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The GOP’s family values conundrum
By Michelle Laque Johnson

If you survey the media landscape these days, you might conclude that things look grim for conservatives and those who adhere to Christian values, or what are now called family values.Among other things, we have the...

Politics
United Nations threatens children
By Mary Jo Anderson

While at the United Nations in 2000, a European delegate concluded an interview with the comment that America's refusal to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was an "unenlightened diplomatic...

The end of traditional America
By Steve Malzberg

In my little town of Fair Lawn, New Jersey the threat of rain forced the annual July Fourth fireworks celebration to be pushed to the night of July 5th. But this wasn't the delayed start that would eventually break my...

Foreign Affairs
A third Chechen war?
By Andrei Piontkovsky

Even the best definitions oversimplify living reality. This is no less true of the widely accepted belief that our ruling kleptocracy is divided into a “Big Bucks Party” and a “Party of Blood.”In reality, there...

Culture
Iran’s war on women
By Loredana Vuoto

When it comes to democracy and freedom, Iranian women and voters are null and void. This was most clearly seen in Iran’s recent election whereby results were rigged in favor of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad....

Public Policy
The Federal Reserve gains power
By Joseph Beaudoin

President Barack Obama is using the financial crisis to give the Federal Reserve more power. Crises have often provided unscrupulous governments with opportunities to implement bad policies. And, to paraphrase the White...

Global warming legislation limits freedom
By Kerry W. McCarthy

The cap-and-trade bill, passed in the House of Representatives, will set industrial policy for the nation if it becomes law. In 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court, in violation of the separation of powers, ordered the...

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