Commentary By Jamison Foser Depending on how you look at it, we’re roughly six months or 60 years into the debate over whether and how the government should ensure universal health care for all Americans. And yet if there’s one thing polling on the public’s opinions about health care makes[Read More…]
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Reach of Online Speech Raises New Issues of Freedom
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director When the poetic line “Oh what a tangled web we weave …” was penned a few centuries ago, Sir Walter Scott had no idea what irony those words might have when applied to the 21st century’s[Read More…]
Introducing the eNews Park Forest Community Calendar
Commentary Park Forest , IL–(ENEWSPF)– eNews Park Forest is pleased to introduce a Community Calendar. Park Forest clubs, organizations, schools and churches can apply to add events to the calendar. Access is currently free. The calendar can be accessed from the Main Menu, or readers may Click Here. eNews Park[Read More…]
The New Yorker Raises a Toast to Birther Nut Michael Savage
Commentary by Eric Boehlert If you’ve been under the impression that right-wing radio host Michael Savage, who claims Barack Obama was born in Kenya, was schooled at a radical Islamic madrassa, and is now "raping America," was a hate merchant who operated on the edges of common decency, and represented[Read More…]
Birthers and their Misinformed History of Kenya
Commentary To be fair, I am neither a “birther” or a “deather.” Birthers are struggling like anything to prove that Barack Obama was not born in the United States. “Deathers,” a relatively new term, are those who are trying to convince seniors that the health care plan before Congress will[Read More…]
Should Schools Ban Teachers in Religious Garb?
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski breathed new life into an old debate when he signed a law on July 16 protecting religious freedom for all workers — except for teachers in public schools. Sikhs, Muslims, Jews, Seventh-day[Read More…]
How Lou Dobbs Scared Rush Limbaugh Off the Birther Story
Commentary by Eric Boehlert I can think of three (inadvertent) positives that came out of Lou Dobbs’ ill-advised embrace of the birther movement: The CNN host has permanently tarnished his reputation The birther movement is officially kaput (like, stick-a-fork-in-it done) Rush Limbaugh is afraid to talk about birthers. Talk about[Read More…]
An American Midsummer Night’s Reflection: Freedom
Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director OK, so Memorial Day and July 4th have gone by, it’s about six weeks until Constitution Day, the anniversary of the Bill of Rights doesn’t arrive until Dec. 15 … and it’s the middle of summer. None[Read More…]
In Public Schools, Which Holy Days Are Holidays?
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar The latest wrangle over religion and schools is in New York City, where the City Council recently voted to add two Muslim holy days to the schools’ holiday calendar. It may not happen, because Mayor Michael[Read More…]
Privileging Opposition to Abortion
Commentary By Jamison Foser Most people waiting anxiously for real health care reform probably haven’t thought much about whether insurance covers abortion. They’re too busy thinking about how great it would be to have insurance in the first place, or to not have to worry about losing it if they[Read More…]
