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Two Moms vs. Obama’s Common Core

by Maggie Gallagher May 15, 2013

Indiana has become the first state to retreat from the Common Core standards, as Governor Mike Pence has just signed a bill suspending their implementation.
A great deal has been written and spoken about Common Core, but it is worth…

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Your Cheap Clothing Has a High Price

by Karl D. Stephan May 15, 2013

When the Rana Plaza garment factory building collapsed on April 24, crushing hundreds of workers under a pile of concrete and machinery that used to be an eight-story factory building, it was like lifting a rock in your garden and…

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Relevant Rock: The Inadvertent Catholicism of Jim James

by Dan Hart May 15, 2013

In a February Rolling Stone interview, Jim James, the lead singer and songwriter of the popular roots rock band My Morning Jacket, had this to say when asked if he was religious: “I call myself a recovering Catholic.”
It’s funny,…

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Confronting Gendercide

by Michael Cook May 14, 2013

India and China are not the only countries with lop-sided sex ratios due to sex-selective abortions. Georgia, a former member of the USSR in the Caucasus with a population of about 4.5 million, has a distorted sex ratio at birth…

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Dropping the Benghazi Ball

by Dr. Earl Tilford May 14, 2013

In the 1990s, the U.S. Air Force’s self-descriptor for its capabilities was “Global Reach, Global Power.”  On September 11, 2012, as Americans were being attacked and killed in the Middle East, the global reach of air power was confined to…

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Same Sex Parenting: What Do the Children Say?

by Robert Oscar Lopez May 13, 2013

During the oral arguments about Proposition 8, Justice Anthony Kennedy referred to children being raised by same-sex couples. Since I was one of those children—from ages 2-19, I was raised by a lesbian mother with the help of her partner—I…

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Interview with an Ex-Catholic Baptist Pastor

by Matt Fradd May 13, 2013

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Several months ago I was on my way to Chicago to deliver a talk. During the flight I had the opportunity to share the gospel with a man sitting beside me.
After the flight, at baggage claim, a man named…

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When You Say ‘Gay Marriage is Inevitable,’ Do You Mean Rich People Want It?

by Jennifer Morse May 13, 2013

You have no doubt heard the news that gay marriage is inevitable. The New York state legislature redefined marriage in 2011. Rhode Island redefined marriage earlier this week. Delaware just removed the gender requirement from marriage. Minnesota is poised to…

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The Pope and Godless Capitalism

by Pat Buchanan May 13, 2013

“This is called slave labor,” said Pope Francis.
The Holy Father was referring to the $40 a month paid to apparel workers at that eight-story garment factory in Bangladesh that collapsed on top of them, killing more than 400.
“Not…

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Scripture Speaks: The Ascension of Our Lord

by Gayle Somers May 9, 2013

On Ascension Day, Jesus gives His apostles, a group of men singularly lacking in influence, a worldwide mission.  How would they be able to pull this off?
Gospel (Read Lk 24:46-53)
St. Luke tells us that as Jesus prepares to…

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