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Monthly Archives For October 2009
Catholicism Coopted
Some pro-life Catholics are acting shocked that the Vatican warmly greeted the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, who is pro-abortion. They don’t seem to understand that the Vatican and Obama agree on most major international issues.
Must Green Mean Godless?
[On October 15] a federal appeals court will hear oral argument on behalf of a former Syracuse kindergarten student whose art project was censored.
Remedial Help Wanted
The good news is that the experts say there will be jobs in the future. The bad news is that after a generation in public school, there won’t be qualified applicants to fill them, and wait until you hear what one of those emerging sectors is.
ABDC
A headline in The Washington Examiner reads: Despite improvement, D. C. students’ math scores still lagging.
Advanced Ambulance Chasing
The lawsuit industry makes up about six percent of America’s GDP and costs thirty times more than what the NIH spends annually on cures for deadly diseases, said Lawrence J. McQuillan at a recent Heritage Foundation event.
We the People
Jeremy Rabkin, Professor of Law at George Mason University addressed the topic, “Are we outsourcing the U. S. Constitution?,” at an Accuracy in Academia Constitution Day author’s night on September 17th.
Tort$ are not pastries
With politicians and protesters right and left screaming about Obama’s proposed health care reform, Bill Batchelder and Lawrence J. McQuillan have another idea: focusing on tort reform instead.
ACORN: A Communist Boogeyman
Bertha Lewis, CEO of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), spoke at a press conference at the National Press Building on October 6th. When asked if this was meant to be an “apology tour” for the recent YouTube video scandal and voter fraud allegations, Lewis replied that it is a “set-the-record-straight tour.”
Topping Torts
When Haley Barbour was first elected governor there, he said at the recent Heritage Foundation event, Tort Reform in the States: Protecting Consumers and Enhancing Economic Growth, Mississippi was the worst place for tort abuse.