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The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News--February 14, 2013

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.  The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "Bill Threatens Homeschool Freedom," Home School Legal Defense Association
• "Online Classes Expand Homeschooling Options," Reason.com

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "National School Choice Week: Time for More Freedom, Less Red Tape," Family Research Council
• "A former teacher and mom explains why American schools must allow competition," Fox News
• "Cage-Busting Leadership," Education Week
• "Who's The Boss?: Your Education And You," The Enlightened Mind
• "Why Liberals Should Want Less Spending on Colleges," Minding the Campus
• "Tweet Thine Enemy," Education Next

College Debt

• "Student Loan Debt Crisis: How'd We Get Here and What Happens Next?," Time
• "Best Value Colleges strive to cut tuition sticker shock," USA Today
• "Student Loan Debt Is Creating Generation Of High-Risk Borrowers With Low Credit Scores," The Consumerist
• "College will help with loans if grads don't land a good job," The Los Angeles Times

Government Reform
Regulation

• ""Pro-Business" or "Pro-Market"? And What's the Difference?," Economic Freedom
• "Washington D.C. at Work (or Not)," My Government Cost
• "USDA rules call for swing to healthier snacks in schools," Reuters

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Head Start, Lies, and Government Programs," My Government Cost
• "Not All Exchange Is Created Equal," The Acton Institute
• "Hail Columbia!," City Journal

Health Care
Abstinence

• "College Gone Wild: Classes on How to Achieve Orgasm, Yet Neglects Abstinence," Family Research Council
• "Family Fact of the Week: Promoting the Value of Life and Good Teen Choices," The Heritage Foundation
• "Abstinence Could Reduce Cervical Cancer," The Christian Post

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "No compromise in new contraception mandate," USA Today
• "HHS Announcement Changes Little - Superficial Accounting Gimmicks Do Not Equate to Conscience Protections," Townhall.com
• "Obama Loses Two HHS Mandate Cases In One Week," Breitbart.com
• "Health Care Spending In America, In Two Graphs," NPR
• "Bad Science and Failed Freedom Protections in the HHS Mandate," The Public Discourse
• "Pathway to citizenship could increase Obamacare cost up to $300 billion over a decade," The Daily Caller
• "CBO Is Increasingly Skeptical About ObamaCare," RealClearPolitics

Homosexuality

• "Boy Scouts Should Stand on Principle, Not Bow to Pressure," The Christian Post
• "Boy Scouts must stand firm for their values," The Washington Times
• "Brown U to Pay for Student Sex Change Surgeries," National Review Online
• "Homosexual Advocates Demand A Ban On Therapy," Turtle Bay and Beyond
• "Pope Benedict on Homosexual "Marriage"," SecretInfoClub.com
• "From a man of the French left, a passionate defence of marriage," MercatorNet

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "Reflections of a Former Fetus and Former Incubator," The Public Discourse
• "Forty years later, Roe v. Wade still divides," Kansas City Star
• ""What to Expect When No One's Expecting": Book Reveals Left's Dream of Child-Free America," Breitbart.com
• "New York City Schools Putting Young Girls at Risk," Students for Life
• "Sundance Film Festival "Hero" Leroy Carhart Kills Young Woman During 3rd Trimester Abortion In Germantown, MD," Maryland Coalition for Life
• "Roe's legacy of false freedom," MercatorNet.com
• "Obama Development Council Full of Abortion Advocates," Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute
• "The Guttmacher Institute Has A Bad Prescription For Mothers In Uganda," Turtle Bay and Beyond
• "Ark. governor says he'll OK abortion coverage ban," Associated Press
• "NAACP Sensitive About its Abortion Ties," Family Policy Network
• "Complaint Demands Investigation and Discipline Against Planned Parenthood for Botched Abortion and Death of Patient," Thomas More Society

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "Should Christians Pursue Prenatal Testing?," Christianity Today
• "Yearning for Tyranny of Moral Enhancement," National Review Online

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Changing Mores, Slippery Slope or Both?," Decoded Science
• "Belgian Twin Euthanasia Story the Tip of a Chilling Iceberg," LifeNews.com
• "How my mother died," MercatorNet

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Key protein revealed as trigger for stem cell development," Phys.org
• "Ageing: Stem cells on a stress-busting diet," Nature
• "Adult Stem Cell Clinic Moves to Mexico," National Review Online

Human Trafficking

• "Underground Trade, Part One: Hiding in Plain Sight," The Huffington Post
• "Okla. House panel supports human trafficking bill," Associated Press
• "The Power of Survivor Voices on Human Trafficking Awareness Day," The Polaris Project

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "Michael Oher, Adopted Family Celebrate Super Bowl Victory," ABC News
• "Benefits of transracial adoption," New Rhythm Project
• "Adoption bill aims to maintain 'loving, stable' homes for children," KSL.com

Family Economics

• "The Personal Income Tax at 100," The American
• "The Wealth of Nations Depends on the Health of Families," The Public Discourse
• "Congress's Policies Steal Our Freedoms While Rewarding Irresponsibility," Forbes
• "Underlying Causes of Poverty -- Living Apart from the Rule of Law," Poverty Cure
• "Boomers Stick Next Generation with the Gas Bill," Via Meadia
• "Northern Ireland: Coming to America?," The Acton Institute

Family Structure

• "Place Matters: What Do Millennials Want in a Home?," Patheos.com
• "Advice For Parenting Young Kids," Reformissionary
• "Go for the Yahtzee," HOPE International
• "Shape or be shaped: Christians in an era of marriage decline," MercatorNet.com
• "I'm Not Afraid to Raise Daughters," The Gospel Coalition
• "Liberty Counsel Files Amicus Briefs In Defense of Marriage with U.S. Supreme Court," Liberty Counsel

Media
Pornography

• "Pornographers to Use Facial-Recognition Technology," PornHarms.com
• "Adult stars answer questions about porn," Student Life
• "Policing Pills and Pornography," Newsweek Pakistan

Internet

• "Twitter 'Experimenting' With Vine Porn Censorship," Mashable
• "Study: Facebook Is Your Frenemy," The Atlantic

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "Religious Groups Remain Concerned About Contraception Mandate," Time
• "Schools Tussle Over Sex Standards," Christianity Today
• "Government shouldn't define 'church'," Fox News
• "Inglorious revolutions," WORLD Magazine
• "Religious Liberty, the HHS Mandate, and the Conscience that has Escaped our Attention," Intercollegiate Review
• "Deciding Who Gets Religious Freedom: The Latest HHS "Accommodation"," The Public Discourse
• "An Open Letter to Christians About Religious Freedom," The Christian Post

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "Christian Athletes Are Not Role Models," Christianity Today
• "Roman Catholics and Confessional Lutherans Explore Deeper Ties," First Things
• "From Prison to the Pulpit: A Stunning Story of God's Grace," The Gospel Coalition
• "Martin Luther on the Passions of Evangelical Politics," Mere Orthodoxy
• "The Most Offensive Word in America," Relevant Magazine

Secularism

• "Vatican art exhibit is a challenge to secularism, archbishop explains," Catholic Culture

International
Israel

• "Britain Is No Place for Jews," FrontPage Magazine
• "The Folly of Containing Iran," Commentary Magazine
• "About the next government," CarolineGlick.com

International Economy and Family

• "China's Cheap Labour Force Down by 3.45 million in 2012," News Network of India
• "British Hospital Carnage a Window into US Future," Via Meadia

Religious Persecution

• "Ai Wei-Wei / Chen Guangcheng Interview," New Statesman
• "'Insulting Quran' Charges Snare Two Christian Children in Egypt," Persecution.org

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "Repeal the 17th Amendment," The Independent Institute
• "An Occasion in Which National Security Trumps Civil Rights?," The FedSoc Blog
• "Despising the Constitution," The Library of Law and Liberty

Judicial Activism

• "Obama Nominates Two Government Lawyers to Federal Circuit," The FedSoc Blog
• "Supreme Court, in upcoming marriage cases, urged not to 'disqualify' religious conviction," Baptist Press

Other News of Note

• "Not All Politics Is Political," The American Conservative
• "Privilege: the Real Postal Problem," The Acton Institute
• "Missing a Chance at Greatness," City Journal
• "The Stoning of Dr. Ben Carson," The American Spectator

Book reviews

• "Finding the City on a Hill," The Center for Vision and Values
• "Michelle Rhee: My Break With the Democrats," The Daily Beast
• "Review: Auralia Thread," The Enlightened Mind
• "Men of God and Country in World War II," The Acton Institute

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- January 31, 2013

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.  The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "Common Core K-12 hits home," The Orange County Register
• "HSLDA Defends Homeschooling Family in Supreme Court," Home School Legal Defense Association
• "Back in the homeschool classroom: Blazing new trails," SWAC Girl

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "School Choice Under Attack in New Hampshire," Institute for Justice
• "The ABCs of School Choice," The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
• "Mr. Obama: Most Schools Aren't Like Your Daughters' School," Education Week
• "A Big Tent for Charter Schools," EducationNext

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- December 13, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.  The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "School Official Demands "Home School License"," Home School Legal Defense Association
• "Homeschooling: freedom's last stand," LifeSiteNews.com
• "Saving the Shrinking Flame: How to Reignite Your Passion for Homeschooling," Crosswalk
• "After homeschoolers lobby, UN disabilities treaty fails," Human Events

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "The tyranny of good intentions at US colleges," The Washington Examiner
• "Diverse Charter Schools," EducationNext
• Map: Charter-school penetration by city," Thomas B. Fordham Institute
• "Louisiana Unions Fight School Choice, Opportunity for Children," The Heritage Foundation
• "More Principals Learn the Job in Real Schools," Education Week
• "Christians on Campus: Our Right to Exist," Crosswalk
• "Is This Grade School a 'Cult'? (And Do Parents Care?)," The Atlantic

College Debt

• "Important Article on the College Debt Scene & Is the Bubble Exploding," Family Research Council
• "The Pin that Might Pop the Higher-Ed Bubble," The Acton Institute

Government Reform
Regulation

• "How Government Suffocates Charity," Values and Capitalism
• "In Orlando, You Can't Grow Your Own Garden," Doublethink
• "Charitable deduction cap would be 'devastating'," Baptist Press

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "To win the fiscal cliff battle, Republicans should follow the Constitution," AEIdeas.org
• "The Left's Flip-Flop on the Bush Tax Cuts," The American

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Teenagers and the Morning-After Pill," New York Times
• "Sex without Qualifications: Christianity and the Meaning of Sex, " Mere Orthodoxy
• "Condom Ambulance delivers contraceptives right to your dorm room door," The Daily Caller
• "ObamaCare's Crisis of Conscience," Texas Policy

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "HHS Anti-Conscience Mandate: Challengers Get Federal Appellate Court Victory," The Heritage Foundation
• "Cared to death," WORLD Magazine
• "When Obamacare fails: The playbook for market-based reform," American Enterprise Institute
• "Judge allows NY Archdiocese lawsuit over healthcare law," Reuters
• "Feds Nix Partial Medicaid Expansion," The Wall Street Journal

Homosexuality

• "No Word On Same-Sex Marriage Cases At SCOTUS," Breitbart.com
• "Human Rights, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity at the UN," The Public Discourse
• "Children of Same-Sex Unions: New Research on Family Stability and Structure," The Heritage Foundation
• "News Agency Discovers: "Homophobia" Is Humbug," Turtle Bay and Beyond
• "It Gets Bitter: Bullied by Anti-Bully Activist Dan Savage," LifeNews.com

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "Emergency Contraception: Not Best for Teens," American College of Pediatricians
• "Planned Parenthood and the Government v. Religious Liberty and Women's Wellbeing," The Public Discourse
• "United Nations Declares Contraception Access a "Human Right"," The Heritage Foundation
• "The Down Syndrome Community's Abortion Rift," First Things
• "Lancet Editorial Uses Incorrect Data To Promote Abortion Agenda," Turtle Bay and Beyond
• "Utah introduces sex-selective abortion ban, Ohio Senate stops a Heartbeat, and more," LifeSiteNews.com
• "Video Game Teaches Women How to Do Illegal Abortions at Home," LifeNews.com
• "Abortion's Backdoor Maneuver at the U.N.," First Things

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "High Court to Address Whether Genes Can Be Patented," The FedSoc Blog
• "A Large-Scale Model of the Functioning Brain," Science
• "Modern healthcare: are we playing God?," Matthias Media

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Cruel Brittania: Euthanizing Sick Babies and Old Ladies?," Family Research Council
• "Sedated to Death Without Permission in UK," National Review Online

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Faster, safer method for producing stem cells," Phys.org
• "A Peak of Reality at the World Stem Cell Summit," National Right to Life News
• "Stem cell agency board criticized for conflicts of interest," Los Angeles Times
• "Germany rules against stem cell patents," Deutsche Welle All

Human Trafficking

• "" We are not cookie-cutter..."," Family Research Council
• "National Study Reveals Top Seven States That Protect Against Child Trafficking," Shared Hope International
• "Vacating Convictions: Two Clients' Experiences," The Polaris Project

Women's Health

• "UN to Act Against Female Genital Mutilation," National Review Online
• "Contraception and Women's Wellbeing: Physical Health, Happiness, and Religion," The Public Discourse

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "Adopted For Life: Orphan Care and the Christian Mission," Family Research Council
• "US Congress should extend adoption tax credit," DelmarvaNow.com
• "Haiti to overhaul adoption laws to protect its children, curb child trafficking and neglect," The Washington Post
• "Planned Parenthood and Adoption?," National Right to Life News
• "Moral Neutrality, Marriage, and the Supreme Court," The Public Discourse

Family Economics

• "The 1930s All Over Again?," The American
• "The Dividends of $elf-Control," The Center for Vision and Values
• "Life, delayed: Couples putting off marriage due to economy, changing views," The Deseret News
• "Unemployment Benefits: No Free Lunch," The Heritage Foundation
• "Prices, Income, and Education," Institute for Faith, Work, & Economics
• "The Future of Free Enterprise," Renewing Minds

Family Structure

• " Florida: Family Planning Vs. Family Belonging," Family Research Council
• "A Nation of Singles," The Weekly Standard
• "There's No Perfect Time to Start Having Kids," The Atlantic
• "Parents vs. the State," Crisis
• "How Did This Happen? The Family Crisis as a Theological Crisis," AlbertMohler.com
• "Till death do us part"," Mercatornet.com
• "The Blessing of Children," The New Atlantis

Media
Pornography

• "Shifting views? Women now more ok with porn than men?," PornHarms.com
• "SF-Based Porn Company Offers Sex-Ed Classes With Live-Demonstrations," CBS San Francisco
• "The Slave and the Porn Star: Sexual Trafficking and Pornography," PornHarms.com

Internet

• "Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Says God Comes Before Family and Work," The Christian Post
• "Does Technology Prevent Us From Being More Thoughtful About Technology?," Patheos.com

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "International Religious Freedom: President Obama Misses an Opportunity," The Heritage Foundation
• "Courting Religious Freedom," National Review Online
• "Another (Temporary) Advance for Religious Liberty," The Acton Institute
• "Montana Ranch Embroiled in Church-State Case," The Christian Post

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "What Does Religion Have to Do With Presidential Politics?," The Acton Institute
• "Why Aren't We Praying From 9-5?," Institute for Faith, Work & Economics
• "Doing the Math on Religious Affiliation," First Things
• "Americans Highly Religious, Likely to Become Even More Religious, Pollster Predicts," The Christian Post

Secularism

• "FRC's Perkins: 'We are Losing a Moral Standard in the Military'," CNSNews.com
• "A Godless Nation: Doomed To Fail," World Net Daily

International
Israel

• "Morsi's Maneuver," National Review Online
• "Britain, France Threaten to Recall Israel Ambassadors," Religion Today
• "Israel's brilliant defense systems!," Caroline Glick
• "For Gaza, is it really now or never?," Mercatornet.com

International Economy and Family

• "Is France Trying To Drive the UK Out of Europe?," Via Meadia
• "'Taxpayer': The New Watchword for Transparency Reform in China," The Atlantic

Religious Persecution

• "Islamist Groups Threaten Future of Church in East Africa," BarnabasAid.org
• "What Egypt's Christians Think of Hastily Completed Constitution," Christianity Today

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "How, Oh How, Were We To Know?, " The American Conservative
• "The "Courage" of Radical Thugs," Via Meadia

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "Why the Common Law in America?, " The Library of Law and Liberty
• "Judge Blocks California Law on Conversion Therapies," New York Times

Judicial Activism

• "The Effects of Replacing a Nonliberal Justice with a Liberal Justice," The Library of Law and Liberty
• "Obama to End Term With More Judicial Vacancies Than He Began With," The FedSoc Blog

Other News of Note

• "I'm Socially Conservative, in College, and Need a Party," The Public Discourse
• "Losing and Not Quitting: A Lesson From General Grant," Religion Today
• "Welfareship: France's Status Quo, America's Future?," Center for Vision and Values
• "The Only Place That Will Survive the Mayan Apocalypse," Daily Mail
• "Fiscal Talks Spur Charitable Giving," The Wall Street Journal

Book reviews

• "Deidre McCloskey Reviews Michael Sandel's What Money Can't Buy," The Library of Law and Liberty
• "Christians Find Few Shades of Grey in Book's Popularity," Christianity Today
• "Review: Creator Spirit: The Holy Spirit and the Art of Becoming Human," The Gospel Coalition
• "The Essentiality of Religious Argument in the Public Square," Patheos

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- November 29, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.  The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• ""Come Peacefully Now or by Force Later"," Home School Legal Defense Association
• "Kenya To Outlaw Homeschooling?," OneNewsNow
• "Home-schooling pioneer Susan Wise Bauer is well-versed in controversy," The Washington Post

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "Court: Schools Can't Sue Parents of Disabled Children over Religious Vouchers," Christianity Today
• "Americans Are Proud of U.S. Colleges but Not of Their Direction," The Chronicle of Higher Education
• "New Graduation Rate Data Show Large Achievement Gaps," Education Week
• "Evaluating Teachers AND Administrators," Education Next
• "The Case for Educational Pluralism," First Things

College Debt

• "Children's Education, but Parents' Crushing Loans," New York Times
• "Student Loan Debt is a Losing Gamble for Many Central Valley Students," Modesto Bee

Government Reform
Regulation

• "Here Comes the Regulatory Flood," The Wall Street Journal
• "Let's Raise Taxes on the Middle Class," The American
• "Does government need to grow?," American Enterprise Institute

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "How to Approach the 'Fiscal Cliff'," National Review Online
• "Heat without Light," The American

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Young Blood and Good News: A Report from the Sex Wars in Princeton, NJ," The American Thinker
• "Bishop: Abstinence, fidelity sure ways to avoid HIV," GMA News
• "'Two and a Half Men' star chooses sexual purity over $350,000 weekly salary," LifeSiteNews.com

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "What do the Waiters at Red Lobster and Some Adjunct Profs Have in Common? Obamacare.," Family Research Council
• "Another Victory for Challengers of HHS Mandate," National Review Online
• "Tightening the Noose: Hobby Lobby vs. Sebelius," Economics for Everybody
• "Three More States Approve Ballot Initiatives to Block Health Care Mandate," The Galen Institute
• "Massive Fines and Growing Anxieties: The HHS Mandate," The Acton Institute

Homosexuality

• "The Irony of the November 2012 Marriage Votes," Family Research Council
• "The Wisdom of Upholding Tradition," The Wall Street Journal
• "The Marriage Debate and the History of Homosexuality," National Review Online
• "National Post-Election Survey Reveals Widespread Support for Defining Marriage as the Union of One Man and One Woman," National Organization for Marriage
• "What the latest poll on same-sex marriage really says," The Iona Institute

