March Print Edition 2003

Some Legislators Think It Will 'Solve' Their Problems;
But Is It Good For Massachusetts?

With the state scrambling to close a $650 million budget gap and a possible $3 billion deficit next fiscal year, there is grow-ing sentiment on Beacon Hill to "solve" their problems by legal-izing casino gambling and slot machines. This promises to be a hot issue in coming months.

Even Gov. Romney says we should copy Foxwoods if it will make money for Beacon Hill. Others say they see more important considerations.

Legislature Divided;
Serious Problems Seen
Casinos Unwise for Mass.,
Says Rep. Bosley

Sidebar: Indian Ability to Take Land Has Destroyed Lives in Conn.

Rep. Dan Bosley
(D-North Adams)
is a strong critic of gambling.

Many Citizens See Serious Problems
Government Should Promote Responsible Society

There are citizen voices outside the legislature that are saying we should look past the dollar signs to the rest of the story about gambling.

Opinion:
Local Author Debunks Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Perloff Presents Evidence in Layman's Terms

Is Darwin's theory of evolution a scientific fact? Think again. James Perloff has succeeded in presenting a strong case for reevaluating the conventional "wisdom."

Opinion:
Fathers Can Raise Children of Character

By Prof Paul Moreno

What makes successful fathers?

For the last twenty-five years, James B. Stenson of Chestnut Hill has seen that most social problems derive from the weakness or absence of fathers. He has written a small book, Successful Fathers, to show how fathers can mold their children's character.

Opinion:
Massachusetts Cities and Towns Doing Enough to Prepare for
Economic Hardship?

Romney to Mayors: Start laying off unnecessary personnel!

A recent press release points out that the Governor's office has 60 press secretaries, and is terminating 21 of them, to save $1.2 million annually. "We also have over 800 lawyers in the Executive office, costing $50 million a year," says a spokesman. "We'll cut back and save $15-$30 million. The communities can follow our example by cutting back on unnecessary expenses."

The Case Against Darwin: Why the Evidence Should Be Examined; By James Perloff; Refuge Books

Successful Fathers: The Subtle But Powerful Ways Fathers Mold Their Children's Character; By James B. Stenson; Scepter Publishers
www.scepterpublishers.org
(800) 322-8773

Snow removal activities continue outside the Worcester City Hall and continue to drive many municipal budgets deeper into the red.

Homosexual Lawyers Still Pummel Brian Camenker and Scott Whiteman Questioned Again All Day Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), used its staff of five fulltime lawyers last month to continue to pummel Brian Camenker and Scott Whiteman for exposing the scandal at Fistgate.		Keyes Says Christians Must Act Like Camenker and Whiteman Alan Keyes said at a meeting in Newton that when Brian Camenker and Scott Whiteman acted as whistleblowers of the Fistgate scandal, they were doing what "we all must do." Otherwise, we will lose our Freedom of Religion, Keyes cautioned.

Brian Camenker

Alan Keyes

Guard from Hingham Going Overseas

Three Days Notice;
Three Weeks Training

The National Guard unit at Hingham,
the 1058th Transportation Company, left
Feb. 5th to go overseas after an emotional ceremony complete with families and
Gov. Romney.

L to R: Spec 4 Sarah Lansing, Sgt. James Hester, SFC Bernard Madore, SSG Curtis Palmer, SSG Thomas Johnson Jr. retired from this unit (kneeling)

L to R: Daughter Daisy, 9 months, wife Tracy, Spec 4 Thomas Jones from Plymouth

Nicole Ortiz, from Medford, with son Michael,
4 years old.

Romney-Healey Answer Questions from Local Residents in Leominster

Receive Standing Ovation
at Town Meeting in Leominster

Most politicians would hide from the public the day after announcing $343 million in spending cuts but not Mitt Romney and Kerry Healey—even though their cuts included $114 million of local aid, in an effort to close a deficit for the current fiscal year estimated at $650 million.

Governor Mitt Romney and Lt. Governor Kerry Healey on stage in Leominste

Three Answers Trouble Conservatives

Pres. Bush's 'Faith Based Initiative' In Boston Is Exciting—and Troubling

When President Bush's faith-based initiative came to Boston in December and gave a $2 million check to the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, there was great excitement at the ceremony at the Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church
in Roxbury.

Marian L. Heard (second frrom right), President and CEO of
United Way of Massachusetts Bay, accepts a $2 million grant
from Bobby Polito (center), Director of the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Also pictured here are Rev. Dr. Wesley Roberts of the Black Ministerial Alliance, Reba Danastorg of The Boston TenPoint Coalition, Jeffrey Bass of the Emmanuel Gospel Center and Harold Sparrow of the Black Ministerial Alliance.

'Christian Computer Centers' Are Also Helped

What's Causing Violation of Christian Rights at Westfield High?

Attorney Believes It Is Not Hostility but Ignorance in this State of U.S. Constitution

Full Text of 'Offensive' Message

The attorney who has sued the Westfield schools for violation of the rights of students at Westfield High School believes it is ignorance of the Constitution in this state and not, in this case, hostility to the Christian faith.

Feds Expand MCAS To More Grades

Stricter Accountability, More Testing For Mass. Schools

Goals of Federal Law Lauded By Commissioner Driscoll

It's been a year since the "No Child Left Behind Act" was signed into law by President Bush, yet all the controversy being heard in this state has been over MCAS.

What does the new federal law mean to education in Massachusetts and how does it affect MCAS?


The attorney who sued Westfield High School (shown above) for violating the rights of Christian students believes it was ignorance of the U.S. Constitution and not hostility which caused the problem.		State Education Commissioner David Driscoll

Conservative Women
Take a Stand at Harvard

Yes, there are conservative women at Harvard.

In fact, four of them have started Conservative Women's Caucus, which meets periodically to share their exper-iences of being such a tiny minority at the liberal school.

Left to right: Svetlana Meyerzon and Stephanie Kendall

Law Prof Compares Definition of 'Person' in Roe v. Wade With Older Ruling That a Negro Isn't a 'Person'

Professor of Constitutional Law
Dwight Duncan

Tells Harvard Students that Supreme Court Rulings Make Partial Birth Abortion Ban Pointless

Speaking to Harvard students recently on the topic of "Thirty Years of Roe vs. Wade," Professor of Constitutional Law Dwight Duncan said that a key question at the oral argument of the case was whether the fetus is a person. If it is, its Constitutional rights would be protected.

Students gather for Sunday worship.

AMHERST—It¹s 11:00 on a cold Sunday morning and about 130 people — the majority of them students from Amherst, Smith and Mount Holyoke colleges, as well as UMass - are settling into Stirn Auditorium at Amherst College.

The students have come to pray, sing, and be taught from the book of Isaiah. They have come to worship God at MERCYhouse.

Getting a Lesson
in Gun Control 101

"A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." (italics added) - Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

No doubt about it. The lecturer for the firearms law class sounds like a bombastic radio talk show host.

"Same idiot judge in San Francisco ... he believes that an individual doesn't have the right to carry," exclaims Ed Fleury, Pelham's police chief, who is referring to Stephen Reinhardt, who sits on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Chief Ed Fluery, Pelham PD, believes that "the average person who wants to defend himself is penalized" by the Massachusetts gun laws.

Wedding Day! Guerlin and Ricco flanked
by Leoner Woodson and Rev. John Ensor.

'Dad's The Man' Program Helps Young Men Get Vision of Fatherhood

A frightened young couple from Boston changed their minds about aborting their baby and even got married last summer with the help of a mentoring program called "Dad's The Man!," which is sponsored by the Mass. Family Institute and A Woman's Concern.