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A Decade After Welfare Overhaul, a Shift in Policy and Perception
Ten years after the overhaul of the welfare system, the implications are still rippling through policy and politics.
Aug 21, 2006
Topic: Family, Living, Finances, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Social Issues
Sex Ring Broken Up, Officials Say
Law enforcement officials announced the arrest of 31 people who were involved in running an international prostitution ring that operated at least 19 brothels in the Northeast.Officials said they also took 67 young Korean women into protective custody, all of whom they believe were brought to the United States illegally and forced to work as prostitutes, victims of human trafficking.
Aug 17, 2006
Topic: Family, Abuse, Sexual Purity, Citizenship, Human Rights, National, Social Issues, Issues
Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles
The “Ten Principles on Marriage and the Public Good” are the result of scholarly discussions that began in December, 2004 at a meeting in Princeton, New Jersey, sponsored by the Witherspoon Institute. This conference brought together scholars from History, Economics, Psychiatry, Law, Sociology and Philosophy to share with each other the findings of their research on why marriage is in the public interest. A consensus developed for sharing the fruit of their collaboration more widely.
Aug 15, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Parenting, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Social Issues, Issues
Beyond Gay Marriage
“Beyond Gay Marriage”
The stated goal of these prominent gay activists is no longer merely the freedom to live as they want.
by Ryan T. Anderson
08/15/2006 Weekly Standard (Daily)
Aug 15, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty, Social Issues, Issues
Some Scientists See Shift in Stem Cell Hopes
Stem cell research, which scientists say has been slowed by government policy, may yield better drugs before cell therapies are found.
Aug 15, 2006
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Human Rights, National, Social Issues, Science
U.N.’s failing ways
On Wednesday, Aug. 9, when Israel finally launched a major ground operation into Lebanon aimed at crushing Hezbollah terrorists, there was a collective gasp from the striped pants set at United Nations headquarters in New York. But this offensive wouldn’t have been necessary if the unaccountable, America-bashing, Jew-hating, tea sippers at the U.N. had the integrity to act in accord with their own charter.
Aug 14, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Social Issues, War
What they want
“What do they want?” It’s a query we hear a lot these days. By “they,” of course, the questioner means the suicide bombers, the masked men in the video-tape decapitating a hostage, the goose-stepping, black-clad legions parading with AK-47s. “They” call themselves Hamas, al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, the Muslim Brotherhood, Jamaat-Islamiyah, the Mahdi Army or any of a dozen other names for violent terror groups operating with impunity around the world.
Aug 10, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, Social Issues, War
Gore isn’t quite as green as he’s led the world to believe
Al Gore has spoken: The world must embrace a “carbon-neutral lifestyle.” To do otherwise, he says, will result in a cataclysmic catastrophe. “Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb,” warns the website for his film, An Inconvenient Truth. “We have just 10 years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tailspin.” But if Al Gore is the world’s role model for ecology, the planet is doomed.
Aug 10, 2006
Topic: Citizenship, National, Social Issues, Science, Environment
Illinois Signs to Advise of Contraceptive Rights
A legislative oversight committee approved a rule proposed by Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich that would require that signs be posted in pharmacies that dispense birth control telling women about their right to buy contraceptives.
Aug 9, 2006
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation, Social Issues
Gays expand battlefield
After a decade of fighting for same-sex “marriage,” some homosexual activists are breaking their silence to say it’s time to fight for benefits for all kinds of relationships.
Aug 9, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, National, Social Issues