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "Chinese study shows abortion increases breast cancer risk," Family Research Council
• "How Obama's 'Life of Julia' Prevailed," The Wall Street Journal
• "US abortions drop 5 percent during recession; more birth control, bad economy likely causes," Associated Press
• "Michigan Republicans trying to pass law that would give tax breaks (i.e. personhood) to fetuses," God Discussion
• "Media misleads on reasons behind abortion decline," LifeSiteNews.com
• "Potentiality Rightly Understood," The Public Discourse
• "Disabilities group opposes UN treaty," WORLD Magazine
• "How Many Women Have Pro-Life Laws Saved?," First Things
• "Planned Parenthood: A Rose by Any Other Name...?," Alliance Defending Freedom

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "Bioethicists Say Researchers Should Advocate for Use of Newborn Screening Samples," GenomeWeb
• "UPenn offers new queer bioethics course," CampusReform.org
• "AI Might Emulate the Brain But Never the Mind," National Review Online

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Enlightened Death: The Argument for Assisted Suicide," Family Research Council
• "One-sided reports in Canada and the UK ignore data concerning euthanasia in Belgium and the Netherlands," National Right to Life

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Remembering Pioneers in Patient Treatments," Family Research Council
• "Paralyzed Dogs Walk Again," National Review Online
• "Transposable elements reveal a stem cell specific class of long noncoding RNAs," Phys.org
• "Adult Stem Cell Research Pioneers Deserve More Attention," LifeNews.com

Human Trafficking

• "Nigerian Sex Trafficking Victims Abandoned," Voice of America
• "Christian Workers Save Trafficked Girls in India," Patheos
• "An Escape From Sex Slavery," Newsweek

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "With adoption, it's not who you are - it's how you parent," The Guardian
• "National Adoption Month raises awareness," Fox News
• "Social media now playing a role in adoptions," News4Jax.com

Family Economics

• "Is Capitalism Over?," Family Research Council
• "Blasted Twinkie Killers!," The Center for Vision and Values
• "Lenders and Spenders: Confronting the Political Reality of Debt," The American
• "It's Not Just the Economy's Fault," Values & Capitalism
• "Stability and "Creative Destruction" in the Home and Economy," Mere Orthodoxy
• "Family's economic situation influences brain function in children," MedicalXpress

Family Structure

• "Better Bystanders or Moral Courage?," Family Research Council
• "The Blessing of Children," The New Atlantis
• "Opting Out of Parenthood, With Finances in Mind," New York Times
• "The Disappearing-Family Problem," The Weekly Standard
• "The Future of Marriage: Why "The Inevitable" Is Not Inevitable," The Public Discourse
• "The Abolition of Man-and-Woman: On Marriage, Grammar, and Legal Strategy," The Public Discourse
• "The chemistry of marriage," WORLD Magazine
• "FactChecker: Who Really Started the Family 'Culture War'?," The Gospel Coalition

Media
Pornography

• "Appalachian State Chancellor Defends Discipline of Professor Who Showed Film About Porn," The Chronicle of Higher Education
• "My porn addiction," LifeSiteNews.com

Internet

• "Are Your Facebook Friends Stressing You Out? (Yes.)," The Atlantic
• "Social Media in Warfare: The New Battleground," The Heritage Foundation

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "UK Catholics might lose charitable status for not offering communion to everyone," LifeSiteNews.com
• "Religious Freedom, Persecution Of The Church, And Martyrdom," Papal Nuncio
• "The Naked Private Square," The Acton Institute
• "At EU, Faithful Christians Need Not Apply?," First Things
• "Supreme Court Says No to Hypersecularist Attack on Religious Freedom," The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
• "Judge Denies Request for Nativity Displays in Santa Monica," The FedSoc Blog
• "Montana Denies Tuition Benefits To Religious Preschoolers," Alliance Defending Freedom

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "Responding to Peter Wehner on Moral Issues and the "Mind of God"," Family Research Council
• "Sacrifice and Self-Interest," The Acton Institute
• "Four Principles of Biblical Stewardship," Institute for Faith, Work, & Economics
• "What is a Christian's Responsibility to Government?," Ligonier Ministries
• "The Church & Violence Against Women," Moore to the Point

Secularism

• "Solzhenitsyn: 'Spiritual Death Has... Touched Us All'," The Washington Post
• "God and Thanksgiving: Secularism Must Not Remove God From This Day," PolicyMic

International
Israel

• "A Time for Courage, and Action," Caroline Glick
• "The Party of Victory," National Review Online

International Economy and Family

• "Beyond Gaza: The Foreign-Policy Implications of Morsi's Power Grab," The Atlantic
• "The Comedy Version of Greece v Germany," International Liberty

Religious Persecution

• "A Tale of Three Converts," Religion Today
• "Another Church Bombing in Nigeria Kills 11 People," The Christian Post

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "al-Qaradawi, Asks Allah to Destroy the Jews," Jihad Watch
• "Obama Doesn't Have Four More Years To Combat Iranian and Other Forms of Inflammatory Extremism in the Middle East," David Alton

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "Stripping the Constitution," The Public Discourse
• "Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Derails Dr. King's Dream," National Association of Scholars

Judicial Activism

• "Judicial Usurpation: Then and Now," National Review Online
• "How Picking a Supreme Court Justice Became Partisan," The FedSoc Blog
• "The Most Dangerous Branch," National Affairs

Other News of Note

• "Liberty and a Free Press," The Public Discourse
• "Liberty Is a Slow Fruit," The American Scholar
• "No sex? Permission to speak freely, Sir.," The Washington Post
• "The Disappearing White Catholic Voter," The Catholic Thing
• "The Americanness of the American Revolution," City Journal

Book reviews

• "Holy Homemaking: A Response from Rachel Held Evans," Christianity Today
• "Altared: A Book on Marriage that Everyone Should Read," Mere Orthodoxy
• "Just Kidding," First Things
• "Recommended: 'That Hideous Strength'," The Acton Institute
• "Perfectly Unique," The Gospel Coalition
• "A Stalemate, Not a Mandate," Claremont Review of Books

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- November 8, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.  The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "Global Conference Issues Call for Homeschool Freedom," Home School Legal Defense Association
• "Paul Ryan Champions School Choice," OneNewsNow
• "5 Secrets to Creating Brilliant Students," Crosswalk

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "Even When The Heart Condemns," The Examined Life
• "Public and Religious Education: L'Etat, C'est Tout," The Public Discourse
• "Reform Agenda Gains Strength," Education Next
• "Obama the Education Spending Hawk," Education Week

College Debt

• "New Student Loan Repayment Option Could Help Recent Graduates," U.S. News and World Report
• "Research Student Aid Before You Reform," The Chronicle of Higher Education
• "US military sounds alarm over mounting student loan debt," Reuters
• "Pay attention to college affordability, candidates," Chicago Tribune
• "Four Ways Colleges Can Cut Costs for Students," Fox Business

Government Reform
Regulation

• "How government regulation turned the U.S. into one big national zoo," National Post
• "The Science of Government Regulation," U.S. News and World Report
• "Regulation Nation," Values and Capitalism

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Obama Lags House Republicans on Data Transparency," Cato @ Liberty
• "How to Explain the Entitlement Crisis to an 8-Year-Old," The Acton Institute
• "The Kindest Cuts," City Journal

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Art Imitating Life--Parks and Recreation Takes on Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Policies," RHRealityCheck.org
• "Report: Parents support abstinence education," Dyersburg State Gazette

Conscience Protection

• "Anti-Conscience Mandate Halted Against Second Family-Owned Business," The Heritage Foundation

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "Listen for Free: Autocam's John Kennedy on Obamacare Mandate," The Acton Institute
• "The end of the art of the turnaround," The American
• "Jesus, the Chief Justice, and Justice: A Christian View of Obamacare," Patheos
• "Another Reason The HHS Mandate Won't Work," Alliance Defending Freedom
• "ObamaCare Creates the 'Public Option," The Galen Institute

Homosexuality

• "Same-Sex Marriage Ten Years On: Lessons from Canada," The Public Discourse
• "32-0 and Counting ," The Catholic Thing
• "Marriage and the New York Times ' Fear of Democracy," National Review Online
• "Billy Graham Endorses Minnesota Same-Sex Marriage Ban," Christianity Today
• "Washington, Maryland, Maine narrowly redefine marriage: Minnesota vote too close to call," LifeSiteNews.com

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "Let's Actually Get Real About Abortion," First Things
• "Rape, Conception, and God: Why Mourdock Was Right," The Public Discourse
• "The Obama Campaign and the War on Women," Crystal Clear Conservative
• "Doubting China's One-Child Policy Change," Christianity Today
• "EU Court Rules Poland Must Ensure Doctors Perform Legal Abortions," National Review Online
• "Pro-Lifers, Rejoice: We Won!," CNSNews.com
• "Montana Approves Measure for Parental Notification on Abortion," LifeNews.com
• "5 Ways Presidents Affect the Pro-Life Cause," The Gospel Coalition

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "Zombies and the Real Problem of Bioethics," National Review Online
• "Did President Obama Restore Science to Its Rightful Place?," The American
• "Scientists in Oregon Create Embryos With Three Genetic Parents," LifeNews.com

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Liverpool Care Pathway Used as Euthanasia," National Review Online
• "Our Dangerous Obsession with 'Health'," First Things
• "Assisted suicide measure narrowly defeated; supporters concede defeat," The Boston Herald

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Novel technique to produce stem cells from peripheral blood," Phys.org
• "President Obama and the Embryonic Backfire," The Huffington Post
• "Studies On Stem Cell Therapy After Heart Attack Show Mixed Results," RedOrbit.com
• "A Triumph for Ethical Stem-Cell Research," National Catholic Register

Human Trafficking

• "Severe Shelter Beds Shortage for Survivors of Human Trafficking," The Polaris Project
• "Ugliness of human trafficking is coming out of the shadows," Orlando Sentinel
• "California's Prop 35: Why Some Oppose an Anti-Sex-Trafficking Initiative," Time

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "Washington asks for cuts in adoption support," The Seattle Times
• "Foster kids praise adoption program," Star Tribune

Family Economics

• "Two Percent Economic Growth: Real or Apparent?," The Center for Vision and Values
• "Black Depression," Via Meadia
• "The Christian Case for the American Dream," Her.meneutics
• "Speaking into the Silence: Conservatives and Poverty," Values & Capitalism
• "Wage gap myth exposed - by feminists," American Enterprise Institute
• "Are Young Families Today Worse Off Than Their Parents Were?," The Sacramento Bee

Family Structure

• "Spiritual Disciplines in the Home," The Examined Life
• "Men Don't Mother," The Public Discourse
• "Three Parent Children a Step Closer," National Review Online
• "A Faithful Marriage: Love, Righteousness, and Peace," Crosswalk
• "Parents, Let Your No Be No," The Gospel Coalition
• "How Many Children Should We Have?," Challies.com
• "The Blessing of Children," The New Atlantis
• "Depressed teens need to shut off social media sites, stop texting, experts suggest," The Deseret News

Media
Pornography

• "Responses to Pro-Porn Arguments," PornHarms.com
• "LA Votes To Require Condoms For Porn Performers, Adult Film," International Business Times

Internet

• "Internet Search and the Nature of Competition," The American
• "iPhones, iPads, and Christian Parenting," Moore to the Point
• "Friendship Does Not Compute," The New Atlantis

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "A War on Religion?," The Public Discourse
• "The IRS and the Churches," First Things
• "US Catholic Bishops Launch Website on Religious Liberty," The Acton Institute
• "Protect high school students' rights to free speech," The Washington Post
• "Has The IRS Given Up On Auditing Churches?," Alliance Defending Freedom

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "'The Weightier Provisions of the Law'," The Gospel Coalition
• "Do Christians Have a Duty Not to Engage Culture?," First Things
• "Martin Luther's View of Faith & Work," Institute for Faith, Work, & Economics
• "More God on the Quad: Religions on Campus," The Huffington Post
• "Small Government Christian," Patheos
• "In Defeats, Evangelicals' Political Unity at All-Time High," Christianity Today
• "Elections, Political Parties and an Eternal Hope in a King," Values and Capitalism

Secularism

• "How to Resist an Aggressive Secularism," BrandonVogt.com
• "Archbishop Chaput on the Politics of Secularism," Patheos

International
Israel

• "Israel lays down red lines on Iran," AEIdeas.org
• "The Limits of American Power," The Jerusalem Post
• "Obama and the Politics of Contempt," The Jerusalem Post

International Economy and Family

• "The Argentina Scenario," City Journal
• "Relief at last for family finances," London Daily Telegraph
• "China shows signs economic recovery taking shape," KXAN.com

Religious Persecution

• "Report: Catholic Bishops Warn of Refugee Crisis in Syria," The Acton Institute
• "What Will Become of the Middle East's Christians?," First Things

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "Parents Kill Teenage Daughter in Acid Attack in Kashmir," AFP

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "Free Speech, the Supreme Court, and Neutral Principles," The Public Discourse
• "Supreme Court Hears Case on Class Action Limits," The FedSoc Blog

Judicial Activism

• "Obama Victory Could Spell End Of Conservative Supreme Court," Forbes
• "Surveying the State Supreme Court Elections," The FedSoc Blog
• "The Most Dangerous Branch," National Affairs

Other News of Note

• "In Need of a Friend," Crosswalk
• "America's Fundamental Transformation," The Center for Vision and Values

Book reviews

• ""Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe" by Anne Applebaum," The Washington Post
• "Death Is For Real," Christianity Today
• "Wisdom & Wonder & Interdisciplinary Studies," The Acton Institute
• "Reading the Financial Crisis," City Journal
• "Book Review: John Allison's The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure," Forbes
• "Controversy and Interpretation: A Review of *Biblical Womanhood*," Mere Orthodoxy

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- October 25, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.  The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "Homeschooling latest news: Romney, Ryan on support, free elections 2012 study (Video)," Examiner.com
• "Truancy Charges Dismissed!," Home School Legal Defense Association

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "Minnesota Bans Free Online Courses," The Heritage Foundation
• "School Choice Marches Forward," Education Next
• "The Education Upstarts," The Atlantic
• "Where is the promised leadership on school choice in Pennsylvania?," Thomas B. Fordham Institute
• "Lessons From Los Angeles," Education Week
• "Public and Religious Education: L'Etat, C'est Tout," The Public Discourse

College Debt

• "Texas Tries to Make College Cheap," RealClearPolicy
• "Why Privatization Won't Solve the Student Loan Crisis," The Huffington Post
• "Colleges take aim at student loan debt," CNNMoney
• "Defaulting on loans trending on campus," The Minneapolis Star Tribune
• "Student loans: Even military worries about rising debt," The Christian Science Monitor

Government Reform
Regulation

• "Romney to target tax and regulation," Financial Times
• "From Airbnb to Coursera: Government Shouldn't Regulate the Sharing Economy," Wired
• "Financial Regulation: Three Reforms Conservatives Should Support," CaffeinatedThoughts.com

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "WASTEBOOK 2012," Senator Tom Coburn
• "Why is there so much government waste?," The Daily Caller
• "Gov't to blame for waste, fraud, says doctor," OneNewsNow.com

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Abstinence education gets an 'A' from parents," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• "Who supports abstinence education? Parents," The Washington Examiner
• "Airbrushing Abstinence," ChristianityToday.com

Conscience Protection

• "Conscience Protection for Pharmacists, Nurses, and...Abortionists?," LiveAction
• "Biden's Remarks Debunked as Catholic Institutions and 13 States File Amicus Briefs Opposing HHS Mandate before DC Circuit Court of Appeals," The Becket Fund
• "Conscience and Cicero Under Siege," The Catholic Thing

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "USCCB Responds To Inaccurate Statement Of Fact On HHS Mandate Made During Vice Presidential Debate," USCCB Press Office
• "The Right to Do Good," The Public Discourse
• "1,700 People March to Protest Obama-HHS Mandate in Chicago," LifeNews
• "The Determinators: Whoever Pays Holds the Power to Decide," The Galen Institute
• "Here's How Stripping Down Health Care Reform Benefits to the Bare Bones Will Backfire and Drive Up Costs," Forbes
• "How Should We Respond to the Obamacare Ruling?," Patheos.com

Homosexuality

• "Arguing LGBT Rights," The Catholic Thing
• "Following the Russians?," The Catholic Thing
• "Religious Group Accuses Anti-Bullying 'Mix It Up at Lunch Day' of Promoting Gay Agenda," Time
• "Pro-Homosexual Agenda Introduced for Australian Schools," The Christian Post

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "A Game Changer for the Abortion Debate," National Review Online
• "Another Election and Another People," The Catholic Thing
• "Seventh Circuit Blocks Indiana Law Cutting Planned Parenthood Funds," FedSoc Blog
• "Liberty Counsel Files Brief Supporting Ban on Late-Term Abortions," Liberty Counsel
• "Amendment 6 would prohibit tax money for abortion," The Miami Herald
• "Health Minister to Sneak Abortion into Ireland Through Regulations," Friday Fax
• "Are Pregnancies Even from Rape a Gift from God?," Christianity Today
• "Abortion and the Church," Crosswalk
• "Pro-life = misogyny?," First Things

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "Bioethics Panel Urges More Gene Privacy Protection," ABC News
• "Gimmicky, Greedy, and Down Right Unethical," The Center for Bioethics and Culture

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Please Step Back From the Assisted-Suicide Ledge," The Wall Street Journal
• "Marriage and Euthanasia: Your Most Important Vote May Be Further Down the Ballot," Patheos.com
• "Euthanasia is just a bridge too far," The Sydney Morning Herald

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "The Stem Cell Debates: Lessons for Science and Politics," The New Atlantis
• "Objections to Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Vetted," Center for Bioethics and Culture
• "Hyping Embryonic Stem Cells Like It's 2004," National Review Online
• "Clouds gather over European stem-cell funding," Nature

Human Trafficking

• "More controls against human trafficking put in place, says Hisham," TheStar.com
• "Human trafficking to UK 'rising'," BBC
• "Former Cop Taking on Sex Traffickers," OneNewsNow

Women's Health

• "No War on Women: Exposing the Left's gender politics and pandering," National Review Online
• "Why Planned Parenthood Won't Provide Mammograms," First Things

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "Adoption: Welcome to the Family," Family Research Council
• "Opening the Adoption Files," Christianity Today
• "Adoption Tax Credit to Expire If Congress Doesn't Act," The Huffington Post

Family Economics

• "Will Stay-at-Home Moms Be Allowed Credit Cards Again?," The Heritage Foundation
• "The Missing Plank of the GOP Platform: Reclaiming Family-Wage Jobs in an Age of Globalization," The Family in America
• "Welfare Is at an All-Time High," National Review Online
• "Are Americans the Takers or the Taken?," Values & Capitalism

Family Structure

• "The Romance Revolution: Effects on Children and Couples," Family Research Council
• "Concern over report challenging traditional family structure," Christianity Today
• "How Should Christians Date?," Relevant Magazine
• "Death of A Wild Thing," Touchstone Magazine

Media
Pornography

• "Yale's Latest Sexual Perversion," National Review Online
• "Girl Commits Suicide - Use this to talk to kids about porn, predators, bullying," PornHarms.com

Internet

• "A U.N. Regulated Internet? The Case for Defending Against Persistent Intergovernmental Threats to Internet Freedom," Engage
• "Living in the Brave New World of Social Media: Posting a Death on Facebook," Patheos.com

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "A War on Religion?," The Public Discourse
• "Religious Freedom and National Security," Policy Review
• "What About Religious Freedom? The other consequences of Obamacare," The Weekly Standard
• "Religious Caucuses Slated for 9 States," Everyday Christian
• "Texas Judge, Siding With Cheerleaders, Allows Bible Verses on Banners at School Games," New York Times
• "Stand Up For Religious Freedom draws crowds," The Herald Star

