U.S. Forces Drop “Mother of All Bombs” on ISIS in Afghanistan
At approximately 7:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, April 13, the United States dropped its largest non-nuclear weapon on ISIS fighters in Afghanistan. ...
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The Rise of the Robots
Technology has been an overall benefit to humanity, raising living standards and creating more jobs than it has replaced. But with the coming robot revolution, that might be about...
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The Happiest People on Earth?
Scandinavians are often said to be some of the world’s happiest people because of their socialism. But culture, not government, is the strength of Scandinavian society. ...
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Scandinavia: Successful Socialism?
Norway, Sweden, and Denmark have supposedly created an earthly paradise by instituting big social-welfare governments with high taxes. How well does this really work? ...
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Homeschooling Offers Hope
Homeschooling is a positive trend giving hope to American education. ...
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The Rise of Doublethink
Believing two contradictory ideas at the same time — doublethink — is surprisingly common. In the debate over man-made global warming, it’s the alarmists who are guilty. ...
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Change in Police Tactics Brings Greater Calm to Ferguson
The situation in Ferguson, Missouri, changed dramatically for the better Thursday night after the Missouri Highway Patrol took over the situation. ...
War and Christian Militarism
Laurence M. Vance, Ph.D., writes against current U.S. foreign policy, the warfare state, and the overwhelming support among conservative Christians for American militarism. ...
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Iran Warplane Fired at U.S. Drone
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little announced Thursday that a U.S. Predator drone was attacked by Iranian aircraft while flying over international territory in the Persian Gulf on November 1....
Enough Spent on Welfare in 2011 to Give Every Poor Household Nearly $60,000
According to an October 16 memorandum prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) for the Senate Budget Committee, the federal government spent $746 billion on means-tested welfare programs in...
Book Review: The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom
In his book The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom, Laurence Vance illustrates the absurdities and inconsistencies of the federal government’s drug war in America, and explains...
Suicide or Salvation?
A Christian radio host reveals the effects of secular culture on the church, and warns that unless Christians wake up and take action, American Christianity may not survive. ...
Monsanto Promises Pain to EU, Assault Underway
Biotech companies such as Monsanto, with help from the U.S. government, are starting to overcome the EU's resistance to Genetically Modified crops. However, there is growing opposition to GM...
German Court May Rule Bailouts Unconstitutional
After the German government ratified the European Stability Mechanism, a permanent eurozone bailout package, opponents within Germany asked the nation's Constitutional Court for a temporary injunction against the ESM....