Sunday, June 29, 2008

Gun Rights

This update focuses on gun rights. The Supreme Court overturned the DC gun ban in DC v. Heller. The battle for gun rights continues on many other fronts.

The decision: DC versus Heller

The Western Right: DC Gun Ban Gone
Ted Nugent: DC Gun Ban Blown Away
Cassandra Kane: Second Amendment: A Valued Target for Students
Dave Workman: Kansas tornado produces gun rights bill
Phyllis Schlafly: Stunning Victory Against Judicial Supremacy
John Lott: Gun-Free Zones Are Not Safe
Vin Suprynowicz: 'If Only We Were Armed Before'
Dick Clark: Buying Your First Handgun
Will Grigg: Tyranny, The One-War Mirror, and the Criminal Syndicate Called the ATF
Sean Trende: Seemingly Good News for Second Amendment Rights

Daily gun news is available at NRA-ILA and Keep and Bear Arms.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Education

This update focuses on education. Liberalism and government continue to damage education. Homeschooling is an issue of contention in California and elsewhere.

Dana Gabriel: Is the United Nations Coming for Our Children?
Education Reporter: Universal Pre-K Doesn't Pay
Steve Sailer: Alchemists Can’t Turn Lead Into Gold, Educrats Can’t Eliminate IQ. (But Lead Is Useful Anyway)
Allen Quist: Transformational Education and the Global Warming Fantasy
Education Reporter: Algebra is the Key to Math Success
Education Reporter: Online Schools Gain Popularity, Face Down Legal Challenges
Kami Dalton: A Power Struggle in Homeschool Case
Lew Rockwell: What If Public Schools Were Abolished?
Phyllis Schlafly: What's Happened to College History and English?

Learn more about education issues in Education Reporter.

Sunday, June 08, 2008

Energy and Environmentalism

This update focuses on energy and environmentalism. The Lieberman-Warner "Climate Security Act" was recently defeated in the Senate for now. Global warming hysteria continues, but more people are speaking out against it. Gas prices are at record highs thanks to government restrictions on supply. Environmentalism continues to cause harm.

Ben Lieberman: The Economy, Not the Polar Bear, Now Endangered
Max Schulz: California’s Potemkin Environmentalism
Walter Williams: Environmentalists' Wild Predictions

Robert Bluey: McCain’s Global-Warming Plan Upsets Conservatives
Ross Kamisky: Potential Costs to America From Cap-and-Trade
Arthur Robinson: Human Rights, Science and the Energy Emergency
Heritage Foundation: Huge Economic Costs of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Legislation
Deroy Murdock: Is Global Cooling Next?
Vaclav Klaus: A Climate of Repression

Dan Kish: A Conservative Energy Agenda
Ron Paul: Big Government Responsible for High Gas Prices
Michael Reagan: Put The Blame Where It Belongs
Ed Hiserodt: Coal in Your Car’s Tank
William Anderson: The Oil-Addiction Fallacy
Ross Kamisky: Ethanol, Starvation, and other Liberal ideas
Ian Murray: 'Let Them Burn Ethanol'

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.

Sunday, June 01, 2008

Government

This update focuses on government. Government spending is out of control. Congress has passed a massive farm bill and is considering other major giveaways. Government regulations cause even more trouble.

Charles Scaliger: Rising Food Costs
Deroy Murdock: Housing Bailout: The Feds' Latest $300 Billion-Dollar Baby
Michael Rozeff: Thefts There Are – Safety Nets There Are Not
James Fulford: Civil Rights Law Doesn’t Care If You Die
Don Devine: Killing Local America
Ron Paul: The Double Trouble of Taxation
Thomas Sowell: Political Crusaders
Brian Darling: Congress Preparing for Another Spending Binge
Wayne Olson: Protect Talk Radio and Religious Broadcasting from Regulatory Repression
David John: The Inevitable Future of Entitlements
Deroy Murdock: Kill This Farm Bill
Ron Paul: Can Foreign Aid Save Africa?
John Stossel: Influence-Peddling
Thomas Sowell: Rescuing the Rust Belt

POLITICAL UPDATES are archived here.