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "Ryan: Measure 'Compassion' by Outcomes, Not Spending Levels," National Journal
• "Your Say: Do 'nones' pose trouble or improve America?," USA Today
• "Pro-life activist encourages witnessing in difficult situations," Catholic News Agency
• "Christianity Isn't Dying, Cultural Christianity Is," Crosswalk
• "Desiccated Christianity," The Acton Institute
• "Latinos, Religion and Campaign 2012," The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
• "Why We Need More Religion in Politics, Not Less," Patheos.com

Secularism

• "Godless Secularism Assaults Life and Liberty," National Catholic Register
• "WSJ Houses of Worship: Religion and The Bad News Bearers by Rodney Stark and Byron R. Johnson," Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University

International
Israel

• "Plan Is Mulled To Give Jews a Place To Pray at Holiest Site - Temple Mount in Jerusalem," New York Sun
• "Libya, Jordan and Obama's Guiding Lights," The Jerusalem Post
• "Knesset Member: Time For Israel to Stop Being Apologetic," OneNewsNow

International Economy and Family

• "Europe vs. Scientific Consensus," The American
• "Relief at last for family finances," The London Daily Telegraph

Religious Persecution

• "Pastor released, but religious persecution remains," OneNewsNow.com
• "In Sweden, Persecuted Jewish Homeschoolers Win Court Battle," The New American

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "Egypt's Morsi Slammed for Condoning Anti-Semitic Rant," CBN News
• "St. Thomas forum explores "dangers" of anti-Sharia legislation," The Minneapolis Star Tribune

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "The Loss of Robert Bork," The Catholic Thing
• "Fifth Circuit Sides with Monks in Casket-Selling Case," The FedSoc Blog
• "The Constitution Guarantees only the Right to Property," The Imaginative Conservative

Judicial Activism

• "Don Franzen Interviews Justice Scalia on "Reading Law"," The FedSoc Blog
• "Florida Supreme Court judges fight for their jobs," Chicago Tribune

Other News of Note

• "Revisiting Electric Kool-Aid Conservatism," The American Conservative
• "The Wave That Breaks the Liberal Bubble," The American Thinker
• "All about libertarians: Group's mystique increases as profile is raised," The Washington Times

Book reviews

• "Are We Better Off after the Pill?" The Family in America
• "The Blessing of Children," The New Atlantis
• "Misreading the Tea Leaves," Claremont Review of Books
• "Book Review: John Allison's The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure," Forbes
• "New York's Education Reform Pioneers," City Journal
• "The Chief End of Men," Christianity Today
• "Miraculous Witness," First Things

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- October 11. 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.  The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "A Curriculum of Life," First Things
• "Judge: Homeschooling "Damages" Kids," Home School Legal Defense Association
• "Three cheers for homeschooling," WORLD Magazine
• "A New Chapter in the Homeschooling Movement," Her.meneutics

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "The Right Flight," The Christian Post
• "When will the Feds admit that they haven't got a clue about K-12 education?," American Enterprise Institute
• "I Won't Back Down from Civil Rights... or from Teachers' Unions," Parents Magazine
• "Standing up to Won't Back Down," World Magazine
• "Potential Pennsylvania charter school legislation forthcoming," The Times Herald
• "Putting Students First: A Tale of Two States," The Heritage Foundation

College Debt

• "The Other College Debt: Clarion University Has Adopted Conservative Approach to Debt," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• "Student Loan Debt Affects Generations of Americans," US News and World Report
• "First-time voters concerned about student debt, getting jobs after graduation," Anchorage Daily News

Government Reform
Regulation

• "Winning the Presidential Debate with Regulation," Fox Business
• "Reality, not scare tactics," Daily American

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Will California Become a Right-to-Give State?," The American
• "Crackup Central," The American Spectator
• "House votes to expand protections for federal whistleblowers who expose fraud, waste and abuse," The Washington Post

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Emergency Contraception Won't Decrease Teen Pregnancies," The Public Discourse
• "The Talk: Addressing Chastity from a Biblical Perspective," The Point

Conscience Protection

• "Conscience Protection for Pharmacists, Nurses, and...Abortionists?," Live Action News
• "Blunt Amendment: Protections For Religion, Conscience Long Established," Courant.com

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "A Mandate to Disobey," First Things
• "First, Do No Harm," Values and Capitalism
• "Governing the Medical Profession: Obamacare and New Governance," The Public Discourse
• "Obama Claims Repealing ObamaCare Would Benefit Insurers. In Fact, They Stand to Lose $1 Trillion," Reason.com
• "Healthcare Reform... the Job's Not Done," The Galen Institute

Homosexuality

• "Post Plugs Polygamy, While Distorting Scholar's Views to Defend Homosexual "Marriage"," Family Research Council
• "Catholic Medical Association says male-female marriage important," CatholicCulture.org
• "Same-Sex Parenting: Can We Honestly Pursue Truth?," The Center for Vision and Values
• "The Regnerus Affair," Christianity Today
• "This NFL Player Said What?," Crosswalk
• "Family intrusion," World Magazine

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "Teenagers and the Risks of Abortion," Family Research Council
• "Statement By H.E. Msgr. Dominique Mamberti, Secretary For Relations With States And Head Of The Holy See Delegation At The 67th Ordinary Session Of The General Assembly Of The United Nations," The Vatican
• "Baby bust continues: US births down for 4th year," Associated Press
• "Following - the Russians?," The Catholic Thing
• "Misdiagnosed Causes And Misleading Solutions: Facts Guttmacher Won't Give You," Turtle Bay and Beyond
• "Emergency Contraception Won't Decrease Teen Pregnancies," The Public Discourse
• "Abortion issues raises privacy concerns in Florida," The Palm Beach Post
• "How to Reduce Abortions: An Idiosyncratic Suggestion," Mere Orthodoxy
• "Taxpayer-funded drugs without a prescription," WORLD Magazine
• "Alaska court: parent needs to know when child seeks abortion," Alliance Defending Freedom

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "Why be surprised, when you can buy?," Family Research Council
• "Nepal to join global campaign against gender violence," The Himalayan Times
• "Lesbian Rails Against "Biological Injustice" Of Having to Seek Sperm Donor," National Organization for Marriage

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "UK Tries to Prevent Backdoor Euthanasia," National Review Online
• "Euthanasia Out of Control," OneNewsNow

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Hyping Embryonic Stem Cells Like It's 2004," National Review Online
• "Science Over Politics: Nobel Prize For Adult Stem Cell Work," Investors.com
• "Nanomaterials in a heart beat," Physorg

Human Trafficking

• "Obama Administration Leaves Human Trafficking Victims Out in the Cold," The Acton Institute
• "Mira Sorvino: Saving Sex Slaves," Christianity Today
• "Sex trafficking now an 'epidemic'," The Washington Times
• "Proposition 35 raises penalties for human trafficking," Mercury News

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "Adoption, Fear, and True American Girls," National Review Online
• "Adoption: Not a Justice Cause But a Spiritual Reality," Her.meneutics

Family Economics

• "The Protestant Work Ethic: Alive & Well...In China," Institute for Faith, Work, & Economics
• "The Continuing Decline of Economic Freedom in the US," The Library of Law and Liberty
• "What's a Christian Response to Poverty?," Economics for Everybody
• "The Only Practical Way Out of Our Economic Doldrums," The American
• "Don't Trust a Single Number in This Jobs Report (or Any Jobs Report)," The Atlantic

Family Structure

• "Proposing "Marriage: A Solution to Child Poverty"," Family Research Council
• "The End of Men, the End of Families," Family Research Council
• "Thirteen Theses on Marriage," First Things
• "Toward a Less Minimal Marriage," The Public Discourse
• "Are Christians Just As Likely to Divorce?," National Review Online
• "Why C.S. Lewis is Wrong on Marriage," Mere Orthodoxy
• "When (if ever) are you ready for kids?," The Cripplegate

Media
Pornography

• "An Infertility Cult: The Integration of Sex and Learning," Evangel
• "'Shocking' Middle School Sex Ed Program Likened To Pornography," CBS Houston

Internet

• "The Internet Doesn't Need More Regulation," The American
• "Study: Checking Your Social Media Pages Is as Addictive as Sex and Nicotine," Consumer Affairs
• "Theme of the Week: Information Is Not Neutral," The Colson Center for Christian Worldview

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "Guest Opinion: The Obama Mandate is the Gravest Threat to Religious Freedom in 226 Years," Catholic Online
• "Obama Administration: Bible Publisher Isn't Religious Enough For Exemption," Alliance Defending Freedom
• "Aggressive Decision Against Religious Liberty," National Review Online
• "Amendment 8 pits religious groups against backers of church-state separation," Orlando Sentinel
• "Students Say A Prayer and Defy Anti-Christians," OneNewsNow
• "A Debate on Religious Liberty in America," The Heritage Foundation
• "The Most Dangerous Branch," National Affairs

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Two Kingdoms, and Protestant Social Thought Today," Journal of Markets & Morality
• "Keeping Your Faith in College," First Things
• "Why Suburbia Really Is Affecting Your Spiritual Life," Christianity Today
• "Farewell to the American Protestant Majority," Moore to the Point
• "Religious Freedom and National Security," The Hoover Institution

Secularism

• "A Secularizing America?," The American Spectator
• "Most of the Work of Ministry Is Done by Christians Who Work Secular Jobs," Desiring God
• "Unitarian Universalists see chance for growth in growth of secularism," The Washington Post
• "Bishops to counter rising secularism," GulfNews.com

International
Israel

• "The Left's only enemy," Caroline Glick
• "Turkey and Syria," The Jerusalem Post
• "Rift Grows Between Israeli Leaders Over Relations With U.S.," New York Times

International Economy and Family

• "An Own Goal in Portugal," The American
• "Turkey's Erdogan Is No Jeffersonian Ideal," DoubleThink

Religious Persecution

• "Flight from North Korea," Christianity Today
• "China needs to free the Bible market," DoubleThink
• "Muslim Persecution of Christians: August, 2012," Right Side News
• "Religious Freedom Under Attack -- Even in the U.S.," Religion Today

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "How 'Religious Defamation' Laws Would Ban Islam," FrontPage Magazine
• "Terrorist Group Promises To Continue Terrorizing Kenya," OneNewsNow
• "The Pakistani Taliban's 'Justification' for Trying to Murder a 14-Year-Old Girl," The Atlantic

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "Michael Greve, William Galston, and William Voegeli on "Constitutional Moments"," The Library for Law and Liberty
• "Crucial Marriage Cases Coming Up For High Court Consideration," Alliance Defending Freedom
• "The Constitution: Model, Resource, or Outlier?," The Heritage Foundation

Judicial Activism

• "Are Republicans Beating Obama in War for Judicial Dominance?," The FedSoc Blog
• "Conservatives Ponder Prospect of an "Obama Court"," The FedSoc Blog
• "When the 'Umpire' Is Playing for the Other Team," The Atlantic

Other News of Note

• "Military Vote Missing This Election - Including In Big Swing States," U.S. News and World Report
• "Watching the Watchmen of Civil Discourse," Touchstone Magazine
• "Confirmed: Big Bird ad a flop across the entire political spectrum," HotAir.com

Book reviews

• "Reading for Worldviews: The Da Vinci Code," The Gospel Coalition
• "Free Market Economy v. Free Market Society," The Library of Law and Liberty
• "The End of Men: The End of Women Too?," The Public Discourse
• "Boys to Men," Claremont Review of Books
• "Embracing Obscurity," Challies.com

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- August 30, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.  The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "Homeschooling becomes more mainstream," KPRC Houston
• "Control vs. trust for a homeschooling mom," WORLD Magazine
• "Family's Homeschool Rights Defended," HSLDA

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "School of Hard Knocks," New York Times
• "Big-City Districts Bail on Teacher-Incentive Grants," Education Week
• "Back to School: How Can We Truly Help Minority Students?," The Heritage Foundation
• "Undisciplined," City Journal
• "What Americans said about the public schools," Phi Delta Kappan
• "America May Have Too Many College Graduates," The Atlantic
• "Schools respond to competition ," American Enterprise Institute

College Debt

• "Growth, Not Gifts! A Solution to Student Loans," The Center for Vision and Values
• "Student-Loan Debt and the Future of Seminaries," The Wall Street Journal
• "5 Reasons the Student Loan Crisis is Nothing Like the Mortgage Crisis," Forbes
• "Chadwick: Student Loans Are an Economic Cancer," CNBC

Government Reform
Regulation

• "Raining Nonsense during a Drought," The American
• "You Didn't Kill That Business On Your Own," The Acton Institute
• "Free the food trucks," DoubleThink
• "The Regulatory Cliff Is Nearly as Steep as the Fiscal One," The Wall Street Journal

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Obama's Budget to Add $4.4 Trillion to Debt in Next Four Years," The Weekly Standard
• "Why government needs a diet," The Washington Post
• "Denver company has city award rescinded for bucking Obama health law," The Washington Times

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Clovis schools sued over its sex education program," The Sacramento Bee
• "Tim Tebow, Mormon singles target chastity and abstinence in New York City," The Deseret News

Conscience Protection

• "More Evangelical Colleges Rise to Oppose Obama Anti-Conscience Mandate," Family Research Council
• "State Orthodoxy and the Conscience," Family Research Council
• "Conscience Cause," Touchstone Magazine

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "Baptists vs. Obama's HHS," The Acton Institute
• "Debunking Medicare Reform Myths," The Heritage Foundation
• "Mediscare, Mediscaid, and Block Grants," The Library of Law and Liberty
• "Entitlement Reforms," National Review Online
• "The Real Tragedy Of ObamaCare Has Yet To Be Felt By The Poor," Forbes
• "Fatal decisions: The 'death panel' issue isn't dying," WORLD Magazine

Homosexuality

• "Downward," The Patriot Post
• "Gay Marriage and Freedom of Expression," Hunter Baker
• "Why does the same-sex marriage debate seem so futile?," MercatorNet.com
• "So what's the problem in Maryland pews?," GetReligion.org
• "Minn. Marriage Amendment Language Now Set," OneNewsNow

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "Reflections on Rape and Abortion," The Catholic Thing
• "Media Coverage Lacking Until it Shows What Abortion Really Is," LifeNews.com
• "Women who cried wolf -- the illegitimate rape claim behind Roe v Wade," LifeSiteNews.com
• "Poll: most Americans want some restrictions on abortion," LifeSiteNews.com
• "Abortion on Demand Democrats," Secondhand Smoke
• "No We Can't," Touchstone Magazine
• "Obama ads' focus on abortion is unprecedented," Baptist Press
• "A life unworthy to be discussed?," MercatorNet.com
• "Court Says Texas Can Ban Medicaid Funds To Planned Parenthood -- For Now," Christianity Today
• "Botching the abortion debate," Human Events
• "Fifth Circuit Issues Two Life-Saving Decisions In One Week," Alliance Defending Freedom
• "Sex Selection Abortion: A Worldwide and U.S. Problem," Charlotte Lozier Institute

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "New method helps researchers decode genomes," Physorg.com
• "Glimmer of a Silver Lining in Latest Alzheimer's Trial," Science
• "Readers Digest Pushes Eugenics," Secondhand Smoke

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Getting Dignity Right," The Public Discourse
• "Worrying About "Our Neurotic Fear of Suffering"," Secondhand Smoke

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Stem cells: A culture war gone quiet," Salon
• "FDA Approves Adult Stem Cell Trial for People With Autism," LifeNews.com
• "Stem cells can become anything -- but not without this protein," Physorg.com
• "A Legal Win for Stem Cell Research, but Case May Not Be Over," Science
• "Stem cell therapy shows promise in repairing stress urinary incontinence," Medical XPress

Human Trafficking

• "Arms, drugs, and human trafficking: What does the future hold for northern Mali?," Christian Science Monitor
• "Baking Toward Freedom: How One Woman is Changing the World From Her Kitchen," Shared Hope International

Women's Health

• "In Vitro Fertilization: The Human Cost," Crisis Magazine
• "Texas can ban Planned Parenthood from Women's Health Program," Pegasus News

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "Officials say Florida's moving faster in finding good adoption match-ups for foster kids," The Palm Beach Post
• "Five Verses on Adoption," Challies.com

Family Economics

• "U.S. Incomes Fell More In Recovery, Sentier Says," Bloomberg
• "Solidarity and the Welfare State," The American Catholic
• "Are Free Markets Compatible with the Bible?," Economics for Everybody
• "The Economic Principles of America's Founders: Property Rights, Free Markets, and Sound Money," The Heritage Foundation
• "Was Robin Hood a Just Character?," Values & Capitalism

Family Structure

• "Civil unions and true marriage," WORLD Magazine
• "Why the Sexual Revolution Needed a Sexual Revolutionary," The Atlantic
• "Nine Ways the Gospel Transforms Marriage," Desiring God
• "Date Your Wife: Men Have Responsibility and Power," Crosswalk
• "Science: Marriage Makes Women Drink," National Review Online

Media
Pornography

• "Republican Party Platform Change Targets Illegal Adult Pornography," PornHarms.com
• "GOP platform calls for crackdown on 'all forms' of pornography," The Daily Caller

Internet

• "Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee, PC?," The American
• "Jurors Grappled With Complex Patent Issues in $1B Apple vs. Samsung Trial," The FedSoc Blog
• "Vacating the Internet," Challies.com

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "Obama's War on Religious Freedom," The Catholic Thing
• "Back to Things That Matter: Actual Violations of Religious Liberty," National Review Online
• "Professor Fired from Atlanta Seminary Over Evangelical Beliefs?," Christianity Today
• "Christians victims of rising 'hostility' from gov't and secular groups, report says," Fox News
• "Running The Race - Hercules Holds Firm To Religious Beliefs," Alliance Defending Freedom

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "Is Totalitarian Liberalism A Mutant Form of Christianity?," Crisis Magazine
• "So Many Professors" To Tell Christians Not To Argue For Their Beliefs," Evangel
• "Is America Blessed by God?," First Things
• "I am a Hate-Filled Christian," Patheos.com

Secularism

• "As Secularism Advances, Political Messianism Draws More Believers," The Acton Institute
• "Atheists' cross to bear," WORLD Magazine
• "From Bible-Belt Pastor to Atheist Leader," New York Times
• "The Sad Secular Monks," First Things

International
Israel

• "When Israel and the Arab States Agree," Commentary Magazine
• "Who Lost Egypt," Caroline Glick
• "Is Skinny-Dipping in Galilee Sacrilegious?," Moore to the Point

International Economy and Family

• "The work of Friedrich Hayek shows why EU governments cannot spend their way out of the Eurozone crisis," London School of Economics

Religious Persecution

• "Why the U.S. Must Oppose Blasphemy Laws -- Not Just Their Abuse," National Review Online
• "Fearful Pakistani Christians make home in forest," GulfNews.com
• "'A Very Dangerous Collaboration' In Nigeria," OneNewsNow
• "Surviving by serving," WORLD Magazine

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• ""Anybody Who is against the Muslim Brotherhood is Not Safe in Egypt."," Family Research Council
• "Time for a tough call on Syria," DoubleThink
• "Trusting God When Al Qaeda Targets Your Ministry," The Gospel Coalition
• "Iran's Latest Scheme to Bolster International Support," American Thinker

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "Media Matters Defends the Center for American Progress," Judicial Crisis Network
• "A Nation Adrift From the Rule of Law?," The FedSoc Blog

Judicial Activism

• "Will the Supreme Court Change Direction After the Election?," The FedSoc Blog

Other News of Note

• "In Defense Of Pro Bono Legal Service, Whatever Form It Takes," The Atlantic
• "Changing Times & Permanent Things," Touchstone Magazine
• "5 Attitudes Toward Someone With Whom We Disagree," Crosswalk

