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Pope Francis has spent a year on the Throne of Peter. In that time, his modest style and high-minded ideals have ignited a new optimism and fervor among Roman Catholics, including those who left because of disagreements with some of its teachings. Francis has gone out of his way to …

A few days ago I had lunch with a buddy at a local restaurant. The food was fine, sure, but this is a friend who makes the menu irrelevant. He’s the kind of guy who makes you laugh so hard you’re snorting Sprite and spitting chip shards before the entrees …

Secretary of State Kerry met with his counterpart Russian Secretary Lavrov in Paris Sunday to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. The meeting was preceded by a phone call from Russian President Putin to President Obama just a day before. Putin’s phone call to the White House was widely interpreted as …

I watched some great movies this past year, like “12 Years a Slave,” “Captain Phillips,” and “Lone Survivor.” These mainstream, award-winning movies were all based on books, which in turn were based on actual real-life events. These films took a couple of hours to bring to life the story and …

The culture war may be lost and religious liberty might not be that far behind, according to a new survey from LifeWay Research, the research arm of the Southern Baptist Convention. Seventy percent of senior pastors at Protestant churches say religious liberty is on the decline in the United States, …

When the Framers were putting together the Constitution in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, they knew the states would not adopt it without written guarantees that the new central government would respect natural rights. The supporters of the Constitution promised political leaders in the states that the written guarantees …

One of the favorite holiday tricks of organizations trying to push religious influence out of American society is to loudly yell, “There is no war on Christmas! It’s a right-wing myth!”– even as their movement wages that same war with Grinch-like zeal.For example, Rev. Barry Lynn, an attorney who heads …

Every era has its heroes—a handful of names that stand out as the masterminds and superhuman workhorses, names that immediately invoke iconic images and harrowing tales. The history of the American Revolution has an especially rich roll-call of heroes: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Betsy Ross, Paul Revere, Nathan …

Obamacare officially debuts today with the opening of health care exchanges in all 50 states. Some of these exchanges may be more ready than others – exchanges in Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, and the District of Columbia, for example, will not be fully operational. Still, the opening of exchanges will give …

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ― The White Queen, “Alice in Wonderland” The more President Obama talks about the supposed joys of his Affordable Health Care law, the more he resembles a political Mad Hatter, devoid of reason, absent logic and ignorant of …