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Justice Elena Kagan's First Dissent: Discriminating on the Basis of a Child’s Religion When Awarding Scholarships
From now on, the government need follow just one simple rule — subsidize through the tax system — to preclude taxpayer challenges to state funding of religion ... Today’s holding therefore will prevent federal courts from determining whether some subsidies to sectarian organizations comport with our Constitution’s guarantee of religious neutrality. more »
FactCheck Examines a Politician's Statements About Abortion and Birthrates
Santorum appeared on a New Hampshire radio talk show, blaming abortions for "causing Social Security and Medicare to be underfunded." But he not only misstated the abortion statistic, he also got it wrong when he said that "our birthrate is now below replacement rate for the first time in our history." more »
As the Light Grows Stronger and Spring Is Upon Us
"The great bulk of song birds prefer open or partly brushed fields edged by tall trees, with water close at hand, and not too far from human habitations, for in spite of everything, they seem instinctively to trust to man rather than to their wild enemies" more »
"The News Industry In the Digital Realm Is No Longer In Control of Its Own Future"
Nearly half of all Americans (47%) now get some form of local news on a mobile device; Fully 46% of people now say they get news online at least three times a week, surpassing newspapers (40%) for the first time. Only local TV news is a more popular platform in America now (50%). more »
