May 16, 2012 Jackson Holahan: The Aleppo Codex Jonathan Tobin : Iran Declares Victory in Nuclear Talks Kiplinger Reports, Summarized Anne Kates Smith: 7 Stocks That Let You Sleep Tight Carmen Terzic, M.D., Ph.D. : Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: A variety of exercises can help improve balance Melissa Healy: National strategy on Alzheimer's disease aims to halt it by 2025 The Kosher Gourmet by Joyce White : GOODNESS GRACIOUS: GREENS! 4 winning recipes that are no longer just for down-home folks (Includes expert tips & techniques) May 15, 2012 Dennis Prager: God and Man at (and for) Liberty Kristen Chick: Obama administration resumes arms sales to Bahrain despite serious unresolved human rights issues. Activists feel abandoned Pat Mertz Esswein: Homes are now affordable again and mortgage rates are low. What you need to know before you buy Kathy Kristof: Our Practical Investor Fights Inflation with These 6 Investments Sue Hubbard, M.D.: The Kid's Doctor: Lactose intolerant young child? Check again Environmental Nutrition Editors: Get the facts on palm sugar sweetening The Kosher Gourmet by Kathy Hunt: Spread a Little Excitement with EXOTIC CONDIMENTS (4 RECIPES) May 14, 2012 Richard Simon: Purple Hearts for domestic terror victims? Nando Pelusi, Ph.D.: The privacy paradox: Surrounded by strangers, we risk isolation, anxiety Chris Farrell: Investing Lessons from the Great Recession Lisa Gerstner: How to Protect Your Identity, Finances If You Lose Your Phone Harvard Health Letters: Heart disease and dementia Tiffany O'Callaghan: New hormone mimics effects of exercise without the sweat The Kosher Gourmet by Megan Gordon: MANGO COCONUT OAT MORNING MUFFINS are a bright but hearty delight May 11, 2012 Rabbi B. Shafier: Why happiness will always be elusive Charles Krauthammer: Echoes of '67: Israel unites Howard LaFranchi: With G8 snub, US-Putin 'reset' off to stumbling start Jeremy J. Siegel: Investors, Relax About Rising Interest Rates Jessica L. Anderson: Get the Best Deal on a Used Car Jett Stone: Forget face-lifts and fake knees. Scientists have seen the fountain of youth --- and it's broccoli The Kosher Gourmet by Chef Mario Batali: The famed chef's vegetable dish that tastes true to the season: FAVAS AND SUGAR SNAP PEAS WITH POTATOES AND TARRAGON May 10, 2012 Clifford D. May: The Real Palestinian Refugee Problem Sergei L. Loiko: Putin sends warning to U.S., NATO in Victory Day speech at Red Square Mary Rourke: How being a 'mentch' got Vidal Sasoon his start and fighting in Israel's War of Independence provided him with confidence and a strong sense of his own identity Harvard Health Letters: Palliative care: Underused therapy yields surprising benefits Jeff Bertolucci: Get Home Phone Service for Less Than $10 a Month Rachel L. Sheedy and Susan B. Garland : Make the Right Moves to Boost Benefits The Kosher Gourmet by Betty Rosbottom: Gleaming with its golden, crimson, and snowy white hues, this silken smooth and creamy STRAWBERRY ORANGE TRIFLE looks impressive, but is easy to prepare May 9, 2012 John Rosemond: Parents, stop destroying the American male Valerie J. Nelson: Maurice Sendak, author of 'Where the Wild Things Are,' dies at 83 Bob Frick: Angst Over Annuities Sharon Palmer, R.D. How you can reduce your risk -- or delay -- chronic diseases associated with aging Howard LeWine, M.D.: Ask the Harvard Experts: Why did my blood pressure suddenly shoot up? Lisa Gerstner: Lower the Rate on All Your Loans The Kosher Gourmet by Emily Ho : Springtime soba with miso sauce offers a coloful mix of fresh textures and flavors May 8, 2012 Edmund Sanders: Netanyahu suddenly cancels new elections, forms unity government Frank J. Gaffney Jr.: Farewell to European superstate Anne Kates Smith: 4 Stocks That Mimic Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Gaia Vince and Clare Wilson The Rise of Miniature Medical Robots: Fantasy Fast Becoming Reality Paul Takahashi, M.D.: Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Never suffer night leg cramps Jessica L. Anderson: Extended-Warranty Warning The Kosher Gourmet by Diane Rossen Worthington: Celebrate National Chocolate Chip Day with the Best Cookie Ever (Includes techniques) May 7, 2012 Mark Clayton: Homeland Security warns major cyber attack aimed at gas pipeline industry underway Angus Roxburgh: Putin Decoded: World view of a Russian feeling dissed Kimberly Lankford: Navigate a Course for Long-Term Care Kevin McCormally How to Adjust Your Tax Withholding Celeste Robb-Nicholson, M.D.: Harvard Health Letters: How do you treat a Baker's cyst? Joanne Capano: Healthy Snacks for Children: The Choices May Surprise You The Kosher Gourmet by Penelope Wall: Classic Creamy Spinach Dip with a Fraction of the Calories and Fat May 4, 2012 Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo: Holy 'trivialities' Jonathan