Soros-selected judges for Tennessee

It appears that lawyers' special interest groups are gearing up for a serious fight to defend their hold on Tennessee's current unconstitutional system of selecting judges. "John Jay's college of justice" and "Help us help us help ourselves." Actually, I don't believe they were caught off guard in 2009, as the group carrying the water at that time was the TBA. This go 'round, with Republican majorities in both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly, retention-election supporters will be working under the auspices of a Soros-funded group calling itself Tennesseeans for Fair and Impartial Courts ("TFIC").

Here's more information about what we can expect from TFIC.

Cross-posted at judicialreformcoalition.blogspot.com

ALL the costs of healthcare

Fascinating USATODAY.com article about how Americans are overtreated to death. As the article states, this phenomenon is a large factor in our ballooning healthcare costs. So, in the context of doctors who are concerned about lawsuits and family members who can't bear to stop treating a loved one, readers should make sure their legal (living will, etc.) and spiritual preparations . . . and share it all with those closest to you.

Howe and why at Belmont University

As Belmont University seemingly beats a hasty retreat in the wake of parting ways with soccer coach Lisa Howe, ostensibly because Howe violated the university's morality policies (here), I thought this quote from Congressman Mike Pence (from a recent George Will op/ed) was pertinent:

You would not be able to print enough money in a thousand years to pay for the government you would need if the traditional family continues to collapse.

According to The City Paper, this is a "scandal." I don't think so. Belmont needs to stand by their policy, without regard to the cat calls from our culture's libertine left or squishy "center-right." There's no question that the Bible prohibits homosexual activity. Belmont may offend their biggest individual financial supporter. They may be swimming upstream against political correctness. They may lose a great soccer coach. But they needn't accept the premise that this or any other policies rooted in Judeo-Christian ethics are arbitrary or based in bigotry.