Have you ever noticed that the world's most un-democratic countries often have the most democratic-sounding names? There's the People's Republic of China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Best of all, there's the Democratic People's ...
It's a long and ignominious list. First there was Newt Gingrich. Then came Mark Foley, David Vitter, Larry Craig, Chip Pickering and Vito Fossella. Most recently there was John Ensign and Mark Sanford. Politically, sex scandals are equal ...
Reactions to Sarah Palin’s decision to resign the governorship of Alaska have been a reminder of her unmatched ability to elicit strong emotions from friend and foe alike. We know some of the reasons why. It’s her evangelical Christianity and her ...
President Obama will make his historic first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa this weekend. In Ghana, the president is expected to deliver some tough love to a continent he believes has too often blamed the United States and the West for its own ...
Technological advancements have afforded many benefits to the pro-life cause. Ultrasound imaging has revealed the child in the womb as a living, feeling human being, and at earlier stages than previously thought possible. The widespread use of such ...
Last June in Eugene, Oregon, 64-year-old Barbara Wagner received a letter from the state-run Oregon Health Plan. Wagner, who was suffering from a recurrence of lung cancer at the time, was informed that her health policy would not cover the high ...
In America, 2009 has thus far been dominated by discussions about how best to alleviate a recession that began just over a year ago. But in communist Cuba, 2009 has been dominated by the commemoration of a revolution that helped induce 50 years of ...
"If good intentions, well-meaning programs and humanitarian gestures could end homelessness, it would have been history decades ago." -- Philip Mangano, Executive Director, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Of all the shortcomings ...
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." -- Frederick Douglass December marks the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Crafted ...
As political commentators continue to sift through the election exit polls, some exuberant abortion proponents have come to a curious conclusion: Barack Obama's triumph among Catholic voters was a validation of the president-elect's abortion position. ...
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