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Americans Not Comfortable With Easy Abortions
By Micah Clark   |   02.26.16
It may not be surprising if you didn’t hear about a poll earlier this year from the Marist Institute for Public Opinion.  Had the results been the opposite of what they were, it likely would have been headline news across...
Illinois Legislators Pray for Miracles
By Monte Larrick   |   02.25.16
A group of Illinois lawmakers is seeking divine intervention as the state budget stalemate lingers. Members of the Legislative Prayer Caucus are asking for prayers as they work to find solutions to the state’s fiscal and moral problems…and they are...
Gender Dysphoria Madness: 21st Century Superstition Run Amok
By Laurie Higgins   |   02.24.16
On Monday, the Chicago Tribune ran a guest essay written by Tucker Fitzgerald, the deceived father of a six-year-old gender-dysphoric boy who is being permitted to pretend he’s objectively female. This boy is permitted to wear dresses and use girl's restrooms. Fitzgerald wants his son to be able to continue this restroom practice, foolishly writing, “[W]hen confronted with trusting her [sic] heart and mind, or trusting her [sic] genitals, I chose her [sic] heart and mind.” What “heart and mind” refers to are feelings and thoughts, desires and ideas.
What Changed This Teacher’s Mind About Home Schooling
02.23.16
A 10-year-old girl lies in bed with a fever of 104 and a flaming rash on her head and neck. But instead of driving her to the emergency room or even calling a physician, her parents pray at her bedside for a cure. Most states still consider such "treatment" by the parents as a religious right protected by the First Amendment, even though it is perceived by most physicians and lawyers, as well as the American Medical Association, as parental neglect or even abuse.
The Collapse of Gender Sanity
02.23.16
Physiology doesn’t lie: Women are less effective than men at meeting military objectives, and far more likely to be injured in combat. Let’s stop denying reality in a misguided effort toward “equality” and agree that women should not be drafted to combat roles.
Thanks to ‘Transgender Equality’ Laws, Boys Are Now Sharing Girls’ Locker Rooms
By Dr. Michael L. Brown   |   02.23.16
Even as I write these words, different cities in America are considering dangerous and irrational laws that impose unfair and potentially dangerous burdens on the vast majority of citizens, all in name of helping a tiny number of deeply confused...
False Grace, Loving God and Hating Evil
By   |   02.22.16
What a mess our world is in. What a mess America is in. What a mess the church is in. Depressed yet? Isaiah 5:20 encapsulates, I believe, the cultural condition of much of the world, most of America and an...
Obama Refuses to Attend Justice Scalia’s Funeral
By Laurie Higgins   |   02.19.16
“All of life is partisan.” ~ Saul Alinsky In the 24 hours since Josh Earnest announced that President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle would not attend the funeral of renowned U.S. Supreme Court Justice, much virtual ink has been...
An ‘Epic Fail’ for 25% of America’s Churches
By Micah Clark   |   02.19.16
The American Bible Society’s fifth annual State of the Bible survey of 2,000 Americans has some interesting findings.  Not everything in the extensive poll is discouraging. In fact many findings are very encouraging and perhaps courter-cultural compared to the Hollywood...
Scalia Defended Democracy, Liberals Subvert It
02.18.16
"Well, there are many legitimate philosophies of judicial review," you say. Not if you believe in democracy, or a representative republic. Only originalism, which insists on interpreting the Constitution by its original meaning, protects democratic rule. The people spoke when they originally passed the Constitution. And they can speak again through the amendment process.
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