Have you ever noticed that the comments beneath articles on CNN dealing with politics and religion are always filled with so much anger and polemic? One can only hope that the people who write in these blogs do not constitute the moderate majority of Americans, because if they do, then our country as a whole [...]
Leave a Comment What does it mean to repent? When our Lord Jesus Christ began His public preaching,he began with the word ‘repent.’ From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 4:17) If we are to repent, then we need to know our sinfulness. That’s [...]
More than 3,000 people are expected to participate in the 2nd annual “Louisiana Life March” in Baton Rouge today to commemorate the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. For the second time in three years, Louisiana has been named as the most pro-life state in the country. Louisiana Right to Life executive director Benjamin Clapper [...]
Recommend this article to your friends. Print Email January 19, 2012 This Sunday, January 22, is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, and pro-life activists are calling for national support. In a Jan. 13, 1984 proclamation, then-president Ronald Reagan designated the third Sunday of January as “National Sanctity of Human Life Day,” a date chosen to [...]
EmailPrint Comments Share GREENVILLE, S.C. — At a pro-life forum here Wednesday night, four of the Republican presidential candidates — and even the event moderators — ganged up on the one who wasn’t taking part: Mitt Romney. First up was Rick Perry, who called Romney’s changed position on abortion rights “a choice of convenience.” “This [...]
Pro-life events this year include a Jan. 22 Mass, march and rally beginning at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Phoenix. In this 2010 photo, more than 2,000 people streamed out of the church and onto Central Avenue. They held placards declaring their support for life as they walked about a half-mile to Steele Indian School [...]
I am very fortunate to belong to an awesome homeschooling support group. I love that I have a deep well of knowledge and experience to draw from whenever I am stuck and need help!!My journey to find a solution began with scheduling our days and incorporating a chore chart. We don’t have uniformity in our daily [...]
Wow. That’s one heck of a turnaround from 2005 when Joe and I led the charge against Microsoft for saying at the time that it would no longer take a stand on gay rights legislation, after being beaten up by a religious right preacher. Joe and I won that battle. And we’re seeing the fruits [...]
Family members Legislation Legal representative: Adding Your health Back together again Household Legislation Legal professional: Getting Your lifestyle Together again In case you are in the heart of any nasty breakup, ones most effective plus respected ally will likely possibly be a certified family members legislations attorney at law. Whether you’re preventing more than custody, [...]
The Associated PressMoney, politics and powerSILive.comBy Staten Island Advance Editorial It has been two years since the US Supreme Court declared that when it comes to being free to spend money for political activism, corporations are people, and swept aside all laws placing limits on independent …On 2nd Anniversary of Citizens United: Why the Right, [...]
In Summer 2012, the Department of Political Science at Texas Christian University will host the sixth annual Democracy, Interdependence and World Politics Summer Research Program for undergraduates. This program presents a valuable opportunity for undergraduate students to conduct faculty–mentored research projects. Supported by summer stipends, travel funds, and intensive mentoring, students will formulate and carry [...]
Christians? In Church/State issues, can you give some examples of religious liberties being violated? beingChristiansChurchstateexamplesgiveissueslibertiesreligioussomeviolated Question by harbingerscott »Christians? In Church/State issues, can you give some examples of religious liberties being violated? No, I don’t want any more answers from non-Christians about how the poor, little State has been beaten up by the Big, Bad [...]
Organization of Independent Christian On-Line Academy (ICOLA) is an online training organization that will provide additional Christian secondary education (7-12) for students in public schools in the United States. There is a definite need. Currently, public schools have separated church and state in such a way as to make them a de facto atheist institutions. [...]
WHITEVILLE, Tenn. — In the beginning, it was just a cross — two simple perpendicular white bars placed on top of the town water tower. But some say the cross crossed the church-state line into government promotion of religion, turning this small town 45 miles east of Memphis into a target for a First Amendment [...]
The decision penned by Congressman Randy Forbes (R-VA.) to protect America utes national motto, In God We Trust , is likely to appear prior to a House for your vote upon Tuesday, according to CBN . There are 64 co-sponsors involving Republicans plus Democrats. The resolution in addition contains language that will involve In God [...]
Patrick Buchanan’s newest book, “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?” traces the downward spiraling disintegration of America. Where America was born a Western Christian republic writes Buchanan, today’s America has rejected its’ commitment to God and actively pursues the forceful elimniation of orthodox Christian theism from the public square, thereby chopping down [...]
