Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/15/2011- Politicians, Adultery, And The “Talking Heads” Who Excuse It

This entry is part 55 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday December 15, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis Discuss two articles written by Dennis Prager at the Townhall website.

The two articles being discussed are What Does Adultery Tell Us About Character? and Adultery, Character and Politics: My Responses.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/14/2011- How The Crosstown Shootout Became A Throwdown

This entry is part 54 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday December 14, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk with Dr. Mark Hamilton of Ashland University, Professor of Philosophy and NCAA representative, about recent University of Cincinnati-Xavier University brawl.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/13/2011- Is Tim Tebow For Real?

This entry is part 53 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday December 13, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk with Dr. Mark Hamilton of Ashland University, Professor of Philosophy and NCAA representative about the Tim Tebow phenomenon.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/12/2011- Why Don’t Teachers Like The Idea Of Standardized Professional Evaluations?

This entry is part 52 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday December 12, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis of the Institute For Principled Policy try and explain why teachers are looking over their shoulders with apprehension at a state proposal to standardize teacher evaluations? Could merit pay be far behind?

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/10/2011- Ignoring A Beating Heart; Trying To Pass The Heart Beat Bill

This entry is part 51 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday December 10, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis of the Institute For Principled Policy discuss the tactics being employed by the opponents of the Heart Beat Bill. There is opposition from both sides of the issue of protecting life. Barry and Chuck try and make sense of the opposition from the nominally “pro-life” side of the issue.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/09/2011- Ohio House Education Committee Democratic Caucus Inadvertantly Proves Need For Bill They Oppose

This entry is part 50 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday December 9, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis of the Institute For Principled Policy discuss a hearing that they both attended and at which Chuck testified. The bill was SB 165: The Founding of America Documents Bill. The bill was originally proposed by our friends at Ohio Christian Alliance and simply required that the foundational documents of the United States of America like the entire Constitution which includes the Bill of Rights and following amendments, the Declaration of Independence, Ohio’s Constitution, the Northwest Ordinance, the Federalist and Anti-federalist Papers, etc. be taught in Ohio’s schools as a separate curriculum item in their original context. Seems kind of simple and necessary, doesn’t it? Not according to the Democrat Party members on the committee. Why? Listen here and find out.

Chuck testified in his capacity as Executive Director of Camp American. His testimony in its entirety can be seen here.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/08/2011- Ohio’s Issue 2: Exposing The Public Union Lies That Now Threaten Public Employees

This entry is part 49 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday December 8, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis of the Institute For Principled Policy take  time to say “We told you so” on Ohio’s 2011 Issue 2. Now that Issue 2 has passed and SB 5 is history, the chickens are coming home to roost. Public employees are losing their jobs because the money isn’t there to pay for their Pay-Benefit-Pension plans- the exact thing that SB5/Issue 2 was supposed to fix.

Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss an important article in Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government Blog entitled Union Bosses Win, Ohio Workers Get Fired. One of the public entities discussed is Chuck’s local school district the Westerville City Schools. We discuss in more detail some of the antics that the Westerville City School Board of Education have used in the past and are planning to use to attempt and force the passage of a large tax increase, most of which will be used to pay for large pay increases and continued benefit and pension increases for district employees.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/07/2011- Ohio HB 125; The ACLU’s Hot Air On The Heartbeat Bill

This entry is part 48 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday December 7, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis of the Institute For Principled Policy expose the specious arguments and threats to sue Ohio to stop the Heartbeat Bill on the basis of Ohio’s Issue 3 We reveal the reasons that this is a “red herring.”

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/06/2011- Ohio HB 125; The Heartbeat Bill

This entry is part 47 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday December 6, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis of the Institute For Principled Policy emphasize the necessity of passage of Ohio HB 125- the Heartbeat Bill

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/05/2011- Following Up On S. 1867 And Educating Ohio’s Children In The Founding Documents

This entry is part 46 of 55 in the series Principles and Policies Podcast

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Moday December 5, 2011. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis of the Institute For Principled Policy do a follow-up on S. 1867 (news isn’t great) and discuss an effort to require Ohio students to study America’s founding documents.