By Hannah Sparks – nypost.com – April 3, 2019 It’s official: Americans are losing their religion. Data released by the General Social Survey — an ongoing study which has monitored US trends, attitudes and behaviors since 1972 — reveals that the number of Americans who identify as non-religious (aka “nones”) is now about equal to the number of Catholics (23 percent)...

By: Susan Scutti – CNN.com – April 9, 2019 New York City has declared the measles outbreak affecting the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg to be a public health emergency, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. Unvaccinated people living in select ZIP codes will be required to receive the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, known as MMR, to curtail the outbreak and protect...

By: Susan Scutti – CNN.com – December 20, 2018 Rising rates of loneliness may not be news, but the three periods when it peaks may come as a surprise: More people reported feeling moderate to severe loneliness during their late 20s, their mid-50s and their late 80s than in other life periods, according to research published Tuesday in the journal International Psychogeriatrics. The...

By: Mike Ford – redstate.com – April 8, 2019 In a continuing campaign of unconstitutional lawfare against this administration, yet another leftist DISTRICT Judge believes he can decide U.S. National Immigration Policy. From today’s Washington Post. A federal judge on Monday blocked an experimental Trump administration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases make their way...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – April 8, 2019 We’re reaching a dangerous point in American politics. Many millions of our most engaged and most politically passionate citizens fervently believe that when they lose close elections, it’s because the other side has “stolen” victory. They believe that if elections are truly free and fair, their side will win. And they’re not just...

By: Erica Komisar – wsj.com – July 11, 2018 American liberals sometimes hold up Sweden as a model of social order, equality of the sexes, and respect for parental responsibilities. Its welfare state offers excellent free or subsidized prenatal care, 480 days of paid leave for both natural and adoptive parents, and additional leave for moms who work in physically strenuous...

By: Penna Dexter – pointofview.net – March 4, 2019 There’s yet another survey out showing that young people stop going to church after high school as they go off to college or start a job away from home. A  2017 LifeWay Research Survey shows 66 percent of Americans stopped attending church on a regular basis for at least a year...

By: Robert Knight – onenewsnow.com – May 22, 2018 In the United States, surveys show that many millennials are not merely soft on socialism but openly support it. They think capitalism benefits only the “1 percent” and no one else, despite America’s matchless record of upward mobility and prosperity. Since the 1960s, the media, Hollywood and the education system have presented a...

By: Guy Benson – townhall.com – March 27, 2019 Chicago is still reeling from yesterday’s extraordinary development in the Jussie Smollett case, in which the office of the State’s Attorney chose to drop all 16 felony charges against the disgraced actor.  This set off a volcanic and irate reaction among other city authorities, especially within the police department.  Aside from letting...

By: Renae Reints – amp.timeinc.net – March 25, 2019 Yale University has rescinded the admission of a student who had been accepted as part of the recently revealed college admissions scandal. According to the university, former Yale women’s soccer coach Rudy Meredith provided “fraudulent athletic endorsements” for two applicants. One applicant was denied admission and the other had been attending Yale...