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By Dr. Michael L. Brown
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05.11.18
How would you answer this question? Which group is the smallest, most rejected minority in our country?
African Americans have certainly suffered terribly through our history. But they are not the smallest minority today, making up roughly 12 percent of...
By John Biver
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05.09.18
Here was the headline: “Only 33 Percent of Students Proficient in English, Math.”
Last month, IFI published an article titled: “Devilish Details in School Sexuality-Indoctrination Bill.” And in a recent IFA Spotlight podcast, the author discussed the Illinois state senate’s...
By Alex Newman
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05.08.18
About two thirds of eighth graders in American government schools do not even rank as “proficient” in reading or math, according to the U.S. Department of Education's recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress. In some districts, less than eight out of 100 students were proficient in either subject.
By Monte Larrick
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05.08.18
The Illinois Constitution already guarantees equal protection regardless of sex. But, that's not stopping Planned Parenthood and other anti-life organizations from trying to make Illinois the 37th state of the 38 needed to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
By Micah Clark
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05.05.18
Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx are the mid-19th century philosophical fathers of Communism. Both men epitomized the rally cry of Atheism which is “God doesn’t exist, and I hate him.” They saw religion as a competitor to their agenda...
By Kathy Valente
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05.04.18
With about 4 weeks left of the Illinois General Assembly’s session and several bad bills that still could be voted on, it is very fitting to appeal to “Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,” (Eph. 3:20) and Him through Whom “all things are possible.” (Matt. 19:26)
By John Biver
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05.02.18
Back in the 1990s, Illinois conservatives watched as Republican governors cooperated with General Assembly Democrats to lay a foundation for our state’s current fiscal disaster. Today, as 25 percent of the state’s budget goes to paying overly-generous pensions for government...
05.01.18
Former transgender, bisexual, lesbian and gay men and women, including an Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting survivor, will be gathering in the nation's capital for a worship event next weekend to proclaim how Jesus Christ liberated them.
Attendees from across the nation will assemble at the National Sylvan Theater from noon to 3 p.m. on May 5 for what is being called Freedom March.
By Laurie Higgins
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04.30.18
Full disclosure: I hate roasts of any kind.
White House Correspondents’ Dinner gut-busting pasquinade by jokester Michelle Wolf makes it difficult to refrain from being as despicable as she was.
First, some of her jokes:
“Of course, Trump isn’t here…....
By Nancy Valko
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04.30.18
An April 13, 2018 USA Today op-ed titled “Make an End-of-life plan or Lose your Money and Choices in your Dying Days” begins with the statement “End-of-life care can bankrupt your family and rob you of choices. End the denial about dying. Make a plan in case you end up seriously ill and frail.” Ms. Bryant is very upfront about using the economic argument about aging and the enormous toll it can take financially and personally on the family as well as medical costs.
