Month: February 2012
War on the Weak: Eugenics in America
Supreme Court was right to side with Mennonites | The Des Moines Register
An interesting take on religious accommodation. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120208/OPINION03/302080032/1048/ENT02/?odyssey=nav%7Chead
Musical Interlude: “No Compromise” By Peter Furler
“There are few things that stimulate the brain the way music does,” says one Johns Hopkins otolaryngologist. “If you want to keep your brain engaged throughout the aging process, listening to or playing music is a great tool. It provides a total brain workout.” Research has shown that listening to music can reduce anxiety, blood…
HSLDA | Swedish Pol to Social Services Minister: Take Homeschooled Kids!
EXCERPT: In a controversial opinion article in Aftonbladet, a prominent Swedish newspaper, Lotta Edholm, one of the leaders of Sweden’s liberal party, has called for a change in the country’s social services law to encourage social workers to take children away from homeschooling families. Edholm writes in her blog “That the Deputy Minister of Social…