Top Stories in 2014

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…

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US and Israel: Top Ten Events

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…

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About Carol Sewell

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…

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Green Marriage

We’re hearing a lot from politicians about environmental policy.  I haven’t heard any of them mention that one solution might be: promoting marriage. Currently the environmental movement is all about climate, as if we can really affect that. If you don’t think global warming is taking place or is a problem, it doesn’t mean you favor rampant abuse of the…

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Federal Gun Law is Unconstitutional

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…

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Do We Need Police Retraining?

(CNSNews.com) – Suggestions that police are biased and not doing their jobs properly — made by some of the nation’s top leaders — create a dangerous climate for the men and women who serve and protect, says former U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.). “Why do we believe police need retraining or reorganization and reforming?” West asked. Source: Susan Jones, cnsnews.com

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Myths About Divorce Rates

Many of the most demoralizing beliefs about marriage, especially when it comes to discouraging statistics commonly passed around, are just not true, says social researcher and best-selling author Shaunti Feldhahn. “A subconscious sense of futility about marriage is everywhere, as everything we hear says marriage is ‘in trouble,’” states Feldhahn. “And while some of the bad news is accurate (for…

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You aren’t just surrounded by miracles, . . .

I know people who say they have never experienced a miracle. Maybe you’re one of them.  But I would argue that you have never not experienced one. It may seem like you’re sitting still right now, but it’s an illusion of miraculous proportions. Planet Earth is spinning around its axis at an equatorial speed of 1,040 miles per hour. Simultaneously,…

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Cuba Speech

President Barack Obama unveiled a new U.S. policy toward Cuba on Wednesday as part of a deal that brought American Alan Gross home in exchange for three convicted Cuban spies. As he has done so often in the past, Obama tried to channel the perspective of America’s enemies and critics, as if his job were to act as a neutral…

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Policemen Executed for Revenge

Two New York City police officers were shot and killed by a gunman who ambushed their patrol car outside a Brooklyn housing project on Saturday, in what top city officials called a targeted killing. “They were quite simply assassinated, targeted for their uniform,” Police Commissioner William Bratton said at a news conference at Woodhull Medical Center on Saturday evening. The…

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FBI Blames N.Korea For Sony Hacking: ‘Act of Intimidation’

The Obama administration on Friday formally accused the North Korean government of being responsible for the devastating hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, providing the most detailed accounting to date of a hugely expensive break-in that could lead to a U.S. response. The FBI said in a statement it has enough evidence to conclude that North Korea was behind the…

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