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Schwartz Chronicles

~ Observations and Opinions

Category Archives: Public Policy

Personal Faith and Politics

October 26, 2012

There’s nothing new in this post (nor under the sun, some guy said a long time ago), but it seems …

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The First Debate (Romney vs. Obama 2012): a Preamble

October 3, 2012

Play “fallacy bingo” as you listen to the presidential debates.

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Should Schools Hand Out Condoms? (Followup)

September 25, 2012

This is a followup to my previous post on this subject. As of this writing, the School Board is almost …

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Public Accommodation — Where’s the Line?

September 18, 2012

In a recent column George Will described the plight of a family photography business that refused to accept a job …

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Should Schools Hand Out Condoms?

September 16, 2012

That’s the debate here in my town. New Britain has an astronomically high rate of teen pregnancy. Actually, the condoms …

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The Productive

August 8, 2012

It seems like every time I read one of Cal Thomas’s opinion pieces I find something that sticks in my …

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Chick-fil-A — the Founding Fathers Weigh In

August 3, 2012

I believe the owner of Chick-fil-A has the right to spend his own money to promote his own views, however …

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“He Was Such a Good Boy” — and so was yours

August 2, 2012

When someone is gunned down in the street, there’s always someone (the mother, a friend, a passer-by) telling the TV …

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Vigils and Shrines

August 1, 2012

We’ve all seen the news footage of groups of adults holding a vigil, or demonstration, after somebody’s child gets shot …

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Curfew to Fight Street Violence?

August 1, 2012

Bridgeport, Connecticut has voted to impose a curfew on teens. Will that do any good? On the one hand, a 15-year-old …

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