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Feb 07 2017
Opinion
What Is the Democratic Party?
‘Voting against their own interests’ The popular progressive understanding of the Republican party and conservative movement is something like this: It is, at heart, a conspiracy of corporate oligarchs who use a collection of so-called social issues — religion, bigotry, racial resentment, anti-immigrant sentiment — to stir up the rubes in support of its own parochial economic agenda, tricking
National Review (News)Dec 14 2021
Headline Roundup
Supreme Court Denies Health Care Workers' Religious Challenge to NY Vaccine Mandate
The Supreme Court on Monday denied two requests from New York health care workers who said the state's vaccine mandate for their industry violates their constitutional right to freely exercise their religion.
The court's unsigned order offered no explanation of the ruling. Justice Neil Gorsuch, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, dissented and criticized the court for purportedly denying
New York Times (News) SCOTUSblog National Review (News)Oct 13 2022
Perspectives Blog
Putin Rhetoric, Increased Russian Strikes Mark New Era in Conflict
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Escalated Russian strikes on Ukraine and threats from President Vladimir Putin have raised new concerns about the conflict. After Putin said last month that Russia would use "all the means that we have" to defend itself,
AllSides StaffJun 20 2021
News
Can the C.D.C. Be Fixed?
So far, there was no national plan for how to move forward. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was advising everyone to wear masks and remain six feet apart at all times. But that guidance was a significant impediment to any full-bore reopening, because most schools could not maintain that kind of distance and still accommodate all their students and teachers. It also left many
New York Times (News)Sep 03 2019
News
Conversion therapy leader McKrae Game comes out as gay
The founder of one of the nation’s largest conversion therapy programs has announced that he’s gay — and disavowed the “harmful” practice.
McKrae Game, who led the faith-based conversion therapy group Hope for Wholeness in South Carolina for nearly two decades, came out of the closet this summer at 51, The Post and Courier reported Saturday.
“Conversion therapy is not just a lie
New York Post (News)Aug 24 2020
Analysis
Ghosts of the GOP past, &c.
At last week’s Democratic convention, all three former presidents — former Democratic presidents — spoke. This is par for the course, and natural: The faithful, and the general public, want to see the old guys.
When I was growing up, former presidents, and former nominees, always appeared at the conventions. With the exception of Nixon. That was always the interesting exception. So
National Review (News)Mar 27 2020
Analysis
The Political Media Are Failing America
Here are some of the public figures and institutions that Americans hold in higher esteem than the media according to Gallup:
Hospitals, Their child’s school and daycare centers, State governments, Their employer, CDC and NIH, Mike Pence, Donald Trump, Congress.
Only one institution that Gallup asked about, the media, had negative approval rating — sitting 19 points behind its
National Review (News)Mar 05 2016
News
Ben Carson officially suspends presidential bid
Ben Carson on Friday officially suspended his campaign for president at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.
Mr. Carson’s announcement elicited murmurs of disappointment and then a loud road of applause for the retired neurosurgeon, who said he would remain engaged in the process by urging members of the faith community to get more engaged in the political arena.
Washington TimesDec 11 2013
News
Donald Trump Blasts Obama for Failing to Secure Christian Pastor's Freedom in Iran
Donald Trump says the Obama administration has failed miserably in not securing the release of American Pastor Saeed Abedini from the Iranian prison system in which hes been held for the past 15 months after being arrested because of his Christian faith.
The BlazeMar 25 2013
News
Ralph Reed: Two 'Biological Parents' Best for Children
Two biological parents are best for children according to Faith and Freedom Coalition president Ralph Reed. And it s not even a close call. In a panel discussion on NBC s Meet the Press today Reed said The verdict of social science is overwhelming and irrefutable....
Newsmax (News)