We’ve all heard the story of the teenager who was bullied in school for being gay or lesbian and ended up killing him or herself because of it. We’ve all heard the idea that African American students are punished more frequently or more harshly than white students and even other minority race students. We even [...]
Printer-friendly versionSend to friendPDF version In his annual address to diplomats Monday, Pope Benedict XVI highlighted religious freedom with emphasis on persecuted Christians around the world. “In many countries, Christians are deprived of fundamental rights and sidelined from public life,” he said. “In other countries, they endure violent attacks against their churches and their homes.” [...]
Please welcome guest author Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. These words were originally delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, in Montgomery, Alabama on November 4, 1956. Too many people have never read Dr. King’s speeches, sermons essays, yet religiously follow blogs parroting concepts he articulated 50 years ago. So before you read anything more from me, take a moment [...]
GREENVILLE, S.C.—Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking a pause from partisan campaigning in South Carolina to pray for President Barack Obama’s safety and wisdom. Perry spoke Tuesday night at a large prayer gathering called “The Response” in Greenville, S.C. He made no direct mention of the GOP presidential contest or of Saturday’s primary during his [...]
Honest reflection on the past twelve months of discontent, as manifested in various forms of revolutionary zeal, rhetoric, and violence, exposes a solitary thread weaving through all the demonstrations and “rebel” and “opposition” movements that cycloned through the Middle East and North Africa: In each case, local issues were the engines of public mobilization. Whether [...]
The 39th annual March for Life will be held in Washington, D.C., Monday, in protest of the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. View full post on CBN.com – CBN News Tags: Hope, legislation, Life, MARCH, ProLife, Ralliers
Folks, this video isn’t just about pipe smoking but about Christian freedom. Please give it a listen.
There are 5 principle ways to evolve spiritually, and they are all equally as important as each other. Each person will have natural preferences to one or two, but all of them contribute to our spiritual journey towards happiness and peace. The first way to grow is through the heart. The heart is the control [...]
Martin Luther King and the Republican… Herb Silverman – The Huffington Post 2 Comments Martin Luther King and the Republican Race For Righteousness
WASHINGTON – Vilified on the campaign trail by Republicans, President Barack Obama will stand before the nation Tuesday night with a State of the Union address designed to reframe the election-year debate on his terms, suggesting a stark contrast with his opponents on the economy and promising fairness and help for hurting families. Obama is [...]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Republicans Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are not ceding one inch of South Carolina as the unpredictable campaign for the South’s first presidential primary concludes — and certainly not Tommy’s Ham House. Romney is fighting a suddenly surging Gingrich, while rivals Rick Santorum and Ron Paul look to surprise in a four-man [...]
WASHINGTON – In the 11 days since Mitt Romney tried unsuccessfully to leave the rest of the GOP field behind in New Hampshire, the presidential race has served up a scattershot cast of angels and demons as the candidates try to strike a chord with different slices of the electorate. Capitalism was in, then out, [...]
BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. – Newt Gingrich has a message to South Carolina voters on primary day: Come out and vote for me if you want to stop Mitt Romney from winning the Republican presidential nomination. Gingrich stopped by The Grapevine restaurant in Boiling Springs not long after the polls opened Saturday morning. He told diners [...]
GREENVILLE, S.C.—Just as South Carolina has become known for picking every Republican nominee since 1980, no candidate in recent memory has won the nomination without first passing through the doors of Tommy’s Ham House, a local institution known for its artery-clogging breakfasts. George W. Bush sampled the grits here in 2000 and 2004. John McCain [...]
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Mitt Romney says he will attend the next GOP presidential debate set for Monday in Tampa, Fla. After last weekend’s two debates in South Carolina, advisers to the former Massachusetts governor had said the candidate hadn’t committed to any more campaign debates. But Romney said Saturday, on the day when South Carolinians [...]
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers reached a compromise Friday that toughens the rules airline and railroad workers must follow to hold union elections, boosting prospects for passage of a long-term funding plan for the Federal Aviation Administration, congressional aides said. The compromise — negotiated primarily between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Speaker John Boehner, [...]
WASHINGTON – A federal prosecutor in Arizona intends to remain silent if called for questioning in a congressional probe of a problem-plagued gun smuggling investigation. Patrick Cunningham’s decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in the investigation of Operation Fast and Furious was disclosed Friday after the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee [...]
