Christian Action Commission

Analysis: ‘Cap and Tax’ Schemers Are Cutting Deals

As the nation tries to pull itself out of financial hard times, some legislators in Washington are eagerly pushing a plan destined to further escalate the economic downturn. Their proposal: reining in carbon emissions with a sweeping global warming bill that would create a tremendous tax burden for businesses, large and small, and every American who turns on a light switch or consumes any product.

Following weeks of negotiations, Reps. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) cut a deal Friday with several colleagues on a bill to ration energy use with a cap-and-trade system. The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), as it is titled, is the centerpiece of debate this week in Rep. Waxman’s House Energy and Commerce Committee. The congressman is making every effort to reach committee passage of the bill this week.

Under the 932-page measure, industries would …

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Tv Violence Linked to Real Thing

Both boys and girls who watch a lot of violence on television have a heightened risk of aggressive adult behavior including spouse abuse and criminal offenses, no matter how they act in childhood, a new study says.

The participants were interviewed at ages 6 to 9 and again in their early 20s, making the study one of the few to follow children into adulthood to gauge the long-term effects of televised violence.

The findings are presented in the March 2003 issue of the journal Developmental Psychology by psychologists L. Howell Huesmann and colleagues at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research.

Huesmann said televised violence suggests to children that aggression is appropriate in some situations, especially when used by charismatic heroes, and it erodes a natural aversion to violence.

He recommended parents restrict viewing of violent television and movies by young …

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