Weekly Briefing

Abortion and Intolerance: Constants of the Left?

19 November 2008 — Vol. 10/ No. 49 Spain is now undergoing Socialist Party president Zapatero’s second term. These past years have seen the rampant growth of anti-Catholic and anti-life positions in the government, positions that seem often to go hand-in-hand. Right now the Spanish

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China Frees Pregnant Mom after International Outcry

19 November 2008 — Vol. 10/ No. 49 A young mother pregnant with her third child has been freed after narrowly escaping a forced abortion at the hands of Chinese authorities, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). Arzigul Tursun, who is six-months pregnant, was scheduled

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Payback Time: What Planned Parenthood Expects from Obama

06 November 2008 — Vol. 10/ No. 47 The decades-long love affair between Barack Obama and Planned Parenthood has reached its political fruition. Obama will soon be ensconced in the Oval Office, with all the people who helped put him there lined up outside for

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How to Sell Out Your Country With Just One Word

13 October 2008 — Vol. 10/ No. 43 The second chapter of article 417 of the recently approved Constitution of Ecuador reads: “The international treaties ratified by Ecuador will be subject to the established tenets of the Constitution. In the case of treaties and other

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Is Immigration the Answer to the Current Economic Crisis?

13 October 2008—Vol. 10/ No. 43 Writing in the Wall Street Journal’s opinion section, Lee E. Ohanian urges the U.S. to respond to the turmoil in the financial markets by opening the door to more immigrants. “We should encourage the immigration of prime-age individuals,” he

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A New Front in the Abortion Wars

  30 September 2008     Vol. 10 / No. 40 A New Front in the Abortion Wars On September 23rd, 2008, two congressmen, Trent Franks from Arizona and Jeff Fortenberry from Nebraska, introduced a bill to “prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex

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