Washington, D.C. - “We thank President Bush for honoring our nation’s constitutional tradition of equal protection under the law,” said Matt Barber, Policy Director for Cultural Issues at Concerned Women for America.  The Executive Office of the President has issued a statement promising to veto “hate crimes” bill H.R. 1592 should it be approved in Congress today. 

The nation’s largest public policy women’s group is asking President Bush to commit to a veto of a “hate crimes” plan that, as WND has reported, opponents fear would target Christians and be used to demolish both freedom of speech and religion in the United States.

Our local radio station is encouraging parents to protest the use of pesticides in our schools. The station is broadcasting “public service announcements” saying pesticides used in the schools are “linked” to cancer, asthma and lower IQ scores among the kids. Probably you are hearing the same announcements on your radio stations. They’re produced by Earthworks, a consortium of eco-groups, and sponsored by The Ad Council.

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2007 - Accuracy in Media editor Cliff Kincaid said today that the proposed federal media shield law, the so-called Free Flow of Information Act, is a Pandora’s Box that would backfire on the media because of the inability to adequately define basic terms such as “journalist.”

Irvine, CA--As the State Department once again designates Iran as the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is planning to meet Iran’s foreign minister to talk about the future of Iraq.

Since combat operations began in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. forces have been subjected to frequent and deadly attacks from insurgents using various weapons such as improvised explosive devices (IED), mortars, rocket launchers, and increasingly lethal ballistic threats. 

It may be incorrect to call HWR an ezine, but I’m hard pressed to find the exact term.  HWR is not a blog, it’s a place where a variety of authors submit pieces that attempt to examine current subjects of interest.

"The legislative powers of government reach to actions only, not to opinions.” - Thomas Jefferson, “Separation of church and state” letter, Jan. 1, 1802

Promoters call it the Freedom of Choice Act, which is actually true. If passed, it would retroactively and forever free the abortion industry to infinity and beyond from every “federal, state and local statute, ordinance, regulation, administrative order, decision, policy [and] practice,” encumbering abortion in any way whatsoever.

Congress is the law-making branch under our Constitution, the place where issues of great national importance should receive robust debate before the decision is made about what course of action the nation will take. At times in our history, however, there have been attempts by some of our elected representatives in Congress to stifle debate for the sake of their own agenda, thereby avoiding their own responsibility to debate the issues.

Remove political correctness from rules of engagement. - The March 23 Iranian capture of 15 British Royal Navy sailors should raise a number of questions. The sailors were part of the crew of HMS Cornwall, a state-of-the-art frigate bristling with high-tech surveillance devices and advanced weaponry. The sailors, dispatched in small boats, were boarding and inspecting merchant vessels in Iraqi waters for contraband.

The severity of the criticism heaped on Israel’s Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Defence Minister Amir Peretz by the Winograd Commission demands the immediate calling of fresh elections to allow the Israeli electorate to have its say on whether the Government still retains the public’s confidence.

The main problem with pacifism is that it doesn’t work in all situations. The main problem with pacifists is that they’re convinced it does. 

Administration won’t respond to key questions as rigs set to roll in U.S.

A cameraman for the NBC affiliate in Houston was captured on home video sporting a Mexican flag on his camera while covering a rally in the Texas city that supported illegal immigrants, drawing angry shouts from counter-protesters.