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National Day of Prayer Clouded by Controversy

Today is the National Day of Prayer, a day set aside for silent reflection and prayer in a variety of forms. However, this...

Raven Clabough May 6, 2010

Minors and Violent Video Games

Bruce Walker April 26, 2010

The Supreme Court has decided to hear an appeal of a Circuit Court decision in February of last year to strike down a...

Day of Silence Still Sparks Protest

Jack Kenny April 20, 2010

It isn't often that parents have occasion to protest an outbreak of silence by their school-age children, but the "Day of Silence" observed...

Schoolgirls “Sext” Their Nude Photos

Beverly K. Eakman April 20, 2010

“Hard questions” are being asked this week in Montgomery County, Maryland, in the wake of the April 15 discovery that middle-school and high-school...

Nebraska Abortion Law Challenges Roe v. Wade

Dave Bohon April 17, 2010

Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman put his signature to an historic bill April 13 banning abortions of pre-born babies beyond 20 weeks from conception....

Helping Hands for Soldiers

Liana Stanley April 12, 2010

“All too often Americans say they support our soldiers, but do little if anything to show their appreciation.” This statement from Clark Lamoreux...

Warning: The Danger of People

Timothy Baldwin April 9, 2010

In a recent article entitled “Say it loud: I’m childfree and I’m proud,” author Lisa Hymas suggests that the population of the United...

Catholic Church Sex Scandal & Celibacy

Selwyn Duke March 31, 2010

After getting in my car the other night, this writer turned on a radio show hosted by a man renowned as a rare...

Dad Ordered Not to Expose Daughter to His Faith

Bruce Walker March 27, 2010

A father in Chicago may find himself in jail, if he exposes his young daughter to his Catholic faith. Joseph Reyes is estranged...

Census Shows Where People Want to Live

Bruce Walker March 25, 2010

The census is far from complete, but projections already show the historic pattern of people moving out of the Northeast and into the...

A “Son of Hamas” Converts to Christianity

James Heiser March 11, 2010

For Mosab Hassan Yousef, the problem for his fellow Palestinians is simple: “The problem is with their God. They need to be liberated...

Same-sex Couples Wed in Washington, DC

Dave Bohon March 9, 2010

Homosexual couples began marrying March 9 in Washington, DC, nearly a week after a measure permitting same-sex marriage passed its final legal hurdles...