Court to Rule in Religion, Home-school Battle
The New Hampshire Supreme Court will decide in the next few months whether a Meredith woman may home-school her child according to her religious beliefs, despite the objections of the child's...
Education
“Third Wave” of Persecution Coming, Warns Homeschool Leader
Homeschoolers beware! A “third wave” of persecution that “seeks to curtail or crush the homeschooling movement — specifically, the Christian homeschooling movement — is coming,” warns Michael Farris, chairman of the...
Nullify Now! Tour Heads to Phoenix
The Nullify Now! tour is circulating its way through the new year, making its first 2011 stop in Phoenix, Arizona, on Saturday, January 29, where John Birch Society CEO Art Thompson...
Huck Finn and the “N-Word”
Understanding and implementing what is acceptable and what is forbidden with regard to language with racial connotations has become a highly specialized discipline in today’s politically charged culture. Witness, for example,...
Burlington Case Evaluates Whether Verboten Word is Acceptable
On July 18, Tom Burlington gets his day in court. ...
Know the Difference Between Marx and Madison? Poll Says Many Do Not
A recent survey conducted earlier this month by the Harris Interactive polling firm on behalf of the Bill of Rights Institute reveals some startling, disheartening results. ...
Civil Rights’ Groups Contest New Texas Curriculum
In March of this year, the Texas Board of Education approved a social studies curriculum that touts more conservative principles, including those championing the superiority of American capitalism and the spirituality...
The College Graduate Bubble: One Student’s Story
Cortney Munna bought the lie, hook, line and sinker. The College Board has been selling it for years: “Over the course of a 40-year career, the average college graduate earns about...
Valedictorian Wins Religious Freedom Case
The Montana Supreme Court ruled five-to-one last month that Renee Griffith’s First Amendment rights were violated when public school officials did not allow her to mention her Christian faith at commencement...
College Education: Is It Worth it?
Back in September, The College Board published an update of its report, “College Pays,” confirming what most have considered inarguable and revealed truth: Whatever it costs to obtain a sheepskin will...
University Drops Award That Honors Controversial Journalist
Michigan’s Wayne State University has dropped an award honoring legendary — and highly controversial — journalist and former White House bureau chief Helen Thomas, after the former “First Lady of the...
Louisiana School Board Rejects Creationism
Debates over the content of student textbooks continue to rage on in parts of the country, especially Louisiana, where a committee recently rejected requests to include references to creationism and intelligent...
New Hampshire H.S. Assigns Anti-Jesus Book
A New Hampshire couple felt obliged to remove their oldest son from his high school after learning of the reading materials assigned to his class. ...
NIV Bible Update Comes Under Fire
The world’s best-selling Bible has been revised, but its critics remain unimpressed with the editors’ efforts to address what many scholars say are significant problems. ...
H.S. Football Player Penalized for Gesturing to God
Tumwater (Washingon) High School running back Ronnie Hastie learned the hard way that freedom of religion is a dying right on Monday night when he received a penalty flag...