Book reviews

• "BOOK REVIEW: 'Defending the Free Market'," The Washington Times
• "Wilson's Bookmarks," Christianity Today
• "Right-side Up," Claremont Review of Books
• "God Told Me," The Gospel Coalition

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- August 20, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.  The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "Prosecutor Agrees "No Educational Neglect Transpiring"," Home School Legal Defense Association
• "Teach Your Children Well," The Wall Street Journal
• "Homeschoolers, Christian Schools Concerned About 'Race to the Top' Standards," The Christian Post

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "When Policymakers Attack: Two Key Lessons," Education Week
• "From teacher education to student progress: Teacher quality since NCLB," American Enterprise Institute
• "Back to School: Education Reform in North Carolina," The Heritage Foundation
• "Back to school: How to measure a good teacher," Christian Science Monitor
• "Education and Incentives," The Acton Institute
• "School choice surge," WORLD Magazine

College Debt

• "For Unpaid College Loans, Feds Dock Social Security," SmartMoney
• "It Can Happen Here," NewGeography.com
• "Scared Away from College by the Fear of Debt," St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Government Reform
Regulation

• "Son of Internet Sales Tax," The Cloakroom
• "The Crisis of Liberalism," Claremont Review of Books
• "Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on the Moral Case for Capitalism," Reason.com

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Obama's Off Key Farm Subsidies Pitch," Commentary Magazine
• "Is the Budget Coast Clear for State and Local Governments?," RealClearMarkets
• "The Real 'Stimulus' Record," The Wall Street Journal

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Young women's sexuality needs rescuing," Family Research Council
• "Tebow and Lolo Shouldn't Apologize," Fox News
• "Evangelicals, Premarital Sexual Ethics, and My Grocery List," First Things

Conscience Protection

• "Amnesty International decries conscience clauses, Catholic bishops' ethical directives," Catholic Culture
• "Conscience in the Shadow of the State," Human Events

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "More Mediscare," The Weekly Standard
• "How the Affordable Care Act reduces our liberty," Forbes.com
• "The Power to Destroy," The Public Discourse
• "Why Obamacare is Wrong for Women," The Galen Institute
• "Curing the Physician Shortage: Systemic Change to Breed the Doctors We Need," The Atlantic

Homosexuality

• "An Obscenity and a Headline Can't Discredit Study of Homosexual Parents," Family Research Council
• "Black pastor: gay marriage wedge issue," ABP News
• "Rasmussen: 61% Still Hold Favorable View of Chick-fil-A," Newsmax
• "Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Ramps Up Pressure for Special LGBT Rights," C-FAM

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "Remembering Nellie Gray, America's Pro-Life Sweetheart," Family Research Council
• "Abortion-rights groups absent on pain laws," The Politico
• "Pro-Abortion Rally Promises Thousands to Combat "War on Women"," LifeNews.com
• "Amnesty International Uses Maternal Deaths to Push for Unrestricted Abortion," C-FAM
• "Mother Jones Misinforms, Rationalizes It," National Review Online
• "Fetal Pain and the Pro-life Strategy," The Catholic Thing
• "Undue influence," WORLD Magazine
• "Ban on Abortions in DC After 20 Weeks Protects Women's Health," LifeNews.com
• "Dr. Day Gardner on abortionist's 'ugly black babies' remark: she's heard it before," LifeSiteNews.com

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "The FDA wants to regulate your cells," American Enterprise Institute
• "Missouri 'Right to Pray' Law Could Limit Teaching Evolution," Science Magazine
• "Christie vetoes bill that would have eased tough rules for gestational surrogates," nj.com

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Bored Immortals Can Commit Suicide," Secondhand Smoke
• "British NHS May Give Hospitals Money to Procure Organ Donations," LifeNews.com

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "What Can We Learn from the Stem Cell Debates?," The Public Discourse
• "Stem cells thrive on superficial relationships," Physorg.com
• "Nerve Cell Transplant Clinical Trial for Spinal Cord Injury Approved," Secondhand Smoke

Human Trafficking

• "Obama Waives Restrictions on Foreign Aid to Countries Using Child Soldiers," Turtle Bay and Beyond
• "Greening the Map: Improving America's Human Trafficking Laws," The Polaris Project

Women's Health

• "Marketing Natural Family Planning: promoting persons over industry," LifeSiteNews.com
• "Hey Girl: Anti-Lifers Use Adorable Internet Meme to Spread Lies, Propaganda," LiveAction

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "Our Triune God & The Pastor: Adoption Conference," Patheos
• "One Baby, Two Moms: a Rise in Open Adoptions," The Wall Street Journal

Family Economics

• "What's In a Recovery?," The Center for Vision and Values
• "The Market Is an Ecosystem," Values and Capitalism
• "Married men likely to make more money than those who divorce," The Deseret News
• "Economic Lessons from American History," Imprimis
• "The Rich Don't Make Us Poor," The Acton Institute

Family Structure

• "Saving Kids Means Saving Families," Family Research Council
• "Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer and the Nature of Women's Work," Her.meneutics
• "Calif. Senator Says Bill's Point is to 'Attack Parental Rights'," CitizenLink
• "Growing Up With Two Moms: The Untold Children's View," The Public Discourse
• "NYT on "Gender-Creative" Children," National Review Online
• "Americans Still See Marriage as Between a Man and Woman," U.S. News & World Report

Media
Pornography

• "Porn: Another Executive Branch Security Problem," Family Research Council
• "Facebook is ##1 place to buy and sell people, porn and child pornography," PornHarms.com

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• ""Is Religious Freedom Necessary for Other Freedoms to Flourish?"," Family Research Council
• "Miami school board won't evict church," ABP News
• "Ad Says Obama Waging 'War on Religion'," The Wall Street Journal
• "Do Entrepreneurs Have a Right to Religious Liberty?," The Acton Institute
• "Atheist Group Demands NY School District Remove Songs Mentioning God From Curriculum," The Christian Post

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "Today's Seminary Students "Too Poor To Take Vow of Poverty"," Christianity Today
• "Religion as a Community-Bonding Fiction," The Public Discourse
• "America, Germany, and the Muslim Brotherhood," Policy Review

Secularism

• "Anti-Christian "Secularist" Futile Care Attack Against Parental Medical Decision-Making Rights," First Things
• "Secularism: Where Are the Women?," The Huffington Post
• "Keeping the Faith on Campus: Students at Secular Schools Face More Than Academic Challenges," Crosswalk

International
Israel

• "Orthodox Jews Celebrate Cycle of Talmudic Study," New York Times
• "Israel -- Obama's wedge issue," Caroline Glick
• "All of Israel is Terrorist Target," Commentary Magazine

International Economy and Family

• "Another Surrender in the War of Ideas," The American
• "Lawlessness Keeping India in the Dark," The Acton Institute

Religious Persecution

• "Can Syria's Christians Survive?," The Wall Street Journal
• "Why Syria Matters to Us," Crosswalk

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "CAIR Joins With Radical Movement Working to Undermine National Security," RadicalIslam.org
• "Expert: Officials ignorant on sharia," OneNewsNow

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "Why Citizens United Has Nothing to Do with What Ails American Politics," The American
• "Freedom By Association," First Things
• "Federal Judge in Hawaii Rules There Is No Constitutional Right to Same-Sex Marriage," The FedSoc Blog
• "A Stroke of Judicial Sanity on Marriage," National Review Online

Judicial Activism

• "This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism--August 12," National Review Online
• "Aging Justices Give New Life to High Court as Campaign Issue," The FedSoc Blog

Other News of Note

• "Into the Storm," The American Thinker
• "Obama's Popularity With Young Voters," The Center for Vision and Values
• "Lolo, Gabby, and Trashing Good Role Models," Patheos
• "State Gambling Addiction," City Journal

Book reviews

• "A Prisoner of Conscience," Hillsdale Natural Law Review
• "Ashamed No More: A Pastor's Journey Through Sex Addiction," Christianity Today
• "Enemies Can Point Us to Christ," Crosswalk
• "Seamus Hasson's The Right to Be Wrong," National Review Online
• "The Crisis of Liberalism," Claremont Review of Books

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- August 2, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.  The items below are found here.

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Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "The True Story of Homeschooling," The Huffington Post
• "Homeschooling Goes Mainstream (And Here's Why)," The New London Patch
• "Before You Leave: College Advice from Homeschool Grads," Home School Heart Beat

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "How Do We Measure and Value Effectiveness?," Education Week
• "A Rare Case For Active Investing - In Public Education Reforms," Forbes
• "Rich Kid, Poor Kid: How Mixed Neighborhoods Could Save America's Schools," The Atlantic
• "The Curriculum Reformation," City Journal
• " Moral Formation and the School Choice Movement," The Acton Institute
• " Teachers Unions Go to Bat for Sexual Predators," The Wall Street Journal
• "Milton Friedman, Father of School Choice," The American Thinker

College Debt

• "Consumer Advocates Urge Congress to Make the Private Student-Loan Market More Borrower-Friendly," The Chronicle for Higher Education
• "Young doctor deep in debt gets a financial plan to ease worries," The Seattle Times
• "Student Loan Debt Tied To U.S. Home Sales Lag, Soss Says," Bloomberg
• "Student-loan Debt; the Next Bailout?," HotAir

Government Reform
Regulation

• "Reforming Regulation: Some Sensible Steps," The Heritage Foundation
• "Businessmen Versus Bureaucrats," Smart Money

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "How to end 'too big to fail'," AEIdeas
• "2012 Pig Book Summary," Citizens Against Government Waste
• "Penniless in Paradise," National Review Online

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Just Say No: Why Abstinence is the Better Way to Go," LifeSiteNews.com
• "International AIDS Conference Provides Forum for Promotion of Risky Sex," C-FAM

Conscience Protection

• "Missouri governor vetoes measure on birth control," St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• "Mix-and-Match Morality," National Catholic Register

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "ADF Scores First Victory Against Obama's Unconstitutional HHS Mandate," Breitbart.com
• "How Much Is The Obamacare Mandate Going To Cost You?," The Galen Institute
• "CBO Punts on Obamacare," Ethics and Public Policy Center
• "Moral Case Against ObamaCare," ObamaCare Watch
• "Evangelical heavyweight sues," WORLD Magazine
• "The family factor in health care," The Philadelphia Inquirer
• "Catholic business owner: HHS mandate violates our fundamental principles," The Washington Post
• "The President's Pelvic Politics," Independent Women's Forum

Homosexuality

• "Is Voter Intimidation on the Rise?," Crystal Clear Conservative
• "Chick-fil-A chief stirs clucking over values," The Washington Times
• "An Academic Auto-da-Fe," The Chronicle of Higher Education
• "Target takes out ad featuring same-sex 'married' couple," LifeSiteNews.com
• "Truth and Lies, Nature and Convention: The Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage," The Public Discourse

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "The 14^th Victim at Fort Hood," The American Thinker
• "Abortion proponents press (again) for dangerously low clinic regs," Richmond Times-Dispatch
• "The Truth about "Morning-After Pills"," Family Research Council
• "Abortion, Conscience, and Health Care Provider Rights," The Public Discourse
• "Appeals court upholds South Dakota abortion suicide advisory," WORLD Magazine
• "Rep. Stearns calls for hearing on Planned Parenthood following death of woman," Fox News
• "When Moms Reject Abortion Suggestion, Miracles Happen," LifeNews.com
• "Chinese officials: One-child policy has helped prevent 400 million births," LifeSiteNews.com
• "Hidden Abortion Agenda in UN Convention on Disability Rights," LifeNews.com
• "Gruesome discovery alerts world to Russian abortion policy," OneNewsNow
• "A Eugenics Common Sense?," The Public Discourse

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "Are Science Journalists Biased?," Secondhand Smoke
• "Love is the Antidote to Prenatal Eugenic Cleansing," First Things
• "History Says Praise Drugs, Addiction Sufferers Are Just Pretending," Scientific American

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Assisted Suicide Backers Confident They'll Win in Massachusetts," LifeNews.com
• "Legal Euthanasia Didn't Raise Death Rate, Researchers Say," Bloomberg BusinessWeek

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Two Men HIV-Free After New Adult Stem Cell Breakthrough," LifeNews.com
• "Court ruling: FDA can regulate stem cell clinics ," Science
• "The Path to Ethical Stem Cell Research ," The Catholic Thing

Human Trafficking

• "Top human traffickers need not fear Obama," The Washington Times
• "Three Teens Sue BackPage.com Over Sex Trafficking," ABC News

Women's Health

• "Bowing Down to Your Birthing Ball?: Dismantling the Idol of the Perfect Birth," Christianity Today
• "Study: Proof That We Sexually Objectify Women," The Atlantic

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "New Documentary Highlights Broken International Adoption System," The Christian Post
• "A heart big enough for two: Navigating an open adoption," Deseret News
• "Adopted for Life, Ten Years Later: What I've Learned Since," Moore to the Point

Family Economics

• "Undoing welfare reform," AEIdeas
• "Capitalism Or What?," Values and Capitalism
• "Is Personal Responsibility An Anachronism?," Mere Comments
• "Learning to Be an American," National Review Online
• "The Gender Pay Gap: Not as Bad as You Think," Christianity Today
• "Why Welfare Should Respect the Dignity of Work," The Gospel Coalition

Family Structure

• "Cohabiting women having more babies," USA Today
• "Marriage, Religious Liberty, and the "Grand Bargain"," The Public Discourse
• "Many 'emerging adults' 18-29 are not there yet," USA Today
• "Why Divorce Calls Children's Existence into Question," Christianity Today
• "Why the Last Things Matter for All of Life," The Gospel Coalition
• "(How Not) To Train Up a Child," Challies.com
• "A searing new report on radically dysfunctional families," The Iona Institute

Media
Pornography

• "What I Wish I'd Known Before Watching Porn," The Huffington Post
• "Food : Sex :: Pornography : Tobacco-Is Analogy Enough?," First Things
• "Sisters and daughters: facing the faces of porn," LifeSiteNews.com
• "FRC Keeps Up the Fight Against Pornography ," Family Research Council
• "Study: Parents should protect children from porn," OneNewsNow

Internet

• "The 'myth' of the invention of the Internet," AEIdeas
• "Inside the Weird World of Tracking Gangs on Social Media," The Atlantic
• "When Your Social Media Feeds Get You Down," Mere Orthodoxy

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "Religious Freedom's Legal and Moral Basis," The Public Discourse
• "Freedom By Association," First Things
• "Defining Religious Liberty Down," New York Times
• "Building a Culture of Religious Freedom," The Public Discourse
• "Gov't official trying to restrict pastor's speech," OneNewsNow
• "Cross the Crux of Steubenville Showdown With Atheist Group," National Catholic Register

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "Yeshiva Lessons," First Things
• "Our Civic High Priest," The Center for Vision and Values
• "The Grounding Power of Grace," Patheos
• "My Mind in God's Hands," The Acton Institute

Secularism

• "Secularism and Aged Care," Patheos
• "As secularism spreads, Archbishop Chaput charts path for renewal," Catholic News Agency

International
Israel

• "Obama Loses Pro-Israel Surrogates," Commentary Magazine
• "The Muslim Brotherhood's American Defenders," Caroline Glick
• "Mandate for Palestine," Mandate for Palestine

International Economy and Family

• "The Economic Crisis and Europe's Rule of Law Problem," The Public Discourse
• "A Different Kind of Aid in Africa," Values and Capitalism
• "51% of Germans Believe Germany Better Off Outside Eurozone, 71% Favor Greece Leaving," Townhall.com

Religious Persecution

• "The State Department and International Religious Freedom," National Review Online
• "Outside the camp," WORLD Magazine
• "China: Caesar Demanding What is God's," National Review Online
• "In Uganda, Don't Touch Anybody," The American Conservative

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "Way Forward in Syria Is Not Via Iran," Commentary Magazine
• "Expert: Officials ignorant on sharia," OneNewsNow

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "The Limits of the Constitution?," Library of Law and Liberty
• "The organization man," WORLD Magazine
• "Justice Scalia's Place in Judicial History," Commentary Magazine

Judicial Activism

• "Prop 8 Certiorari Petition," National Review Online
• "Senate Showdown Coming for Appellate Judicial Nominees," The FedSoc Blog
• "Senate Blocks Tenth Circuit Nominee; Could Be Last Such Vote Until After Election," Legal Times

Other News of Note

• "EPA Declares Water in Pa. Town Safe to Drink Despite Fracking," The Washington Times
• "Big Lies in Politics," Townhall.com
• "Aurora Beyond Us," City Journal

Book reviews

• "The Political Philosophy of John Calvin," Library of Law and Liberty
• "Innocence IDed," WORLD Magazine
• "A Review of Mara Hvistendahl's Unnatural Selection," First Things
• "Book Review: 'The Higher Education Bubble,'" The Washington Times
• "Political Thought," The Gospel Coalition
• "Tocqueville and America," Claremont Review of Books

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- July 19, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.  The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "The DIY approach to education," Minneapolis Star Tribune
• "Officials Overstep Their Bounds, Families Threatened," Home School Legal Defense Association

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "School Is Too Easy, Students Report," Crosswalk
• "Hundreds of Thousands Seek Education in U.S. History, Government," The Heartlander
• "Creating a National Education System through Federal Waivers," National Review Online
• "The Single Most Important Experiment in Higher Education," The Atlantic

College Debt

• "Indentured Students Rise As Loans Corrode College Ticket," Bloomberg
• "The Education Glut," The Street
• "Burst the higher-education bubble," The Washington Times

Government Reform
Regulation

• "And the Regulatory State Drones On," The American
• "The heavy hand of federal government regulation," Contra Costa Times

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Julia's mother: Why a single mom is better off on welfare than taking a $69,000 job," AEI Ideas
• "Happy Cost of Government Day," U.S. News and World Report
• "Obama's Imperial Presidency," The Wall Street Journal

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Congressional Report: Abstinence Education is Best Sex-Ed Approach," LifeNews.com
• "More reason to reinforce abstinence education," OneNewsNow

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "We, the people, must save health care," Fox News
• "If You Don't Buy Insurance, Will You Really Pay the Tax?," The American
• "A Dissection of the ObamaCare Ruling," Right Reason
• "Where Health Care Can Happen," First Things
• "The Obamacare Decision: A Mixed Bag," The Center for Vision and Values
• "Will the Obamacare "Tax" Trump Religious Liberty?," The Public Discourse

Homosexuality

• "Homosexuality: Does Jesus Even Care," The Two Cities
• "Episcopal Church Approves Same-Sex Blessing Rites," Christianity Today
• "Episcopal Church Clears Way to Ordain Transgenders," Religion Today

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "RU--Serious? Jennie McCormack, the Next "Roe"? Good Grief!," Family Research Council
• "Architect of Reproductive Rights Dies as Her Legacy Unravels," C-FAM
• "Ninth Circuit Weighs Idaho's Law Against Self-abortion," Alliance Alert
• "Laws Affecting Reproductive Health and Rights: State Trends at Midyear, 2012," The Guttmacher Institute
• "Billions against births," WORLD Magazine
• "Casey at Twenty: Pro-Life Progress Despite a Judicial Setback," The Public Discourse
• "Abortion, the Economy, and the 2012 Election," American Thinker

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "34 years after first test tube baby, ethical questions remain," Minnesota Public Radio
• "When Liberal Presumptions Skew Science," Secondhand Smoke
• "Cheap DNA Sequencing: What's in it for You?," Mashable

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Death with Dignity? More Like War on New Mexico's Elderly!," Family Research Council
• "Pro-Euthanasia Forces at Work at Home and Abroad: The Latest in the Battle over Assisting Suicide," National Right to Life News
• "Now's the time to stand against euthanasia, urges Canadian bishops' group," LifeSiteNews.com

