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from AP Associated Press - Media/News Company
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from Faith & Freedom
blog.faithandfreedom.us
blog.faithandfreedom.us
Kavanaugh?
America is riveted on the Kavanaugh nomination---as we should be. It's that important. As I publish this early this morning, AP reports that "a vote is scheduled for today that will set up a decisive roll call vote---likely over the weekend." Will he? Or won't he become the next US Supreme Court Justice? The nomination will be decided by the Senate, but the cultural battle that has been focused on Kavanaugh will continue because it is a collision of worldviews---one rooted in conservative absolute Judeo-Christian Truth, values and principles; the other in secular progressive "evolving truth" based on whatever an individual believes to be "truth" at any given time.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Compulsory Schooling Laws: What if We Didn't Have Them?
We should always be leery of laws passed “for our own good,” as if the state knows better. The history of compulsory schooling statutes is rife with paternalism, triggered by anti-immigrant sentiments in the mid-nineteenth century and fueled by a desire to shape people into a standard mold. History books detailing the “common school movement” and the push for universal, compulsory schooling perpetuate the myths that Americans were illiterate prior to mass schooling, that there were limited education options available, and that mandating school attendance under a legal threat of force was the surest way toward equality.
Compulsory Schooling Laws: What if We Didn't Have Them?
We should always be leery of laws passed “for our own good,” as if the state knows better. The history of compulsory schooling statutes is rife with paternalism, triggered by anti-immigrant sentiments in the mid-nineteenth century and fueled by a desire to shape people into a standard mold. History books detailing the “common school movement” and the push for universal, compulsory schooling perpetuate the myths that Americans were illiterate prior to mass schooling, that there were limited education options available, and that mandating school attendance under a legal threat of force was the surest way toward equality.
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from HumanProgress.org Education Website
Plummeting Maternal Mortality Rates Are a Sign of Progress
The World Health Organization defines maternal mortality as “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy.” Such deaths can occur for a variety of reasons, including bleeding and infection after childbirth, high blood pressure during pregnancy, delivery complications, and unsafe abortion. Early statistics are difficult to come by, but British parish records indicate a maternal mortality rate of 1,000 per 100,000 live births in the first half of the 18th century. Since women were pregnant more often than is the case today, the actual risk of dying due to complications from pregnancy would have been much higher. As the knowledge of best medical practices spread and pharmaceutical drugs became more affordable, maternal mortality rates plummeted throughout the world. The global maternal death rate fell from 385 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 216 in 2015, a reduction of 44 percent. In sub-Saharan Africa, the world’s poorest region, the number of maternal deaths fell from 987 to 547 over the same time period. That’s a reduction of 45 percent. Similar declines took place in all other geographical regions, except for North America, where the U.S. maternal death rate rose from a minuscule 12 per 100,000 live births to 14.
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Media/News Company in Washington, D. C.Anti-Trump Professor Who Wished ‘Miserable Deaths’ on ‘White Men’ Is No Longer Teaching at Georgetown
An anti-Trump professor, Dr. Carol Christine Fair, is no longer teaching classes at Georgetown University, following calls for the outspoken liberal educator to be fired. Fair stirred up controversy on Twitter when she wished miserable deaths upon Republican senators supporting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
McConnell Proud Senate Stood Up Against ‘Mob Rule’ for Kavanaugh
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) praised lawmakers for standing up to mob rule Friday by voting in favor of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. “We’ve been under assault,” McConnell (pictured above right) told Fox News host Laura Ingraham in an exclusive interview Friday night on “The Ingraham Angle.” “They’ve been after all of us. We’ve sort of been under assault, and everybody decided to stand up to the mob and not be intimated by these people,” he said.
Susan Collins’ Extraordinary Speech on Kavanaugh and the Constitution: Full Text
Maine Republican senator draws widespread praise for compelling logic and impressive evidence in her Friday remarks.
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from Miami Herald
The other day, a woman confessed to me that she’s a Republican. Republicans may bristle at the verb, but it’s used advisedly. The lady admitted her party affiliation the way you would some personal failing. “I don’t tell a lot of people,” she said, “but . . .” In fairness, her reticence might have been in part because we met in a blue state. But she also made clear her disenchantment with the GOP on its own merits — or lack thereof.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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