Culture
ABA Advocates Federal Legalization of Homosexual Marriage
Constitutionalists are expressing their disappointment, and even outrage, over the decision by the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association (ABA) to...
Tom Sawyer Had ADHD?
No longer satisfied by with diagnosis of over 5 million children with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), believers in the reliability of the diagnosis...
Read moreEngineering Oblivion: Eugenics, the Remaking of Man and Unmaking of Morality
The year is 1941, and the Nazis are in the midst of their Lebensborn program. Men of pure Aryan stock — especially members...
Read moreThis Day in the Constitutional Convention of 1787
Thursday, August 16, 1787. The State House in Philadelphia was hot, hot, hot. The delegates gathered to “form a more perfect union” were...
Read moreCouples That Pray Together, Stay Together
On August 12, the Washington Post reported that couples who share religious practices tend to be happier than those that don’t. That is...
Read moreBishop John B. McCormack to Retire
Today is an important day for New Hampshire Catholics. It is the 75th birthday of Bishop of Manchester John B. McCormack, the former...
Read moreReal or Imagined? A Critical Review of the SPLC’s List of Conspiracies
The indefatigable Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), whose professed aim is "fighting hate and bigotry," and "tracking and exposing the activities of hate...
Read moreHome Depot Sued for Religious Discrimination
A Home Depot in Okeechobee, Florida, exhibited clear bias against a Christian worker who refused to remove his button that read “One Nation...
Read moreThe Ancien Régime and Obama — The More Things Change …
The Telegraph’s Nile Gardner, a Washington-based foreign affairs analyst for the British newspaper, has compared the Obama Administration to the ancien régime of...
Read moreHealth Inspectors Target Lemonade Stand
Multnomah County, Oregon, takes food safety seriously. When seven-year-old Julie Murphy opened a lemonade stand at a local fair, the county's inspectors asked...
Read moreSir Thomas More: God’s Servant First
There is, if you will, an arresting scene in A Man for All Seasons, Robert Bolt’s magnificent play about Sir Thomas More. The...
Read moreHomosexual Judge Okays Same-sex Marriage
U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker on August 4 ruled against Proposition 8, a referendum passed by California voters in November 2008 that...
Read moreUniversity of Virginia Digitizes Papers of James Madison
The Rotunda at the University of Virginia announced last week that the university’s collection of the papers of James Madison are being digitized...
Read moreOldest American Family Farm Goes Up for Sale
Though there is a slight dispute about the “oldest” family farm title going to the Shirley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia (founded in...
Read moreStudy Finds Faith Less Important to Americans Than Health, Wealth, Leisure
As individuals and families face tough economic times and uncertain futures, how have priorities shifted for Americans? A recent study by the Barna...
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