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Republicans in the House of Representatives will put forward a budget plan this year that will seek substantial reforms to health benefits for the elderly and make aggressive strides toward reducing deficits, a senior lawmaker said on Friday. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said he wanted his budget plan to offer [...]
Written By : Craig Newmark A brief introduction to the amazing Benford’s Law. 0
Written By : Craig Newmark On average the stocks of companies that buy stadium naming rights don’t do well subsequently. (Well, at least from 1990 to 2001. Somebody needs to update this.) 0
Written By : William Teach That is, if you a tourist coming from another country. If you want to create jobs through something like, say, the Keystone XL pipeline, well, sucks to be you. If you are part of the oil industry, Obama’s EPA will try and stop you. If you are a small business, [...]
Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during the South Carolina Republican presidential candidate debate Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (CNSNews.com) – Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney drew some boos at Thursday’s debate in South Carolina when he hedged on how many years of tax returns he [...]
Mount Pleasant, S.C. (CNSNews.com) – At a primary-campaign stop today in South Carolina, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum claimed victory in the Iowa caucuses that were held on Jan. 3, saying that he not only won the certified vote count but that if you added in the votes from the precincts that were not included in the [...]
President Ronald Reagan, in office Jan. 20, 1981 – Jan. 20, 1989. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) – On Monday, Jan. 23, thousands of pro-life Americans will gather in the nation’s capitol on the 39th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that set in motion a wave of abortions that, to date, have claimed the lives of [...]
BALTIMORE, Md. — California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher told The Daily Caller he thinks Attorney General Eric Holder should resign over Operation Fast and Furious during a Friday interview at the House Republican retreat at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel. Rohrabacher joins 62 of his House colleagues, two U.S. senators, two sitting governors and every [...]
SOPA and PIPA may be in zombie mode, having burned up in the fire of SOPA “Blackout Day” protests and the largest attack by Anonymous on record, but activists who opposed the legislation understand that the Internet wars have only just begun. Barrett Brown, often recognized as a public face of Anonymous, announced that his [...]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — During a campaign rally the night before South Carolina’s primary election, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich accused a heckler who interrupted his speech of being a supporter of Mitt Romney. While giving remarks to supporters on Friday night aboard the USS Yorktown, a man yelled out: “When will you release your ethics [...]
Kali Borkoski Manager Posted Sat, January 21st, 2012 6:00 am Today’s petitions of the day are: Posted in Media General Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Tribune Company v. Federal Communcations Commission, National Association of Broadcasters v. Federal Communications Commission, Cases in the Pipeline Recommended Citation: Kali Borkoski, Petitions of the day, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 21, 2012, [...]
Enlarge image Same-Sex Marriage Push Wins Support of Mayors Glenna Gordon/Bloomberg John and Eufemio Torres brought three bags of rice to City Hall in Brooklyn on July 24 to celebrate their marriage. John and Eufemio Torres brought three bags of rice to City Hall in Brooklyn on July 24 to celebrate their marriage. Photographer: Glenna [...]
The Obama administration announced Friday that it would give Catholic hospitals and other religious institutions an extra year to comply with a new requirement that most health plans provide contraceptive benefits at no cost to their members. The administration, however, held fast to the mandate that most health plans eventually offer free contraception. That infuriated [...]
NEW ORLEANS — Backers of charter schools and voucher tuition plans are kicking off a week of special events around the nation to drum up support for their cause. Saturday’s “School Choice Week” event in New Orleans was scheduled to include a video address by Gov. Bobby Jindal, as well as performances by musicians Trombone [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2012 — Leading school choice organization will partner with local allies in “The Results of 2011, The Promise of 2012″ WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Alliance for School Choice, a national school choice leader, will unveil its annual School Choice Yearbook—the award-winning publication offering the most comprehensive data on the [...]
The arrogance of israel is just incredible. Israel and AIPAC may own most of american politicians and congress, you might be able to dictate our foreign policy, but the american people owe you people in Israel NOTHING. You are a grown up state and you can take care of yourself. Your security is not and [...]
2012-01-21 11:30 Gaza City – An Israeli air strike targeted Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip early on Saturday, sources on both sides said. A security source from the Islamist Hamas movement which controls the territory said that the warplanes struck in the south of the enclave, close to the border with Israel. The raid [...]