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Cord Blood Stem Cells Restore Toddler's Hearing," ABC News
• "Cells Derived From Burn Victims May Be Useful For Tissue Engineering," Science Blog
• "Cell-Based 'Tracking Devices' Might Help Monitor Treatments," U.S. News and World Report
• "California stem cell institute hits jackpot... with adult stem cells," Stemcellnews
• "The Ethical Stems of Good Science," Charlotte Lozier Institute

Human Trafficking

• "'Economic activities behind spurt in human trafficking'," New York Daily News
• "Attorney general calls on N.J. law enforcement to increase efforts against human trafficking," The Star-Ledger

Women's Health

• "Indian Girl Dies After Eggs Extracted," Secondhand Smoke
• "Time for China to Abandon Its Population Control Policy," Council on Foreign Relations Blog

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "Orphanology: What Each Family Should Consider About Adoption," Family Research Council
• "US-Russian Adoption Pact Met With Caution, Hope," ABC News

Family Economics

• "The American Project and Earned Success," Values & Capitalism
• "What's Really Behind the Entitlement Crisis," The Wall Street Journal
• "Challenging Liberals on Economic Immobility," National Review Online
• "The Road to Recovery," City Journal

Family Structure

• "What Do You Think of E-Harmony?," Challies.com
• "FAMILY rooted in DIVINE NATURE," OneNewsNow
• "My Three Daddies: California Considers Multiple Parenting Law," The Gospel Coalition
• "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," The Atlantic
• "California Bill Tests Traditional Notions of Parenthood," The Wall Street Journal
• "Marriage for the 99%: Seeing Family as a Social Justice Issue," Christianity Today
• "Marriage and Caste," City Journal

Media
Pornography

• "Child Pornography at Work," Human Resource Executive Online
• "Scholars Unite To Urge An End To Hotel Porn," KTLA.com
• "Hotel Pornography and the Market of Morality," The Public Discourse

Internet

• "Facebook Does Not Lead to Depression," Crosswalk
• "Friendship Does Not Compute," The New Atlantis
• "No More Internet Porn Domains," PornHarms.com

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "Religious Freedom Under the Gun: The Obama Administration's Failure to Defend International Religious Liberty," Family Research Council
• "Fortnight for Freedom - Religious Liberty and Its Contemporary Enemies," First Things
• "The Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act," The Acton Institute

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "How Do Churches Grow?," First Things
• "Nunnelee sends letter to defense secretary seeking explanation for Bible trademark policy," Y'all Politics
• "The Divides that Divide," Crosswalk
• "Can Taxpayers Challenge State Funding Of Faith-Based Social Services If They Can't Challenge Federal Funding?," Christianity Today

Secularism

• "Secularism and Aged Care," Patheos
• "Freedom of Worship's Assault on Freedom of Religion," First Things

International
Israel

• "Attacking Israel Online," Commentary Magazine
• "Identity matters," The Jerusalem Post

Religious Persecution

• "58 More Reasons Boko Haram Should Be Designated a Terrorist Organization," The Heritage Foundation
• "Egyptian Christians Boycott Talks With Clinton Claiming U.S. Favors Islamists," Religion Cause
• "Youcef Nadarkhani: 1,000 Days (and Counting) in Iranian Prison," Christianity Today
• "Outside the camp," WORLD Magazine

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "Upon Further Review: A CRB discussion of Saving the Constitution," The Claremont Institute
• "The Obama Nullification Doctrine," The Center for Vision and Values

Judicial Activism

• "Justices Say Any Discord Is Only Temporary," The FedSoc Blog
• "This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism-July 12," National Review Online

Other News of Note

• "Morsi Vows to Free Blind Sheikh Jailed in U.S.," The Guardian
• "The Entitlement State - and Zombies: How to Become a Country, or a Continent, of Democratic Serfs," The Wall Street Journal
• "Flummoxed by Failure-or Focused?," The Wall Street Journal

Book reviews

• "A Divided Nation: Is America "Coming Apart?"," The Center for Vision and Values
• "The Page That Changed My Life: Douglas Wilson," The Gospel Coalition
• "Innocence IDed," WORLD Magazine
• "Victorian Parables," Books & Culture

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- July 5, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.

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Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "The Homeschooling Widow," Tracy Klicka, Homeschooling Now
• "School District's Outreach to Homeschoolers--A Trojan Horse," Home School Legal Defense Association

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "A Bar Exam for Teachers?," Steve Clemons, The Atlantic
• "Educators 2012: A Year To Endure," Gabriel Pagel, The Examined Life
• "Schools Spy on Suspected Out-of-District Kids," Joy Pullman, The Heartland Institute
• "School achievement gaps must be closed," Editorial, The Detroit News
• "How to Teach Kids to Be Entrepreneurs, Not Followers," Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia

College Debt

• "One Nurse's Travails with Student Debt Paints a Bigger Picture," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• "Federal Student Aid and the Law of Unintended Consequences," Richard Vedder, Imprimis
• "Stretching the higher education dollar," American Enterprise Institute
• "Is college an economic imperative?," Walter E. Williams, The Orange County Register

Government Reform
Regulation

• "How far can Congress now reach?," Nathan Durden, Family Research Council
• "The Religious Left's Hunger for Big Government," Ray Nothstine, The Acton Institute
• "Dodd-Frank: The Economic Case for Repeal," Peter J. Wallison, The American

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Big government spending dates to the Father of Our Country," Joe Hotchkiss, The Augusta Chronicle
• "Pork Reports Uncovers $468 Million In Government Waste," NewsChannel5.com

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Abstinence: Why Sexual Integrity Isn't Out-of-Date," Nathaniel Peters, LifeNews.com
• "The Unacceptable Alternative Lifestyle," Betsy VanDenBerghe, First Things

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "Court Ruling Keeps Abortion Funding, Religious Freedom Violation, Health Care Rationing and Other troubling provisions," David Christensen, Family Research Council
• "Video: Tony Perkins on SCOTUS upholding Health Care Law," Jared Bridges, Family Research Council
• "One of the Worst Supreme Court Decisions in American History," Ken Klukowski, Breitbart.com
• "The Roberts Rules," Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
• "Supreme Court Upholds Health-Care Law, Stage Set for First Amendment Showdown," Joan Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register

Homosexuality

• "Gay Donors Open Wallets On Both Sides Of The Aisle," Ari Shapiro, NPR
• "Bigotry, David Blankenhorn, and the Future of Marriage," Maggie Gallagher, The Public Discourse
• "Christian group backs away from ex-gay therapy," Associated Press
• "DOMA decision appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court," Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews.com

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "NBC Chief Medical Advisor Sees Abortion as "Science" and a "Means of Preventing Disease"," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "SFLA Releases Poll Results on Young People, Abortion, and the 2012 Election," Press Release, Students for Life of America
• "Casey at Twenty: Lessons from a Judicial Disaster," William Saunders, The Public Discourse
• "Planned Parenthood v. Casey at Twenty: The Worst Constitutional Decision of All Time," Michael Stokes Paulsen, The Public Discourse
• "CDC Report on Abortion Trends Shows Pro-Life Progress," Michael New, National Review Online
• "'Business as usual' at Mississippi's last abortion clinic after judge blocks law at 11th hour," John Jalsevac, LifeSiteNews.com
• "Contraception, the NAE, and what a Conversation Does," Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Orthodoxy
• "South Dakota Law Against Coerced Abortions Takes Effect," Amy Sobie, LifeNews.com
• "Brewer signs Arizona bill on contraception coverage," Angie Holdsworth, Associated Press

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "NIH backs disease detectives and RNA sleuths," Meredith Wadman, Nature
• "The Guilty Generation," John Patrick, Touchstone Magazine
• "FDA Approves Over-the-Counter HIV Testing," Daniel Halper, The Weekly Standard

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Canada court says suicide laws unconstitutional," Associated Press
• "British Medical Association maintains opposition to euthanasia despite pressure," Hilary White, LifeSiteNews.com

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Amniotic fluid yields alternatives to embryonic stem cells," Phys.org
• "Massachusetts stem-cell bank to close," Ewen Callaway, Nature
• "For Type I Diabetes, Adult Stem Cells Outperform Embryonic," Rebecca Taylor, LifeNews.com

Human Trafficking

• "Answering 19,427 Calls," Sonya Hudson, The Polaris Project
• "Ohio governor signs stricter human trafficking law," Associated Press

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "Why One Couple Turned to Twitter to Adopt a Baby," Zoe Fox, Mashable
• "Richardson Introduces Adoption Bill," Ben Novotony, Long Beach Post

Family Economics

• "Love, Happiness, and Other Things Money Can't (Or At Least Shouldn't) Buy," Michael M. Rosen, The American
• "Study Reports Stress In Different Demographic Groups," Connie K. Ho, RedOrbit.com

Family Structure

• "Spoiled Kids, Bad Parents," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "Fathers Can Expect to Be Surprised," Petar Nenadov, The Gospel Coalition
• "California bill would allow a child to have more than two parents," Jim Sanders, The Sacramento Bee
• "Marriage: Contract vs. Sacrament," Howard Kainz, The Catholic Thing
• "All The Lonely People," Anthony Esolen, Touchstone Magazine
• "Women, Callings, and Having It All," Jennifer A. Marshall, The Gospel Coalition

Media
Pornography

• "Pornopoly," Dave Dunham, The Gospel Coalition
• "Sierra Newbold a victim of America's apathy to pornography problem," John L. Harmer, Deseret News

Internet

• "Facebook Adds Same-Sex Marriage Icons for Couples," Samantha Murphy, Mashable
• "The New Roman Roads: Technology and Bible Reading," Robert C. Crosby, D. Min., The Huffington Post

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "Standing Up to Rousseau: Remarks at a Fortnight for Freedom," Hunter Baker, The Acton Institute
• "Supreme Court Declines Mt. Soledad Case: We Live to Fight Another Day," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• "They Preached Liberty," Joseph Loconte, The Wall Street Journal
• "Religious Freedom: Why Now? Defending an Embattled Human Right," Timothy Shah, Matthew J. Franck, and Thomas F. Farr, The Public Discourse
• "'A sigh of relief'," Tiffany Owens, WORLD Magazine
• "Is Freedom of Religion Endangered in the United States?," Peter Berger, The American Interest

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "EVENT TRANSCRIPT: Religion and the Shaping of American Culture," Ethics and Public Policy Center
• "Books and Culture Podcast: Jesus hates Right Wingers," John Wilson, Books and Culture
• "Entertainment Bibles," Russell E. Saltzman, First Things
• "Finding God in a North Dakota oil boom," Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, GetReligion.org
• "Catholics adopting evangelical methods on college campuses," Sophia Lee, WORLD Magazine
• "6 Traits of a Pastor in Awe of God," Paul Tripp, The Gospel Coalition

Secularism

• "Arab secularism and its discontents," Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy
• "Vatican blames lack of priests on secularism, abuse, parents," Alessandro Speciale, The Washington Post

International
Israel

• "About Those Jews...," Caroline Glick, The Jerusalem Post
• "'A Great Compliment Paid the Jews'," Michael W. Schwartz, Commentary Magazine

International Economy and Family

• "Financial Fiddling while the Euro Burns," Samuel Gregg, The Acton Institute
• "The Predictable European Summit Ritual," Desmond Lachman, The American

Religious Persecution

• "Band of Brothers," Jamie Dean, WORLD Magazine
• "Preserve Bethlehem's Christians as Well as the Church of the Nativity," Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary Magazine
• "Religious Violence Builds Across Africa," Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "Chavez's Dangerous Liaisons with Tehran," Roger F. Noriega, The American
• "Spring in Sudan?," Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia
• "American Family Law and Sharia-Compliant Marriages," Karen J. Lugo, The Federalist Society

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "On Being Taxed For Just Standing There: The Roberts Opinion on the Obama Health Care Law," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "SCOTUS Health Care Ruling Jeopardizes Future of Liberty," Family Research Council
• "The Supreme Court Does Obamacare: A Constitutional Wreck," Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing
• "Cunning or crazy?," Emily Belz, WORLD Magazine
• "The Dangers of Prudence and the Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling," Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Orthodoxy

Judicial Activism

• "The New Textualists' Finest Hour?," Michael M. Rosen, The American

Other News of Note

• "Abandoning the Constitution," John Marini, Claremont Review of Books
• "Restoring the Constitution," James W. Ceaser, Claremont Review of Books
• "Skip College Math," Charlie Cook, National Journal
• "Stung by Recession, Young Voters Shed Image as Obama Brigade," Susan Saulny, New York Times
• "Collective Action and the Declaration," James R. Rogers, First Things

        John Steele Gordon, writing in Commentary, offers a valuable historical perspective:

Never before that I know of, has a federal tax been placed on inactivity. If you buy something, you pay a sales tax. If you earn income, you pay an income tax. If you do business as a corporation, you pay an excise tax. Now, if you don't buy health insurance, you pay a tax on not doing so. What else then can be taxed? Not exercising?

Book reviews

• "Staff Summer Reading: Why We Picked Our Books," The Examined Life
• "A Summer Reading Guide for the Mere-O Reader," Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Orthodoxy
• "The Page That Changed My Life: Owen Strachan," Owen Strachan, The Gospel Coalition

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- June 21, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "Homeschooling Might Save Your Life!," Tracy Klicka, Homeschooling Now
• "African-Americans increasingly turn to home-schooling," Garrett Tenney, Fox News

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "EEOC Undermining Education," C. Boyden Gray, The Washington Times
• "Mayors back parents seizing control of schools," Stephanie Simon, Reuters
• "Better Schools, Fewer Dollars," Marcus A. Winters, City Journal
• "Academia's Day of Reckoning Draws Nearer," Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia
• "Ditch the Diploma: Why College Graduates Are Questioning Their Education," Karen Swallow Prior, Her.meneutics

College Debt

• "College Rankings Inflation: Don't Be Dazzled by Faux Prestige," Rick Hess, Education Week
• "Here's a Diploma, With Ball and Chain Attached," Kevin Carey, The Chronicle of Higher Education
• "Stretching the higher education dollar," Andrew P. Kelly, American Enterprise Institute

Government Reform
Regulation

• "Future tense, X: The fourth revolution," James Piereson, The New Criterion
• "Is Government Really 'The Solution'?," Steve Conover, The American

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Government waste is alive and well in California," Larry N. Gerston, San Francisco Chronicle
• "State, local spending at lowest point since '80s," Dennis Cauchon, USA Today
• "Misdirection," Jim Harper, TheWashingtonWatch.com

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Spreading, Says World Health Organization," Kim Carollo, ABC News
• "More Teens Nationwide Continue Choosing Abstinence over Being Sexually Active," Karen Thompson, Examiner.com

Conscience Protection

• "Taking (Conscience) Rights Seriously," Melissa Moschella, The Public Discourse
• "Franciscan, Ave Maria, and Obamacare," Daniel Kuebler, The Public Discourse
• "Preventive strike," Emily Belz, WORLD Magazine

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "The Other Big Health Care Case Before the Supreme Court"," Justin Shubow, The FedSoc Blog
• "If Obamacare is Judged Unconstitutional, Here's how to Reform Health Care," Grace-Marie Turner, Forbes
• "Band-Aids for the Health Law," Laura Meckler and Louise Radnofsky, The Wall Street Journal

Homosexuality

• "Supreme Court Take Notice: Two Sociologists Shift the Ground of the Marriage Debate," Matthew J. Franck, The Public Discourse
• "Declining to Photograph a Same-Sex Ceremony: Is It Legal to Refuse a Gay Client?," Tobin Grant, Christianity Today
• "Internal effort for 'gay' leaders in BSA," Chad Groening, OneNewsNow
• "Homosexuality, Sojourners, and Me," Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Orthodoxy
• "What's At Stake in the Homosexuality Debate," Tony Reinke, Desiring God
• "NY Marriage Act lawsuit seeks health care benefits," Associated Press

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "The Most Despicable Human Rights Violation," Brianna Walden, The Cloakroom
• "Abortion Clinics Lose License, Obama Loses Baby Girl Vote," Cathy Cleaver Ruse, Human Events
• "The Geography of Abortion," Richard Florida, The Atlantic
• "Va. Board Set to Vote on Abortion Rules," David Sherfinski, The Washington Times
• "Abortion: Men, You Have A Say," Joy Miladin, Live Action News
• "ObamaCare and in-school abortion clinics," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
• "Two North Carolina abortion facilities caught agreeing to schedule sex-selective abortions," Patrick B. Craine, LifeSiteNews.com

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "The Tyranny of Scientific Consensus," Jordan J. Ballor, The Acton Institute
• "Egg Freezing Not "Medical"," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
• "'Get over it': children of anonymous sperm donors met with hostility, ridicule, say activists," Kathleen Gilbert, LifeSiteNews.com

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Euthanasia: The European Court Must Rule On Two New Cases," Gregor Puppinck, Ph.D., Turtle Bay and Beyond
• "Is There a "Right to Death?"," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Of Lies, Stem Cells, and Hope," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "Scientists see new hope for restoring vision with stem cell help," Phys.org
• "Stem Cells Move Into Prime Time," Dennis Normile, ScienceNow

Human Trafficking

• "State Department: U.S. Needs To Better Track Human Trafficking Trends," Lauren Fox, U.S. News & World Report
• "EU Outlines Anti-Human Trafficking Strategy," Lisa Bryant, Voice of America

Women's Health

• "Why Women Today Are Eating Their Own Placentas," Rachel Marie Stone, Her.meneutics

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "Interstate adoptions: Harder than they should be?," Fox News
• "In North Carolina, Adoption Laws Under Fire," Sam Favate, The Wall Street Journal
• "Becoming a City Without Orphans: Connecting Fresno Christians to Foster-Care Children," Cory Seibel, Christianity Today

Family Economics

• "What Our Grandkids Actually Want," Steve Conover, The American
• "American Caste," Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal
• "The Free Market Isn't About Being Christian," Elise Hilton, The Acton Institute
• "A Call to Action and 5th Birthdays," Stephen Bauman, Qideas
• "The Economics of Family & Culture," Rod Dreher, The American Conservative

Family Structure

• "What We Can't Not Know About Marriage," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "The Kids Aren't All Right: New Family Structures and the "No Differences" Claim," Ana Samuel, The Public Discourse
• "8 Bullet Points on Marriage," Tim Challies, Challies.com
• "A Father's Gifts," Dave Stone, Kyria
• "Fatherhood could alter men's behavior," Sharon Jayson, USA Today

Media
Pornography

• "Naked Women, Naked Girls," Timothy Dalrymple, Patheos
• "New York to close loophole over viewing child pornography," Reuters

Internet

• "Inside Google's Plan to Build a Catalog of Every Single Thing," Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic
• "Company Looks to Add .Sex, .Porn, and .Adult Domains to Internet," Jeff Schapiro, The Christian Post

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "Rallying for Religious Freedom in New Jersey," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "NYC Churches Fight On to Hold Services in Public Schools," Crosswalk
• "Should Government Protect Religion Done "on Sunday in Church"?," Ryan Messmore, The Heritage Foundation
• "Fortnight for Freedom -U.S. Catholics and Religious Liberty: The Origins," George Weigel, First Things
• "Two Key Victories For Religious Freedom On High School Campuses," Alan Sears, Alliance Defense Fund

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "A Response to Evangelical Calls for Public Withdrawal," Rob Schwarzwalder, The Christian Post
• "Diagnosing Christian Right Derangement Syndrome," Tim Dalyrmple, Patheos
• "Modern but Not Liberal," David S. Yeago, First Things
• "Gallup Poll: Religion in the States," Gallup

Secularism

• "The Conflict Really Lies within New Atheism," Christopher O. Tollefsen, The Public Discourse
• "Belief in God Among Young People," Pew Research Center

