With the founding of Earth Day on April 22, 1970 by the late Senator Gaylord Nelson, environmentalists created a rallying point. No one can dispute that there were and are real environmental issues to address. What has become alarming is the method of influence and goals proposed by climate change alarmists. As … Read more
On April 28, a very important bill was signed that will do much to protect the unborn. Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed into law the “Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act.” This law forbids the dismemberment of the unborn during abortion. Due to the importance of this bill for the pro-life … Read more
Education and religion are often seen to be incompatible. There is an underlying notion inside the liberal education establishment that religious belief is backwards and contrary to enlightenment. Schools have long been viewed as gateways to a glorious secular and technological future, free of religious superstition. After all, the purpose of education … Read more
In 2013, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, an inspirational painting referencing a Bible verse was removed from a dining hall after an anti-religion group filed a complaint. The more recent uproar surrounding Indiana Governor Mike Pence and the Progressives continual assault on religious liberty only served to open a raw wound … Read more
Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, has emerged as a spokesman for Chinese Catholic fidelity to Rome. Despite his age, his indefatigable apostolic activity continues unabated. In an interview with Milan’s daily Corriere della Sera he “set the record straight” on high-level personal talks between the Holy See and … Read more
The Heartland Institute sent a team of climate scientists to Rome this week to inform Pope Francis of the truth about climate science: There is no global warming crisis. A slate of independent scientists and policy experts offer a “prebuttal” to the Vatican’s April 28 “Climate Summit.” Climate scientists and policy experts … Read more
With the Supreme Court deliberating on the issue of same-sex “marriage” this week, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition Family and Property (TFP), joined the National Organization for Marriage’s March for Marriage 2015 on April 25, which attracted a pro-family crowd of approximately 10,000 onto Capitol Hill in a peaceful … Read more
While it seems the United States and Iran have come to preliminary stages for an agreement that would halt Iran’s nuclear bomb program, many ask whether the country twice the size of Texas and dominated by Shia Islam will keep its end of the deal. And why should it? The threat of … Read more
Those who want to opt out of serving at same-sex “marriage” functions often claim a right to religious liberty. Some say it is a matter of following one’s beliefs and conscience. Still others believe it involves freedom of speech and opinions. Such claims, while valid, are doomed to fail, because the center of … Read more
This coming June, the Supreme Court of the United States will rule on the lawfulness of same-sex “marriage. In view of previous rulings and strong pressure from the powerful homosexual movement, it is to be feared that a majority vote will turn once more to the “penumbra” of the Constitution’s Bill of … Read more