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June 16, 2014

Police Arrest Suspect in Fatal Priest Shooting. Suspect had Been Out of Prison for Two Months.

Gary Michael Moran has been charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of...

May 2014

May 02, 2014

Clayton Locket was a Murderer. I Am Not.

Oklahoma managed to execute a prisoner this week, but we did it in the...

March 2014

March 21, 2014

Shame on Everybody: Michigan Senate Race Debate Over Abortion

Shame on everybody. I would love to single out one of the mud-slingers and...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

2013 Favs: Michael Hastings’ Too Convenient Death

Michael Hastings was a journalist who had a penchant for writing the stories no one...

December 29, 2013

2013 Favs: Amazing Grace: A Former Prostitute Tells Her Story

As I've mentioned in previous posts, Linda Cavanah is the founder and Director of All Things New, a ministry...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

JFK: Civil Rights Address

My mother's comment after this speech was "the president taught the nation a Sunday school...

November 13, 2013

Blumenthal Announces Bill to Overturn State Abortion Laws

A small group of members of the United States Congress announced plans today to...

November 12, 2013

Oklahoma Supreme Court Does It Again

Oklahoma’s Supreme Court overturned a second pro life bill this week. This one concerned trans-vaginal...

November 05, 2013

Even if I Die, I Should be the First One

Even if I die, I should be the first one. That was how Father Benny...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

Because I am a Girl

I've put together a few videos about the price half the human race pays every...

October 26, 2013

Sex Selected Abortions in Britain: What Does the CPS Decision Mean?

As an American, I find British law confusing, which, I expect is equally true...

October 12, 2013

When Home is Hell

Comments on this post about divorce have, as these things usually do, veered off into...

September 2013

September 11, 2013

9/11: Here’s Something I Don’t Want to Write About

9 What a bitter cup. It appears this nation will drink it to the dregs....

September 08, 2013

The Burden of Sin: What Jesus Endured on the Cross

The One Who knew no sin became sin for us. Graphic images, not for children.

September 02, 2013

Bookkeeper Stops School Shooting

"I knew that bullets don't have a name. "I knew that at that moment,...

August 2013

August 15, 2013

Book Review: American Militarism vs the Kingdom of God

To join the discussion about Fight A Christian Case for Nonviolence, or to order a...

August 13, 2013

After-Birth Abortion: Why Should the Baby Live?

It reads like an article from The Onion. But it's not. It's a serious pseudo...

August 04, 2013

Who is Lila Rose?

Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action, has made a real difference in the...

August 03, 2013

The Persecution Continuum: Vandalizing Churches

Deacon Greg Kandra had the story of churches that were vandalized in Brooklyn this week....

July 2013

July 20, 2013

Are Americans as Trashy as Our Media Believes?

Deacon Greg Kandra has the story. This is the latest cover of Time Magazine in...

July 20, 2013

Televised Trials: The For-Real Hunger Games

I did not watch the Zimmerman murder trial. I did not watch the OJ trial....

July 18, 2013

Gosnell Was Not Alone

Roe v Wade set the limit for viability at 26 weeks into pregnancy. That was...

July 15, 2013

The Government Lost the Trayvon Martin Case. Now the Government Should Accept the Verdict.

The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that American citizens may...

July 13, 2013

Texans have a New Abortion Law. Americans have a New Political Reality.

Texans have a new abortion law. Americans have a new political reality. The Texas legislature...

July 12, 2013

She Could Have Been Me

I wrote this post over a year ago. In light of questions raised by a...

July 11, 2013

63% of Texas Babies Killed in Abortions are Black or Hispanic

Texans kill a lot of babies, and most of them are black and hispanic. Sixty-three...

July 08, 2013

Samuel Adams: Once Might be a Mistake. Four Times is a Pattern.

Kathy Schiffer wrote a post yesterday that moved Samuel Adams beer from a purveyor of...

June 2013

June 19, 2013

The Land of Opportunity and Our Three-Tier Public Education System

Public education is a three tier system. The top tier of public education provides a...

June 11, 2013

Do Women Need Planned Parenthood?

Do women need Planned Parenthood? Every time anyone raises the question of cutting government...

June 03, 2013

The First First Responders

Oklahoma City spun with activity all weekend. Everywhere you went, the sound of chain...