Ken Connor is an attorney and co-author of "Sinful Silence: When Christians Neglect Their Civic Duty" He is also Chairman of the Center for a Just Society. For more articles and resources from Mr. Connor and the Center for a Just Society, go to www.centerforajustsociety.org. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor 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) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:01:00 GMT Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Most would agree that conserving resources and minimizing adverse impacts on the environment make sense, but something has gone terribly awry within the Green Movement. Environmental extremists championing "population... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/11/01/population_control_in_an_aging_society ece035e1-f48c-4676-8f07-8d7f9ce5d05e Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:01:00 GMT The subject of how best to honor and care for those facing death due to terminal illness or old age has always been controversial. As talk of "death panels" and "rationing" stirs debate over the government's proper rol http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/10/25/end_of_life_care_should_not_end_life bc91dea1-c619-456b-843f-bd42d8b3a2bd Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:00:41 GMT In the wake of the controversial dismissal of Green Jobs Czar Van Jones, another of the President's men has been attracting negative attention. The President has chosen teacher and GLBT activist Kevin Jennings for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/10/18/welcome_to_the_school_of_social_engineering e94dce18-fa21-492c-a94e-cdbcda5099cf Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT "The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes." -Lady Marguerite BlessingtonCynics say the term "celebrity justice" is an oxymoron. They point to the cases of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/10/11/celebrity_justice_in_a_just_society dd6cca8f-0f7f-4222-ab91-81136fa2c4cb Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT "Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." --Thomas Jefferson The principle of "informed consent" is well established in American law... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/10/04/the_time_for_transparency_is_now 86646e65-8075-4598-815e-74ff1676440a Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT There's an old adage popular among lawyers: If your case is weak on the law, pound the facts. If it's weak on the facts, pound the law. If your case is weak on the facts and the law, pound the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/09/28/pounding_the_table__health_care_and_the_race_card bf64bdbf-f37e-4247-8f49-1cbee46ee1df Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:30:00 GMT There's an old adage popular among lawyers: If your case is weak on the law, pound the facts. If it's weak on the facts, pound the law. If your case is weak on the facts and the law, pound the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/09/26/pounding_the_table_health_care_and_the_race_card 6be3021b-b009-446b-a78d-641ddb8b9d85 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:41:28 GMT President Obama attempted to allay the concerns of pro-life advocates last week by assuring Americans that federal funding for abortion will not be included in "his" health care reform plan. Secretary of Health and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/09/20/warning_obamacare_may_be_hazardous_to_the_unborn 0317832f-c941-4c25-86d6-41c6fa887db8 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT "In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law." Charles de MontesquieuIn the ongoing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/09/13/tort_reform_remedy_or_red_herring 62423202-dbbd-4f8d-b525-9f2761fb85cf Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT Sometimes fairy tales are better than non-fiction at communicating essential truths. Anyone who has read Shakespeare or been transfixed by the tales of Tolkien or C.S. Lewis understands this well. In Steven Spielberg's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/09/06/blinded_by_the_light_of_discovery 5fbb1d65-0b20-4854-8661-6d98898e1709 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT This has been the "Summer of the Senior" in America. While the health care debate has raged, senior citizens have been front and center at town hall events, challenging their representatives to explain how Obamacare... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/08/30/somethings_got_to_give 344ee864-7d6b-414e-a8da-1cb78618412b Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT "We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debt, as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/08/23/dont_let_your_wants_hurt_you 43f46af5-20d7-43f5-babb-662da21423b5 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT Ask any politician in the free world, and they will tell you that intense public scrutiny and uncomfortable clashes with detractors are all in a day's work for an elected official. The general expectation is for the re http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/08/16/is_this_americas_better_history 735ec7d6-9fac-47c4-b87c-96efb5351857 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT One of the most controversial issues of the current health care reform debate is the concept of health care rationing-allocating medical care according to predetermined criteria that dictate how much and what kind of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2009/08/09/seniors_left_behind 3197f405-5b62-4001-b70f-122bf3a10499 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT