The military, like any other government agency, cannot allow people to install large religious symbols wherever they want on public property. Once in place for any length of time, those symbols (and usually that means a cross) tend to be seen as established markers, and proposals to remove them are wrongly viewed as anti-religion and, [...]
************************* Sightings 3/24/08 Public Preaching– Martin E. Marty Public Pulpits by friend Steven M. Tipton of Emory is a timely, historically-informed analysis of “Methodists and Mainline Churches in the Moral Argument of Public Life.” The “pulpit” is largely metaphoric here, because Tipton’s accent is on policy-making and headquarters’ involvements in politics, but these inform preachers. [...]
By Ingrid Duran, Senior State Legislative Associate Pro-Life Ohio Gov. John Kasich While most state legislatures have adjourned for the year, the pro-life community remains hard at work assisting in passing last- minute legislation before the 2011 legislative session ends. Just three days before Christmas, pro-life Ohio Governor John Kasich signed a bill into law [...]
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With Iowa caucuses hours away, GOP rivals step up attacks, as Ron Paul and Rick Santorum argue over who is more pro-life and Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry make their cases. Iowa Surprise Brewing? | Obama Reaches Out to Iowa Dems | Gingrich: Romney Is a Liar | Trump Trashes Bachmann [...]
-By Warner Todd Huston Here at the site we often take Hollywood to task for its outrageous liberalism, and rightfully so. Of course it’s our job to look for the worst cases to alert you all about the nagging left-wing bias. But occasionally there are stories that are good ones and it is incumbent upon [...]
Recommend this article to your friends. Print Email Recently, I received an email from a young mother overseas in need of suggestions for how to increase the attention spans of her children (especially her son). After contemplating what I’ve found to be most effective, the following are a few of my very favorite strategies. Many [...]
Founded in January 2009, PubliCola is a blog about Seattle written by journalists who are dedicated to non-partisan, original daily reporting that prioritizes a balanced approach to news. Started by longtime local editor and award-winning reporter Josh Feit, PubliCola is the first online-only news site in state history to get media credentials to cover the [...]
Indiana’s 2012 Legislative Session Welcome to the 6th edition of FV Indiana’s Guide to the Legislative Session. This year brings a “short session” with the session that begins today, January 4, 2012 ending no later than March 14, 2012. This year the General Assembly will take a short break February 2nd -7th, because the Super [...]
The Boston GlobeRetail politics on a budget brings unexpected successThe Boston GlobeFrom the very beginning, Santorum believed that his year-plus slog through Iowa’s 99 counties would make all the difference to his success here, where voters take seriously the tradition of retail politics – being able to look politicians in the eye, …Obama Returns to [...]
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – Rick Perry says he’s reassessing his White House bid. The Texas governor says he’s returning to Texas to determine whether there is a path forward for his Republican presidential. He was dealt a disappointing finish behind several other Republican hopefuls. Earlier in the day, Perry had encouraged supporters to keep [...]
Crusty Old Dean managed to survive his first day as administrator of the General Ordination Examinations — though not without incident(s). For hoary old curmudgeons like COD who took the GOEs when the ink of the Elizabethan settlement was still drying on the parchment, it may behoove my handful of readers to get a refresher [...]
DefendChristians.Org released a list of its top 10 anti-Christian acts in the U.S. for 2011 and the majority relate to gay rights, abortion and religious liberty. Calif. Is First State to Force Gay History Into Classrooms Opponents of Calif. Gay History Law Race to Meet Ballot Deadline Clinton Says Obama Wants Gay Rights Over Religious [...]
cross-posted from Dagblog It’s Christmas time, which means “War on Christmas” time, which means a whole bunch of bizarre complaints about persecution by members of an overwhelmingly privileged religious majority group. This bad behavior is often understood as part of the most intense and fire-breathing American Christianists’ fire-breathing intensity. But that’s only half the story, [...]
In November, five Christians in Algeria were jailed for “proselytizing,” “unauthorized worship” and “insulting Islam.” On Christmas Day the extremist Islamic group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria planted bombs in the town of Damaturu and outside a church near the capital of Abuja. A shoot-out between Boko Haram and security forces resulted in 28 deaths, [...]
Below are our most-read posts of 2011. Thank you all for your readership and support over the past year. I am truly blessed to have such a dedicated and engaging audience. Happy New Year! 10. Tougher Questions for Dogmatic Secularists Alas, I doubt we will ever hear such questions, because it is the Christian beliefs [...]
DefendChristians.Org: Top 10 Anti-Christian Acts of 2011 By Brittany Smith 04 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment by mjdmom01 in The Christian Post DefendChristians.Org released a list of its top 10 anti-Christian acts in the U.S. for 2011 and the majority relate to gay rights, abortion and religious liberty. The group asked its online members to submit [...]
I keep thinking about all the American Christians who canceled church on Christmas Day. Terry wrote about the Iraqi Christians who’ve done the same. Except in their case, it’s under threat of death. I’m elated that Christmas is finally here after a lengthy Advent but I am so sad that Christians in Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan [...]
I’m beginning to wonder if 2012 will be a year of unprecedented Christian persecution here in the West, but particularly here in America. Not only does end times Bible prophecy guarantee that persecution is in our near future (Daniel 7:21; Revelation 13:7), but 2011 ended with what I believe to be a microcosm of what’s [...]
Lim Chong Leong: This is another load of crap from the ‘king frog’. What is an “on-going” issue and what is not? Ibrahim Ali, just admit you only want to target non-Muslims and non-Malays and the opposition no matter whether the issues are true or lies. It appears that something as serious as stealing zakat [...]
Disclaimer: I don’t profess to be an expert on this area, it’s just reading some articles recently and my experience being in these 3 countries recently ‘inspired’ me to write this piece. Please feel free to comment. Thanks. Introduction Being a Christian in Singapore and also due to my sociological leanings, I am rather interested [...]
Christian Dawson of web host ServInt has been a vocal opponent of PIPA and SOPA (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider ServInt announced this week that its chief operating officer Christian Dawson will appear on a panel at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show that will address the pending copyright infringement legislation the Top [...]
When considering shopping with and for your kids, remember that you can have a great deal of fun shopping with them. Kids can be very excited at the prospect of getting a pair of new cloths. You can purchase a pair of pants that have unbreakable knees for your kid who enjoys crawling on his [...]
This has been a year of liberation. The abortion industry has been challenged, like never before, by women and men passionate about protecting all life. The Radiance Foundation, a nonprofit founded by my wife Bethany and I, is one of many dedicated life-affirming organizations fighting this David versus Goliath battle. So many people ask us [...]
Jan 2, 2012 by Rousas John Rushdoony This article is from Law and Liberty, Chapter 9, by Rousas John Rushdoony, a Reformed scholar and brilliant writer of the last century. Dr. Rushdoony was the founder of Chalcedon Foundation, an educational organization devoted to research, publishing, and to cogent communication of a distinctively Christian scholarship to [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa – A squeaker of an Iowa victory in hand, Mitt Romney headed into the New Hampshire primary insisting that staying power sets him apart from runners-up Rick Santorum and Ron Paul and the rest of the GOP presidential field. Two rivals already looked shaky — last-place finisher Michele Bachmann canceled a campaign [...]
WASHINGTON – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he thinks the real story out of Iowa is that three-fourths of the state Republican caucus-goers “repudiated Mitt Romney.” The former congressman says “we got diverted” by negative advertisements, saying he has to figure out a better way to run in such an environment. Gingrich says Romney [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa – Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann canceled her campaign trip to South Carolina on Wednesday after a dismal showing in the Iowa caucuses. Campaign manager Keith Nahigian told The Associated Press that the Minnesota congresswoman planned a news conference in Iowa late Wednesday morning. Nahigian would not say whether Bachmann intends to [...]
If Mitt Romney is going to be the Republican nominee, he needs the rest of the candidates to drop out — just not yet. When Rick Perry said he’ll ”assess” his campaign and Michele Bachmann canceled her flight to South Carolina, aren’t they suggesting they’ve given up hope of stopping the Romney machine? Not according to Wednesday’s conventional wisdom. [...]
COMMENTARY | SIOUX CITY, Iowa — It’s 1:16 a.m. in Iowa, and there is a missing precinct, and if you’ve found it, please call the Republican Party of Iowa… Iowa’s precinct caucuses delivered the closest race ever. As I type, Mitt Romney holds a one-vote lead over Rick Santorum, with one precinct in Clinton not [...]
President Barack Obama plans to use an executive “nuclear option” to appoint Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, circumventing Republican opposition by making the appointment between sessions of Congress. The Associated Press broke the story that the president will use a recess appointment to finally install Cordray at the head of the [...]
COMMENTARY | You’ve heard it all before. Rick Santorum is too religiously conservative to win the 2012 GOP Nomination. He couldn’t even win his last senate race, losing his job six years ago. Yet Santorum is about to defy the expectations. In a lot of ways, he reminds one of another 2011 religiously conservative longshot: [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will start setting the tone on Wednesday for an election-year strategy that attempts to capitalize on voter frustration with Congress but which could also mean further legislative gridlock as he seeks a second term. Stepping back into the 2012 campaign spotlight just a day after Iowa held the first [...]