Tobin: Bibi v. Barak will be no contest this time around Steven Goldberg: Blue Chip Stocks On Sale Worldwide Art Pine Slow Productivity Growth a Blessing --- For Now Sue Hubbard, M.D. : The Kid's Doctor: Are Kids Too Wired? Kerri-Ann Jennings, M.S., R.D: Foods that are good for your smile Amy Paturel, M.S., M.P.H.: Eating Well: Foods that are good for your smile The Kosher Gourmet by Betty Rosbottom: Strawberry rhubarb parfaits are elegant yet simple to assemble May 3, 2012 Michael Freund: Who's Afraid of the Messiah? Clifford D. May: The Foggiest War Susan B. Garland: Insurance to Cover Old Old Age Steven Goldberg 6 Reasons to Bet on a Big Bull Market Harvard Health Letters: Treating prostate cancer --- no rush to judgment Larry Gordon: Harvard, MIT partner to offer free online courses Naomi Nix : Man gets free trip to Chicago after postcard sent by mother in 1957 finally reaches him The Kosher Gourmet by Diane Rossen Worthington: Intensely Italian vegetable frittata is a seriously simple standby May 2, 2012 Daniel Pipes and Steve Emerson : Chris Christie's Islam Problem Richard Z. Chesnoff: A Nazi collaborator at the Met Thomas M. Anderson: The Best 529 College-Savings Plans Kiplinger Reports, Summarized Harvard Special Report: Fatigue is a symptom of numerous illnesses Amy Paturel, M.S., M.P.H.: What to eat for a healthy heart and mind

Jewish World Review January 27, 2010 / 12 Shevat 5770 I never thought I'd see the day when progressives would howl in ragebecause the Supreme Court said government should not ban books By A. Barton Hinkle http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | The ranks of the ACLU must be dwindling toward zero in the wake of last week's Supreme Court ruling on campaign-finance law. The rage at that ruling in liberal precincts has been deafening — and apoplectic. It was a ruling that "strikes at democracy itself" (Barack Obama); "a major victory for oil companies, banks, health insurance companies and other special interests" (DNC chairman Tim Kaine); a "blow to democracy" (The New York Times); a "Supreme Sellout" (The Daily Beast); "Terrifying" (Huffington Post) . . . . And on, and on. No wonder the ACLU did not issue a press release cheering the results of Citizens United v. FEC. But the rights group did file an amicus brief urging the high court to do just what it did: strike down the provisions of campaign-finance law that do not square with the First Amendment. For those coming late to this party (or those who have been understandably confused by the shrill rhetoric of the court's critics): The ruling does not let corporations, unions, or incorporated interest groups donate directly to federal candidates. But it does let them spend money from their general treasuries to air campaign commercials for or against candidates, especially in the crucial 30 days before a primary and 60 days before a general election. Many who find this outrageous object that incorporated entities are not persons, therefore they do not have the same rights as persons do. And this is true to some extent. Corporations, unions, and interest groups have no right to vote, or to bear arms. But they do have other rights, such as to property and privacy. (Try barging into the offices of The New York Times and rifling through the files, and see how far you get.) Those objecting to the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United certainly do not mind corporations being treated as persons for the purpose, e.g., of suing them on product-liability or environmental grounds. They also might want to ponder a point made by a lawyer friend over the weekend: "A corporation is an association of individuals, and individuals clearly have the right to associate, protected by the First Amendment. To accept the federal law that was struck down would be to accept the proposition that you can spend your money to publish a book, movie, or advertisement advocating against a candidate during an election, and that I can do so as well, but that you and I cannot associate and do so together as a corporation. That somehow, by exercising one First Amendment-protected right — association — we lose another: free speech." The trouble with circumscribing the free-speech rights of incorporated entities is that it leads to government censorship of a very nasty sort. This came out during oral arguments in March. Citizens United had wanted to make available "Hillary: The Movie" during the Democratic primaries in 2008, when campaign-finance rules said such electioneering communications were verboten. Lower courts had decided the movie was, in effect, a campaign commercial. Deputy Solicitor General Malcom Stewart said it does not matter how long a campaign commercial is, and it does not matter if the film is a quasi-documentary. A movie is no different from a campaign ad