International
Israel

• "Defeating the Jewish Alinskyites," Caroline Glick, The Jerusalem Post
• "Alice Walker: The Color of Anti-Semitism," Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary Magazine

International Economy and Family

• "Why Austerity Isn't Enough," Samuel Gregg, The Acton Institute
• "Everything That's Wrong With the Economy These Days," Garance Franke-Ruta, The Atlantic

Religious Persecution

• "Seeds of hope," Russell Board, WORLD Magazine
• "Who Are the Copts?," Jayson Casper, Christianity Today

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "Islamically Correct Counterterrorism," Deborah Weiss, The Washington Times
• "Convert From Islam in Sudan Loses Wife, Children," Simba Tian, Crosswalk
• "Islamist vs. Secularist for Egyptian Presidency," Ryan Mauro, Frontpage

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "Constitutionality of Health Reform: An Argument for Popular Constitutionalism," Greg Weiner, Library of Law and Liberty
• "A Solution in Search of a Problem," Matthew J. Franck, National Review Online

Judicial Activism

• "Federal Circuit Takes "Willfulness" Out of Jurors' Hands," Justin Shubow, The FedSoc Blog
• "Judicial activism in Prop. 8 ruling," Brian Raum, The Washington Times

Other News of Note

• "Are Americans Too Dumb for Democracy?," Lee Harris, The American
• "Washingtonianism," Myron Magnet, City Journal
• "The Meaning of the "Pursuit of Happiness," Joe Carter, The Acton Institute
• "Women in Combat: Ranger School Debate," James M. Kushiner, Touchstone Magazine

Book reviews

• "Review: What We Can't Not Know: A Guide," Caleb Nelson, WORLD Magazine
• "Reclaiming Democratic Capitalism," William Voegli, Claremont Review of Books
• "Back to the City," Howard Husock, City Journal
• "Is Capitalism Immoral? An Interview with Father Robert Sirico," Joseph E. Gorra, Patheos
• "The Takeover of the Female Fantasy: Fifty Shades of Grey," Ashley Moore, Kyria

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- June 8, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• “Should you homeschool your children?,” Ime Morales, GMA News
• “For Senate candidate Todd Akin, home schooling is a personal issue,” Jake Wagman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• “Adjusting Educational Approaches,” Jenny Williams, Wired
• “New Law Cures “Curriculum Description” Headache,” Home School Legal Defense Association

 Legislation and Policy Proposals

• “Great Teaching,” Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, and Jonah E. Rockoff, Education Next
• “Latest NCLB Waiver List Heavy on Race to Top States,” Andrew Ujifusa, Education Week
• “Making the grade,” Frederick M. Hess, American Enterprise Institute
• “Eighty-five Percent of Texas Republicans Approve School Choice Proposition,” Joy Pullman, The Heartland Institute

College Debt

• “Insult to Injury: Rise in People with Student Loan Debt-and No College Degree,” Brad Tuttle, Time
• “The State of Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More Problems,” PBS NewsHour
• “College students slammed with fees,” Daniel Wagner, The Washington Times

Government Reform
Regulation

• “Homelessness: How Government Policy Makes It Worse,” Dr. Tracy C. Miller, The Center for Vision and Values
• “Why We Need Principles-Based Regulation,” Arnold Kling, The American
• “Deregulating Occupations: Is Michigan Leading the Way?,” Thomas A. Hemphill, The American

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• “Outrageous Corporate Earmarks Stage a Comeback,” Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times
• “Officials waste more than $2 million in taxpayer money in May,” Christopher Butler, Tennessee Watchdog
• “When States Go Broke,” Michael S. Greve, Library of Law and Liberty

Health Care
Abstinence

• “Why Sexual Integrity Isn’t Out-of-Date,” Nathaniel Peters, The Public Discourse
• “Lolo Jones and Tim Tebow Linked by Abstinence Vows,” Daniel Blake, The Christian Post
• “Message to the College of Physicians: the safest sex is monogamous sex,” The Iona Institute

Conscience Protection

• “U.S. Bishops: Catholics should prepare for civil disobedience to HHS mandate,” Christine Dhanagom, LifeSiteNews
• “An Unconscionable Mandate,” Ed Feulner, Patriot Post
• “What’s Behind the HHS Mandate?,” Gerard V. Bradley, The Public Discourse

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• “Why Small Businesses Aren’t Using the Health Insurance Tax Credit,” Scott Shane, The American
• “Obamacare diagnosed as quackery,” Sally C. Pipes, Pacific Research Institute
• “New Regulation Forces Private Insurers to Advertise Obamacare,” Alyene Senger, The Heritage Foundation
• “Once the Supreme Court Rules on Obamacare, Who Benefits?,” Ben Domenech, Ricochet

Homosexuality

• “Same-Sex Marriage Becomes Constitutional Right in California Unless SCOTUS Takes Case,” Ken Klukowski, Breitbart.com
• “Opponents Block Washington State Same-Sex Marriage,” Associated Press
• “Black Americans on Gay Marriage: Is Obama Changing Opinion?,” Tobin Grant, Christianity Today
• “The Church and Homosexuality: Ten Commitments,” Kevin DeYoung, The Christian Post

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• “Notes from the PRENDA Debate,” Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• “The Origins of Forced Abortion in China,” Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• “FRC Releases New Policy Publication on RU-486,” Krystle Weeks, Family Research Council
• “Looking the other way on sex-selection abortion,” Jared Bridges, Family Research Council
• “The Times‘s Convolution of Facts on Abortifacients,” Donna Harrison, National Review Online
• “National Pro-Life Group’s Computers Seized,” Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews
• “Fifteen years later and silent no more…,” The Crescat
• “What if the Population Replacement Rate Drops to 2.0. Then What?,” David Shedlock, Caffeinated Thoughts
• “Guttmacher Institute Wrong About Maternal Mortality, Abortion,” Paul Stark, LifeNews.com
• “Sex-Selective Abortions and the Twisting of Souls,” Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing
• “Abortion and the Limits of Philosophy,” Jon Shields, The Public Discourse

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• “Great-tasting choice,” Daniel James Devine, WORLD Magazine
• “A Crisis of Faith in Science?,” Rebecca Oas, First Things
• “Bionic Brains and Beyond,” Daniel H. Wilson, The Wall Street Journal

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• “Why Facebook Removed Photos of a Baby,” Karen Swallow Prior, Christianity Today
• “One Human Heart: Wordsworth’s Old Cumberland Beggar and the Sweetness of Being Human,” Anthony Esolen, The Public Discourse
• “A Partisan Look at U.S. Science Policy,” Jeffrey Mervis, Science

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC’s Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• “Adult Stem Cell Treatments Move Ahead, Embryonic Stem Cells Fall Farther Behind,” David Prentice, National Right to Life News
• “Did the California stem cell program promise miracle cures?,” Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times

Human Trafficking

• “Unavoidable Destiny | Legally a Criminal, Legally a Victim: The Plight of the Bottom,” Shared Hope International
• “A Permanent Evil,” James L. Dold, The Polaris Project
• “More penalties for Calif. human traffickers,” Becky Yeh, OneNewsNow

Women’s Health

• “The real war on women,” U.S. Rep. Christopher Smith, The Washington Post
• “Obama Ad Deceives About Birth Control,” Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
• “Chilean Study Exposes Fundamental Flaws in Maternal Health Research,” Susan Yoshihara, Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• “Wisconsin Student ‘Censored, Punished’ by School for Gay Adoption Beliefs,” Ravelle Mohammed, The Christian Post
• “Virginia Senate Passes ‘Conscience Clause’ Restricting Gay Adoption,” Paul Stanley, The Christian Post
• “Gay couples no longer banned from adopting a child in Florida,” Martin E. Segal, The Miami Herald

Family Economics

• “On the Morality of Capitalism,” Joe Carter, The Acton Institute
• “Marital Parenthood and American Prosperity: As Goes the Middle-Class Family, So Goes the Nation,” Ryan C. McPherson, The Family in America
• “Do Tax Credits Encourage Work?,” Casey B. Mulligan, New York Times
• “Number of the Week: Half of U.S. Lives in Household Getting Benefits,” Phil Izzo, The Wall Street Journal

Family Structure

• ““Where Are the Dads?” How Richmond, VA – and FRC – Are Working to Restore the Family,” Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• “And Just When You Thought the Seventies Were Over. . . ,” Glenn T. Stanton, National Review Online
• “Parenting Adults Intentionally,” Susan Card, The Examined Life
• “What Makes a Relationship?,” Kaitlyn Elisabet Bonsell, BreakPoint
• “20 years later, it turns out Dan Quayle was right about Murphy Brown and unmarried moms,” Isabel Sawhill, The Washington Post

Media
Pornography

• “Veteran memorial used as set for porn movie,” Becky Yeh, OneNewsNow
• “Protecting children online,” Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet
• “This is your brain on porn,” Michael Cusick, Relevant Magazine

Internet

• “Up in the air,” Daniel James Devine, WORLD Magazine
• “Facebook and the Importance of Being Unimportant,” Edward Tenner, The American

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• “Remarks on Religious Liberty,” Ken Blackwell, Family Research Council
• “End of an empire?,” Thomas Kidd, WORLD Magazine
• “Court Says City Can Tax Church Room By Room,” Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today
• “‘The Bishops & Religious Freedom’,” Grant Gallicho, Commonweal Magazine
• “Town Ordered to Find Non-Christians to Lead Invocations,” Alan Sears, Alliance Defense Fund

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton’s feature on Watchmen Pastors called “The Lost Episodes,” featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• “For Greater Glory,” Patrick F. Fagan, MercatorNet
• “Good Religion: In Defense of Ross Douthat,” Daniel K. Williams, The Public Discourse
• “Fairfax County changes ‘faith-based service policy’,” Bob Kellogg, OneNewsNow
• “Pope says family values are key to escaping modern ills,” Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere, AFP

Secularism

• “Secular Coalition Creates ‘Atheist Lobby’ in Virginia,” Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post
• “A Secularist Sees The Benedict Option,” Rod Dreher, The American Conservative

International
Israel

• “Christian Villages Attempt to Revive Ancient Biblical Language,” Haaretz
• “After Toulouse, More Attacks on Jews,” Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary Magazine
• “The reign of the fantasists,” Caroline Glick, CarolineGlick.com

International Economy and Family

• “Is It (Finally) Crunch Time in Europe?,” Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia
• “Behind the Mountains,” Konrad Muller, The American Interest
• “10 Years After Civil War, No Peace for Sierra Leone’s Kids,” Greg Campbell, The Atlantic
• “Affirmative Action in China?,” Ethel C. Fenig, The American Thinker

Religious Persecution

• “The Fate of Syria’s Christian Minority,” Ken Blackwell, The American Thinker
• “Another Chinese Activist’s Story of Persecution,” Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• “Egyptian Christians Back to Square One Ahead of Election,” Jayson Casper, Christianity Today

Sharia law — U.S., foreign

• “Egypt Likely to Reject Sharia Law,” Tawfik Hamid, NewsMax
• “Nigeria’s Boko Haram a holy war? Maybe not entirely,” Fredrick Nzwili and Ibrahim Garba, Christian Science Monitor

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• “Is the Ban on Women in Combat Unconstitutional?,” Justin Shubow, The FedSoc Blog
• “Reexamining the doctrine of unconstitutional conditions,” Brian T. Hodges, Pacific Legal Foundation

Judicial Activism

• “A Result in Search of a Rationale,” William C. Duncan, National Review Online
• “First Circuit Rules Against DOMA,” Ed Whelan, National Review Online

Other News of Note

• “Walker Walks the Talk, Obama Talks About the Walk,” Ken Blackwell, Townhall
• “Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man,” Mary Elizabeth Podles, Touchstone Magazine
• “Anyone for Tennis?,” Joseph Epstein, The American

Book reviews

• “True entitlement reform will hit upper and middle classes,” Alan D. Viard, American Enterprise Institute
• “Young Evangelicals Still at War? A Review of ‘A Faith of Our Own’,” Matthew Lee Anderson, Christianity Today
• “Markets and Morality,” Anthony Domestico, Commonweal Magazine
• “On History Books and Why You Should Care,” Lindsay Marshall, The Examined Life
• “Promises, Promises,” Charles R. Kesler, Claremont Review of Books
• “How the West was Won,” Stephen H. Balch, Claremont Review of Books

SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE REVIEW

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News--May 24, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.  The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "Papal Delegation Says Homeschoolers Must be Free," Home School Legal Defense Association
• "Homeschooling Doesn't Mean Always Staying at Home," Lindell Kay, The Daily News

Legislation and Policy Proposals
Check out our new website, Save Me from College Debt, for more up-to-date information on the student loan crisis.

• "Congratulations, Grad, You're Unemployed," Karin Agness, Values and Capitalism
• "The Culture of 'Can't' in American Schools," Rick Hess, Education Week
• "Some States Reconsider Common Core Involvement," Lindsey Burke, The Heartlander
• "Bill expanding charter schools in Missouri goes to governor," Virginia Young, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• "Arizona Gov. Brewer Expands USA's Most Innovative School Choice Model," Lindsey Burke, The Heritage Foundation

Government Reform
Regulation

• "Regulation top risk seen by energy companies: U.S. study," Reuters
• "Tax Reform That Is Simple, Transparent, Fair," Mike Razar, American Thinker

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Catholic Social Teaching and the Ryan Budget," Thomas V. Berg and James C. Capretta, The Public Discourse
• "Great Moments in Government Waste: Stimulus Spending on...um...Stimulus," Daniel J. Mitchell, Townhall
• "Public-Sector Pensions: The Transition Costs Myth," Andrew G. Biggs, The American

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Tenn. sex-ed more focused on abstinence," Bob Kellogg, OneNewsNow
• "Sex, Contraceptive Education 'Urgently Needed,' 60 Percent Of Young Adults Are Misinformed About Birth Control's Effectiveness: Study," The Huffington Post
• "Under Obama administration, abstinence-only education finds surprising new foothold," Ezra Klein, The Washington Post

Conscience Protection

• "BREAKING: Cardinal Dolan of NY, Cardinal Wuerl of D.C., Notre Dame--And 40 Other Catholic Dioceses and Organizations--Sue Obama Administration," Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com
• "Brownback signs 'conscience act' letting pharmacists refuse to provide drugs they believe might cause abortion," Brad Cooper, The Kansas City Star
• "Conscience Clause at Issue in Defense Bill Vote," CBNNews.com
• "Sebelius' Georgetown address refers to protecting religious freedom," Emily Belz, WORLD Magazine

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "Catholic university drops student insurance," Associated Press
• "HSAs Could Bring Health Costs Down; Too Bad Obamacare Destroys Them," Alyene Senger, The Heritage Foundation
• "Study: Health care costs on rise," J. Lester Feder, The Politico

Homosexuality

• "Clarifying the Count of Marriage Amendments and Referenda," Peter Sprigg, Family Research Council
• "Made in Heaven," Roger Scruton, The American Spectator
• "Why Young Voters Won't Tip the Gay Marriage Debate Anytime Soon," Lazar Berman and Daniel Berman, The American
• "Gay "Marriage" is a Losing Issue...For Democrats," Daniel Horowitz, RedState
• "Explaining Obama's Evolution," Thomas Haine, The Public Discourse
• "Will Gay Marriage Oust Military Chaplains?," Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary Magazine
• "Higher and Lower Nature: The Christian Duty to Stand Against Gay Marriage," John Harris, The Intellectual Conservative
• "Will the Supreme Court Decide Same-Sex Marriage?," Justin Shubow, The FedSoc Blog

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "A Constitutional and Wise Way to Protect the Unborn: A Response to Paul Linton," Teresa S. Collett, The Public Discourse
• "Abortion Legal for Any Reason Until Birth in Nation's Capital," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
• "Ivy League Profs Call Docs to Civil Disobedience over Pro-Life Laws," Matthew Archbold, National Catholic Register
• "Abortion and disability," Rose Woodhouse, The League of Ordinary Gentlemen
• "States restrict abortion like never before," Anita Wadhwani, The Tennesseean
• "Maine says 'no' to Planned Parenthood," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
• "Obama Campaign Video: Girls' Dreams Require HHS Mandate," Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
• "The 'War on Women' Implodes," Janice Shaw Crouse, The American Thinker
• "Breaking the 'Spiral of Silence'," Alan Sears, Townhall
• "Guttmacher Inflates Abortion Numbers In Latin America," Stefano Gennarini, Turtle Bay & Beyond

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "Science vs. PR," Robert McHenry, The American
• "UNIQUE DONATION: Iowa Couple Helps Families," Krystle Kacner, WHOtv.com
• "Faith and Science In a Fallen World," Chris Robertson, The Acton Institute
• "The age of in vitro," Emily Belz, WORLD Magazine

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Palliative Sedation Not = To Terminal Sedation/Euthanasia," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
• "Georgia bans most late-term abortions, assisted suicide," David Beasley, Reuters

Stem Cell Research

To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research and keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Central nervous system stem cells shed light on mechanism that controls asymmetrical division," Physorg
• "First stem cell drug approved for systemic disease treatment," Fox News

Human Trafficking

• "United States - Human Rights Abuser?," Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing
• "Sex Trafficking In California: State And Tech Companies Build Alliances To Combat Crime," Shoshana Walter, The Huffington Post

Women's Health

• "A Strong Note of Caution on Reproductive Health and Family Planning," Austin Ruse and Stefano Gennarini, First Things
• "Obama's Julia," Herbert I. London, Freedom Politics

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "The Three Stooges, Kung Fu Panda, Despicable Me . . . and Adoption," Nancy French, National Review Online
• "Fixing the international adoption mess," Kelly Ensslin, Global Post

Family Economics

• "A Tax Increase without the Pain," Steve Conover, The American
• "Capitalism is Honest," Isaac Morehouse, Values and Capitalism
• "The Poverty Life Lesson Plan," Rod Dreher, The American Conservative
• "How far away are states from a jobs recovery?," James Pethokoukis, The Enterprise Blog

Family Structure

• "Marriage: Not a Right, but an Office," Elizabeth Scalia, First Things
• "Therapists Try Tough Love for a 'Nation of Whiners'," Nancy French, National Review Online
• "What America Is and What It Will Be - Shades of Ozzie and Harriet," Kate Pitrone, Postmodern Conservative
• "Are Dads the New Moms?," Susan Gregory Thomas, The Wall Street Journal
• "Marriage is not a Contract, it is a Covenant," Steven Osbourne, Bearing Drift

Media
Pornography

• "Hunger Games Are Real: Children Sacrificed to Porn Now a Legal Spectator Sport," Cathy Ruse, Family Research Council
• "The Tennessean Investigates Books-a-Million Stores for their Pornographic Displays," Nancy French, National Review Online

Internet

• "Facebook Inc. valued above McDonald's Corp.: What does that mean for your kid?," Jessica Prol, Family Research Council
• "Mark Zuckerberg and the Biblical Meaning of Success," Joe Carter, The Acton Institute
• "Apple, Google, Facebook, and Censorship," Gregory S. Baylor, Alliance Defense Fund

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "Amendment Protects Religious Liberty of Military Members," National Catholic Register
• "Defending Religious Freedom in Full: A Generation's Challenge," George Weigel, Ethics and Public Policy Center
• "John Adams and Religious Liberty: What Our Second President Can Teach us About Constitutional Compromise," Richard Samuelson, Library of Law and Liberty
• "Second Circuit Finds NY Town Meeting Prayers Unconstitutional," Justin Shubow, The FedSoc Blog
• "Court: Colorado Day of Prayer Is Unconstitutional," Morgan Feddes, Christianity Today

