Religion & Law

GOP Convention Watch: Vouchers and "Christian Heritage Week"
In his acceptance speech tonight, Senator John McCain argued for school vouchers: Equal access to public education has been gained, but what is the value of access to a failing school? We need to shake up failed school bureaucracies with...

State of the Union Watching: Vouchers and Faith-Based Funding
I have the sneaking suspicion that I'm the only one watching, but President Bush just called for yet another effort to implement federal school vouchers, despite the public's routine repudiation of vouchers in the ballot box...

Vouchers
Given Ezra Klein's previous skepticism towards vouchers, it's nice to see that he's come around and has now written two posts supporting vouchers. UPDATE: Never mind, my mistake. He supports healthcare vouchers, which would be completely different from school vouchers, with no parallels or analogues at all.

On Private School Vouchers
Last year, in his State of the Union Address, President Bush called for the creation of an “Opportunity Scholarships Program” ? which was actually just a clever name for a proposal to drain much-needed money away from cash-strapped public schools and use it to fund private school vouchers...

ILL TAKE A HELL OF A LOT OF NERVE FOR $1000
The older I get the less use I have for the current K-12 public education system as it currently exists. I’m not talking about choice, vouchers and merit-based pay, which I am all for and would go a long way to fixing our education system, but my use for “educrats” gets smaller and smaller [...

Deception and the Florida Amendments
A Palm Beach Post editorial starts this way: In November, Floridians could vote on school vouchers without knowing that they're voting on school vouchers. To avoid that kind of deceptive ballot manipulation, the Leon County Circuit Court should rule favorably...

Ford Explorers
Ford Motor Co. agrees to give out $500 vouchers to SUV owners in class action settlement.

Procrit
Associated with Death in Stroke Study

Xigris
Study Prompts FDA Safety Review

BPA
New Study Shows Link to Diabetes and Heart Disease

Department of Education Fraud
$4.25 million settlement to be paid in whistleblower lawsuit.

Racist Voicemail
Stamford Board of Education pays student $37,500 settlement after failing to protect her from racial discrimination.