06.18.10
This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report showing that over the past eight years, nearly $1 billion has been given to “family planning organizations” (read abortion providers).
Planned Parenthood Federation of America received $657.1 million in taxpayer...
IFI Media Watch
You probably haven’t noticed it. It is subtle, yet powerful. It’s a tool that changes the way Americans process the news they receive via television, print and radio. What am I talking about? The style book. Ever...
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David E. Smith
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05.18.10
One of the nation’s leading pro-life organizations is voicing strong opposition to President Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. The President selected Kagan to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
Americans United for Life...
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David E. Smith
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05.12.10
President Barack Obama has nominated current Solicitor General, Elena Kagan, former Harvard Law School dean, to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice John Paul Stevens. Court watchers suggest Obama’s primary reason for choosing Kagan is the belief that...
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David E. Smith
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03.25.10
Like many Americans across the nation, I watched intensely as Congress debated and ultimately passed the onerous health care “reform” bill Sunday evening. One main point of contention is the idea — affirmed by some radically “progressive” lawmakers — that...
Members Of The Military Do Not Agree
In December of 1992, even before he began his first term as President, Bill Clinton announced a controversial policy related to the service of homosexuals in the military called, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”...
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David E. Smith
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02.03.10
A group of pastors and Christian activists in Michigan filed a civil rights lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder over the 2009 “Hate Crimes” law alleging that it violates their civil rights. The complaint filed by the Thomas Moore...
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David E. Smith
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12.27.09
Federal Issue
We’ve been hearing a great deal about federal health care “reform” over the last few months. Certainly one of the most troubling parts of this big-government bill is that the U.S. Senate version would allow the use of...
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David E. Smith
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12.14.09
Late last week, Illinois’ senior U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and Senate Majority Whip for the Democrats admitted that he is “in the dark” about the national health care “reform” bill.
During debate on this issue, U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)...
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David E. Smith
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11.20.09
Contact Illinois’ U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Roland Burris and urge them to oppose the Senate health care bill, which may be up for a vote within the next day or two.
The U.S. Senate health care “reform” bill, H.R....
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David E. Smith
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11.16.09
This week, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the nomination of Judge David Hamilton to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The Seventh Circuit Court is based at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. It is one of...
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David E. Smith
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11.05.09
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Fransico) recently introduced her “new and improved” plan to facilitate a government takeover of the health care system. This 1,900+ page bill is nearly twice as long as the one proposed earlier this year that...
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David E. Smith
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11.02.09
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) may push for a vote on so-called healthcare “reform” legislation in U.S. House of Representatives this week.
The bill, H.R. 3962, known as the Affordable Health Care for America Act, is more than ...
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David E. Smith
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10.28.09
President Barack Obama signed a Defense Authorization bill earlier this week which includes a broad expansion of hate crimes legislation that has many free speech and religious liberty advocates worried for a variety of reasons.
Craig Parshall, chief legal counsel...
Liberal Media Does Not Tell Whole Story
The issue of President Barack Obama’s proposal that would reform America’s health care system has certainly received a great deal of attention. However, sometimes, it’s what the liberal press doesn’t reveal that is...
