Websites for Issues of Interest
For the most part, all of these sites contain articles on the topic of interest, papers, news items, and links to like sites. There is a lot
of information contained here. Hopefully, it will give you food for thought, and make you aware of some of the issues. I have tried to add a blurb after
each site. For the most part, this information comes from their own website, either from their mission statement, or their 'about us'
section. Hope you enjoy the sites. I will add more as I run across them.
Energy
- The Cato Institute on California Energy Crisis - studies, op-eds and media appearances by Cato Institute scholars examining all aspects of U.S. energy policy.
- The Heritage Foundation on Energy - The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
Environment
Family
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
- The Freedom Forum - a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people.
History and Moral Philosophy
- Declaration Foundation - Restoring America - a non-profit educational organization, dedicated to restoring the principles of the Declaration of Independence to their rightful place in American life. It is not a political organization, and takes no position on candidates or elections. Rather, it aims to educate Americans of all parties and persuasions about the God-given rights that underlie our republic.
Law
Life Issues
Marriage Issues
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Privacy Issues
Public Education and School Choice
Right to Keep and Bear Arms
- Second Amendment Sisters - a women's advocacy group dedicated to preserving the basic human right of self-defense, and to giving attention to the vital role the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution plays in protecting that right.
- Keep and Bear Arms - This web site is about helping lawful people maintain their abilities to protect themselves and the people they love effectively from anyone who would do them harm - through legal, private ownership and use of guns. We also stand for the repealing of all gun laws which infringe on the civil rights of peaceable women and men to defend their own lives and property.
- About.com on Gun Rights
- Citizen's Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
- National Rifle Association - Homepage of the National Rifle Association
- Second Amendment Foundation - dedicated to promoting a better understanding about our Constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms. To that end, we carry on many educational and legal action programs designed to better inform the public about the gun control debate.
- Texas State Rifle Association - champions and supports the rights of law abiding Texans to own, enjoy and use firearms as guaranteed by the Constitutions of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Space - The High Frontier
Taxes - Federal, State, and Local
- Americans for Fair Taxation - Website dedicated to passage of the 'Fair Tax'.
- Americans for Tax Reform - ATR opposes all tax increases as a matter of principle. We believe in a system in which taxes are simpler, fairer, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today. The government’s power to control one’s life derives from its power to tax. We believe that power should be minimized.
- The Heritage Foundation on Taxes
- National Taxpayers Union - NTU is a non-partisan, public interest advocacy organization dedicated to lower taxes, less wasteful spending, and the principles of rational and limited government.
War on Terror
- Defend America - U.S. Department of Defense News About the War on Terrorism.