Culture

Bin Laden & Al-Qaeda: U.S. Govt. Creations

The popular narrative surrounding the life of Osama bin Laden is filled with questions, intrigue, and misinformation. Though he ultimately became one of...

Alex Newman May 5, 2011

Why Did It Take 10 Years to Get bin Laden?

Alex Newman May 4, 2011

Questions about President Obama’s ever-changing narrative on Osama bin Laden’s reported assassination and rampant speculation that at least some Pakistani officials may have...

Indians On Warpath Over bin Laden Operation Code Word: Geronimo

R. Cort Kirkwood May 4, 2011

American Indians are on the warpath to protest the code name used during the operation to kill Osama bin Laden. U.S. operatives used...

Americans Find Faith & Charity in Tornado-ravaged South

Raven Clabough May 2, 2011

The devastation is still being calculated from last week’s gigantic storm system that spawned numerous tornadoes spanning several states. With 337 confirmed deaths,...

Florida Bill Would Repeal Ban on Funding for Religious Groups

Dave Bohon May 2, 2011

A ban on public funding for religious organizations, written into Florida’s constitution in the 1880s, would be repealed under a bill now before...

Man Arrested for Reading Bible in Public

Dave Bohon May 1, 2011

A church in Riverside County, California, is suing the state’s highway patrol after some of its members were arrested during a public Bible...

Obama Oblivious to Religious Persecution of Christians

Bruce Walker April 29, 2011

All over the world, Christians are persecuted for their faith. The murder of Coptic Christians in Egypt and the protests of radical Muslims...

The Kohler Strike of 1954

Brian Farmer April 29, 2011

Fifty miles north of Milwaukee lies the idyllic village of Kohler, Wisconsin. The largest employer in Kohler is the Kohler Company, a worldwide...

Teen Challenge Founder David Wilkerson Dies

Dave Bohon April 29, 2011

David Wilkerson, who pastored the 5,000-strong Times Square Church (left) in one of New York City’s seedier red light districts, and who founded...

Prop. 8 Defenders Ask Court to Vacate Ruling of Homosexual Judge

Dave Bohon April 28, 2011

Proponents of California’s Proposition 8, the state constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2008 that defines marriage as between a man and a...

Military Atheists Want Chaplains

R. Cort Kirkwood April 28, 2011

In what may be the apogee of oxymoronic ideas, a gaggle of military atheists is pushing the armed forces to create atheist chaplains....

Indiana First State to Cut Planned Parenthood Funding

Raven Clabough April 28, 2011

The state of Indiana has become the first in the Union to cut off all government funding to Planned Parenthood. Though the effort...

New York Public Library Policy Allows Patrons to View Porn

Dave Bohon April 27, 2011

Officials of the New York Public Library (which has branches in the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island) say that it’s all right for patrons to...