Articles

By: Andrew C. McCarthy – nationalreview.com – September 26, 2018 I’ve never thought the big Ford–Kavanaugh hearing scheduled for Thursday would actually happen. Maybe I’ll be proved wrong, but I’ve never believed Christine Blasey Ford wants to testify. This hearing is not going to settle the issue of what, if anything, happened 36 years ago — which, as I’ve noted,…

By: Solange Reyner – newsmax.com – September 26, 2018 Two additional allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh surfaced Wednesday, but the claims came from anonymous sources and one of the accusers reportedly recanted his story, according to reports. Bloomberg said Kavanaugh on Tuesday was asked about an alleged rape on a boat in Rhode Island in…

By: Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram & Laurie Kellman – apnews.com – September 27, 2018 With high drama in the making, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh emphatically fended off new accusations sexual misconduct Wednesday and headed into a charged public Senate hearing that could determine whether Republicans can salvage his nomination and enshrine a high court conservative majority. The Senate Judiciary…

By: Andrew C. McCarthy – nationalreview.com – September 26, 2018 I used to see the mainstream media as an adjunct of the Democratic party. That’s debatable; it could be that the party is the adjunct. Either way, the most brazenly overt aspect of the partnership is that the press no longer even feigns interest in allegations against nominees; it is…

By: Joe Pinsker – theatlantic.com – September 25, 2018 In the past 10 years, the percentage of American marriages that end in divorce has fallen, and in a new paper, the University of Maryland sociologist Philip Cohen quantified the drop-off: Between 2008 and 2016, the divorce rate declined by 18 percent overall. After accounting for the rising average age of…

By: Joe Carter – thegospelcoalition.org – September 25, 2018 The Story: A new study finds that most Christian workers in America know how their work serves God or a higher purpose. But too many still don’t have a fully biblical view of vocation. The Background: Barna Group, a religion and social research firm, in partnership with Abilene Christian University, released…

By: Elana Schor, John Bresnahan & Burgess Everett – politico.com – September 25, 2018 The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court on Friday morning, less than 24 hours after Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford appear before the panel to discuss Ford’s allegation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than 30 years ago. According…

By: Alexandra Desanctis – nationalreview.com – September 24, 2018 It’s been nearly a year since Ronan Farrow torpedoed the career of Harvey Weinstein, printing in The New Yorker a series of credible accusations that the Hollywood producer had sexually abused several women. His piece touched off a firestorm that led to purges of incredibly powerful men in a variety of…

By: David French – nationalreview.com – September 24, 2018 In tonight’s interview with Martha MacCallum, it would have been easy for Brett Kavanaugh to play the legal equivalent of a prevent defense. He’s a smart enough lawyer to understand the state of the evidence. None of his accusers have been able to come forward with a single witness who can…

By: Joanna Connors – nationalgeographic.com – September 2018 This story is difficult to look at. Yet we are asking you to go on the remarkable journey of how a young woman received a face transplant because it reveals something profound about our humanity. Our face conveys who we are, telegraphing a kaleidoscope of emotions. It’s our doorway to the sensory…

By: Frank Gaffney – Secure Freedom Minute – September 7, 2018 Some ninety Muslim candidates are campaigning this fall for various offices at the federal, state and local levels. Their faith, of course, is no bar to their running. But most, if not virtually all, of them are Sharia-supremacists – or, at a minimum, they’re currying support from those who…