The Heritage Foundation featured U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt at a 10th anniversary presentation on June 13, 2006, about welfare reform that can be viewed online or downloaded.

The Washington, D.C., policy research group the Urban Institute convened a roundtable on July 25, 2006, to mark the 10th anniversary of welfare reform. At the event, experts with varied views acknowledged the watershed transformation of public assistance for very poor people and offered suggestions to further promote well-being for the economically vulnerable.

Read a short primer on poverty statistics from the federal government.

The Office of Family Assistance in the Administration for Children and Families (within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) administers welfare and keeps statistics.

Read New York Times columnist Frank Bruni’s Dec. 10, 2011, essay about Tim Tebow.

Read a Dec. 10, 2011, Wall Street Journal column by Patton Dodd that examines “the deep-seated anxieties in American society about the intertwining of religion and sports.”

Read a Nov. 30, 2011, article from Christianity Today wondering if he should tone down his public expressions of faith to avoid alienating people.

Read an article posted at Crosswalk.com comparing Tim Tebow to the great Depression-era racehorse Seabiscuit.

Read a Nov. 11, 2011, online column at The Washington Post, about the sex abuse coverup at Pennsylvania State.