Issues

Homeland Security spy cameras in your child's school

October 13, 2008 - 3:13pm

From our friends at DownsizeDC:

On September 17, the House passed the "School Safety Enhancements Act of 2008."
My first thought was, "The DC Upsizers are at it again!"

My second thought was that the Constitution gives Congress no authority over public safety, except on federal property. This power is left to the states.

Government to test moms for baby blues? Bill pushes mental screening, dangerous antidepressant drugs By Chelsea Schilling

July 30, 2008 - 10:03pm

Pregnant and new mothers may be required to submit to government screening and treatment for depression if Democrats in Congress have their way.

The Melanie Blocker Stokes Mother's Act, or S. 1375, is named after a pharmaceutical sales manager who killed herself by jumping out of a window after receiving four cocktails of antidepressants, anti-anxiety and antipsychotic drugs and electroshock therapy following the birth of her child.

Senator Kennedy- Why Don’t You Believe in America?

March 27, 2007 - 9:56am

Parenthetically, for those of you who are interested, it was the authors
of “A Nation at Risk” who convinced Reagan NOT to shut down the Department
of Education…