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'''Anne Morse''' is a senior writer at the [[Wilberforce Forum]] in Reston, VA, as well as senior writer for [[Charles Colson]]'s [[Prison Fellowship Ministries]] daily radio program ''Breakpoint''.[http://www.ccfwebsite.com/world_display.php?ID=63&type=article] She has been writing and editing the ''BreakPoint'' commentaries and columns with Colson since 1993, and, in 1997, she and Colson "co-authored an award-winning collection of ''BreakPoint'' commentaries called ''Burden of Truth''."  
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'''Anne Morse''' is a senior writer at the [[Wilberforce Forum]] in Reston, VA, as well as senior writer for [[Charles Colson]]'s [[Prison Fellowship Ministries]] daily radio program ''BreakPoint''.[http://www.ccfwebsite.com/world_display.php?ID=63&type=article] She has been writing and editing the ''BreakPoint'' commentaries and columns with Colson since 1993, and, in 1997, she and Colson "co-authored an award-winning collection of ''BreakPoint'' commentaries called ''Burden of Truth''."  
  
 
Anne is a "frequent contributor" to [[James Dobson]]'s [[Focus on the Family]] publication ''[[Citizen Magazine]]'', ''[[World Magazine]]'', and "other online outlets including ''Boundless'', ''Beliefnet'', and ''Regeneration Quarterly''. Her review of Christina Hoff Sommers’s book, ''The War Against Boys'', was recently given a first place Evangelical Press Association Award in the category of critical review.  
 
Anne is a "frequent contributor" to [[James Dobson]]'s [[Focus on the Family]] publication ''[[Citizen Magazine]]'', ''[[World Magazine]]'', and "other online outlets including ''Boundless'', ''Beliefnet'', and ''Regeneration Quarterly''. Her review of Christina Hoff Sommers’s book, ''The War Against Boys'', was recently given a first place Evangelical Press Association Award in the category of critical review.  
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"Anne is a regular participant in roundtable discussions at the [[Ethics and Public Policy Center]] in Washington, D.C. She holds memberships in the [[Independent Women’s Forum]] and the [[White House Writers Group]], a Washington public relations firm."  
 
"Anne is a regular participant in roundtable discussions at the [[Ethics and Public Policy Center]] in Washington, D.C. She holds memberships in the [[Independent Women’s Forum]] and the [[White House Writers Group]], a Washington public relations firm."  
  
Morse is a graduate of Seattle Pacific University. [http://www.pfm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=About_Wilberforce_Forum&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2126&SuppressBreadCrumb=True]
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Morse is a graduate of Seattle Pacific University.  
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Source: [http://www.pfm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=About_Wilberforce_Forum&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2126&SuppressBreadCrumb=True Prison Fellowship Ministries] website.
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In the February 2002, "A family man in the White House," Morse wrote for ''Conservatism'' magazine: [http://www.ccfwebsite.com/world_display.php?ID=63&type=article]
 
In the February 2002, "A family man in the White House," Morse wrote for ''Conservatism'' magazine: [http://www.ccfwebsite.com/world_display.php?ID=63&type=article]
  
 
:"The best thing about President Bush's family policy is that he doesn't have an office in the West Wing labelled 'Office of Family Policy' manned by a scary-looking blonde who thinks 'it takes a village' (that is, a gang of Washington feminists) to raise other people's children. Instead, Bush's policy towards American families is found in the warp and woof of programs not specifically labelled 'family policy', but which do a great deal to actually help them. The tax relief we received last summer (a $600 check for joint filers) meant THIS family could pay off bills and buy school clothes for our kids - which is also how most other Americans say they spent the money. The passage of Bush's education reform package - although badly weakened by Democrats - is a weapon in the hands of poor families to force their children's appalling schools to improve - or else.
 
