Following the January 7 massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, where Islamic gunmen killed a dozen people because the satirical magazine had mocked the prophet of Islam, one thing has become clear: the number of atrocities committed in the name of Islam all around the world have become so frequent, so ubiquitous, that other, lesser hostilities by…
Read NowGOP lawmakers who helped stall a controversial late-term abortion bill are getting hit with a stiff backlash — including warnings about primary challenges. “I believe in political retribution, otherwise you might as well close up shop,” Susan B. Anthony List president Marjorie Dannenfelser told The Hill. The GOP-backed legislation expected to be passed Thursday was suddenly pulled from consideration late…
Read NowNewsweek began 2015 with a cover story on the Bible. In the lead article, we get a heavy dose of liberal theory and secular skepticism about the Bible. But the author is correct in arguing that very few Americans are biblically literate. Many Christian ministries have documented this through various surveys as well as lots of anecdotal stories. Two writers…
Read NowHouse Republican leadership tonight abruptly dropped a bill that would ban elective abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy. According to news reports, female GOP lawmakers raised concerns on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, prompting party leaders to realize they did not have the votes to pass the bill. Prominent Republican members who rallied against the plan to limit…
Read NowWhen the Affordable Care Act was debated years ago, one of the most compelling arguments for its passage was a claim that it would make health insurance affordable for people with lower incomes. Now that the employer mandate begins to kick in for 2015, we are finding that it is people with these modest incomes who are being hurt the…
Read NowWASHINGTON — President Obama plans to use his State of the Union speech to target tax loopholes that benefit the wealthy, while offering new tax breaks for middle-class items like child care, White House officials said Saturday. In the prime-time address Tuesday, the president plans to call for ending certain loopholes on trust funds, increasing the top tax rates on…
Read NowHe’d have been a better president than Obama. That’s not nearly enough. A conversation with a Republican governor who is a possible presidential aspirant: I told him I’d been thinking about something and wanted his response. You can argue that a governor is a better presidential nominee than a senator because governors, unlike lawmakers, have to do something and can…
Read NowABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when it insults or ridicules someone’s faith. Francis spoke about the Paris terror attacks while en route to the Philippines, defending free speech as not only a fundamental human right but a duty to speak one’s mind for the sake of the…
Read NowUnless you’ve been living under a rock, or hanging out in the White House with nothing to do, you no doubt have heard about President Obama’s conspicuous absence at yesterday’s Paris peace march. After all, there were over 40 world leaders in attendance but nary a White House bigwig in site. Well, the Obama team has admitted their mistake, although with…
Read NowAs more than 40 heads of state locked arms and marched through the streets of Paris on Sunday, one country was noticeably absent: the United States. While President Barack Obama took heat from political foes for failing to attend a historic event that drew major world leaders, he also was criticized by members of the mainstream media. CNN’s Jake Tapper…
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