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- "Houston study shows stem-cell's potential for heart treatment," Todd Ackerman, The Houston Chronicle
- "Adult Stem Cells Grow New Heart Blood Vessel," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
- "To Fix a Heart, Doctors Train Girl's Body to Grow New Part," Ron Winslow, The Wall Street Journal
Human Trafficking
- "Tenacious Advocacy," James L. Dold, Ph.D., The Polaris Project
- "Broomfield firefighter, wife taking aim and ending human trafficking," Joe Rubino, The Denver Post
Women's Health
- "Has the Sexual Revolution Been Good for Women? No," Mary Eberstadt, The Wall Street Journal
- "New study says pregnancy is safe, even beneficial, for women recovering from breast cancer," Thaddeus Baklinski, LifeSiteNews.com
Marriage and Family
Adoption
- "Tax credit program can help families afford adoption," Opinion, The Oregonian
- "New report details increase in open adoptions," Associated Press
Family Economics
- "Economic Recovery and Helping the Working Poor: Is Unionization the Answer?," Alexis Hamilton, Values and Capitalism
- "Keynesian ideas come home to roost," Alex Tokarev, WORLD Magazine
- "The U.S. Is Number One," Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
- "Labor Market Flows in the Cross Section and Over Time," Steven J. Davis, Jason Faberman, John C. Haltiwanger, The National Bureau of Economic Research
- "Highlights from the Economic Situation Report, March 2012," Bruce Yandle, The Mercatus Center
Family Structure
- "Dad-in-Chief: Parenting Lessons from Rick Santorum and President Obama," Amy Julia Becker, Christianity Today
- "Ladies, Don't Compartmentalize God," Trisha Wilkerson, The Resurgence
- "Christian Wives Talk Thriving With Nonbelieving Husbands," Brittany Smith, The Christian Post
- "Why Christians Can Raise Kids Anywhere: A Response to Kathy Keller," Rachel Stone, Christianity Today
Media
Pornography
- "Is Porn Bad For You? Santorum Brings Up Tricky Question," Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience
- "Microsoft gives photo-matching tech to cops to fight child pornography," Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica
Internet
- "Viral Video and International Justice," Samuel S. Stanton, Jr., The Center for Vision and Values
- "Technology and the Growth Imperative," Bret Swanson, The American
Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty
- "President Obama's Kulturkampf?," Ken Blackwell, Townhall.com
- "Another Obama Administration Attack on Marriage, Religious Liberty," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
- "Vanderbilt's Right to Despise Christianity," Michael Stokes Paulsen, The Public Discourse
- "John Witherspoon and the Early American Understanding of Religious Liberty," Joe Carter, The Acton Institute
- "Religious freedom: It's not just Pakistan and China," George Weigel, Ethics and Public Policy Center
- "Food pantry's prayers violate federal rules," Tim Evans, USA Today
Religion in America
- "The Mission of Business," Joe Carter, The Acton Institute
- "Man the Religious Animal," Christian Smith, First Things
- "Easter: Bunny or Jesus?," David Cortman, Alliance Defense Fund
Secularism
- "Richard Dawkins, Unreasonable Atheist?," Robert Wright, The Atlantic
International
Israel
- "Mohamed Merah - Man of the West," Caroline Glick, The Jerusalem Post
- "The Palestinian financial crisis," Pinhas Inbari, Israpundit
- "Israel's conscience," Ira Sharkansky, The Jerusalem Post
International Economy and Family
- "Europe: A Turtle on its Back?," Fabian Lair, The Acton Institute
- "Global economy fears stalk markets," Pan Pylas, Bloomberg Business Week
- "China and India Both Struggling: Growth Isn't Guaranteed," Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia
- "Tick, tock," The Economist
Religious Persecution
- "Turkey added to watchdog's list of religious liberty violators," Baptist Press
- "Reason for Optimism in Policy Toward Chinese Christians," Brent Fulton, The Gospel Coalition
- "Turkey Added to Watchdog's List of Religious Freedom Violators," Crosswalk.com
- "Syrian violence drives 50,000 Christians from homes," Catholic News Agency
Sharia law -- U.S., foreign
- "Europe's Muslim nightmare," Guy Belchor, ynetnews.com
- "Militias Out of Control in Libya," Omni Ceren, Commentary Magazine
- "Egypt's Islamist groups consolidate power," Heba Saleh, Financial Times
The Courts
Constitutional Issues
- "The EEOC and Federal Contraceptive Regulation," Michael A. Fragoso, National Review Online
- "In Maryland, Local Police Are Getting an Education in the Constitution," Alan Sears, Alliance Defense Fund
- "Supreme Court Expands Plea Bargain Rights of Criminal Defendants," Justin Shubow, The FedSoc Blog
Judicial Activism
- "Judges With a Clear Agenda," Patricia J. Williams, The New York Times
- "America needs judicial engagement, not abdication," Jeff Rowes, The Washington Examiner
Other News of Note
- "Human Nature: The Question behind the Culture Wars," Anthony B. Bradley, The Acton Institute
- "In Praise of a Polarized Politics," Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing
- "Cheap compassion," Bill Newton, WORLD Magazine
- "America's Center Divide," J.T. Young, The American Spectator
- "Kirk Cameron: "I've Become Concerned About the World Our Kids Are Growing Up In"," John Hanlon, Townhall.com
Book reviews
- "The Hunger Games: When Power Corrupts," Jordan J. Ballor, The Acton Institute
- "Book Review: Boom and Bust," Values and Capitalism
- "The Sacrifices of War," Eric Cohen, First Things
- "Conservatism Properly Understood," Robert P. George, Claremont Review of Books
- "Why They Fought," Michael Burlingame, Claremont Review of Books
- "Loving the Way Jesus Loves," David P. Murray, The Gospel Coalition