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  • We Don't Need NICE Healthcare

    July 28th, 200908:02 PM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    True believers in the proposition that nationalizing health care will save money seemed a bit shell-shocked recently by cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office. Even as Congress reaches for ways to pay for the plan, defenders of quick action on health care inexplicably continue repeating the argument: "We've got to do this quickly to re...

  • Abstinence Education Funding Should Be Restored

    July 20th, 200902:10 PM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    Teenage girls in Greensboro, North Carolina are being offered a dollar a day for not getting pregnant. A group called College Bound Sisters was founded at the University of North Carolina by Hazel Brown, a maternity nurse. Each 12-to-18-year-old girl in the program is paid one dollar per day to remain pregnancy-free and attend weekly meetings. Coll...

  • Don't Weaken Don't Ask,Don't Tell

    July 13th, 200911:11 AM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    Recently President Obama hosted a gathering of homosexual leaders in the East Room where previous presidents celebrated the National Day of Prayer.  "Welcome to our White House," was his greeting to enthusiastic applause.  The crowd got quieter as the president addressed his administration's lack of progress on the gay lobby's key demands...

  • LGBT Gains

    July 06th, 200901:11 PM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    For years the homosexual community has celebrated Gay Pride during the month of June. This year, for the first time, there was an official presidential proclamation declaring June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. In his June 1st  Proclamation, President Obama committed his Administration to aggressively support the top items...
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