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Obamacare’s insurance mandate on employers will quietly take effect for large companies Thursday, one year later than planned after a pair of unilateral delays fed into Republican claims the White House plays fast and loose with the implementation of its signature law. Starting in 2015, companies with 100 or more workers have to provide affordable insurance to at least 70…

While the attacks against religious liberty in our country are at an all-time high, the good news is that concerned citizens like you are taking notice and fighting back! You’ve stood with Liberty Institute throughout 2014 helping us stand up to Goliath opponents including the ACLU, Freedom From Religion Foundation, American Atheists, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and even government entities…

Political satirists could not have created two more perfect examples of the double standard for Democrats and Republicans than Representatives Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Michael Grimm of New York.  They’re both going to be destroyed for exactly the same offenses that have been routinely waved off as meaningless distractions and “old news” for Democrats.  Grimm’s already toast, and Scalise’s…

It has been a year filled with big news stories that shaped the conversation on race, politics, privacy and much more. Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric takes a look back at your most searched news stories of 2014. 10) Obamacare: Formally known as the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s plan to reform health care has been plagued by…

As we come to the end of 2014, Charles Osgood offers us some of the stories we’ll remember . . . January brought the first death in anti-Russian protests in Ukraine. Those protests ultimately led to the Russian invasion of Crimea – and what some are calling a new cold war with the United States. Gallery: Ukraine protests grow more…

Relations between Washington and Jerusalem were marked this year, in large part, by insults. “Poof” went the prospects of peace between Israel and the Palestinians, said US Secretary of State John Kerry, who himself was labeled “messianic” by Israeli defense minister Moshe Ya’alon for his “obsessive” focus on the peace process. Kerry later said Israel would become an “apartheid” state…

What Is a Roaring Lamb?  A Lamb is a Christian.  A Roaring Lamb is a Christian who Amplifies their Faith. The term Roaring Lamb originated with Bob Briner who wrote the book “Roaring Lambs.”  He said, “It’s time for believers to confidently carry their faith with them into the marketplace so that our very culture feels the difference.”  Start a…

Carol Sewell, a native Californian grew up in Tyler, Texas and graduated from Oklahoma City University with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. In 1980, after attending Washington for Jesus, Carol developed a passion for America and its political system.  Since then, she has been devoted to educating herself and her fellow Christians about America’s Christian heritage and our responsibility…

Attorney General Eric Holder insisted to MSNBC earlier this month that “we are in a better place than we were before” in race relations since Barack Obama was elected president. The president doubled down in an interview with NPR last week. Asked if race relations were worse since he took office, he said, “No, I actually think that it’s probably…

It might not get the news coverage it deserves with everything else going on at the moment, but the unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati against a federal gun law is a very big deal.  The court held that the federal ban on gun ownership by people who have been…

The lone wolf is the new nightmare, dramatized and amplified this week by the hostage-taking attack in Sydney. But there are two kinds of lone wolves — the crazy and the evil — and the distinction is important. The real terrorists are rational. Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter, had been functioning as an Army doctor for years. Psychotics…