John Glenn Marks 50th Anniversary of Historic Spaceflight
It was in the fall of 1962 that President John F. Kennedy set forth his vision of seeing Americans successful land on the Moon and return safely by the...
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State Dept. Seeks “Special Fund” for Arab Spring
While the purported reforms brought on by last year’s “Arab Spring” appeared to be floundering in Egypt, the Obama administration is preparing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars...
Egyptian Government May Prosecute Foreign Activists
Egypt’s purportedly ‘transitional’ government — upheld throughout the past year as the example of the “Arab Spring” movement that was destined to bring Western-style democracy to the Muslim world...
Detroit: With Fewer Police and Rising Crime, “Justifiable Homicides” Soar
Living in a city with a substantially diminished police force, a growing number of the residents of Detroit, Michigan, have decided that they can take a “bite out of...
Cartels Targeting Police in Ciudad Juárez
As cartel-related violence continues virtually unabated in Mexico's Ciudad Juárez, thousands of police officers in that city of 1.3 million people have fled their homes and now must live...
Dutch Muslim Party Opposed Free Speech
The Dutch Muslim Party, an Islamist political party in the Netherlands, has announced its intention to compete for seats in the nation’s parliament. Given the success of the party...
Violent Muslim Terrorists Demand Christians Leave Northern Nigeria
In the aftermath of a series of bombings on Christmas Day, Nigerians have reason to worry that Islamic terrorism will continue to increase in their country. Boko Haram, the...
Nigerian Terrorists Wage War Against Christians
The prayers of faithful Christians in Nigeria were interrupted by bombs detonated by Islamic militants during worship services on Christmas Day — attacks that are becoming perennial in a...
Microsoft’s Allen Launches New Space Company
The field of private space ventures is gaining a new competitor, Stratolaunch Systems, the brainchild of former Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen. According to press reports, Allen is prepared to...
The State Dept., Islam, and Freedom of Religion
In a few days, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will meet in Washington with the express intention of building “muscles of respect and empathy and tolerance.” The invitation...
Egypt’s Coptic Christians Brace for Life Under the Muslim Brotherhood
As militant Islamists celebrate their decisive victory in the recent Egyptian election, Coptic Christians are bracing themselves for the next round of violence directed against them. A year which...
Pelosi: Catholic Bishops Are “Lobbyists”
Confronting elements of President Obama’s healthcare legislation that are so fundamentally restrictive of religious freedom that Jesus “would not qualify as ‘religious,’” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)...
Likely Collapse of the Euro Leads to Second Amendment Lessons
As the economic crisis in the European Union grows day by day, there is a proportionate degree of speculation around the world about the final extent of the damage...
Air Force Academy Builds Pagan Chapel
Even as atheists in the Army are lobbying for chaplains for unbelievers, pagans and Wiccans at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, have a place to...
New NASA Probe on its Way to Mars
A flawless launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on November 26 has NASA’s latest mission to Mars safely on its nearly nine-month journey to the red planet. NASA’s Mars Science...
Will “Rich” Nations Shy Away From a New Climate Treaty?
With the European and American economies in the midst of a profound crisis, the drive by United Nations globalists and radical environmentalists to push for economic redistribution in the...
Obama “Misses the Point” of Anti-Christian Violence in Egypt
The Obama administration has flaunted its advocacy of the Islamist parties that have been gaining power since the Arab Spring overturned several governments in the Muslim world the past...
The State, the Church, & the Future of Foster Care
After decades of helping to place children in foster homes, Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, announced on November 14 that it would be transferring all of...
Entire Police Department Arrested in Mexico
When the police department from the municipality of Ahome in the Mexican state of Sinaloa were summoned to meet with the director of state police, they thought they were going to...
Russian Mars Probe Remains in Earth Orbit
As NASA prepares for the November 25 launch of America’s next mission to Mars, the recent experience of the joint Russian-Chinese Phobos-Grunt probe (pictured at left) is a poignant...