“What is liberty without wisdom and without virtue?  It is the greatest of all possible evils.” – Irish statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke By Michael Berry: Today is Tuesday, March 25, 2014.  The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on behalf of two private, for-profit corporations, Hobby Lobby Stores, and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation. ...

By Jeremy Dys When I see the head of the nation’s largest provider of abortion write in reference to the contraceptive mandate of Obamacare, “No one’s freedom to practice religion is compromised,” I tend to think she is attempting her best Obi Wan Kenobi, Jedi mind trick on the nation. But, this is not Tatooine...

The Story: “Appeals Court Blocks Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate,” by Andrew Harris and Joel Rosenblatt writing at InsuranceJournal.com. The Lead: The government focuses on the wrong thing – the employee’s use of contraception – and addresses the wrong question – how many steps separate the employer’s act of paying for contraception coverage and an employee’s decision...

The Story: “Watch: Jimmy Kimmel’s Hilarious ObamaCare Prank,” as reported by Michael Miller at the Independent Journal Review. The Lead: “So, guess what happens when you send a camera crew out onto Hollywood Boulevard to ask a very simple question: “Which do you like better, the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare?” Hilarity ensues. On Tuesday, Jimmy Kimmel...

The Story: “Birth Control and the Boss’s Religious Views,” editorial board of the New York Times. The Lead: “Allowing employees to make independent decisions to obtain contraceptives does not violate anyone’s religious freedom. If the Supreme Court takes up these cases, it should soundly reject the warped view that some employers can get out of...

The Story:  “How Obamacare Will Subsidize Abortion” by Chuck Donovan writing at The Corner at National Review Online. The Lead: “Is all this a tempest in a teapot with little effect on publicly supported abortion? Far from it. An analysis by the Charlotte Lozier Institute published this weeksuggests that the number of abortions that will be...