Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2011. White House officials are scheduled this week to present the president with recommendations for reorganizing and restructuring executive branch programs focused on competitiveness and trade, according to a memo from the president to his chief performance officer. The Center for American Progress today released a memo,[Read More…]
Commentary
As Gay Rights Advance, Should Religious Groups Get Accommodation?
Commentary By Charles C. Haynes Director, Religious Freedom Education Project When rights claims collide, what’s the collateral damage to society? That’s the painful question this week out of Illinois, site of the latest conflict between gay-rights laws and religious convictions. When the state’s new civil-unions law took effect June 1,[Read More…]
Websites That Rate Services Raise Free-Speech Questions
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Freedom of speech might logically seem to apply the same way whether the speech takes place on the street corner or on the Internet. But that basic First Amendment premise is as yet unsettled in our[Read More…]
Praise for a Brave Woman; Shame for a Cowardly Man
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski To the lady, I say, “Well done.” To the man, well, not pleased at all, dude. Not. At. All. Two Saturdays ago, just before noon, a woman arrived at the Park Forest Police Department to file a complaint. I will not reveal her name, and, considering[Read More…]
Cheers for Dr. Deb Richter, and All Who Work Toward a Single-Payer Health Care System
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski I understand more now, after paying attention to the health care debate over the last few years. What happened in Congress last year was a start, but not the solution to our health care insurance problems in the United States. We must rid ourselves of the[Read More…]
Opposing Flag-Burning With Violence Trashes Freedom
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director What part of patriotism makes it OK to trash one of our nation’s most-treasured rights, free speech? A graduate student and part-time instructor at Louisiana State University, Benjamin Haas, tried yesterday to stage a protest that[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Shill, Baby, Shill – House Blocks Attempts to End Oil Subsidies and Rewards Big Oil with More Drilling
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2011. Today the U.S. House of Representatives rewards Big Oil with more access to drill in our waters and less oversight and accountability. House Leadership also sweetened the deal for Big Oil, blocking a vote to end billions of dollars in government tax breaks for the industry.[Read More…]
AAA Urges Legislators to Vote Against Bill That Increases Truck Speed Limits
AURORA, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)–May 5 2011 – AAA urges Illinois legislators to vote no on SB 1913, which allows large tractor-trailer trucks to travel on all four-lane highways outside Chicagoland at 65 mph, as opposed to the current 55 mph speed limit. The bill has already passed through the Illinois Senate[Read More…]
Guantánamo Documents Underscore Need For Independent Judicial Review, Says ACLU
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. A batch of formerly secret documents made public by news outlets today underscores the need for independent judicial review of the cases of men being held at Guantánamo, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The following can be attributed to Hina Shamsi, Director of the[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Radio Ads Protest Republican Cuts to Medicare, Social Security
“It’s that Republican plan to end Medicare as we know it, putting us at the mercy of insurance companies” Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. The Alliance for Retired Americans begins airing radio ads today protesting Republican budget cuts to Medicare and Social Security. The ad will air in Colorado, Missouri, and[Read More…]
