Speaking of problems with government-run health care in Great Britain, Glasgow's Herald has a few things to say in a June 5 staff editorial: The idea of rationing medical treatment is one we instinctively find difficult. The National Health Service ...
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The Massachusetts Department of Social Services took legal custody of two children, not because of any allegation of abuse or neglect, but because their parents were deemed "unfit" relating to home-schooling their children. Parents Lose Legal Custody of Home-Schooled Children ...
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There is no denying that racism is a truly pernicious form of discrimination. Despite laws making racial discrimination illegal, social pressure and economic incentives favoring racial harmony, it is an unfortunate reality that there will always be people still wanting ...
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Imagine the scene: government agents raid a Washington, D.C. home and find $90,000 in cash wrapped in foil and hidden in a freezer.  Further investigation reveals it may be part of a network of secret financial transactions involving the bribery ...
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America doesn't need immigration reform.  America needs border enforcement. No matter how supporters try to spin it, the Senate's immigration reform legislation is little more than an amnesty bill for those who have blatantly broken the laws of our nation ...
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If the government decides to pass a law requiring that McDonalds sell only low-fat chicken breast wraps and diet soda, the result would be more business for Wendy's and Burger King -- and empty stores for McDonalds.  So it is ...
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Calvert County, MD bans the use of a county building by home-schooled students on the grounds that such instruction, though open to the public, would duplicate county services and waste taxpayer dollars. Activities Banned From Community Center: Alcohol, Crime... and ...
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From Peyton Knight: Yesterday, the Family Research Council hosted an event titled "Faith and Science in the Global Warming Debate."The debate featured global warming "skeptics" Dr. Calvin Beisner, associate professor of historical theology and social ethics at Knox Theological Seminary, ...
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Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the Hudson Institute has written a superlative op-ed on the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards, that were approved by the Senate Commerce Committee in May. Among the CAFE facts Furchtgott-Roth shares with her readers: ...
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The Santa Barbara City Council drove pedicab operators out of business by requiring that they get a driver's license, undergo a criminal background check, obtain a business license and carry insurance. City Council Shuts Down Free Transportation Service Imagine a ...
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