WASHINGTON – Former Republican Utah legislator Dan Liljenquist announced Wednesday that he’s going to run for the U.S. Senate in Utah and will challenge six-term Sen. Orrin Hatch. Liljenquist, 37, has garnered praise from tea party groups who are disenchanted with Hatch and hopes to pull off the kind of upset that two years ago [...]
Written By : William Teach But, Santorum did exceedingly well (Politico) Mitt Romney edged Rick Santorum by a mere eight votes in Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses — a margin that amounted to a tie in the crucial opening act of the 2012 presidential race and propelled the newly reshaped contest to New Hampshire and beyond. After [...]
Written By : Kathleen McKinley Not a lot. But it does narrow the field a bit. It was quite a horse race though, with Romney, Paul, and Santorum all at 23% at one time. Which brought the best tweet of the night from James Taranto of the WSJ. He tweeted: “I’ve fantasized about a three-way, [...]
Written By : William Teach Funny how Progressives always seem to resort to a default position of shutting down political opposition, instead of debating them with ideas, facts, and, oh, showing that they themselves live the lives they say everyone else should live. Witness this by “Guest Blogger” Mike Casey at (Think Progress Green) Currently, [...]
(CNSNews.com) – According to its latest annual report, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) received $487.4 million in tax dollars over a twelve-month period and performed 329,455 abortions. Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards and President Barack Obama. (AP Photo) In addition, the number of adoption referrals made by the organization continued to decline. [...]
Glaciers. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) – A study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) determined that the United States funded the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations’ authority on alleged man-made global warming, with $31.1 million since 2001, nearly half of the panel’s annual budget. The GAO also found that this funding information [...]
Onlookers gather around a car destroyed in a blast next to St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Nigeria, on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. The attack at the Catholic church during Christmas Mass killed scores of people. A radical Muslim sect claimed responsibility for this attack and another bombing near a church in the restive city [...]
1.) Eight is enough for Romney — Eight votes, that is. TheDC’s Alex Pappas and David Martosko report on Mitt’s molecule-thin margin of victory in Iowa: “Eight votes. That’s all that separated Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum when the dust settled on the GOP Iowa caucuses, after what was undoubtedly the closest Hawkeye State contest [...]
In a year of surprises, the notion that Rep. Michele Bachmann and Texas Gov. Rick Perry might be on the verge of dropping out, after disappointing finishes in Iowa, is yet another. This would be a stark contrast to the way things played out in 2008. Once the voting started on January 3, 2008, most [...]
If 2011 taught us anything, it’s that the nanny state is alive and well. From January through December, and at all levels of government, acts of needless, nonsensical regulatory meddling were constant reminders that individual liberty truly has become an endangered concept in America and the means of exercising individual liberty have become endangered species. [...]
Lyle Denniston Reporter Posted Tue, January 3rd, 2012 6:33 pm Analysis A lively discussion that has gone on among those following the Texas redistricting cases — coming up for argument in the Supreme Court next Monday afternoon — has focused on whether the Justices might say something in those cases about the constitutionality of the [...]
THE Labor MP who will introduce a bill to legalise same-sex marriage has promised to meet marriage equality advocates to formulate a strategy to give his proposals the greatest chance of success. Backbencher Stephen Jones’s pledge, on Melbourne gay radio station Joy FM, follows accusations from gay marriage advocates that Labor was setting the bill [...]
-7 SUBSCRIBER SERVICES Wednesday, January 4, 2012 SUBMIT Join | Sign-In Letters to the Editor Home News Letters to the Editor Religious freedom under attack Posted 6 minutes ago Regarding the Conservative party’s proposal to create an office of religious freedom in the new year, one doesn’t have to go to Pakistan and China, Sudan [...]
Gov. Bobby Jindal and his allies on education reform are considering an unprecedented, statewide expansion of private school vouchers and steps to more closely link teachers’ job security with performance, according to two officials who have consulted with the governor’s office on proposals for this year’s session at the Louisiana Legislature. View full sizeJohn Raoux, [...]
The Salem School Committee is taking on multiple initiatives relative to the turnaround process in the wake of the November announcement that the Bentley School has fallen to Level 4 status. Issues were discussed at the first regular meeting of the School Committee of 2012 on Tuesday night. Stakeholders, School Meetings Planned A stakeholders turnaround [...]
In recent years, Israel’s agenda and public discourse have been dictated by a minority – the new Israeli Right: the radical wing of the National-Religious camp, settlers, bad weeds in the Likud and Kadima, nationalistic groups (such as Yisrael Beiteinu and others) and court jesters with a big budget (the Im Tirtzu group.) This [...]