Articles by Jennifer Marshall

Society

Why the Liberal Intolerance for New Family Structures Study?

Jennifer Marshall | June 15, 2012

The author of a new study showing some negative outcomes for young adults whose parents had same-sex relationships is under attack because his findings conflict… Read More

SocietyNews

New Research on Children of Same-Sex Parents Suggests Differences Matter

Jennifer Marshall | June 11, 2012

Two peer-reviewed articles published Sunday in a scholarly journal cast doubt on a core assumption used to advance same-sex marriage. A number of studies and… Read More

 News

Season of Scorn for Religious Liberty

Jennifer Marshall | April 06, 2012

As we mark Good Friday and Passover this year, Americans’ religious freedom has become palpably dearer. Religious expression is enduring a season of scorn from… Read More

Health Care

Senate Fails to Stop Obamacare from Fining the Good Samaritan

Jennifer Marshall | March 01, 2012

Today the U.S. Senate failed to save religious liberty from Obamacare’s collision course with freedom. The Senate blocked, by a vote of 51-48, a bipartisan… Read More

 

The War on Women’s Freedom

Jennifer Marshall | February 18, 2012

Isn’t religious freedom for women too? So why did Representative Carolyn Maloney (D–NY) and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D–DC) walk out of a committee hearing… Read More

Health Care

Nothing Has Changed: Obamacare’s Anti-Conscience Mandate

Jennifer Marshall | February 13, 2012

The commotion surrounding President Obama’s press conference Friday on the latest Obamacare mandate caused plenty of confusion over the weekend. But let there be no… Read More

 Health Care

Heritage Reacts to White House “Accommodation” to Religious Liberty

Jennifer Marshall | February 10, 2012

After two weeks of increasingly intense criticism over Obamacare’s disregard for religious liberty, the White House woke up this morning in a mood to “accommodate”… Read More

 Health CareNews

What They’re Saying: Obamacare’s Contraception Mandate Tramples Religious Liberty

Jennifer Marshall | February 09, 2012

On January 20, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius finalized regulations for preventive services under Obamacare that require religious institutions beyond churches… Read More

Education

A Decade After No Child Left Behind, Time for a Right Turn in Education

Jennifer Marshall | January 09, 2012

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) turned 10 yesterday, and the anniversary is a good time to assess the toll of federal education intervention and to… Read More

Society

Morning Bell: Our Christmas Wish – The Gift of Gratitude

Jennifer Marshall | December 23, 2011

Gratitude, it’s been observed, is a hallmark conservative virtue. We prize the heritage passed down to us through the generations. We look beyond ourselves to… Read More

Society

Why Handel’s ‘Messiah’ Endures

Jennifer Marshall | December 22, 2011

It’s one of the most famous and widely shared pieces of music in history. Handel intended his oratorio “Messiah” for Lent, and it was first… Read More

 

Why Tim Tebow Keeps Smiling

Jennifer Marshall | December 07, 2011

When Pam Tebow was counseled to abort her baby to save her own life, the doctor referred to him as a “mass of fetal tissue.”… Read More

 

What Limited Government Looks Like: Adopting a Foster Child

Jennifer Marshall | November 23, 2011

Many of us will give thanks for family this week. Sadly, more than one hundred thousand children awaiting adoption from the foster care system don’t… Read More

 

Welcoming the 7 Billionth Baby

Jennifer Marshall | October 31, 2011

For population control advocates, it’s fitting that the projected birth of the world’s seven billionth child falls on Halloween. To them, it’s a scary development… Read More

SocietyNews

China: “A Serious Crisis Between State and Church That Is Still Unfolding”

Jennifer Marshall | May 16, 2011

Nineteen Chinese pastors have joined together to send a remarkable petition to the National People’s Congress on behalf of one of Beijing’s largest underground churches…. Read More

Society

Religion and Civil Society Weekly News Roundup

Jennifer Marshall | May 03, 2011

Royal Wedding Highlights the Importance of Marriage: The excitement and expectation of the more than 2 billion people who watched Prince William and Kate Middleton… Read More

 

Morning Bell: Marriage Is an Ideal, Not a Fairy Tale

Jennifer Marshall | April 29, 2011

As many as two billion people — about a third of the world — were expected to watch today’s British royal wedding between Prince William… Read More

Education

The Case for a “Greatly Reduced Federal Footprint” in Education

Jennifer Marshall | April 28, 2011

When Congressman John Kline (R–MN) served as a Marine, “one of [his] assignments was to carry the ‘football’—the package containing the nuclear launch codes—for presidents… Read More

Society

Chinese Officials Seek to Drive Lighthouse Church Underground

Jennifer Marshall | April 27, 2011

On Easter Sunday in Washington, D.C., thousands gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for the annual sunrise service. The freedom to gather at this public monument… Read More

Society

Morning Bell: Religious Faith Is Still Good News for America

Jennifer Marshall | April 22, 2011

The year 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible. Leland Ryken, a scholar of Christian literature and the Puritans,… Read More

Society

Stewardship, Compassion, Justice and the U.S. Budget Crisis

Jennifer Marshall | April 21, 2011

Stewardship, compassion, and justice have been mentioned frequently in recent Christian commentary on our national fiscal crisis, and rightly so. Budgets are indeed moral documents;… Read More

Society

Not Dead Yet: Predictions of Religion’s Extinction Miss the Mark

Jennifer Marshall | March 24, 2011

In 1966, God was pronounced dead. More recently, it was determined that God is back. But now a team of researchers has put him on… Read More

Education

Reclaiming Choice, Federalism, and Results in Education

Jennifer Marshall | November 26, 2010

Education policy has often stumped or scared conservatives. It shouldn’t—we’ve long sided with children and parents against special interests—and especially not now. Federal education policy… Read More

Education

The Reforms Rhee Leaves Behind

Jennifer Marshall | November 01, 2010

Michelle Rhee’s tenure as D.C. Schools Chancellor ends Monday. In Saturday’s Wall Street Journal, she and Mayor Adrian Fenty published an “Education Manifesto” summarizing their… Read More

Education

D.C. Vouchers Waiting for a Better Day

Jennifer Marshall | October 06, 2010

“Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” Mark Twain is supposed to have said. Rumors about the demise of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP)… Read More

Education

Back to Constitutional Basics in Education

Jennifer Marshall | September 12, 2010

In the mid 1960s, education policy took a wrong turn, away from America’s founding principles. That was when President Lyndon B. Johnson, as a part… Read More

Education

Morning Bell: Do You Wish You Could Choose Your Child’s Teacher?

Jennifer Marshall | September 02, 2010

Back-to-school season can be emotional for parents.  As Johnny enters a new grade level, it’s one more reminder that not too many Septembers from now… Read More

Education

Morning Bell: Time to Stand Up to the National Standards Agenda

Jennifer Marshall | June 21, 2010

Last year, GM CEO Rick Wagoner “voluntarily” stepped aside when Washington took over his company. BP is “voluntarily” setting up a $20 billion escrow account…. Read More

Education

The Obama Education Agenda Takes Shape

Jennifer Marshall | April 16, 2010

The Obama Administration’s signature K-12 education program, Race to the Top, has gotten a lot of press in the last couple weeks with the announcement… Read More

Society

Not an April Fool’s Joke: “School-Homing” Education Ideas

Jennifer Marshall | April 01, 2010

“According to a report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Education, an increasing number of American parents are choosing to have their children raised… Read More