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Texas Supreme Court rules in case of ex-spouse who flamed her ex in emails
Source: American-Statesman, Chuck Lindell, Sat., Feb. 14, 2009
In 84 caustic e-mails to her ex-husband, Gayle Magness made fun of his weight, belittled his finances, mocked his ability in bed and dismissed his new wife as "trailer trash."
FOLLOW-UP on Abe's 200th Birthday
Cal Thomas Commentary - February 12, 2009
As you must know, today is the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. Lincoln is rightly regarded as possibly our greatest president for preserving the union and freeing the slaves. But many of the myths surrounding Lincoln are just that: myths. He freed some of the slaves, but ...
GOVERNMENT POLICY
Future of Census in question
Source: OneNewsNow - Jim Brown - 2/13/2009
A former director of the U.S. Census Bureau suspects the Obama administration will back down from its initial plan to take control of the Census away from the Commerce Department.
'The Most Sweeping Ethics Reform in History'?
Source: WorldNet Daily, Chuck Norris, 02/10/2009
Barack Obama promised during his campaign to "clean up both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue" with "the most sweeping ethics reform in history." He declared that his administration would "have the toughest ethics laws of any administration in history." But shouldn't that moral commitment extend to all of those he appoints, too?
EDUCATION POLICY
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NY parents grilled in 'religious sincerity test'
Source: OneNewsNow - Pete Chagnon - 2/11/2009
A family in New York is fighting for the rights of parents to opt their children out of vaccines. Ron and Rita Palma of Bayport, New York, have been fighting for the right to opt their children out of the vaccines that public schools require children have before attending school.
Good News: Most Want Both Sides of Evolution Debate Taught
Source: CitizenLink, 2-11-09
A new Zogby polls shows 78 percent of U.S. voters want both sides of the evolution debate brought up in the classroom, up 9 points from a similar poll three years ago.
ECONOMIC POLICY
See ACTION ALERT on Paxton's Limit Bill for Texas >>
U.S. House Passes Obama’s $787 Billion Stimulus Plan
Source: Bloomberg, By Brian Faler, Feb. 13, 2009
The U.S. House passed President Barack Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus plan designed to help repair the economy through tax cuts for businesses and families and a half-trillion dollars in federal spending.
Money in misery International marriages are crumbling with the global economy, revealing unseen pitfalls in cross-border divorce law. Good news for lawyers
Source: The Economist, Tim Marrs, Feb 5th 2009
MARRIAGES that thrive on money may wither with thrift. That is a depressing lesson from the world economic crisis, which has brought a surge in business for divorce lawyers in former boomtowns such as London and New York. When one or both spouses is from a foreign country, divorce is not just sad but complicated too—especially when most assets may be in a third country, a pension in a fourth, and offspring in a fifth.
Daschle's out - but his healthcare plan is in
Source: OneNewsNow - Jim Brown - 2/12/2009
A healthcare analyst says a provision slipped into the economic "stimulus" bill by the Obama administration is "the down payment on a vast federal HMO."
RELIGION POLICY
No Time to Check Out - Evangelicals and Politics
Source: BreakPoint, By Mark Earley, 2/13/2009
Cal Thomas, a conservative evangelical columnist, is someone I really admire. But shortly after Barack Obama’s historic election victory, he wrote a column called “Religious Right, R.I.P.,” which I strongly disagree with. In it, Thomas asserts that evangelicals should abandon their efforts to impact culture through political involvement.
Huckabee: Stimulus is 'anti-religious'
Source: Politico | ANDY BARR | 2/10/09
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee warned supporters Tuesday that the $828 billion stimulus package is “anti-religious.” In an e-mail that was also posted on his blog ahead of the Senate’s passage, Huckabee wrote: “The dust is settling on the ‘bipartisan’ stimulus bill and one thing is clear: It is anti-religious.”
Page hopeful, cautious about faith council
Source: ERLC, Feb 7, 2009
Former Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page is both concerned and encouraged as he begins service on a new panel that will advise President Barack Obama on faith-based and community issues.
SOCIAL POLICY
Welfare reform murdered on 'stimulus express'
Source: OneNewsNow - Jim Brown - 2/13/2009
A leading national authority on poverty says President Obama and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate used the Trojan horse of the economic stimulus bill to "murder welfare reform in the middle of the night."
Florida makes effort to save, build marriages
Source: OneNewsNow - Charlie Butts - 2/13/2009
A new campaign has been launched in Florida to give marriages a boost. Florida Family Policy Council spent four years successfully fighting a battle for a constitutional amendment to protect the traditional view of marriage. Now, Council president John Stemberger says they are focusing on strengthening marriage through the three-year-long "Strong Marriages Florida" campaign.
Justice Pick at Odds with Family Values
Source: ERLC, Doug Carlson - Feb 10, 2009
Suppose someone who has defended the pornography industry before the courts, provided legal counsel to the leading abortion organization, and advocated for the homosexual lifestyle was nominated to the second highest post in the U.S. Department of Justice. Suppose no longer.
More states consider mandating ultrasounds before abortions
Source: USA Today, 2/13/09
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Abortion foes have a new tactic: The hope that women can't look away. Lawmakers in 11 states are considering bills that would offer or require ultrasounds before a woman gets an abortion. The most stringent are proposed laws in Nebraska, Indiana and Texas, which would require a doctor show the ultrasound image of the fetus to the woman, despite legal challenges to a similar measure in Oklahoma.
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