Are we ready for a 51st state? Where would we put the additional star in the flag? The House on Thursday approved legislation that could set in motion changes in Puerto Rico’s 112-year relationship with the United States, including a transition to statehood or independence.
A T-shirt vendor spotted a smoking SUV and alerted some quick-acting cops, who, in turn, called in the Fire Department and the bomb squad. Thanks to them, a terrorist attack was thwarted Saturday in New York City’s busy Times Square: The T-shirt vendor – a
A Baptist research project finds that the “millennial generation” is “spiritual,” but not “religious.” Specifically, they are not very Christian: Most young adults today don’t pray, don’t worship and don’t read the Bible, a major survey by a Christian research firm shows. If the trends
So claims some military experts: Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was shown a PowerPoint slide in Kabul last summer that was meant to portray the complexity of American military strategy, but looked more like a bowl of
A major argument against the government taking over Americans’ health care is competence, the fear that the government is just not competent enough to supervise such an important part of life. Here is an example: The IRS processed more than 230 million tax returns last
My home state of Oklahoma has passed–and overridden a veto of–some strong anti-abortion laws: The Oklahoma Legislature voted Tuesday to override the governor’s vetoes of two abortion measures, one of which requires women to undergo an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the
We’re in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Our latest granddaughter, Evangeline, was baptized. And then last night was “call night” at the seminary, where our son-in-law received his first call. (Over a third of his class–22 pastoral candidates– didn’t get one! This, despite the alarm sent out
I heard Matt Harrison at the Congress on the Lutheran Confessions meeting I attended, and now here at the call service in Ft. Wayne I heard President Kieschnick. Rev. Harrison is running against President Kieschnick for synodical president, and surprised everyone by scoring a huge
Arizona has passed a law cracking down on illegal immigrants, seeking them out and sending them back. Now the state is being vilified, condemned by Democrats like President Obama as well as Republicans like Tom Ridge. The state of California is threatening to boycott all
During the Cold War, the USA started media ventures such as Radio Free Europe and Voice of America to broadcast an American view of the world to countries behind the Iron Curtain. Now still-communist China is doing the same thing, Already China has a huge
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