American Minute from William J. Federer  In the 3rd century, Emperor Claudius II was faced with defending the Roman Empire from the invading Goths. He believed single men made better soldiers so he temporarily forbade marriage. He also forced the Senate to deify the former Emperor Gallienus, including him with the Roman gods to be [...]

STAR PARKER FOUNDER & PRESIDENT COALITION ON URBAN RENEWAL & EDUCATION A travesty of justice has occurred in Oakland, California. But realities surrounding this local issue point to how the economic crisis in our nation is symptomatic of and flows from a deeper fundamental moral crisis. A black pastor awaits sentencing, which could amount to [...]

“No, I don’t think anyone will have the chance to [read the entire bill],” -  Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) (Source: CNS News) “It’s over for Arlen. He would do best to retire gracefully” - Glen Meakem, conservative talk show host in Pennsylvania on how Senator Arlen Specter’s embrace of the porkulus bill has angered his home-state allies. (Source: [...]

  Daily Recap 2/13/2008 From the 2009 South Dakota Legislature, todays activity on bills of note… Bill # Bill Desc Activity HB 1125 prohibit the use of certain wireless communications devices while driving. Deferred by chair SB 144 require all state contracts to be listed on the OPEN SD website. State Affairs Do Pass Amended, [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Katherine T. Phan Christian Post Reporter Fri, Feb. 13 2009 09:09 AM EST Major Christian and pro-family organizations are losing the cultural war because they don’t do enough to support K-12 Christian education or homeschooling, says a ministry dedicated to Christian education. Exodus Mandate, a leading advocate for [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Katherine T. Phan Christian Post Reporter Fri, Feb. 13 2009 09:36 AM EST Wiley-Blackwell, a major academic publisher, is recalling copies of Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization and scrapping the print run after critics said the entries were “too Christian” and “too anti-Muslim.” The publisher was set to release [...]

RedState points to another of those hidden little gems in the porkulus bill. You’ll find authorization on page 490-491 for state legislatures to get around any governors who get a bad case of the integrities  and refuse the financial crack the federal government is pushing. SEC. 1607. (a) CERTIFICATION BY GOVERNOR.–Not 26 later than 45 [...]

In this video Republican Study Committee chair Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) examines the stimulus bill. Do you imagine few if any of your elected representatives know everything that’s in it? Or is it more likely that a lot of different interests made a Christmas wish list of things they wanted (at the American taxpayer’s expense), [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Jennifer Riley Christian Post Reporter Thu, Feb. 12 2009 06:09 PM EST The National Association of Evangelicals, the nation’s largest evangelical body, welcomed President Barack Obama’s commitment to faith-based initiatives, but it also highlighted concerns it has about the expanded role of the new White House Office of [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Lillian Kwon Christian Post Reporter Thu, Feb. 12 2009 05:30 PM EST Thousands of Christians media professionals came out of the National Religious Broadcasters Convention with a challenge to keep fighting the media battle or risk losing millions of souls. And the battle is fierce more now than [...]

“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation without ever knowing how it happened.”
– Norman Thomas, American socialist

It’s sad what a pathetic pile of cowardice the once proud British nation has become. Fox News reports that when Dutch parlaimentarian Geert Wilders arrived in the UK, the British Home Office turned him away for fear he might upset Muslims in Britain. The letter the British government gave him says your presense in the UK [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer  “Man has forgotten God, that is why this has happened” was Solzhenitsyn’s response when questioned about the decline of modern culture. A Russian author, Solzhenitsyn was imprisoned for eight years by Joseph Stalin, as he described in his autobiography, Les Prix Nobel: “I was arrested on the grounds of [...]

While some states are endeavoring to defend marriage, others are seeing efforts to change its definition. Stuart Shepard speaks with Mona Passignano, who follows state issues for Focus on the Family Action.  Passignano looks at several states where people and lawmakers are moving to protect marriage…and several where marriage is under all-out assault. Mona also [...]

  Update 2/13/2009 For the 2009 South Dakota Legislature, todays scheduled bill activity of note… Bill # Bill Desc Activity HB 1125 prohibit the use of certain wireless communications devices while driving. Hearing: House State Affairs SB 144 require all state contracts to be listed on the OPEN SD website. Hearing: Senate State Affairs For [...]

Homosexual activists are taking their famed “tolerance” to a whole new level and are using Google Maps to identify and target donors to California’s successful defense of marriage, Proposition 8. According to WorldNetDaily, a website called Prop 8 Maps combines Google Maps technology with a list of the names, donation amount and location of anyone who [...]

Daily Recap 2/12/2008 From the 2009 South Dakota Legislature, todays activity on bills of note… Bill # Bill Desc Activity HJR 1001 Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election a new section to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the imposition of a corporate [...]

[Dutch parlaimentarian Geert Wilders' exposure of the dangers of radical Islam] ”threaten community harmony.” – Letter from Britain’s Home Office denying the maker of the documentary Fitna entry to the UK (Source: Fox News) (but radical Islam and the promotion of terrorism doesn’t?) “[Senate Democrats] don’t know everything that’s in the bill…So I’m afraid to go [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Lawrence Jones Christian Post Reporter Thu, Feb. 12 2009 09:44 AM EST A Florida school district is being sued after refusing a student club that promotes the tolerance of gays alongside gay pride. The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has filed suit against the School Board of [...]

From Chuck Colson’s Breakpoint commentary today:   Two hundred years ago, three boys were born a few days apart in Germany, England, and the United States. All of them would become renowned and affect the lives of not only their contemporaries but of generations to come. One would produce great works of art and revive [...]

Bruce at MassBackwards has the following speech, which our children, our grandchildren and their grandchildren will surely be required to memorize and recite as long as this nation, under O, shall endure. The Obamasburg Address Washington DC February 12, 2009 Three weeks and two days ago our community organizers and voter fraud operatives brought forth [...]

You’ve just been in a car wreck. Some yahoo was talking on his cell phone and didn’t bother to look before he pulled over into the path of a semi-truck, and when the driver slammed on his brakes the truck jack-knifed. Five cars, including your own, slid into the truck or the other car. You [...]

In celebration of Darwin Day, Dakota Voice features a video about Charles Darwin, father of one of the biggest fallacies ever to captivate the human race. This ‘Death of Darwinism’ program is from http://www.BeyondToday.tv . Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution during and after a voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle.  Several years after [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer  Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the exact same day, FEBRUARY 12, 1809, but their lives had completely different effects. Lincoln is best known for freeing the slaves by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, affirming in his Gettysburg Address, 1863: “Our fathers brought forth on this continent, a [...]

Wonder Land columnist Daniel Henninger questions the theory behind Barack Obama’s stimulus plan.  Henninger surmises that this crazy bill doesn’t even pay proper homage to Keynesian economic theory–which is bad economic theory to begin with. “We think there’s a theory behind the stimulus,” said Henninger.  So how do you feel about a thrashing-about-blindly-in-the-dark-and-hoping strategy? Especially [...]