New Trommetter Times

Top court rejects appeal in Boy Scout case
Atheist father asked court to bar recruiting in public schools
30 May 2006 at 8:03pm
Snip: The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Tuesday from an atheist father over Boy Scout recruiting at his son’s public school. John Scalise had asked the court to bar public schools from opening their doors to Boy Scout recruiters and promoting membership, arguing that the group discriminates against nonreligious boys and parents by denying them membership if they don’t swear to religious oaths. Michigan courts ruled that the school-Scout partnership did not advance religion in violation of constitutional dictates
()()Another defeat for the ACLU and their ilk.

ACLU’s free-speech defense depends on who’s speaking
31 May 2006 at 5:38am
Snip: Many people believe that the American Civil Liberties Union no longer cares much about free-speech cases. Now, the organization is thinking of curbing the speech of its own officers.

Diversity at the University of Oregon
31 May 2006 at 5:36am
Snip: Campus radicals fought hard in the 1960s for students to be treated like adults. College administrators are fighting just as hard today to make sure students are treated like children.

Why not ban abortion now?
31 May 2006 at 5:35am
Snip: Republican National Chairman Ken Mehlman doesn’t mind telling you that he sees the pro-life cause as a moral and political winner for his party. When I asked Mehlman (during an interview he did last week with Human Events) whether the pro-life issue was good for Republicans, his response was instantaneous. “Absolutely,” he said.

Doctorow’s Malpractice
30 May 2006 at 1:51am
Snip: Hofstra students use boos responsibly. Did you hear about the college commencement speaker who was almost booed off the stage Sunday because his commencement address was an anti-Bush rant? The speaker was E.L. Doctorow. The college, God bless it forever, was Hofstra University on New York’s Long Island.