Category Archives: Public Policy Principles News

Principles and Policies Podcast for 6/18/2012- You Can’t Have It Both Ways

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday June 18, 2012. Chuck Michaelis analyzes a claim in the New York Times that the so-called “Plan B” contraceptive hasn’t been proven to be an abortifacient. Chuck says that you actually have to do the studies to be able to make that claim but no one seems to have bothered. Or they did but no one’s sharing the data. Could there be a reason?

Article Links- http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1616076

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/p/planb_contraceptive/index.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 6/16/2012- The Historical Basis Of The Right To Keep And Bear Arms

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday June 16, 2012. Chuck Michaelis hosts a class taught by Gun Owners Of America’s Executive Director Larry Pratt at Camp American. The class is “The Historical Basis Of The Right To Keep And Bear Arms.”

Principles and Policies Podcast for 6/15/2012- How Can Public Policy Override The Constitution?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday June 15, 2012. Chuck Michaelis continues his discussion of the recent passage of a law in Indiana which permits Indiana residents to defend themselves against unlawful use of force by “public servants.”

Article Link- http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/Indiana_First_State_to_Allow_Citizens_to_Shoot_Law_Enforcement_Officers_120611

http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/SE/SE0001.1.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 6/14/2012- Stop! Or I’ll Shoot…Back At You!

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday June 14, 2012. Chuck Michaelis discusses the recent passage of a law in Indiana which permits Indiana residents to defend themselves against unlawful use of force by “public servants.”

Article Link- http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/Indiana_First_State_to_Allow_Citizens_to_Shoot_Law_Enforcement_Officers_120611

http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/SE/SE0001.1.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 6/11/2012- Finding Lost Cities But Losing Our Liberty

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday June 11, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis take a look at new technology and acknowledge its usefulness but question where it could be abused by those who want to create a “surveillance society.”

Article link- http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/06/08/lasers-help-discover-lost-city-gold-sought-by-conquistadors-in-1500s/

Principles and Policies Podcast for 6/9/2012- Rescuing A Broken America

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday June 9, 2012. Chuck Michaelis hosts an audio version of a class taught in 2010 at Camp American. The class “Rescuing A Broken America” was taught by Dr. Michael Coffman of Environmental Perspectives, Inc. Dr. Coffman is a respected environmental scientist and philosophical scholar.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 6/8/2012- The Economic Model That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday June 8, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss an article which engages in semantic sleight-of-hand to try and prove that President Obama is not a socialist and that several socialist government programs aren’t really socialist.

Article links- http://hosted2.ap.org/OHCOL/8ef5320729ce4298abefc1903704c7d5/Article_2012-06-04-US-Politics-Socialism/id-69a4834298b94cdea3e6b04175b6bb41

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/54254855-68/mandate-care-law-health.html.csp

Principles and Policies Podcast for 6/7/2012- A Completely Different Way To Read The 4th Amendment

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday June 7, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the Obama Administration’s “interesting (i.e., unconstitutional)” interpretation of the 4th Amendment and recent federal court decisions regarding GPS surveillance.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 6/4/2012- The Freedom To Choose Your Own Health Care Therapy

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday June 4, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis report on a bill, HB 259, that they worked to push through the Ohio House of Representatives. HB 259 reins in out-of-control state medical and dietetic regulatory agencies without stripping them of their power to regulate the people under their licensing authority and thus restores the ability to casually counsel on nutritional issues without fear of prosecution.

Article link- http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2012/05/30/blogger-state-agency-censored-online-health-food-advice-column/

Principles and Policies Podcast for 6/2/2012- The Biblical Basis Of The Right To Keep And Bear Arms

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday June 2, 2012. Chuck Michaelis hosts a presentation of a class taught by Larry Pratt, the Executive Director of Gun Owners of America. This class was one of 2 taught by Larry Pratt at Camp American in 2010.