:"The best thing about President Bush's family policy is that he doesn't have an office in the West Wing labelled 'Office of Family Policy' manned by a scary-looking blonde who thinks 'it takes a village' (that is, a gang of Washington feminists) to raise other people's children. Instead, Bush's policy towards American families is found in the warp and woof of programs not specifically labelled 'family policy', but which do a great deal to actually help them. The tax relief we received last summer (a $600 check for joint filers) meant THIS family could pay off bills and buy school clothes for our kids - which is also how most other Americans say they spent the money. The passage of Bush's education reform package - although badly weakened by Democrats - is a weapon in the hands of poor families to force their children's appalling schools to improve - or else.
  
:"Perhaps best of all, since September 11, the president has given our kids a chance to see how a Real Man behaves in the Oval Office when a crisis strikes: with courage and compassion, grace and guts."
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:"Perhaps best of all, since [[September 11, 2001]], the president has given our kids a chance to see how a Real Man behaves in the Oval Office when a crisis strikes: with courage and compassion, grace and guts."
 
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On March 25, 2002, ''the garret*'' ("church leaders archives") posted in "Under Fire" that
 
On March 25, 2002, ''the garret*'' ("church leaders archives") posted in "Under Fire" that
  
 
:"Charles Colson has come under fire for a recent column in the magazine ''Christianity Today''. Colson wrote about what he calls the 'Post-Truth Society'. The former figure in the [[Watergate]] scandal decries rampant lying in our society. Historian [[Stephen Ambrose]] is described as 'dealing in deceit' because he took credit for the work of other historians. Both current and former employees say the problem is that Colson did not write the column. The actual author, they say, was Anne Morse, a full-time writer Colson employs."
 
:"Charles Colson has come under fire for a recent column in the magazine ''Christianity Today''. Colson wrote about what he calls the 'Post-Truth Society'. The former figure in the [[Watergate]] scandal decries rampant lying in our society. Historian [[Stephen Ambrose]] is described as 'dealing in deceit' because he took credit for the work of other historians. Both current and former employees say the problem is that Colson did not write the column. The actual author, they say, was Anne Morse, a full-time writer Colson employs."
 
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Anne Morse is known to have participated in one roundtable with the Ethics and Public Policy Center. She is identified as "Anne Morse of BreakPoint Radio": [http://www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.1559/pub_detail.asp "Trustbusters,"] January 3, 2003.
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*[http://www.worldmag.com/displayarticle.cfm?id=5807 "View from the Axis. COVER STORY: Critics deride the 'axis of evil' rhetoric but eyewitnesses know better. In North Korea, evil only begins to describe the everyday horror of life under 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong II,"] ''World Magazine'', March 1, 2002; [http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?topic=eapac&section=archive also available on] [[Center for Security Policy]] website.
 
*[http://www.worldmag.com/displayarticle.cfm?id=5807 "View from the Axis. COVER STORY: Critics deride the 'axis of evil' rhetoric but eyewitnesses know better. In North Korea, evil only begins to describe the everyday horror of life under 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong II,"] ''World Magazine'', March 1, 2002; [http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?topic=eapac&section=archive also available on] [[Center for Security Policy]] website.
 
*[http://www.familysecuritymatters.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=251 "Three Years Later: How Safe Do We Feel?,"] [[Family Security Matters]], May/June 2002.
 
*[http://www.familysecuritymatters.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=251 "Three Years Later: How Safe Do We Feel?,"] [[Family Security Matters]], May/June 2002.
*[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/828877/posts "Fear of commitment(Immigration),"] ''World Magazine'', February 1, 2003: "Leading academics and immigration lawyers want to drop the requirement that new citizens renounce allegiance to foreign nations and pledge allegiance to the United States."
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*[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/828877/posts "Fear of commitment (Immigration),"] ''World Magazine'', February 1, 2003: "Leading academics and immigration lawyers want to drop the requirement that new citizens renounce allegiance to foreign nations and pledge allegiance to the United States."
 
*[http://www.pfm.org/Content/ContentGroups/BreakPoint/Other_Content/Online_Features/Anne_Morse/The_Abolitionist.htm "The Abolitionist. Fighting Modern-Day Sexual Slavery,"] ''World Magazine'', March 13, 2003; reprinted by Prison Fellowship.
 
