Culture

Amtrak and the Railroads

Amtrak and its lobbyists at the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) recently invited us to commemorate the third annual National Train Day...

Becky Akers May 28, 2010

Progressives Attempt to Make Church and State One and the Same

Raven Clabough May 19, 2010

The original American Progressive movement spanned from approximately 1890 to 1920. It began as a movement to bring about social and political reform,...

Fear & Fatal Power During the Time of Pompey

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. May 14, 2010

Since the days when Mark Antony’s grandfather patrolled the coasts of the Mediterranean searching for the distinctive gilded-stemmed masts of their lightweight vessels,...

A Gay in the Life of Archie Andrews

Michael Tennant May 10, 2010

It’s getting so you can’t trust anything marketed as family-friendly entertainment these days. Disney, a holdout against the coarsening of popular culture for...

National Day of Prayer Clouded by Controversy

Raven Clabough May 6, 2010

Today is the National Day of Prayer, a day set aside for silent reflection and prayer in a variety of forms. However, this...

Minors and Violent Video Games

Bruce Walker April 26, 2010

The Supreme Court has decided to hear an appeal of a Circuit Court decision in February of last year to strike down a...

Day of Silence Still Sparks Protest

Jack Kenny April 20, 2010

It isn't often that parents have occasion to protest an outbreak of silence by their school-age children, but the "Day of Silence" observed...

Schoolgirls “Sext” Their Nude Photos

Beverly K. Eakman April 20, 2010

“Hard questions” are being asked this week in Montgomery County, Maryland, in the wake of the April 15 discovery that middle-school and high-school...

Nebraska Abortion Law Challenges Roe v. Wade

Dave Bohon April 17, 2010

Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman put his signature to an historic bill April 13 banning abortions of pre-born babies beyond 20 weeks from conception....