Will Common Law Survive in England?
The Lord Chief Justice of Great Britain, Igor Judge, gave a speech in March to the Judicial Studies Board in which he argued that English courts were moving away...
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Senate GOP Leaders Question Holder’s Testimony
CNS News reports that four key Republican leaders in the Senate sent a letter on Friday to Attorney General Eric Holder (left) stating that the Department of Justice had...
EU Helps Greece Recover $81B of Unpaid Taxes From Swiss Banks
According to the Swiss newspaper The Local, last week "[t]he European Union said ... it is helping Greece negotiate with Switzerland in a bid to claw back some of...
Big Labor Supports “Occupy” Movement
When considering what is the “establishment” in America, college students are never told that this group includes powerful labor unions, the news media, or state-supported academia. Hence, why the...
Surveys Suggest Religion Helps Mental Health
According to a study published in the Journal of Religion and Health recently, regular attendance at religious services produces a more optimistic outlook on life and a reduced inclination...
“Wrongful Birth” Lawsuits on the Rise in Israel
According to an October 26 article by Anjana Ahuja of New Science magazine, "Israeli children with birth defects are increasingly suing the medical authorities for ever allowing them to...
E-mails Suggest Kagan Misled Senate About ObamaCare
The objectivity of judges is an essential component of the American constitutional system. When Elena Kagan was Solicitor General of the United States, she and Harvard law professor Laurence...
Radiance Foundation’s Ryan Bomberger: Rape Is No Reason for Abortion
At a Family Research Council meeting November 9 in Washington, Radiance Foundation head and pro-life activist Ryan Bomberger spoke on the subject of adoption over abortion. He told the...
Labor Shortage May Leave Washington Apples on the Trees
Apple growers in Washington State — who produce about half of the country's apples, about 15 billion — have a bumper crop this year, among the best in the state's history....
Lesson from Iceland’s 2008 Financial Crisis: Let Banks Fail
The downward spiral of the Greek economy — and now likely that of Italy — has led to calls for the European Union to step in and prevent a...
Romney Proposes Partial Cuts for PBS, Nat’l Endowment for the Arts
In Washington, D.C. on Nov. 4, Mitt Romney promised attendees at the Defending the American Dream Summit that if elected, he would end funding for several federal programs. Conservative...
Young Woman Goes to Jail for Not Carrying Driver’s License
The police in New York will have a hard time complaining about being overworked given the terrible story of 21-year-old Samantha Zucker. The Carnegie Mellon College senior was in...
South Carolina Sheriff Tells Citizens: “Arm Yourselves”
Sheriff Chuck Wright (left) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, opened a news conference on Monday about an assault and attempted rape on Sunday in a local park by exhorting his...
Obama Admin. Memo Shows Bias for Manmade Global Warming Research
A July 21, 2010 memo by John Holdren, director of the Office of Science and Technology and Peter Orzag, director of the Office of Management and the Budget, said...
Was Christian Student in Egypt Killed for Wearing a Cross?
What will the Arab Spring mean to Christians in the Arab world? Persecution of Christians in Muslim countries has been well documented; however, ominous signals are emerging of escalating...
What Does “Distrust of Government” Really Mean?
The New York Times and CBS has come out with a new poll that shows Americans have a strong mistrust of government. Almost 90 percent of Americans do not...
New York Subway System May Stop Station Trash Pickup
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York, a state agency which controls the New York Transit Authority, has run the city's subways since 1965. (The two privately owned systems, the Brooklyn-Manhattan...
Conservative Backbenchers Oppose Cameron on EU
Are the days of the European Union coming to an end? The riots in Athens, the popularity of the True Finns Party in Helsinki, and the growing tension between...
Vatican Asks Hindus to End Anti-Christian Propaganda
The Vatican on October 19 sent a message to Hindu leaders asking them to resist “hateful propaganda” against Christians and allowing Christians to practice their faith in peace. A...
Greece: 100,000 Protest as Austerity Vote Nears
According to the Associated Press for Oct. 20, more than 100,000 people assembled in front of the Greek parliament yesterday to vent their opposition to the proposed austerity legislation....