Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle and former Army Ranger Alejandro Villanueva (78) stands outside the tunnel alone during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) By: Susie Moore – redstate.com – May 23, 2018 It’s late May. If you’re a sports fan like me your focus...

By: Kerby Anderson – probe.org – October 1, 2014 Gambling used to be what a few unscrupulous people did with the aid of organized crime. But gambling fever now seems to affect nearly everyone as more and more states are legalizing various forms of it. Thirty years ago, gambling was a relatively rare phenomenon with casinos operating only in the...

By Dr. Jim Denison – denisonforum.org – May 16, 2018 This week, the Supreme Court struck down a federal law that prohibits sports gambling. The landmark decision gives states the right to legalize betting on sports. New Jersey plans to be the first state to offer legal wagering on the results of a game. Delaware, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, and...

By: Ariana Eunjung Cha, Juliet Eilperin and Josh Dawsey – washingtonpost.com – May 18, 2018 The Trump administration is expected to announce May 18 that it will pull funds from groups that perform or provide referrals for abortions. (Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post) The Trump administration is proposing to bar clinics that provide abortion services or referrals from receiving federal family-planning...

By: David Roach – bpnews.net – May 15, 2018 Legislation passed in Oklahoma and Kansas to protect the religious liberty of adoption agencies has drawn praise from Baptist leaders in those states and criticism from homosexual activist groups. In Oklahoma, Republican Gov. Mary Fallin signed Senate Bill 1140 on May 11. The measure protects private organizations from being required to...

A robotic sound clip saying either “Yanny” or “Laurel” is baffling the internet, not unlike the 2015 picture of a dress that was either black and blue or white and gold. By Maya Salam – nytimes.com – May 15, 2018 Yanny Or Laurel? Three years ago, the internet melted down over the color of a dress. Now an audio file...

By: Ben Shapiro – weeklystandard.com – May 9, 2018 There’s a generational age gap, but it’s not insurmountable. Young Americans are moving to the left. On virtually every issue, they support the Democratic party. A Harvard University poll taken in December 2017 found that among likely American voters aged 18-29, fully 65 percent supported Democratic control of Congress. Polls consistently...

By: Eric Wilson – nationalreview.com – May 10, 2018 High-priced lawyers and a PR blitz aren’t nearly enough to fix the problem. Facebook’s announcement last week that it is hiring former Republican senator Jon Kyl and his law firm, Covington & Burling, to investigate anti-conservative bias on the platform reveals that Mark Zuckerberg sees such bias as a PR issue...

By: Dr. Scott Lively – livelyforgovernor.us WHY I’M RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts is the very root of America, where the seed of Christianity was first planted and began to thrive; the birthplace of our first constitution, the Mayflower Compact, the site of the First Great Awakening, the incubator of the American anti-slavery movement, and the launching pad for...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – May 7, 2018 Constitutional freedoms will die if we forget the importance of defending them even for those whom we hate. Democratic congressman Ted Lieu is at it again. Days after tweeting that Michael Cohen’s decision to take the Fifth in the Stormy Daniels civil litigation was “powerful confirmation that the US Attorney’s Office...