*[http://www.pfm.org/Content/ContentGroups/BreakPoint/Other_Content/Online_Features/Anne_Morse/The_Abolitionist.htm "The Abolitionist. Fighting Modern-Day Sexual Slavery,"] ''World Magazine'', March 13, 2003; reprinted by Prison Fellowship.
 
*[http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-morse053003.asp "They Call It Art. The last acceptable prejudice?,"] ''National Review'' Online, May 30, 2003: "Princeton University has discovered an acceptable way to engage in hate speech, bigotry, and slander: Just label it 'art'.".
 
*[http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-morse053003.asp "They Call It Art. The last acceptable prejudice?,"] ''National Review'' Online, May 30, 2003: "Princeton University has discovered an acceptable way to engage in hate speech, bigotry, and slander: Just label it 'art'.".

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Anne Morse is a senior writer at the Wilberforce Forum in Reston, VA, as well as senior writer for Charles Colson's Prison Fellowship Ministries daily radio program BreakPoint.[1] She has been writing and editing the BreakPoint commentaries and columns with Colson since 1993, and, in 1997, she and Colson "co-authored an award-winning collection of BreakPoint commentaries called Burden of Truth."

Anne is a "frequent contributor" to James Dobson's Focus on the Family publication Citizen Magazine, World Magazine, and "other online outlets including Boundless, Beliefnet, and Regeneration Quarterly. Her review of Christina Hoff Sommers’s book, The War Against Boys, was recently given a first place Evangelical Press Association Award in the category of critical review.

"Anne is a regular participant in roundtable discussions at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. She holds memberships in the Independent Women’s Forum and the White House Writers Group, a Washington public relations firm."

Morse is a graduate of Seattle Pacific University.

Source: Prison Fellowship Ministries website.


In the February 2002, "A family man in the White House," Morse wrote for Conservatism magazine: [2]

"The best thing about President Bush's family policy is that he doesn't have an office in the West Wing labelled 'Office of Family Policy' manned by a scary-looking blonde who thinks 'it takes a village' (that is, a gang of Washington feminists) to raise other people's children. Instead, Bush's policy towards American families is found in the warp and woof of programs not specifically labelled 'family policy', but which do a great deal to actually help them. The tax relief we received last summer (a $600 check for joint filers) meant THIS family could pay off bills and buy school clothes for our kids - which is also how most other Americans say they spent the money. The passage of Bush's education reform package - although badly weakened by Democrats - is a weapon in the hands of poor families to force their children's appalling schools to improve - or else.
"Perhaps best of all, since September 11, 2001, the president has given our kids a chance to see how a Real Man behaves in the Oval Office when a crisis strikes: with courage and compassion, grace and guts."

On March 25, 2002, the garret* ("church leaders archives") posted in "Under Fire" that

"Charles Colson has come under fire for a recent column in the magazine Christianity Today. Colson wrote about what he calls the 'Post-Truth Society'. The former figure in the Watergate scandal decries rampant lying in our society. Historian Stephen Ambrose is described as 'dealing in deceit' because he took credit for the work of other historians. Both current and former employees say the problem is that Colson did not write the column. The actual author, they say, was Anne Morse, a full-time writer Colson employs."

Anne Morse is known to have participated in one roundtable with the Ethics and Public Policy Center. She is identified as "Anne Morse of BreakPoint Radio": "Trustbusters," January 3, 2003.


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Publications

  • Charles "Chuck" Colson and Anne Morse, "Burden of Truth: Defending the Truth in an Age of Unbelief" ISBN 0842301909, Tyndale Publishing House, 1998.

By Anne Morse

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  • Joseph Barillari, "Oddities at the NRO, hypersensitive hyphenateds, and reverse curmudgeonism," Joseph Barillari's Weblog, December 27, 2003: "Exhibit B: Anne Morse cheers the death of Abercrombie and Fitch’s 'pornographic' catalog. ... I must admit that I haven’t actually read a copy of the catalog. But Ms. Morse admits that she hadn’t, either. If an NR columnist can get away with speculative punditry, so can I."