Jennifer is Coalitions Manager and Associate Editor of Townhall.com, where her myriad duties include promoting partner content and recruiting new partner groups. She compiles the daily What's New email, a round-up of the conservative community, which you can subscribe to here.After graduating from Wheaton College (IL) in 1998 with a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology, Jennifer worked for Prison Fellowship Ministries, for Representative Greg Ganske (R-IA), and as director of SERVEnet.org before arriving at The Heritage Foundation in August 2001. Jennifer lives with her husband John in Montgomery County, Maryland. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:04:15 GMT Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:04:15 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ It's been a craaaaazy week in the policy world. Congress is rushing to get to August recess, and the courts nationwide have been on a tear. Here are five items that you may have missed, but that are sure to get a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2006/07/28/ear_to_the_sidewalk_issue_6 c2e4fc46-1678-4ade-b981-aaa3cd79a213 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:04:15 GMT Democrats need a new 2006 campaign issue. It seems their “culture of corruption” accusations regarding the Republican Party have come back to bite them in the rear.Corruption is hardly a new phenomenon.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2006/06/02/culture_of_corruption_spreads_beyond_party_lines 246cda1e-ca74-489d-85fd-277c1e7e58e5 Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:06:00 GMT Taxes are due this week, and that means conservatives are champing at the bit to reform both the tax system and the onerous congressional pork. Along those lines, I’ll tell you below about Tax Freedom Day and the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2006/04/18/ear_to_the_sidewalk_issue_5 ac6802cb-40b6-419e-83a5-2e635303ada4 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:06:00 GMT Liberals dominate both televised media and academia these days, and two sets of awards announced this week expose the most obscene offenders in each realm. In this week’s roundup of the conservative movement,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2006/04/04/ear_to_the_sidewalk_issue_4 0b021dc5-75a3-4fb0-bfff-8713aea85eb3 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:06:00 GMT When Animal Liberation Front activists destroy private property in ill-advised attempts to save animals, local authorities drag them to jail and the media dismisses the eco-terrorists as being part of a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2006/03/28/de-prioritizing_people 823d7eb0-97af-467b-8b1c-5246126b3777 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:06:00 GMT Congress may be out of session this week, but that doesn’t mean the policy world has stopped turning. Here are just a few things you should know about but may not find in the media headlines.Prize Fight: Horowitz... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2006/03/22/ear_to_the_sidewalk_issue_3 f6f9d9be-45d8-4501-8fe4-7bb37923d9c6 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:06:00 GMT Ah, fish. Not only are they tasty and usually low-fat, they’re chock-full of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, high-quality protein, essential nutrients, and… poisonous levels of mercury?After reading... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2006/03/14/sayonara_sushi 1512ec3e-e154-4f76-8dee-3b004d635ee8 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:05:00 GMT Since I launched this column ten days ago, many of you have written to me, thankful to have the “inside scoop” on the Washington, D.C. policy world. I’m happy to provide it! While many are still... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2006/03/07/ear_to_the_sidewalk_issue_2 c305c598-4cf7-434b-9f37-9be420e5075c Tue, 07 Mar 2006 05:05:00 GMT Do you remember the day you found out one of your role models was imperfect? Perhaps you saw your mom punish the wrong sibling for breaking a vase, or you heard your kindergarten teacher swear. I’m finding... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2006/02/28/evangelicals_misled_on_climate_change 97653d55-4d96-4751-8193-32bc17f17a10 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:05:00 GMT In my role as Townhall.com’s Coalitions Manager, my job is to track the goings-on of 115 right-leaning organizations. I hear and read about all kinds of interesting things on a daily basis and want to start... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2006/02/24/ear_to_the_sidewalk_issue_1 2157de7b-46a1-4cd0-9852-a40acfa26136 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:05:00 GMT It’s no secret that conservatives rule the radio waves. Between Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and the dozens of other right-wing hosts, we leave the Left in our dust. Increasingly though, radio is not the only talk... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2006/02/22/podcasting_the_latest_trend_in_talk 3a7a941f-f056-42d3-8131-9359ecba0a6d Wed, 22 Feb 2006 05:05:00 GMT Imagine you and I dropped everything and went on a trip right now – a tour of economic freedom throughout the world. Where do you think we’d begin? The United States? Europe? No, we’d leave the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2006/02/01/freedom_tour ccc771b2-80cb-453c-9947-c1fb1491d769 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 05:04:00 GMT As Coalitions Manager for Townhall.com, I have the perfect job for an extrovert like me: attending events and meeting new friends in the conservative movement. For over four years, I have tracked Townhall’s 115... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2005/12/31/the_best_events_of_2005 4a8eeb7a-f206-4f2b-b795-bc577b1d876d Sat, 31 Dec 2005 05:05:00 GMT In our lawsuit-happy society, it seems you can’t trust anyone these days. A wonderful cardiologist I know spent years keeping a heart patient alive, only to be sued by the man’s family when the patient... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2005/12/22/dont_sue_me,_santa! f2e1117a-1372-4bd9-b1b1-6f423c4eb99b Thu, 22 Dec 2005 05:05:00 GMT I had heard that the just-released Heritage Guide to the Constitution was going to be the book all conservatives would want on their bookshelves. I guess I was skeptical, however, because upon seeing a real-life... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2005/12/08/back_to_the_constitution 3aafa779-3073-4d4c-85b2-3951250eb107 Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:05:00 GMT Several years ago, a boss of mine wished me a Happy Hanukkah, wrongly assuming that I was Jewish. Did I get offended? Of course not. I laughed hard, reminded him that I went to a Christian college, and still tease him... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2005/12/01/defending_christmas 682d014c-b83b-402a-9175-9276a4207aec Thu, 01 Dec 2005 05:01:00 GMT Last week, the U.S. military death toll in Iraq hit 2,000. While there’s plenty of good news being unreported there, the sad number still stands. Two thousand men and women in uniform have given their lives... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2005/11/04/conservative_spotlight_freedom_alliance ad030483-12a2-4f4e-91dc-18003adb2863 Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:05:00 GMT The media makes a lot of money trying to scare people. Reports of shark attacks, global warming and other impending disasters are frequently blown out of proportion. Even coverage of real threats like SARS is hyped to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2005/10/28/taking_avian_flu_seriously 5a815f8c-2d2f-4b15-aec2-fbc051dbfa43 Fri, 28 Oct 2005 04:05:00 GMT It’s no secret to Townhall.com readers that liberalism is running rampant on college campuses nationwide. Mike Adams, the Collegiate Network, Young America’s Foundation, and Campus Report Online regularly... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2005/10/21/are_there_any_good_colleges_left d0178d94-9574-47dd-81f6-a8881766d801 Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:05:00 GMT By now we’ve all heard the voices of leading conservative commentators – Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Manny Miranda, George Will, among others – rise up in protest against President Bush’s... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2005/10/14/the_movement_on_miers 7272309d-a9e1-4cff-b145-b10808c13727 Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:05:00 GMT The federal debt is now nearly eight trillion dollars. If that number doesn’t startle you, Bill Lauderback, Executive Vice President of the American Conservative Union, wants you to answer this question: If you... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2005/10/07/making_a_difference 0f01aa4a-9b71-42b9-914f-aff46ca303f7 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 04:00:00 GMT Three hours after the Senate overwhelmingly approved his nomination, John Roberts became the 17th Chief Justice of the United States on Thursday."What Daniel Webster termed the miracle of our Constitution is not... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JenniferBiddison/2005/09/30/cfif_a_force_behind_roberts_success bc352850-e79c-4d0f-be70-3a8b63226e1f Fri, 30 Sep 2005 04:00:00 GMT