More public-policy articles by Dave:

1. Coercing Faith in Class--an op-ed piece by Dave Haigler published January 2005 in the Abilene Reporter News and Op-Ed News, arguing that the Founding Fathers' religious beliefs are admissible in public schools, but not as a wedge to indoctrinate, as in the Cupertino, California, case -- countering Nat Hentoff's article saying the Cupertino school violated First Amendment rights.
   
2. Conservative Strict Constructionism Will Backfire, published January 2005 by Dave Haigler, showing that so-called strict contructionists are more bound by prior decisions than so-called liberals, so don't count on them to reverse Roe v Wade.
   
3. Constitutionalism or Chaos--an op-ed piece by Dave Haigler published January 30, 2005, in the Abilene Reporter News critiquing the view that the Supreme Court has no business clarifying the constitution's meaning and that we are bound by the Founders' original intent interpreted by the "Judeo-Christian value system."
   
4. Evolution Believed--published in the Feb 1, 2005, issue of the Abi-Demian in connection with a news piece on Time and Newsweek magazines' stories criticizing "Intelligent Design" as an impermissible establishment of religion.  It discusses the implications of evolution itself being a matter of faith.
   
5. Primer on Christian Reconstruction and Postmillennialism--published February 2005 as a reply to the article, "The Covert Kingdom - Thy Will be Done, On Earth as It is in Texas," by JOE BAGEANT, in the May 25, 2004, issue of CounterPunch, which is found at:  http://www.counterpunch.org/bageant05252004.html. 
   
6. Religious-Liberty Law Primer--published March 2005, showing the Founding Fathers set up a federal government that was neither secular nor sectarian, in what sense we are a Christian nation and not a Christian nation, how we can believe what we want but not always practice illegal acts we may believe in, the extent and limits of conscientious objection to military service, limits on establishment of religion, including school religious exercises, the Equal Access Act and the integration of religion and culture.