Thursday night as our family gathered for our evening prayers, we prayed for the injured and the families of those killed at Umpqua Community College in Oregon by an anti-Christian gunman. We didn’t know the names or all the details at the time, only that Christians were specifically targeted. According to witnesses the gunman asked […]
Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Jason Chaffetz is throwing his hat into the ring to replace John Boehner as speaker of the House, according to Politico. The Utah Republican will face off against the current front-runner, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Fla. The news comes after McCarthy made controversial comments about
The President’s Iran deal came at great expense to U.S. security—and it may come at even greater expense to the regime’s victims—about 43 billion dollars’ worth. Until recently, most people probably didn’t know that the Iranian government owed a bundle of money to American and Israeli terrorism victims. Since the late 1990s, U.S. courts have
More parents than ever are opting their children out of Common Core tests. At Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, not a single junior took the Common Core standardized tests this spring. At four other Seattle high schools, district officials said 95 percent of juniors refused to take the tests. Seattle-area juniors boycotted tests because
A wise man once said: “What do you call a leader with no followers? Just a man out for a walk.” That’s the problem with Washington. Washington politicians think making a speech on the Senate floor is leadership. Making a speech is not leadership. Proposing a bill is not leadership. Fighting and losing, again and again,
Rick Santorum made the following remarks at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. His speech as shown here has been lightly edited. – Ed. I’ve been here to every single Values Voter Summit. I was in Iowa the other day, in Osceola, Iowa. Of course, all of you have been there, right? And I was
It is no secret that the National Education Association has a clear left-wing agenda for what teachers teach our children. It should come as no surprise that history teachers are being told to downplay America’s rich history in favor of a shame narrative. The NEA’s New Business Item B, considered so important that it passed
Dr. Jim Garlow spoke to an interdenominational audience Wednesday night in Salt Lake City about challenges to religious freedom that are occurring with increasing frequency. The senior pastor at Skyline Church in San Diego, Garlow traced the movement to suppress religious expression from the 1950s – when 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations were barred from significant lobbying
Ben Carson’s eye-popping summer fundraising haul of $20 million has not only reaffirmed his viability as a Republican presidential candidate, it has propelled him into a league of superstar fundraisers such as Democratic contender Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama. But unlike Clinton and Obama, Carson lacks access to deep-pocketed donors from corporate America and
Can Republicans keep the government open—and taxpayer wallets to Planned Parenthood shut? That’s the question on everyone’s minds as the GOP catapults into another last-minute budget frenzy. With the hot seat barely cold after yesterday’s Cecile Richards hearing, Republicans are moving quickly into phase two of defunding the abortion giant. Earlier this week, Rep. Ron
Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who has found herself in the middle of a religious liberty firestorm for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples based on her biblical beliefs, would have had a much easier time of it if she lived in a different state. For example, in Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal issued
House Speaker John Boehner announced last week he would be resigning from Congress, effective Oct. 30, and Republicans have already begun competing for the top leadership posts in the wake of his news. House Republican leadership consists of four positions—speaker, majority leader, majority whip and conference chair—and current House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California
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