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	<description>Thinking about Liberty</description>
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		<title>Boobs and &#8220;Boobies&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/boobs-and-boobies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education / Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACLU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boobies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I received a news release from the Indiana ACLU announcing the organization&#8217;s representation of a middle-school student. As the release recounted the facts of the case, The minor child, &#8220;L.G.,&#8221; is a student at Roosevelt Middle School, which is part of the Twin Lakes School Corporation in Monticello, Ind. In early January, school officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God and Caesar</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/god-and-caesar/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/god-and-caesar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religious Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HHS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious conflict]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his regular Monday e-letter today, noted theologian Martin Marty tackles the recent uproar over HHS regulations requiring religious institutions—including charities, hospitals and schools&#8211;to provide health insurance to their employees that covers some procedures with which their church and members disagree. He notes that this sort of conflict between government rule making and religious dogma is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Question</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/good-question/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/good-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitch Daniels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pipeline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Henry Waxman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2379</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend has shared with me a letter written by U.S. Representative Henry Waxman to one Deborah Holt. The crux of the inquiry is in the following paragraphs: &#8220;According to lobbying disclosure documents filed with the U.S. Senate, you were retained by the State of Indiana to lobby regarding the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Monster Under the Bed</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/2373/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/2373/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agenda 21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear of ambiguity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paranoia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political trade-offs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Parents of small children are familiar with the phenomenon. A few minutes after turning the lights out, a fearful cry comes from the bedroom: there’s a monster under my bed! That is typically followed by a parental “sweep” of the under-bed real estate and assurances that the room is safe for “night-night.” But what do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hijacking the Mission</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/hijacking-the-mission/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/hijacking-the-mission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan B. Komen Foundation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is little I can add to the heated discussion about the Komen Foundation&#8217;s decision to withdraw funding for breast examinations done by Planned Parenthood. If the reports are accurate, the decision reflects the fact that the Foundation is currently controlled by political conservatives hostile to Planned Parenthood, and that hostility trumped concerns for women&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with the Embarrassment</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/dealing-with-the-embarrassment/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/dealing-with-the-embarrassment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indianapolis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Tully]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitch Daniels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SuperBowl]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I logged onto the Star&#8217;s front page this morning, only to discover that Matt Tully had already written my intended post. It&#8217;s embarrassing. Even those of us who hate football have to be impressed with the skill and energy and sheer hard work that has gone into SuperBowl preparations. Even those of us who disagree with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Trying Not to Cry&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/im-trying-not-to-cry/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/im-trying-not-to-cry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun silencers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polluted drinking water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A student who is interning at the General Assembly sent me this description of legislation working its way through the process: &#8220;Silencers when hunting. Repeals the law that prohibits the possession or use of a silencer while in the act of hunting. Provides that a person who takes or possesses a deer or wild turkey: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Wrongs, Eroding Rights</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/two-wrongs-eroding-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/two-wrongs-eroding-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1%]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buckley v. Valeo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Pacs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[January 21st was the 2-year anniversary of the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in Citizens United.  The anniversary was marked with a number of protests, and an even larger number of news articles and blog posts documenting the dramatic growth of political &#8220;Super Pacs&#8221; and other unaccountable third-party political actors in the wake of that decision.  We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Ballard Smoking?</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/what-is-ballard-smoking/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/what-is-ballard-smoking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divided government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indianapolis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking ban]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When the dust cleared after the November elections, Indianapolis was left with divided city government. The Mayor is Republican. The Council majority is Democrat. The challenge for the next four years will be to get along&#8211;to make decent policy despite partisan divisions. An article in this morning&#8217;s Star suggests we&#8217;re not getting off to an auspicious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Settling Scores and Legislating Badly</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/settling-scores-and-legislating-badly/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/settling-scores-and-legislating-badly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crazy cousin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grand juries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Delph]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To this day, despite my aging memory, I can still vividly recall my law school Income Tax class&#8211;and not just because it was taught by the legendary Larry Jegen. The class was my first introduction to the phenomenon of laws like the one Jegen called &#8220;the crazy cousin rule.&#8221; This otherwise inexplicable provision, written in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Individual&#8221; Achievement</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/individual-achievement/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/individual-achievement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[individual achievement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social support]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s New York Times had a story about a Long Island teenager named Samantha who made a scientific breakthrough important enough to land her on the list of semi-finalists of the Intel Science Talent Search. The young woman is impressive&#8211;very bright, very hard-working, exactly the sort of youngster most parents want to produce. It is likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Despicable State Legislature</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/our-despicable-state-legislature/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/our-despicable-state-legislature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[referendum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World's Worst Legislature]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What can anyone say about Indiana&#8217;s legislature that adequately captures the perversity, the stupidity and the venality of the place? It is hard to believe the sheer amount of embarrassing antics they have managed to cram into a short session. From the patently unconstitutional (teaching creationism, really? Every court that has ever considered the matter has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Couldn&#8217;t Have Said It Better</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/i-couldnt-have-said-it-better/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/i-couldnt-have-said-it-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norman Ornstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political process]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every so often, someone will come across my first book&#8211;&#8221;What&#8217;s a Nice Republican Girl Like Me Doing at the ACLU?&#8221;&#8211;and will express surprise that I was once a Republican. That happened the other day, and I tried to explain how different the party I belonged to for so long&#8211;35 years!&#8211;was from the party they see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What He Said</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/what-he-said/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/what-he-said/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SOTU]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A relatively simple statement from the President&#8217;s State of the Union speech last night deserves emphasis. After reminding Americans of the economic situation when he assumed office, when the country was bleeding jobs and reeling from the collapse of the housing bubble, Obama reported &#8220;In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shortchanging Students</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/shortchanging-students/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/shortchanging-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education / Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, okay &#8230; I may be beating the proverbial dead horse here, but yesterday, a colleague shared an article written by the the president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, bemoaning the continuing elevation of what I&#8217;ve called &#8220;credentialing&#8221; over the sort of broad, liberal education that Americans used to recognize as an ideal. [...]]]></description>
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