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "The "Other Religious Right"," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "The Future Will Be More Religious and Conservative Than You Think," Eric Kaufmann, The American
• "The Law of the Gift: 123rd Annual Commencement Address," Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Catholic University of America
• "Modern but Not Liberal," David S. Yeago, First Things
• "If Christ is Lord, Everything Matters," Mindy Hirst, The Acton Institute
• "Douthat on Orthodox Christianity's Implications for Markets," Joy Pullmann, Values and Capitalism

Secularism

• "Secularists Threatening to Wipe Out Christians, Says Senior British Cardinal," Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post

International
Israel

• "How History Weighs on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," Seth Mandel, Commentary Magazine
• "Let us embrace our friends," Caroline Glick, CarolineGlick.com

International Economy and Family

• "Reflections on the French Election," Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson, The Center for Vision and Values
• "The Hayek Effect: The Political Consequences of Planned Austerity," Lee Harris, The American
• "Britain, "Austerity," and the Lessons of Economic History," Kyle Latham, The Center for Vision and Values

Religious Persecution

• "Anti Forced Abortion Activist Chen Guangchen Released by Chinese Tyrants," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
• "The Most Godless Place on Earth," Joe Carter, The Acton Institute
• "The new Egyptian wilderness," Jamie Dean, WORLD Magazine

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "Are Islam and Liberal Democracy Compatible?," Kishore Jayabalan, The Acton Institute
• "Kansas lawmakers pass anti-Islamic law measure," Fox News

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "The Upside-Down Constitution by Michael S. Greve," Robert R. Gasaway, The Federalist Society

Judicial Activism

• "High Court Humpty Dumptys," Lester Jackson, American Thinker
• "Solomonic Wisdom from Another Federal Judge," Michael Avramovich, Touchstone Magazine

Other News of Note

• "The Flags at the Cemetery," Dr. Paul G. Kengor, The Center for Vision and Values
• "Yankees First Baseman Mark Teixeira on the Importance of Fatherhood," Trent Beattie, National Catholic Register
• "We are all Culture Warriors Now(?)," Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Orthodoxy
• "Tocqueville on Julia," David Foster, The Ashbrook Center
• "Nanny State: School Fined $15,000 For Selling Soda," Daniel Doherty, Townhall

Book reviews

• "Tyrannosaurus Ecs," Michael M. Rosen, The American
• "Not Understanding Nothing," Edward Feser, First Things
• "Os Guinness on Virtue in a Free Republic," Ray Nothstine, The Acton Institute
• "Food Rules!," Jerry Weinberger, City Journal
• "Q Reviews | Young Adult Fiction," Byron Borger, Qideas
• "Intellectual debts," Marvin Olasky, WORLD Magazine

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News--May 10, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.  The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "Homeschooling Mother's Name Removed from Registry," Home School Legal Defense Association
• "10 Things I Learned in Our First Year of Homeschooling," Jennifer Fulwiler, National Catholic Register

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "Academics vs. sexual orientation," Becky Yeh, OneNewsNow
• "Is Evolution a Lousy Story?," Tom Bartlett, The Chronicle of Higher Education
• "A Lose-Lose Deal: Timid Leadership Yields Half-Baked Policies," Rick Hess, Education Week
• "College, loans, and the road to success," Cal Thomas, WORLD Magazine
• "Fixing the Problems in Student Lending," Reps. Phil Roe and Tim Walberg, The Washington Examiner
• "Immersion Education for Parents," Pete Peterson and Kevin Klowden, City Journal

Government Reform
Regulation

• "How Financial Regulation Is Creating Another Bubble," Christopher Grosvenor, Seeking Alpha
• "CEI's Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation," Ryan Young, OpenMarket.org
• "A Stealth Expansion of the Welfare State," Michael G. Franc, National Review Online

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Blueprint for cutting government spending," Cal Thomas, The Sun Sentinel
• "What Real Government Waste Looks Like," Paul Waldman, The American Prospect
• "Tracking the Pork," Gerri Willis, Fox Business

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Sex and the Seamless Garment," William Doino, Jr., First Things
• "Guttmacher Institute Misleads on Why Teen Births Declined," Michael New, LifeNews.com

Conscience Protection

• "Is Conscience Partisan? A Look at the Clinton, Moynihan, and Kennedy Records," Richard M. Doerflinger, The Public Discourse
• "Pro-Life conscience protection headed to KS governor," Kathy Ostrowski, Kansans for Life
• "The Catholic Pendulum Swings," Justin Paulette, The Intellectual Conservative

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "HSAs also work for lower-income individuals," The Galen Institute
• "New ruling reveals the future of Washington-directed healthcare," Scott Gottlieb, The Enterprise Blog
• "Exposing the Medicare Double Count," Charles Blahous and James C. Capretta, The Wall Street Journal
• "Sandra Fluke and Georgetown's Position of 'Neutrality'," Joan Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register

Homosexuality

• "Campbell's not so 'clean-cut'," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
• "NC Marriage Battle Heats Up Ahead of Tuesday's Vote," Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post
• "NY civil rights debate moves from gay marriage to transgender rights; 16 states have laws," Michael Virtanen, Associated Press
• "GLAAD Argues Pro-Homosexual Voices 'Underrepresented' in Media," Crosswalk
• "Methodists Uphold Policy that Calls Homosexuality 'Incompatible with Christian Teaching," Daniel Burke, Religion News Service
• "EU Commissioner Reding: "We Only Finance the Gay Lobby, but We Have No Influence on its Activities"," J.C. von Krempach, J.D., Turtle Bay and Beyond

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "Should Libertarians Be Conservatives?: The Tough Cases of Abortion and Marriage," Jay W. Richards, The Public Discourse
• "Pro-lifers not protected at WKU," Bob Kellogg, OneNewsNow
• "Family Breakdown at the Heart of Global Aging Crisis," Susan Yoshihara, Turtle Bay and Beyond
• "Addressing the Needs of Expectant Mothers: A Reply to Rafie & Winsor," Mark W. Leach, The Public Discourse
• "Successful Advocacy Begins in the Womb: A Reply to Mark Leach," Monica Rafie and Tracy Winsor, The Public Discourse
• "What's Planned Parenthood afraid of?," Anna Franzonello, The Washington Times
• "The Reproductive Life of Julia," Jill Stanek, JillStanek.com
• "Professors: Babies Don't Know They're Killed in Abortions," Warner T. Huston, LifeNews.com
• "Korea cracking down on Chinese "human flesh pills" made from ... dead babies," Allahpundit, Hot Air

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "Pope Reminds Doctors, Medical Students and Scientists to Incorporate Faith Into Science," National Catholic Register
• "Jon Will's gift," George Will, The Washington Post
• "Higher risk of birth defects from assisted reproduction," Medical Express
• "Distinguish Medical "Treatments" From "Services" to Win Bioethical Debates," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Vatican Paper Compares Pro-Abortion and Euthanasia Arguments to Nazi Eugenics," Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post

Stem Cell Research

To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "Stem cell lawsuit poses wide impact for conscience rights," Michelle Bauman, EWTN News

Human Trafficking

• "GOP lawmaker looks to shut down sex trafficking through Backpage.com," Pete Kasperowicz, The Hill
• "Child Marriage: A Human Trafficking Problem?," Tripti Lahiri, The Wall Street Journal
• "Local women working to expose, eradicate human trafficking," Michelle Esteban, KOMONews.com

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "Agency To Educate Others About Adoption," Daniel Hubbard, The Wayne Patch
• "Adoption adventure in China," Elizabeth Patel, China Daily
• "Adoption scam victims tell of loss, heartbreak as two are sentenced," Mark Morris, The Kansas City Star
• "National Pro-Life Adoption Conference Focuses on Orphan Crisis," Ryan Bomberger, LifeNews.com

Family Economics

• "A Better Estimate of the Unemployment Rate -- 11%," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• "Yo-Yo Economics?," Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson, The Center for Vision and Values
• "You Can Keep Preaching About Tax Fairness, Mr. King, But Cut a Check First," Joe Carter, The Acton Institute
• "Ignore the Income Gap," Deroy Murdock, National Review Online
• "The Meanings of Mobility: Checking the New Pressure Points on the Middle Class," William Voegeli, The Family in America

Family Structure

• "Are Children Worth the Cost?," Barbara Curtis, Crosswalk
• "Maria Steen of the Iona Institute discusses divorce on Newstalk," The Iona Institute
• "Two Steps from Reasonable About Marriage," Stephen J. Heaney, The Public Discourse
• "The Story of Ian & Larissa," John Piper, Desiring God
• "Marital Parenthood and American Prosperity: As Goes the Middle-Class Family, So Goes the Nation," Ryan C. MacPherson, The Family in America

Media
Pornography

• "Groupon now for Playboy?," Bill Bumpas, OneNewsNow
• "Pedophiles found using Facebook to trade child pornography," Natalie DiBlasio, USA Today
• "NY top court: Just viewing child porn not a crime," Associated Press

Internet

• "Tweens' Secret Lives Online," Katherine Rosman, The Wall Street Journal

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "Religious freedom, rebellion, and indoor prostitution: Why Rhode Island's independence day matters," Lazar Berman, The Enterprise Blog
• "Tenn. Governor Vetoes Vanderbilt Bill; All-Comers Policy to Remain in Place," Katherine Weber, The Christian Post
• "CCJ Urges Supreme Court to Protect the Mt. Soledad Cross," John C. Eastman and Edwin Meese, The Claremont Institute
• "Let's Have A Referenda On Ten Commandments," Chris Freund, The Family Foundation

Religion in America

Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "Millennials, Christianity, and Culture," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "Traditional Christianity versus Christian Heresies," George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing
• "An Agenda for Recovering Christianity in America," Tim Keller, The Gospel Coalition
• "The God Who is Worldly," Peter J. Leithart, First Things
• "John Stott, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien: Why American Evangelicals Love the British," Molly Worthen, Religion & Politics

Secularism

• "Evil, militant anti-Christian secularism is simply a myth," The Irish Times
• "Why the Future Will Be More Religious and More Conservative Than You Think," Eric Kaufmann, The American
• "The Soul of Liberty," Hunter Baker, Touchstone Magazine

International
Israel

• "The eye of the storm," Jill Nelson, WORLD Magazine
• "The Wages of the Sinai," Steven A. Cook, Council on Foreign Relations
• "New Unity Government Is Smart Politics," Evelyn Gordon, Commentary Magazine
• "New Israeli Coalition: Good for Israel, Good for Netanyahu, Good for Obama," Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia

International Economy and Family

• "Rise of far right threatens to pollute politics across Europe," Peter Popham, The Independent
• "The Difference Between the U.S. and Europe in 1 Graph," Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
• "Half a Million Sign Petition to Protect Definition of Marriage in UK," Christian Today, The Christian Post

Religious Persecution

• "A Christian Arab Pastor's Perspective on Persecution and Ministry in the Holy Land," Family Research Council
• "Telling the Whole Story: The Flight of Chen Guangcheng," Eric Metaxas, The Christian Post
• "Was U.S. Duped by China on Dissident Deal," Rick Moran, Frontpage Magazine
• "Communist China's Perilous Phase," Minxin Pei, The Wall Street Journal
• "'Defend the persecuted'," Emily Belz, WORLD Magazine

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "Dangerous illusions about Islamism," Robert R. Reilly, The Washington Times
• "A war that's bigger than Afghanistan," William Kristol, The Washington Post
• "Reaching the Muslim World -- On the Web," Josh Etter, Desiring God

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "The Federalist Papers Still Matter," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "Does the Takings Clause Have an Expiration Date?," Justin Shubow, The FedSoc Blog
• "Greve on Originalism and Chief Justice Marshall," Mike Rappaport, Library of Law and Liberty
• "In the Courthouse was the Word," Anthony Esolen, The Public Discourse

Judicial Activism

• "House Begins Contempt Process Against Holder for "Fast and Furious"," Justin Shubow, The FedSoc Blog

Other News of Note

• "Occupy the Southern Poverty Law Center," Charles C.W. Cooke, National Review Online
• "The Centurion," James M. Kushiner, Touchstone Magazine
• "Lessons In Leadership From The NY Times," Tom Maguire, JustOneMinute

Book reviews

• "What Augustine's Baptism Can Teach Our Churches," Russell D. Moore, Moore to the Point
• "Liberalism Is Bad for Literature," Mark Bauerlein, The Public Discourse
• "Bearing Life in a Broken World: A Review of No Easy Choice," Amy Julia Becker, Christianity Today
• "A Truce in the Culture Wars: A Review of Jonathan Merritt's "A Faith of Our Own"," Trevin Wax, The Gospel Coalition
• "The Unmet Political Challenge of Family Breakdown," Jennifer Roback Morse, The Family in America

The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News--April 26, 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles.  For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "Why I chose home schooling," Bethany Gardiner, CNN
• "Students and Parents as Consumers," Joseph Knippenberg, First Things

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "Some News and Recent Articles on College Debt," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• "For Women to Think Mathematically, Colleges Should Think Creatively," Theodore P. Hill and Erika Rogers, The Chronicle of Higher Education
• "Fixing Education: The Problems Are Clear, but the Solutions Aren't Simple," Dashiell Bennett, The Atlantic
• "Public Education: The Next Moral Issue for Today's Evangelicals," Katelyn Beaty, Christianity Today

Government Reform
Regulation

• "The Export-Import Bank Nightmare," Ken Blackwell, CNSNews.com
• "The Cost of Big Government," John Stossel, Fox Business
• "Can Government Be Limited?," James V. DeLong, The American

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Report: Earmarks Way Down With Moratorium," Andrew Joseph, National Journal
• ""Pig Book:" Congress curbs earmarking habit, but still sneaking in pet projects," Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Motivation for undiluted abstinence ed.," Bob Kellogg, OneNewsNow
• "What do people who say Church teaching on sex is 'irrelevant' actually mean?," David Quinn, The Iona Institute

Conscience Protection

• "Open Letter to Georgetown University President DeGioia," Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "Kansas House Advances Pro-Life Conscience Protection Bill," Kathy Ostrowski, LifeNews.com
• "Why We Have Gone to Court against the Obama Mandate," William Armstrong, Ken Smith, and Joe Aguillard, The Wall Street Journal

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "Second opinion," Marvin Olasky, WORLD Magazine
• "Law or no law, some states adopt healthcare reform," Mark Miller, Reuters
• "New SCOTUScast: "Coercion" and Obamacare," SCOTUScaster, FedSoc Blog

Homosexuality

• "Homosexuality, Christianity, and the Gospel - Part 4," Pastor J.D., JD Greear
• "Where's the Outrage?," Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing
• "Gambia's President Refuses to 'Offend God for Foreign Aid' Amid Homosexual Rights Push," Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "Congress Should Make Secret Abortions Illegal," Jeanne Monahan and Robert Schwarzwalder, National Review Online
• "Protecting Unborn Children from Pain," Teresa S. Collett, The Public Discourse
• "Pepsi, Proxies, and Pro-Life Respect for the Rule of (Corporate) Law," Michael Fragoso, The Public Discourse
• "Unwanted daughters: India battles with "gendercide"," New York Daily News
• "Abortion Was Always Heart of Health Care Overhaul," Anna Franzonello, Roll Call
• "Ashamed and Disappointed," Tim Challies, Challies Dot Com
• "Iowa House Bans Taxpayer-Funded Abortions," Shane Vander Hart, Caffeinated Thoughts

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "Taking, Making and Faking Life," Christopher White, National Catholic Register
• "IMF: Population Aging Calls For Ambitious Reforms," Lucia Muchova, Turtle Bay and Beyond
• "The War on Little Women, Jeanne Monahan, Family Research Council
• "Tiny, Happy People," C. Ben Mitchell, Center for Bioethics and Culture Network
• "Birth defects more common in IVF babies," Kerry Grens, Reuters

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Death knocking," Daniel James Devine, WORLD Magazine
• "The Three Stooges Euthanasia Subplot," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke

Stem Cell Research

To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

• "New stem cell found in the brain," MedicalXpress.com
• "Egg-Producing Human Ovarian Stem Cells Concern Ethicists," Celeste McGovern, National Catholic Register
• "In Stem Cell Suit Appeal, Arguments Over Technicalities," Jocelyn Kaiser, Science
• "Texas passes stem-cell regulations," David Cyranoski, Nature

Human Trafficking

• "UN: Crime generates trillions of dollars each year," George Jahn, The Sacramento Bee
• "New Agreement to Fight Human Trafficking," Joe DeCapua, Voice of America
• "Sold for sex at a tender age," Nicholas D. Kristof, The Seattle Times

Women's Health

• "The Battle Against Nature's Sexism," Mary Rose Somarriba, The Public Discourse

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "Midland families' stories intertwined through adoption agency," Sara Higgins, Midland Reporter-Telegram
• "Families race to adopt before U.S. tax credit ends," Amy Feldman, Reuters

Family Economics

• "In the zone?," Warren Cole Smith, WORLD Magazine
• "Redeeming Economics: How Federal Budgets Affect the American Family," John D. Mueller, Ethics and Public Policy Center
• "The War on Women Like Ann Romney," Alexa, Alexa Shrugged
• "America's Crisis of Character," Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal
• "Welfare's Not-So-Helping Hand," Alexis Hamilton, Values and Capitalism
• "To Pay Off Loans, Grads Put Off Marriage, Children," Sue Shellenbarger, The Wall Street Journal

Family Structure

• "Living Together Before Marriage: An Idea Whose Time Will Never Come," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "The Downside of Cohabiting Before Marriage," Meg Jay, New York Times
• "An Aspen in a Forest of Pines: Thinking through Asexuality," Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Orthodoxy
• "Births to Cohabitating Couples Dramatically Increase," Crosswalk.com

Media
Pornography

• ""How Internet Porn Turned My Beautiful Boy into a Hollow, Self-Hating Shell"," Cathy Ruse, Family Research Council
• "Court Upholds Challenge against Federal Laws on Pornography," JDJournal

Internet

• "Technology in America," Michael Sacasas, The American
• "Instagram and the Freedom to Innovate," Joseph Sunde, Values and Capitalism

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "Student leaders battle Vanderbilt policy," Leigh Jones, WORLD Magazine
• "A Statement on Religious Liberty," United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• "Supreme Knight Carl Anderson's speech on Religious Liberty at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast," CNS News
• "Religious liberty: Why a battle 1,700 years ago is relevant today," Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
• "Faces And Voices Of Those Standing For Religious Liberty," Speak Up Church
• "The Call of Conscience," Chris Potts, Truth & Triumph
• "CCJ Urges Supreme Court to Protect the Mt. Soledad Cross," John Eastman and Edwin Meese, The Claremont Institute
• "NY's Nanny State: Denying Religious and Personal Liberties," George Marlin, The Catholic Thing

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.

