MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 31 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation pays tribute to former U.S. Rep. Pete Stark -- the only "out" atheist in Congress of his generation -- who died on Jan. 24. Stark received FFRF's Emperor Has No Clothes Award, reserved for public figures who make known their dissent from religion, in 2010. In a video acceptance speech, Stark explained how his nonbelief became public: He also said, "I can'  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on Government Operations issued the following testimony on Jan. 28 by Paul Rosenzweig, at a hearing entitled "Protecting Those Who Blow the Whistle on Government Wrongdoing": I thank you for your invitation to appear today and to present testimony on the issue of Federal Whistleblowers. My name is Paul Rosenzweig and I am a Senior Fellow at the R Street Institute./1 I am also the Principal and founder of a small consulting comp  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following testimony on Jan. 28 by Brian Riedl at a hearing entitled "Examining the Root Causes of America's Unsustainable Fiscal Path": My name is Brian Riedl. I am a Senior Fellow in Budget, Tax, & Economic Policy at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. The views I express in this testimony are my own, and should not be construed as representing any official position of The Manhattan Insti  more

STANFORD, California, Jan. 29 -- Stanford University issued the following news release: * * * - Rice will assume the post as head of the 100-year-old public policy research center on Sept. 1. * * * Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, currently the Denning Professor in Global Business at the Graduate School of Business and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on public policy at the Hoover Institution, and a former Stanford provost, will be Hoover's next director, Stan  more