if it appeals to voters for the election or defeat of a political candidate. This raised an obvious question, which Justice Samuel Alito asked: What about books? Could a book critical of a political candidate amount to the "functional equivalent" of "express advocacy" — thereby requiring it to be banned? Stewart said yes. The same question was later put to Fred Wertheimer, formerly of Common Cause and now of Democracy 21, an organization that works to "eliminate the undue influence of big money" in politics. "A campaign document in the form of a book can be banned," he said. Not just campaign documents. Any electioneering communication produced by any incorporated entity should be banned under the laws the high court has struck down. That would include, say, The Audacity of Hope, by one Barack Obama. But it is impossible, logically, to say that a corporate-funded political book should be allowed while a corporate-funded political movie should not. They are both political speech. It is precisely because campaign-finance regulations censored corporate-funded speech that the regulations carved out an exception for media corporations. This amounts to an explicit admission that the government was censoring everyone else. It also reduces to hilarity the bombastic denunciation of the court by Keith Olbermann, who suggested the decision in Citizens United had replaced Dred Scott as the worst ruling in American history — because it would allow other corporations to do what MSNBC is permitted to do, namely disseminate opinion about politics. Indeed, many high councils of the media elite shared Olbermann's outrage that their parent corporations no longer would enjoy special exemption from the prior restraint imposed on all the rest. But if the government can extend that special exemption to media companies, then it also can take it away. This means that until last week's ruling, the media stood in the same position as Jonathan Edwards' sinners in the hand of an angry god — who are spared from torment by nothing but the Almighty's forbearance, which is "restrained by no obligation, hindered by no manner of difficulty." Fortunately, the majority on the court joined the ACLU in recognizing that government must not become the umpire of political discourse, deciding who gets to speak and who does not. The question as to whether incorporated entities like the Sierra Club, the NRA, and the local bricklayers' union enjoy a full panoply of rights may be murky. But on the question of government power, the Bill of Rights is very clear. It begins, "Congress shall make no law . . . ." Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here. A. Barton Hinkle is Deputy Editor of the Editorial Pages at Richmond Times-Dispatch Comment by clicking here. Previously: 01/07/10: Gun-Control Advocates Play Fast and Loose 12/31/09: Nearly everything progressives say about neoconservative interventionism abroad applies to their own preferred policies at home © 2010, A. Barton Hinkle

Arnold Ahlert  Mitch Albom  Jay Ambrose  Michael Barone  Barrywood  Lori Borgman  Stratfor Briefing  Mona Charen  Linda Chavez  Richard Z. Chesnoff  Ann Coulter  Greg Crosby  Alan Douglas  Larry Elder  Suzanne Fields  Frank J. Gaffney  Bernie Goldberg  Jonah Goldberg  Julia Gorin  Jonathan Gurwitz  Paul Greenberg  Argus Hamilton  Victor Davis Hanson  Betsy Hart  Ron Hart  Nat Hentoff  Marybeth Hicks  A. Barton Hinkle  David Horowitz  Jeff Jacoby  Renee James  Paul Johnson  Jack Kelly  Ed Koch  Ch. Krauthammer  Michael Ledeen  John Leo  David Limbaugh  Kathryn Lopez  Rich Lowry  Michelle Malkin  Jackie Mason  Ann McFeatters  Dale McFeatters  Dana Milbank  Jeanne Moos  Dick Morris  Jim Mullen  Deroy Murdock  Judge A. Napolitano  Bill O'Reilly  Kathleen Parker  Star Parker  Dennis Prager  Wesley Pruden  Tom Purcell  Sharon Randall  Robert Robb  Cokie & Steve Roberts  Heather Robinson  Pat Sajak  Debra J. Saunders  Martin Schram  Culture Shlock  David Shribman  Roger Simon  Michael Smerconish  Thomas Sowell  Ben Stein  Mark Steyn  John Stossel  Cal Thomas  Dan Thomasson  Bob Tyrrell  Ben Wattenberg  Diana West  Dave Weinbaum  George Will  Walter Williams  Byron York  ZeitGeist  Mort Zuckerman  Robert Arial  Chuck Asay  Baloo  Chip Bok  Dry Bones   Lisa Benson  John Branch  John Cole  J. D. Crowe  John Deering  Brian Duffy  Everything's Relative  Mallard Fillmore  Glenn Foden  Jake Fuller  Bob Gorrel  Walt Handelsman  Joe Heller  David Hitch  Jerry Holbert  David Horsey  Lee Judge  Steve Kelley  Jeff Koterba  Dick Locher  Chan Lowe  Jimmy Margulies  Jack Ohman  Michael Ramirez  Drew Sheneman  Kevin Siers  Jeff Stahler  Scott Stantis  Ed Stein  Danna Summers  John Trever  Gary Varvel  Kirk Walters   Dan Wasserman  Mr. Know-It-All  Ask Doctor K  Richard Lederer  Frugal Living  Tech Maven  On Nutrition  Bookmark These  Bruce Williams