http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/what-if-we-have-only-memories-of-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/what-if-we-have-only-memories-of-freedom/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 16:10:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134565 Townhall: What if, on Memorial Day, we remember times that were more free than today? What if, on Memorial Day, when we think of those who died for our freedom, we end up recognizing that the freedom they died for is dying? What if it becomes fashionable for the government to ignore the Constitution? What if the Constitution dies because the government stops following it? What if, next Memorial Day, freedom is just a memory? What do we do about it? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/what-if-we-have-only-memories-of-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/public-sector-millionaires/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/public-sector-millionaires/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 15:57:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134558 Washington Times: Lavish governmental payrolls and gold-plated retirement packages are straining finances from coast to coast. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/public-sector-millionaires/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/british-board-revokes-uk-counselors-accreditation-for-conversion-therapy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/british-board-revokes-uk-counselors-accreditation-for-conversion-therapy/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 21:41:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134514 Christian Concern: The British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) has this week informed a Christian counsellor that, following her appeal, she will still lose her senior accredited status, after she was tricked into provided counselling to a fake client who was secretly an undercover journalist. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/british-board-revokes-uk-counselors-accreditation-for-conversion-therapy/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/medicine-in-the-nanny-state/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/medicine-in-the-nanny-state/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 16:14:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134424 Townhall: If Americans wish to see the inevitable results of such government patronage in our everyday lives, we need look no further than to our northern neighbor Canada, where the Supreme Court is being asked to give doctors the authority to decide if and when to remove life-sustaining medical care from patients, even if those patients are deemed to be conscious and even against their family's objections. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/medicine-in-the-nanny-state/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ken-klukowski-supreme-court-rules-social-security-can-deny-benefits-to-children-conceived-after-death-of-father/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ken-klukowski-supreme-court-rules-social-security-can-deny-benefits-to-children-conceived-after-death-of-father/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 17:35:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134327 Breitbart: A deceased man’s child is not always a child under Florida law when it comes to Social Security benefits. So said the Supreme Court in Astrue v. Capato, a case where modern technology collided with federal entitlements. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ken-klukowski-supreme-court-rules-social-security-can-deny-benefits-to-children-conceived-after-death-of-father/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/church-and-family-two-of-the-few-institutions-that-limit-government/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/church-and-family-two-of-the-few-institutions-that-limit-government/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 15:55:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134295 Catholic World Report: A "New York progressive" gives four reasons for opposing "gay marriage" This line of argument needs to be repeated again and again, in various ways and through varying means. There are only a handful of institutions that keep the State in the its proper place, most notably the Church and the family. How strange, isn't it, that both of those institutions are the targets of such open and direct assaults? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/church-and-family-two-of-the-few-institutions-that-limit-government/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/rev-robert-a-sirico-video-defending-the-free-market-the-moral-case-for-a-free-economy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/rev-robert-a-sirico-video-defending-the-free-market-the-moral-case-for-a-free-economy/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 13:28:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134396 Acton Institute Power Blog ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/rev-robert-a-sirico-video-defending-the-free-market-the-moral-case-for-a-free-economy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/americas-suffocation-the-cost-of-ever-increasing-federal-regulations/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/americas-suffocation-the-cost-of-ever-increasing-federal-regulations/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 16:31:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134182 NCPA Policy Digest: Federal regulations cost hundreds of billions -- perhaps trillions -- of dollars every year over and above the costs of the official federal outlays that dominate the policy debate. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/americas-suffocation-the-cost-of-ever-increasing-federal-regulations/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/new-france-president%e2%80%99s-first-deeds-get-ready-for-more-secularism-and-marriage-redefinition/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/new-france-president%e2%80%99s-first-deeds-get-ready-for-more-secularism-and-marriage-redefinition/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 21:31:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134121 LifeSiteNews: Dismantling of the family, attacks against parental rights and times of trouble for faith-based, mainly Catholic schools are looming large in French politics since France’s new socialist president, François Hollande, took over office from Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday morning at the Elysée, in Paris. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/new-france-president%e2%80%99s-first-deeds-get-ready-for-more-secularism-and-marriage-redefinition/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/muslims-voters-determined-socialist-outcome-in-french-elections/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/muslims-voters-determined-socialist-outcome-in-french-elections/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 21:22:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134119 Europe News (Google Translation): An analysis of voting behavior that Hollande on 6 May for the victory as the first Socialist president of France since 1995, helped show that this fall was due to a large extent the Muslims who voted him in overwhelming numbers. The French vote demonstrated for the first time that Muslims have decided the outcome of a presidential election in a major Western European country, there is a view of the things to come. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/muslims-voters-determined-socialist-outcome-in-french-elections/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/socialist-political-parties-seek-removal-of-spanish-bishop-for-%e2%80%98homophobia%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/socialist-political-parties-seek-removal-of-spanish-bishop-for-%e2%80%98homophobia%e2%80%99/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 18:22:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134099 LifeSiteNews: A trio of socialist political parties in the government of Alcalá de Henares, Spain, has passed a resolution demanding the exclusion of the local bishop from all local government functions for preaching the Catholic Church’s doctrines on homosexual behavior, which it characterizes as “homophobic.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/socialist-political-parties-seek-removal-of-spanish-bishop-for-%e2%80%98homophobia%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/sen-hatch-tax-code-at-fault-for-facebook-founder-renouncing-citizenship/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/sen-hatch-tax-code-at-fault-for-facebook-founder-renouncing-citizenship/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 16:28:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134073 The Hill: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, on Thursday warned that wealthy expatriates seeking to renounce their American citizenship is a sign that the tax code needs to be fixed. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/sen-hatch-tax-code-at-fault-for-facebook-founder-renouncing-citizenship/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/rev-robert-sirico-defending-the-free-market-the-moral-case-for-a-free-economy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/rev-robert-sirico-defending-the-free-market-the-moral-case-for-a-free-economy/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:42:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133909 Christian Newswire: "The choice between the free market and the nanny state is actually a false choice," says the Rev. Robert Sirico. Contrary to the conventional debate between those who defend opportunity and the free market versus those who defend the underprivileged and spreading the wealth around Father Sirico argues in "Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy" (Regnery 2012) that America doesn't have to choose one over the other and by choosing opportunity and the free market, the underprivileged will actually experience greater benefits than any state welfare or private charity could provide. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/rev-robert-sirico-defending-the-free-market-the-moral-case-for-a-free-economy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/new-zealand-introduces-an-intrusive-birth-control-plan-for-women-receiving-welfare-payments/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/new-zealand-introduces-an-intrusive-birth-control-plan-for-women-receiving-welfare-payments/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:24:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133902 Turtle Bay and Beyond: The New Zealand government is planning to offer free long-term contraception such as implants and IUDs to women who receive welfare payments and their daughters, the BBC reported last week. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/new-zealand-introduces-an-intrusive-birth-control-plan-for-women-receiving-welfare-payments/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/needy-states-use-housing-aid-cash-to-plug-budgets/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/needy-states-use-housing-aid-cash-to-plug-budgets/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:05:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133779 NY Times: Hundreds of millions of dollars meant to provide a little relief to the nation’s struggling homeowners is being diverted to plug state budget gaps. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/needy-states-use-housing-aid-cash-to-plug-budgets/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/obama-health-plan-will-squeeze-the-middle-class/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/obama-health-plan-will-squeeze-the-middle-class/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:42:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133667 NCPA Policy Digest: Many people currently get their health coverage from work, and they benefit from an implicit subsidy built into that workplace coverage that lets them spend pretax dollars through their employer to purchase health insurance. Depending on their tax rate, that subsidy helps offset some of the premium costs, says Scott Gottlieb, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Under the Obama plan, however, many of these families could instead find themselves buying their health insurance on the new state-based exchanges that get started in January 2014. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/obama-health-plan-will-squeeze-the-middle-class/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/pat-buchanan-as-the-boomers-head-for-the-barn/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/pat-buchanan-as-the-boomers-head-for-the-barn/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:26:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133660 Townhall: Only 63.6 percent of the U.S. working age population is now in the labor force, the lowest level since December 1981. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/pat-buchanan-as-the-boomers-head-for-the-barn/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/union-with-obama-ties-rents-offices-for-occupy-dc/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/union-with-obama-ties-rents-offices-for-occupy-dc/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:33:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133324 Examiner.com: A labor union with strong ties to President Obama is helping make the Occupy Wall Street movement a more permanent fixture in the nation's capital, moving Occupy DC into office space the group can use to organize and grow through the presidential election. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/union-with-obama-ties-rents-offices-for-occupy-dc/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/analysis-public-pension-fixes-face-stout-legal-challenges/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/analysis-public-pension-fixes-face-stout-legal-challenges/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 21:54:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133229 Reuters: San Jose is part of a broader legal and political struggle shaping up across the United States as cash-strapped state and local governments, Republican- and Democratic-led, try to rein in rising pension costs that are gobbling up big chunks of their budgets. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/analysis-public-pension-fixes-face-stout-legal-challenges/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/thomas-sowell-the-moral-infrastructure/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/thomas-sowell-the-moral-infrastructure/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 17:03:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133163 Townhall: The "Occupy" movement, which the Obama administration and much of the media have embraced, has implications that reach far beyond the passing sensation it has created. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/thomas-sowell-the-moral-infrastructure/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/americans-pay-more-in-taxes-than-for-food-clothing-and-shelter/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/americans-pay-more-in-taxes-than-for-food-clothing-and-shelter/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 15:04:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133134 NCPA Policy Digest: In 2012, Americans will pay approximately $4.041 trillion in taxes, which is $152 billion, or 3.9 percent, more than they will spend on housing, food and clothing. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/americans-pay-more-in-taxes-than-for-food-clothing-and-shelter/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/socialist-francois-hollande-wins-french-presidency/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/socialist-francois-hollande-wins-french-presidency/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:01:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133009 BBC: Analysts say the vote has wide implications for the whole eurozone. Mr Hollande has vowed to rework a deal on government debt in member countries. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/socialist-francois-hollande-wins-french-presidency/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/judd-gregg-vote-in-french-presidential-election-should-be-a-warning-for-america/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/judd-gregg-vote-in-french-presidential-election-should-be-a-warning-for-america/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 15:17:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132993 The Hill: It has been a long time getting there, but France now seems to be on the final leg of this journey of self-delusion and self-destruction. The world is becoming more and more competitive, with no time for the self-indulgent as nations seek better lifestyles for their people. The politics of envy and the real reduction in competitiveness of the French society is clearly placing France and many nations in Europe at a tipping point. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/judd-gregg-vote-in-french-presidential-election-should-be-a-warning-for-america/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/lessons-from-byzantium/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/lessons-from-byzantium/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 21:24:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132839 National Review: The Byzantine Empire’s long run — 1,100 years — may seem remote from the 21st century, but a reading of its history offers at least three timeless lessons. Understanding some of the fatal weaknesses in the Eastern Roman Empire may help clarify the political and economic problems that America faces today and the choices we have in responding to them. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/lessons-from-byzantium/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/obama%e2%80%99s-below-the-radar-push-builds-support-for-healthcare-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/obama%e2%80%99s-below-the-radar-push-builds-support-for-healthcare-bill/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 17:31:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132806 The Hill: The administration consistently highlights new policies as they take effect and tries to keep other popular provisions, such as discounts on prescription drugs, in the news. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/obama%e2%80%99s-below-the-radar-push-builds-support-for-healthcare-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/never-forget-friedrich-hayeks-warning-about-government-tyranny/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/never-forget-friedrich-hayeks-warning-about-government-tyranny/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 17:29:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132804 Business Insider: “By giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the most complete despotism imaginable.” It’s hard to ignore Hayek’s prescient warning . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/never-forget-friedrich-hayeks-warning-about-government-tyranny/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/may-day-rioters-attack-9th-circuit-court-house/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/may-day-rioters-attack-9th-circuit-court-house/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 18:10:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132712 The Seattle Times reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/may-day-rioters-attack-9th-circuit-court-house/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/student-loans-101-the-interest-rate-uproar/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/student-loans-101-the-interest-rate-uproar/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 16:31:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132680 AP: Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree: It would be a mistake to let interest rates on student loans double in July. Especially if they're going to be blamed for it in an election year. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/student-loans-101-the-interest-rate-uproar/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/the-independent-as-long-as-the-catholic-church-pushes-homophobia-it-shouldn%e2%80%99t-be-allowed-to-run-state-schools/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/the-independent-as-long-as-the-catholic-church-pushes-homophobia-it-shouldn%e2%80%99t-be-allowed-to-run-state-schools/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 20:03:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132631 Independent: You have to hand it to the Catholic Church. It takes a certain level of chutzpah to come through arguably the most widespread global paedophile scandal in human history and its subsequent alleged cover-up, and still be dishing out moral guidance on ‘disordered sexual practices.’ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/the-independent-as-long-as-the-catholic-church-pushes-homophobia-it-shouldn%e2%80%99t-be-allowed-to-run-state-schools/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/judge-janice-brown-writes-scathing-economic-rights-concurrence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/judge-janice-brown-writes-scathing-economic-rights-concurrence/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 17:06:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132574 Findlaw: This case is part of the economic rights debate, which grew more heated in the Obamacare lawsuits. The scathing opinion of the judges here shows the controversy over government regulation over economic rights and whether the courts should assert more power to overturn infringing laws. Brown has been highly vocal over the years on economic issues, at times comparing liberal economic policies with slavery ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/judge-janice-brown-writes-scathing-economic-rights-concurrence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/monetary-policy-paul-krugman-you-want-to-go-back-150-years-ron-paul-you-want-bankrupt-roman-empire/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/monetary-policy-paul-krugman-you-want-to-go-back-150-years-ron-paul-you-want-bankrupt-roman-empire/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:29:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132550 The Hill (video): Krugman, meanwhile, described Paul as "living in the world that was 150 years ago." “History tells us that in fact a completely unmanaged economy is subject to extreme volatility, subject to extreme downturns. I know this legend that some people like that the Great Depression was somehow caused by the government or the Federal Reserve, but that's not true. The reality is it was a market economy run amok, which happens repeatedly," the Nobel Prize winning economist said. That prompted Paul to one-up Krugman, saying the Times columnist "wants to go back 1,000 years or 2,000 years just as the Romans and the Greeks and all other countries debased their currency." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/monetary-policy-paul-krugman-you-want-to-go-back-150-years-ron-paul-you-want-bankrupt-roman-empire/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/mcgurn-paul-ryans-cross-to-bear-the-house-budget-chairman-challenges-the-religious-left/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/mcgurn-paul-ryans-cross-to-bear-the-house-budget-chairman-challenges-the-religious-left/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:04:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132548 Wall Street Journal: Paul Ryan shocked the gentle souls at Georgetown University when he traveled up to their campus last Thursday and said: "We believe that Social Security legislation, now billed as a great victory for the poor and for the worker, is a great defeat for Christianity. It is an acceptance of the idea of force and compulsion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/mcgurn-paul-ryans-cross-to-bear-the-house-budget-chairman-challenges-the-religious-left/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/between-a-rock-and-a-herd-place-labor-dept-drops-farm-rules-after-public-outcry/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/between-a-rock-and-a-herd-place-labor-dept-drops-farm-rules-after-public-outcry/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:04:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132418 FRC Washington Update: For now, it looks like the nanny goat state is on hold. After U.S. farmers, FRC, and other groups hollered our disapproval over new rules, the Labor Department finally relented. The regulations, which would have dictated children's chore charts, were so overbearing that teenagers would have needed Washington's approval to operate a power washer. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/between-a-rock-and-a-herd-place-labor-dept-drops-farm-rules-after-public-outcry/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/austerity-creating-backlash-across-europe/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/austerity-creating-backlash-across-europe/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:22:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132367 NY Times: Romania’s government fell Friday in a no-confidence vote just two months after taking office, the latest government in Europe to crumble amid disputes over unpopular austerity measures. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/austerity-creating-backlash-across-europe/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/demography-is-destiny/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/demography-is-destiny/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:51:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132318 Weekly Standard (4/23): As fertility falls, populations shrink. As populations shrink, economies will sputter. Western countries will struggle to support too many retirees without enough workers, and the rest of the world (particularly places such as China and Russia) will be challenged just to maintain order as societies change in unprecedented ways: Most people will have neither brothers, sisters, aunts, nor uncles, and there will be no such thing as an extended family. This forecast may sound apocalyptic, but it’s nearly conventional wisdom among the demographers and economists who study such things . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/demography-is-destiny/feed/ 0