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GOVERNMENT POLICY
How Harry Reid came to be almost invulnerable
Source: www.LasVegasSun.com, Jon Ralston, Sun, May 17, 2009
Let us turn our attention today from the train wreck unfolding in Carson City to another engine that has run off the tracks: The Republican Party’s effort to end the career of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The most damaging line to the GOP about Reid’s 2010 prospects came not from any liberal media types here but in the nationally respected Politico newspaper last week, in a piece that also appeared in …
Jewish Facilities Target of Terror Plot in New York
Source: www.charismamag.com, Valerie G. Lowe, Friday, 22 May 2009
The four men arrested Wednesday for allegedly plotting to bomb a Jewish community center and a synagogue in Bronx, New York, have been charged with "conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction in the United States" and "conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles," CNN reported
Israeli defense minister: Outposts to be evacuated
Source: www.OneNewsNow.com, Amy Teibel - Associated Press Writer - 5/24/2009
JERUSALEM - Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday that nearly two dozen wildcat settlement outposts in the West Bank would be torn down, and warned that settlers would be evicted forcefully if they resisted. Other members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hawkish Cabinet objected to immediate action on the outposts, demonstrating the difficulty the Israeli leader faces in dealing with a new U.S. administration eager to revive stalled Mideast peace efforts…
Hundreds of thousands of letters given to senators
Campaign in opposition to 'hate crimes' provisions growing
Source: www.wnd.com, May 18, 2009
Hundreds of thousands of letters have been dispatched to members of the U.S. Senate suggesting that the so-called "hate crimes" bill now pending before committee is the wrong way for the country to move.
EDUCATION POLICY
Teacher satisfaction: Public vs. private education
Source: www.OneNewsNow.com - Pete Chagnon - 5/21/2009
A new study shows that despite a much lower salary, private school teachers are happier than their public school counterparts. The study was conducted by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and utilized the most recent data available from the U.S. Department of Education's Schools and Staffing survey. Christian D'Andrea worked on the study
Abstinence ed 'outperforms' comprehensive sex ed
Source: www.OneNewsNow.com - Pete Chagnon - 5/19/2009
According to a research analyst, comprehensive sex education does not outperform abstinence education. Irene Ericksen of the Institute for Research and Evaluation says that media reports continually claim that abstinence education is a failure and that comprehensive sex ed is the only way to reduce teen pregnancies and promote safe-sex practices.
Aspiring school teachers fail in math
Only 27 percent of the teaching candidates pass
Source: www.wpri.com, Bruce Morin, Tuesday, 19 May 2009
MALDEN, Mass. (WPRI) - According to state education officials, nearly three-quarters of the people who took the state elementary school teacher’s licensing exam this year failed the new math section
Bible course will not be offered
Source: www.timesrecordernew.com, Ann Work, Saturday, May 23, 2009
The Texas Education Agency is exercising its faith that local school districts can create a Bible course without state help. It’s requiring the curriculum but failing to provide its promised teacher instruction or training materials for the course. No state money has been allocated for either.
Lawmakers trying to strip some powers from State Board of Education
Source: www.star-telegram.com, ANNA M. TINSLEY, Sat, May. 23, 2009
AUSTIN — Tired of high-profile battles over textbook selection, evolution and other issues, some state lawmakers are continuing to do their best this session to wrest control from the 15-member elected board that governs Texas’ public schools. Some proposals to rein in the State Board of Education — from making it nonpartisan to taking away its power to choose textbooks or make money decisions — have already died in the 81st Legislature’s regular session, which ends June 1.
ECONOMIC POLICY
2-year, $180 billion state budget nearly complete
Source: www.chron.com, APRIL CASTRO / Associated Press, May 24, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas — The state's massive budget is days away from final approval. House and Senate negotiators have finished settling differences in the two chamber's proposals to spend roughly $180 billion over the next two years. The document is being printed and passed out so it can be signed and sent to each chamber for approval.
Voters rebuke politicians, reduce taxes in California
Source: www.OneNewsNow.com - Allie Martin - 5/21/2009
The head of a pro-family organization in California says voters in that state have sent a strong anti-tax message to the governor and lawmakers. On Tuesday, California voters defeated five of six measures the legislature had placed on the ballot. Results of the vote mean the state income tax increase and the slashing of the child dependent tax credit will expire at the end of 2010. Also, the sales tax hike and increase of the vehicle license fee will expire in June 2011.
