Allow me to make a very direct statement. I believe it is time for the Church in this country to stand up for religious freedom.

Especially over the course of the last few years, we have seen repeated efforts—in the courts,…

The biggest single vote to be cast on health care reform is taking place right now. Not in the halls of Congress or in some smoke-filled back room. Not in the Oval Office. Not in the media.

No, the single most…

The constitution of St. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands states that the British territory wishes to respect “Christian and family values.” And the constitution of the Cayman Islands declares that it is a “God-fearing country based on traditional…

It’s the kind of story I know very well. A talented, driven young man of modest means fights his way to the top of his profession. He makes his mark among the powerful and the elite.

And then, through pride, or…

Ronald Reagan once joked, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”

Well, the Gipper was wrong. I have 12 even more terrifying words: “I’m the government’s health care choices…

As I have said before on Breakpoint, much of the hype and even hysteria surrounding the H1N1 flu strain is unwarranted.

That’s not to say that the swine flu’s potential impact isn’t devastating—it is, but not in the way cable news…

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Dr. Miriam Grossman was lecturing at a Philadelphia college about sexual health. The students had invited her to talk about something they’d never encountered in all their years of sex…

On the night of October 23rd, a 15-year-old girl in Richmond, California, was brutally assaulted by as many as seven young men between the ages of 15 and 20.

One policeman called the events of that night a “barbaric act” and…

Many were shocked last February when Secretary of State Clinton said that pressing China about its human rights abuses “can’t interfere” with more important things—like “the global economic crisis, the global climate change crisis and the security crisis.”

Even the Washington…

The President is under great pressure regarding Afghanistan. Top military commanders on the ground and conservatives in Congress want more troops—and fast. Liberal members of the President’s own party are dead set against that—some would like to leave Afghanistan altogether.

And…