• "FRC Honors Charles W. Colson," Jared Bridges, Family Research Council
• "Vatican orders crackdown on 'radical' nuns in the US," BBC News
• "College-Age Millennials Are Becoming Less Religious," Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition
• "A Generation in Transition: Religion, Values, and Politics among College-Age Millenials," Robert P. Jones, Daniel Cox, and Thomas Banchoff, Public Religion Research Institute

Secularism

• "In a Culture Without Virtue, We Have Men Without Chests," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "Tolerance-Or Else: Coercive Attempts to Impose Secular Beliefs," Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, Christianity Today
• "Secularism in America: Growing American movement raises concerns," Chaz Muth, Catholic News Service
• "Civil Society Reconsidered," Gertrude Himmelfarb, The Weekly Standard

International
Israel

• "Gazans Blame Hamas for Economic Condition, Lack of Terrorism Against Israel," Seth Mandel, Commentary Magazine
• "Netanyahu must stop hiding behind Holocaust warnings," Editorial, Haaretz
• "Jerusalem is the capital of Israel," Rick Santorum, New York Daily News

International Economy and Family

• "Just in Time: The Future of the Rule of Law in England," David Conway, Library of Law and Liberty
• "The Global Economy at Risk," Editorial, New York Times

Religious Persecution

• "Islamic Extremists Attacking Christians, Sikhs in South Asia," Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post
• "Iranian Christians await verdict," Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow
• "In the shadow of war," Jamie Dean, WORLD Magazine
• "India: Christian Children Threatened, Abused in Series of Attacks," Crosswalk

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "Islamist and neo-Nazi tactics compared," Chad Groening, OneNewsNow
• "Islamic Law and Justice for All?," Guest Blogger, Council on Foreign Relations

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "Is the Natural Law Persuasive?," R.J. Snell, The Public Discourse
• "Two Reviews of Books on the Constitution and its Judges," Justin Shubow, FedSoc Blog
• "International Law, The U.S. Constitution, and the New World Order," The Federalist Society

Judicial Activism

• "Should Judges Be Moral Arbiters?," Justin Shubow, FedSoc Blog
• "Overturning ObamaCare Isn't 'Judicial Activism'," David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey, The Wall Street Journal

Other News of Note

• "Liberalism After Liberalism," Wilfred M. McClay, First Things
• "In Nothing We Trust," Ron Fournier and Sophie Quinton, National Journal
• "Liberals, Conservatives, and the Haidt Results," Mark Bauerlein, The Chronicle of Higher Education
• "The Democratic War on One Woman," Kimberley A. Strassel, The Wall Street Journal

Book reviews

• "The Books That Taught Me," Amanda Ruud, The Examined Life
• "Have a Nice Millennium," Craig S. Lerner, Claremont Review of Books
• "Law, Race, and Equality," Lee J. Strang, Library for Law and Liberty
• ""Absolute Power" A review of Mark Levin's Ameritopia," Jeffrey Lord, The American Spectator

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OUTSTANDING ARTICLES FROM THE PRO-FAMILY "SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE REVIEW" DATED FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Every two weeks I post the latest collection of articles pubished by the Family Research Council via their "Social Conservative Review."  Here is the latest collection.  For previous collections of articles (a boon for students, writers, researchers and anyone interested in current events), click here.  I have divided the current list below into two pages.   At the bottom of the post click "Continue reading.."

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "Education a la Carte," Rod Dreher, The American Conservative
• "HSLDA to Appeal Criminal Conviction for Homeschool Family," Home School Legal Defense Association

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "Why we shouldn't oversell the benefit of having more students in 'advanced' classes," Frederick M. Hess, The American
• "Universities are bringing Occupy into the classroom," Natalie DiBlasio, USA Today
• "Ariz. Bill to Help Conservative College Professors in Hiring Process," Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post
• "Technology May Reform Education After All," Naomi Decter, Commentary Magazine
• "Court Upholds Indiana School Choice Program," Gregory S. Baylor, Alliance Defense Fund
• "Obama's War on School Vouchers," Jason L. Riley, The Wall Street Journal
• "Schools Attach 'Fat Monitors' to Students," Emily Johnston, The Heartlander

Government Reform
Regulation

• "Red Tape and Pink Slips: Obama's Imaginary Regulatory Reform," Henry I. Miller, The American
• "Global Evidence on Taxes and Economic Growth: Payroll Taxes Have No Effect," William McBride, The Tax Foundation
• "The Heartland Tax Rebellion," The Wall Street Journal
• "It's Working in Walker's Wisconsin," Christian Schneider, City Journal

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "The Amazing Obama Budget," Opinion, The Wall Street Journal
• "The Do-Nothing Senate," William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal

Health Care
Abstinence

• "A Different Take on Valentine's Day: Would you Die for Her?," Pat Fagan and Julia Kiewit, Townhall
• "Sex-Maniac Nation," Lisa Fabrizio, The American Spectator

Conscience Protection

• "Tony Perkins Responds to Pseudo-Compromise of Conscience Rights Mandate," FRC Press Office
• "Contraception Mandate a Profound Violation of Religious Freedom," Jeanne Monahan, U.S. News and World Report
• "Obamacare vs the Catholic Bishops," Kishore Jayabalan, The Acton Institute
• "Failing to Connect the Dots on Contraception," Howard P. Kainz, First Things
• "It's Not Only About the Bishops," Rod Dreher, The American Conservative
• "Morals and Mandates," Sherif Girgis and Robert P. George, The Public Discourse
• "The Gospel According to Obama," Charles Krauthammer, National Review Online
• "Obama imposes will in contraception compromise," Debra J. Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "Is U.S. Health Spending on Another Planet?," Christopher J. Conover, The American
• "Report: Economic experts blast revised HHS mandate," John Couretas, The Acton Institute
• "Primary concerns," Lynde Langdon, WORLD Magazine
• "Obamacare: Brussels Here We Come!," Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke
• "Why Obamacare is Unconstitutional, and What Conservatives Should Do About It," Grace-Marie Turner, The Heartlander
• "Single Payer Advocates Who Want the Individual Mandate to be Struck Down," Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy

Homosexuality

• "Ninth Circuit Marriage Decision: "Take This Joke-Please."," Peter Sprigg, Family Research Council
• "The Reversal of Proposition 8: A Dangerous Precedent," Hunter Baker, The Acton Institute
• "The Ninth Circuit's Desperate Targeting of Justice Kennedy," Matthew J. Franck, The Public Discourse
• "Appeals Court ruled ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, scolding Californians," Bold Report
• "Washington gov signs gay marriage bill into law," Rachel La Corte, Associated Press
• "Will NJ Gay Marriage Battle Come Down to Christie's Veto, Senate's Override?," Stephanie Samuel, The Christian Post

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "A Tip of the Hat to Planned Parenthood," Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing
• "Did Early Christians Practice Birth Control?," Will Oremus, Slate
• "On Komen controversy, media told half the story," Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, CNN
• "A Muslim View on Respecting Life," Suzy Ismail, The Public Discourse
• "Planned Parenthood's Hostages," Robert P. George and O. Carter Snead, The Wall Street Journal
• "WA House OKs bill tying abortion to maternity care," The Olympian
• "Va House GOP muscles abortion restrictions to passage over passionate Democratic protests," Associated Press
• "UNESCO official calls for national registry of doctors who object to abortion: Spain," Jeanne Smits, LifeSiteNews
• "Justice Ginsburg Questions Timing of Roe v. Wade," Justin Shubow, FedSoc Blog
• "Va. House passes "personhood" abortion bill," CBS News
• "Abortions available through vending machine," Bold Report
• "Orchestrated uproar:A Planned Parenthood 'win' carries the seeds of its own destruction," Marvin Olasky, WORLD Magazine
• "Cutting through the pink fog," Barbara Curtis, WORLD Magazine

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "Creationism Bill Dies in Indiana House," Paul Stanley, The Christian Post

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "When Life is Intolerable," Damiano Rondelli, The Catholic Thing
• "Archbishop Decries Possible Legalization of Euthanasia in UK," Clara Morris, The Christian Post

Stem Cell Research

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• "Barry's Blessing," Stem Cell Research Facts
• "Stem cells could potentially fix 'broken hearts'," John Roberts, Fox News
• "Study aims to see if stem cells could aid stroke recovery," Tom Corwin, The Augusta Chronicle

SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE REVIEW: THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO PRO-FAMILY NEWS," FEBRUARY 2, 2012

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Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

• "Why Urban, Educated Parents Are Turning to DIY Education," Linda Perlstein, Newsweek
• "'Tim Tebow homeschool law' gains momentum in Virginia," Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post
• "Catholic Homeschool Group's Appeal will be Argued Before the Indiana Civil Rights Commission (ICRC)," Christian NewsWire

Legislation and Policy Proposals

• "College Debt and 2012," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• "The State of Education," Chester E. Finn, Jr., National Review Online
• "Why You Should Postpone College," Brett Nelson, Forbes
• "Jindal's Education Moon Shot," The Wall Street Journal
• "Golden Missed Opportunity," Larry Sand, City Journal
• "Redeeming Higher Education," James R. Stoner, Jr., Claremont Review of Books
• "Our Inequality," Peter David Gross, The Examined Life

Government Reform
Regulation

• "Geithner Says 'Basic Elements' of Finance Reform Done This Year," Ian Katz, Bloomberg
• "Obama Comes Around on U.N. Reform," Brett Schaefer, National Review Online
• "Trust-Busting and Trusting in the Administrative State," Michael Fragoso, The Public Discourse
• "It's Working in Walker's Wisconsin," Christian Schneider, City Journal

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

• "Average federal pay matches Microsoft," Andrew Biggs, The Enterprise Blog
• "The Debt Trap, Part (1)," Michael S. Greve, Library of Law and Liberty
• "Is President Obama Creating A Nation Of Dependents?," John Merline, Investor's Business Daily
• "Dining with Vultures: Rent-to-Own, the Feds, and the Housing Sector," Jay Weiser, The American

Health Care
Abstinence

• "Abortion-contraception arguments are really about teen sex," Sarah S. Brown, The Washington Post
• "New sex education standards released," Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press
• "'Safe sex' is a myth, & CDC stats prove it," Kelly Boggs, Baptist Press

Conscience Protection

• "ObamaCare and Religious Freedom," Timothy M. Dolan, The Wall Street Journal
• "Respecting religious exemptions," Editorial, The Washington Post
• "An Unconscionable Threat to Conscience," Donald P. Condit, The Acton Institute
• "Ruling on Contraception Draws Battle Lines at Catholic Colleges," Denise Grady, New York Times

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

• "The Wyden-Ryan proposal-a foundation for realistic Medicare reform," Joseph Antos, The New England Journal of Medicine
• "If we knew then what we know now about healthcare reform," Andrew Biggs, The Enterprise Blog
• "The HHS Contraception Mandate vs. the Religious Freedom Restoration Act," Ed Whelan, National Review Online
• "Free Birth Control vs. Freedom of Religion," Wesley J. Smith, National Review Online
• "The Obama Mandate to Catholics: "To Hell With You?"," Paul G. Kengor, The Center for Vision and Values

Homosexuality

• "Gay marriage gaining momentum in WA Legislature," Rachel La Corte, Associated Press
• "Catholic Conference chides same-sex marriage supporters," John Wagner, The Washington Post
• "The Same-Sex "Marriage" Proposal is Unjust Discrimination," Patrick Lee, The Public Discourse
• "Reclaiming the Rhetoric of 'Family': 3 Reasons Why Same-Sex Marriage Recognition in the Military Matters," Katie Miller, The Huffington Post
• "UN Secretary General Tells African Nations to Stop Discriminating Against Homosexuals," Stefano Gennarini, J.D., Turtle Bay and Beyond
• "Vulgarity and Vengeance," Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

• "Feathers Ruffled at Greater DC Girl Scout Council," Cathy Ruse, Family Research Council
• "A New Study Finds Abortion Safer than Giving Birth," Krystle Weeks, Family Research Council
• "Roe v. Wade: A Constitutional and Moral Tragedy," Sen. Orrin Hatch
• "The mental toll of abortion," Jeanne Monahan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• "Roe v. Wade and Equal Opportunity," Ken Thomas, The Ashbrook Center
• "The Mounting Tragedy of Missing Baby Girls," Matt Ridley, The Wall Street Journal
• "The Vision of a Pro-Life Generation," Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online
• " Pro-Life Is Prettier: Beauty in the Pro-Life Movement," Katrina Fernandez, Patheos
• "The Unbearable Wrongness of Roe," Michael Stokes Paulsen, The Public Discourse
• "Two Cheers for Pro-Life Europe," Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing
• "Focusing on the fetus changes abortion debate," Margaret Somerville, The National Post

Bioethics and Biotechnology

• "Archbishop Chaput Blasts Growing Eugenics in Fetal Medicine," Gerard Nadal, LifeNews.com

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

• "Is it morally wrong to take a life? Not really, say bioethicists," Michael Cook, BioEdge
• "'Incompatible with Life' is a judgment not a diagnosis," Nancy Mayer-Whittington, LifeSiteNews.com

Stem Cell Research

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• "The Stem Cell Debates," The New Atlantis
• "The End of Embryonic Stem Cell Research?," Nathaniel Peters, First Things
• "Stacking the deck on the stem-cell program," Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
• "Politics obscure science of stem-cell debate," David Baugher, The St. Louis Beacon

Human Trafficking

• "The Human Face Of Modern Slavery," Corban Addison, The Huffington Post
• "Human trafficking: Hunting the predator," Elizabeth Prann, Fox News
• "'All I Was Good for Was Sex'," Nathan Clarke, Christianity Today

Women's Health

• "When the State Took Away My Life: North Carolina Grapples with Sterilization Practice," Karen Swallow Prior, Christianity Today
• "How the CDC is overstating sexual violence in the US," Christina Hoff Sommers, American Enterprise Institute
• "The Vitrification Fertility Option," Rebecca Dana, Newsweek

Marriage and Family
Adoption

• "The Joy of Pretty Things," Nancy French, National Review Online
• "Va. legislators to consider gay adoption issue," Zinie Chen Sampson, Associated Press
• "'Too old to keep baby'," Linda Fort, Get Reading
• "Utah adoption bill aims to give unwed fathers more protections," Brooke Adams, The Salt Lake Tribune

Family Economics

• "The Keystone Pipeline, Energy, and Family Economics," Chris Gacek, Family Research Council
• "The Tax Rate Scandal," Mark W. Hendrickson, The Center for Vision and Values
• "Beyond Blue Part One: The Crisis of the American Dream," Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia
• "The "Immobile Class": On College and Work in the New America," Owen Strachan

Family Structure

• "The New American Divide," Charles Murray, The Wall Street Journal
• "The Untapped Potential of the At-Home Mom," Suanne Camfield, Christianity Today
• "Child's Play," Carrie Lukas, National Review Online

Media
Pornography

• "House of Lies' and Mainstream Pornography," Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
• "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act: 5 Things to Know About H.R. 1981," Connor Adams Sheets, International Business Times
• "Should I Marry a Man with Pornography Struggles? My Response," Russell D. Moore, Moore to the Point

Internet

• "SOPA Pro and Con," Justin Shubow, FedSoc Blog

Media

• "Nudity on the Rise in Broadcast TV," Parents Television Council
• "Damsels in Undress," Sean Daly, New York Post

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

• "Christians Say Obama is Trampling Religious Liberty," Todd Starnes, Fox News
• "On Religious Freedom, Years of Battles Ahead," David Skeel, The Wall Street Journal
• "Parochial Schools And Peyote: How Illegal Drugs And Christian School Teachers Are Related," Kevin Theriot, Alliance Defense Fund
• "Vanderbilt Univ. Christian Group Says It's Being Forced Off Campus," Stephanie Samuel, The Christian Post
• "Religious Liberty and Civil Society," Yuval Levin, Ethics and Public Policy Center

Religion in America

• "John 3:16: Tim Tebow's Verse?," Robert Morrison, Family Research Council
• "What Will It Take To Transform The Mountains Of Culture?," Chris Robertson, The Acton Institute
• "What the Bible Teaches About Capitalism," Aryeh Spero, The Wall Street Journal
• "Anger, Bad-And Good?," Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing

Secularism

• "Stubborn Amish and Stubborn Atheists," Peter Berger, The American Interest

International
Israel

• "Column One: The Zionist imperative," Caroline Glick, The Jerusalem Post
• "Israel's future: Risks or opportunities?," Uri Dromi, The Miami Herald

International Economy and Family

• "The (Almost) Triumph of Offshore Balancing," Christopher Layne, The National Interest
• "Why Growth Matters More than Debt," Steve Conover, The American
• "Will German Politicians Wreck Europe To Save Their Own Skins?," Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia

Religious Persecution

• "Responding to Islamism and Persecution of the Church," Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council
• "The Muslim-American Muddle: Where Do Muslims Fit in American Society?," Lecture, American Enterprise Institute
• "The Church Persecuted - 2011," George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing

Sharia law -- U.S., foreign

• "Aquinas on Islam," Matthew Hanley, The Catholic Thing
• "Slaughterhouse Rules," Elli Fischer, Jewish Daily Ideas
• "Opposition mounts to growing use of sharia law in Britain," Barnabas Aid

The Courts
Constitutional Issues

• "Wagner's cautionary tale of latest example of political bias," Chris Gacek, The Cedar Rapids Gazette
• "Liberty Forum on the Constitutional Amendment Process," Mike Rappaport, Library of Law and Liberty
• "Beyond Originalism: Conservative Declarationism and Constitutional Redemption," Ken I. Kersch, Maryland Law Review

Other News of Note

• "The King's Summit," Robert Morrison, Human Events
• "Social Justice, Institutions, and Communities," Adam J. MacLeod, The Public Discourse
• "Patrick Henry, Patriot," Gary S. Smith, The Center for Vision and Values

Book reviews

• "Trials and Tribulations of Girl Land," Krystle Weeks, Family Research Council
• "Talking About REAL Marriage," Susan Wise Bauer, Christianity Today
• "Eden's Bridge: the Marketplace in God's Kingdom, a Partner Spotlight," Elise Hilton, PovertyCure
• "The Humanity of Christ Matters," Russell D. Moore, Moore to the Point

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THE LATEST "SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE REVIEW: THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO PRO-FAMILY NEWS, FEBRUARY 17, 2011

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.

I would call particular attention to George Weigle's "Christian Number-Crunching" and Douglas Farrow's "Blurring Sexual Boundaries."   I also took a look at Mollie Hemingway's shock at Newsweek's incompetence, "Exegetical malpractice in - of all places, Newsweek."

THE LATEST "SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE REVIEW: THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO PRO-FAMILY NEWS, FEBRUARY 3, 2011

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.

Meanwhile here's a quote from Hadley Arkes' article on Ave Maria University in south Florida:  (my underlining)

But a collision of worlds – and a serious challenge – came out at dinner with a dear friend, an accomplished professor, a graduate of Harvard transplanted from the Northeast. He has two daughters at Ave Maria and he said, when I pressed him, that he wouldn’t send any of his children to Harvard. The new sexual ethic, whether on pornography, promiscuity, abortion, homoeroticism, is so pervasive, touching every aspect of life, that there is little room for those who will not pay homage to that reigning ethic. I do think that it is mainly the schools with a religious character that can offer now real academic freedom and a course of study in the humanities not warped by ideology.

Me: What an extraordinary admission!  For "real academic freedom" and a "course of study in the humanities not warped by ideology,"  it is to religious schools one must go.

THE LATEST "SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE REVIEW: THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO PRO-FAMILY NEWS" - JANUARY 20, 2011

These compilations of articles 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.

THE LATEST "SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE REVIEW: THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO PRO-FAMILY NEWS" - NOVEMBER 19, 2010

  These compilations of articles 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.

 Here is a brief sampling from the current edition:

• "The Best Sex of Your Life," Peter Sprigg, Family Research Council

• "Nordic Neighbors Differ on Key Human Rights Issue," Home School Legal Defense Association

In northern Europe, two nordic countries strongly differ in their response to homeschooling. Finland provides a warm reception to parents who chose to educate their children at home, while neighboring Sweden continues down an increasingly dangerous path of ostracizing and persecuting families who seek to exercise their right to homeschool.

• "Saturday People, Sunday People," Lela Gilbert, The Weekly Standard

The “Saturday People” are, of course, Jews, today nearly gone from Muslim lands. Now the Sunday people”—Christians— are in the crosshairs, and they, too, are fleeing at an alarming rate. Both religions are unwelcome in many Muslim-majority lands for reasons of Islamist ideology—the declaration of jihad, or holy war, against infidels.

• "U.S. Scientists Commit Most Research Fraud: Study," Jenifer Goodwin, HealthDay

A new study finds that nearly 800 research papers were retracted by medical journals for serious errors or faked data over the past decade, many of them authored by U.S. researchers.

Click the "Continue reading..." line below for the complete list of articles.