Geithner Vows to Cut U.S. Deficit on Rating Concern (Update2)
Source: www.Bloomberg.com, Robert Schmidt, 5/22/09
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner committed to cutting the budget deficit as concern about deteriorating U.S. creditworthiness deepened, and ascribed a sell-off in Treasuries to prospects for an economic recovery.
Palin rejects energy stimulus money from feds
Source: www.cbs4denver.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday vetoed $80 million from appropriation bills, including $28.6 million from the federal stimulus funds for energy efficiency.
Despite pressure from some lawmakers and others to accept the federal money, the Republican governor said she won't accept funds tied to adoption of building codes by local governments
RELIGION
Sin City Goes Wild … With Baptisms
Source: www.ministrytodaymag.com, 5/22/09
When 1,200-plus people are baptized after a worship service, it's amazing. But when that occurs in Sin City, USA, it's something worth reporting. That's exactly what happened at Central Christian Church in Las Vegas two weekends ago when …
Parents Fuming as Texas Schools Let Gideons Provide Bibles to Students
Source: www.foxnews.com, Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Some parents in Frisco, Texas, are fuming because their public school district allowed Christian evangelists to provide Bibles to students on school grounds, which administrators say was done to stop even more proselytizing outside the schools
The Eve of the American Reawakening
Source: www.CharismaMag.com, Stephen Strang, Friday, 22 May 2009
Rep. Tom McClintock gave the following speech to the Council for National Policy in Washington D.C. on May 16, 2009. Here, in the winter of our despair, I want to pause to take stock of the state of our nation on this date of May 16.
Pentecostal Church Sues Radical Gay Activist Group
Source: www.CharismaMag.com, Adrienne S. Gaines , Thursday, 21 May 2009
A Michigan church has filed a federal lawsuit against a radical gay activist group that interrupted a Sunday worship service last fall with shouting, same-sex couples kissing and a banner proclaiming "It's OK to be gay."
Catholic Church's nonprofit status challenged in Maine
Source: www.OneNewsNow.com, Associated Press - 5/23/2009
AUGUSTA, ME - A California-based homosexual-rights group has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service challenging the tax-exempt status of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maine. The Empowering Spirits Foundation says that by engaging in political activity aimed at overturning Maine's new same-sex "marriage" law, the diocese is violating IRS rules for nonprofits.
Okla. governor signs bill allowing Ten Commandments monument
Source: www.OneNewsNow.com, Associated Press - 5/23/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry has signed a bill to permit a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the state Capitol. Henry took the action Monday, rejecting arguments that the display would be unconstitutional.
Bible society almost two centuries old
Source: www.OneNewsNow.com, Charlie Butts, 5/23/2009
The American Bible Society is celebrating its 193rd anniversary this month.
Well-known figures of the time helped launch the ministry. The first president in 1816 was Elias Boudinot, who once served as president of the Continental Congress. The second was John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. American Bible Society (ABS) spokesman Dr. Phillip Toner points to other notables.
SOCIAL POLICY
Church of Scotland abandons Bible - allows gay pastor
Source: www.onenewsnow.com, Associated Press - 5/24/2009
LONDON - The Church of Scotland has approved the appointment of an openly homosexual minister - the latest case of tensions over sexuality to prompt division in the Anglican Communion. The church's ruling body voted Saturday by 326 to 267 to support the appointment of the Rev. Scott Rennie, 37, who was previously married to a woman and is now in a relationship with a man.
Gays Fear New Coalitions
Source: www.CharismaMag.com, Harry R. Jackson, Thursday, 21 May 2009
Nearly three weeks ago, Washington, D.C.'s former mayor, Marion Barry, spoke at the first citywide rally that said no to same-sex marriage reciprocity in D.C. It was at this rally on April 28 that the former mayor declared for the first time that he was against same-sex marriage. The next week, true to his word, Barry voted against the D.C. measure, which is still in a 30-day review by Congress prior to becoming law.
Births to unwed moms rising, N. Europe beats US
Source: www.google.com, AP News, MIKE STOBBE – 5/13/09
ATLANTA (AP) — The percentage of births to unmarried women in the United States has been rising sharply, but it's way behind Northern European countries, a new U.S. report on births shows. Iceland is the leader with 6 in 10 births occurring among unmarried women. About half of all births in Sweden and Norway are to unwed moms, while in the U.S., …
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