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Who owns  your child? How did we get to the place where doctors, judges and social workers have more rights than parents over the healthcare decisions of a child? …Americans are dying on the other side of the world in a “fight for freedom.” And yet, the freedom to choose vitamins, organic food and herbs over toxic, potentially deadly treatments is considered a crime. http://www.newswithviews.com/Tenpenny/sherri10.htm

Minimum wage hike would harm low income workers - The researchers uncovered the dirty little secret of the welfare state. For example, a family of four in Kennedy’s Massachusetts earning $13,000 is eligible for a theoretical maximum package of benefits totaling an additional—hold on to your hats—$31,500, bringing its total income to $44,500. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16252

Become a liberal in 30 days Don’t look now, but “stuff-another-Big-Mac-in-my-mouth” Morgan Spurlock is up to his old shenanigans with Season Two of “30 Days.” The man who ate nothing but McDonalds for thirty days, and got fat, sick and famous as a result, premiered the second season of his life-swapping reality show Wednesday with an emotional promotion of immigrant amnesty and a dollop of condemnation toward opposing viewpoints. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=become_a_liberal_in_30_days&ns=JonathanGarthwaite&dt=07/28/2006&page=1

How to spend scarce education dollars – Star Parker Can anyone still in touch with their common sense doubt that these parents would prefer having a choice where to send their kids to school? …Choice, competition and freedom are core values that define what we are about as a nation. It is troubling to think that we have gotten to the point where these truths are no longer obvious and we have to do research to try and figure out if they are a good idea. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2006/07/24/how_to_spend_limited_taxpayer_education_dollars

Experimenting on human embryos - All informed commentators know that embryonic stem cells cannot be used in therapies because of their tendency to generate dangerous tumors. All of which leads Professor George to suspect that the clamor for embryonic stem cell research isn't really about using these early-stage blastocysts but exploiting more fully developed embryos, say those 16 to 18 weeks old, when the stem cells would be less likely to grow out of control. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulGreenberg/2006/07/28/the_frankenstein_syndrome

Kidtrax – Invasion into your family’s privacy - KidTrax, a database that lists all kinds of information on publicly-schooled children in Kentucky, is being touted as a wondrous innovation. According to its site, KidTrax makes it easy to” track virtually any information . . . from basic demographics, such as birth date, sex and ethnicity, to more targeted types of data like participation in government assistance programs, jersey sizes, and non-insured status.” http://www.newswithviews.com/Vaughan/tricia12.htm

In search of the values voter http://www.acton.org/ppolicy/comment/article.php?article=335

Returning to a culture of civility http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=a_culture_of_civility&ns=DougWilson&dt=07/24/2006&page=1

Israel’s war separates the decent left from the indecent left – Dennis Prager [T]his time there is no occupied land involved and the violence is not a cycle with its implied lack of a beginning. There is a clear aggressor -- a terror organization devoted to Islamicizing the Middle East and annihilating Israel -- and no occupation. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2006/07/25/israels_war_separates_the_decent_left_from_the_indecent_left

Stem cell politics http://gcc.savvior.com/Stem_Cell_Politics_Advantage_Republicans.php

More amnesty fraud – Thomas Sowell Some of the more doctrinaire free trade advocates see the free movement of people across national borders as being just like the free movement of goods. But, when you buy a Toyota, it doesn't issue demands that our automobile laws be in Japanese and it doesn't have little Toyotas that add to the crime rate or to the burdens of our school system. …employers of illegal immigrants get the benefit of cheap labor and leave it to the taxpayers to cover the costs of their health care, imprisonment and everything else. …The most fundamental question is: What is to decide how many immigrants from what countries are to be admitted to the United States? The laws of this country or the fait accomplis of illegal aliens? http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2006/07/27/more_amnesty_fraud

More of John Kerry’s retroactive campaign promises – Ann Coulter http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=more_of_john_kerrys_retroactive_campaign_promises&ns=AnnCoulter&dt=07/26/2006&page=1

Faith is a right, not a theocracy, Senator Schumer – Paul Weyrich [Schumer’s] statement is breathtaking in its bigotry. It is part of a campaign to portray the Religious Right as a group of fanatics who want to do away with the Constitution. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2006/07/25/faith_is_a_right,_not_a_theocracy,_senator_schumer

The real cause of blackouts  Now, if markets were in charge, a heat wave would not be looked at as a problem but as an opportunity. Entrepreneurs would be swarming to meet demand, just as they do in every other sector that is controlled by markets. The power companies would be praying for heat waves!

After all, do shoe manufacturers see a massive increase in footwear demand as a problem? Do fast food companies see lunchtime munchies as a terrible threat? On the contrary, these are profit opportunities.  http://www.mises.org/story/2264

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