Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Elena Garcia Christian Post Reporter Thu, Mar. 19 2009 07:27 PM EDT One major dictionary company has defined marriage in broader terms than the U.S. government. Similar to the definition of marriage under federal law, Merriam-Webster states marriage as “the state of being united to a person [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Ethan Cole Christian Post Reporter Thu, Mar. 19 2009 04:55 PM EDT Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim leaders in Cameroon Thursday that true religion rejects violence. In a closed-door meeting with 22 representatives of Cameroon’s Muslim community, Benedict said religion is the basis of human civilization, according [...]

A couple of months ago, Rapid City Alderwoman Patti Martinson floated the idea that Rapid City should incorporate “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” into the city’s non-discrimination policy. That issue was considered at the city council meeting Monday night. As reported by the Rapid City Journal and the Rapid City Weekly News, emotional pleas were [...]

From our friends at Americans for Limited Government.

“What country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance?”—Thomas Jefferson Over the past few months, I’ve heard from many Americans who feel they’ve lost the power to be heard by their government. From the repeated assaults on our civil liberties [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Audrey Barrick Christian Post Reporter Thu, Mar. 19 2009 09:29 AM EDT The U.S. teen birth rate increased for the second consecutive year, and while many have been quick to blame abstinence-only education for the rise, some are questioning the comprehensive sex education that is being taught [...]

Most Americans are aware that, far more than any American president before him, President Barack Obama relies heavily on his teleprompter. Most Americans are also becoming aware that when Obama’s teleprompter malfunctions, our president is left floundering.  It’s a sad state for the leader of the free world to be in, and good people are [...]

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was recently pandering to some illegal aliens at St. Anthony’s Church in San Francisco and told them that enforcing the law and protecting our national borders is “un-American.” From Fox News: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently told a group of both legal and illegal immigrants and their families that [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer When Shakespeare was 26-years-old, William Bradford was born, MARCH 19, 1590. At age 17, Bradford fled for Holland with persecuted Pilgrims. At age 30, he sailed with them to America. In 1621, William Bradford was chosen governor and reelected 30 times till his death. In his History of the [...]

There are a number of legitimate facets to the angst over huge bonuses at AIG. On one hand, the government has no business dictating the actions–especially the internal actions and pay decisions–of a private company. On the other hand, AIG took the taxpayer’s money when they said they needed a hand (and when the Democrat-controlled [...]

Our nation’s federal government ignores the U.S. Constitution. Our federal government wastes staggering, mind-bloggling amounts of the taxpayer’s hard-earned dollars. Our federal government is hostile toward capitalism, the economic system that fueled our rise to the most affluent nation in human history. Our federal government has antipathy toward the producers and risk-takers that keep the [...]

The lastest TurnSignal video from FocusAction examines the recent court affirmation of the First Amendment right to religious expression–even in public schools. One might assume that atheists and their “useful idiots” in the public education system simply don’t understand the First Amendment (a frightening thought, since the educators are entrusted with teaching our children).  But [...]

Rush Limbaugh, a private citizen and not an elected official, has been under relentless assault from the White House, the Democrat congress, and the “mainstream” media for a couple of months now.  Because of his criticism of President Barack Obama’s attempts to expand the federal government and push us farther toward socialism, the Left has [...]

You might recall that liberals wasted no time and not the most meager of opportunities to slam President George W. Bush for his grammatical gaffes and “Bushisms.” I wonder what they think of one of their own who can’t seem to put more than a few words together without a teleprompter, and when the teleprompter [...]

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke recently at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Thomas again demonstrates a quality rare in the judiciary today: common sense.  And another: respect for the Constitution. To those who claim the Constitution is some mysterious document which is hard to understand, he said it was no more difficult [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Audrey Barrick Christian Post Reporter Tue, Mar. 17 2009 12:56 PM EDT Churches around the world have chosen to give up carbon this Lent season instead of engaging in the more traditional food or activity fast. In the 40-day period before Easter, some Christians are reducing the amount [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer 70-years-old, he visited his friend William Worth one evening, ate some milk and bread, read out loud from the Bible, laid down on the floor to sleep and never woke up. This was how John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, died on MARCH 18, 1845. Johnny Appleseed’s father, [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Audrey Barrick Christian Post Reporter Tue, Mar. 17 2009 10:15 AM EDT A federal appeals court upheld on Monday a Texas law allowing students to observe a moment of silence at the beginning of each school day. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Nathan Black Christian Post Reporter Tue, Mar. 17 2009 04:13 PM EDT Hundreds of traditional marriage supporters rallied Monday at the Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt., as lawmakers began work on a same-sex marriage bill. Opponents of the measure that would allow gays and lesbians to marry say same-sex [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Ethan Cole Christian Post Reporter Tue, Mar. 17 2009 10:25 AM EDT Jordan’s military court sentenced on Monday three Jordanian extremists to 22 1/2 years in jail for a plot to bomb a Catholic church last May. The judge explained that he gave the two-decade sentence because he [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Jennifer Gold Christian Today Reporter Tue, Mar. 17 2009 08:28 AM EDT Pope Benedict XVI is set to arrive in Africa Tuesday for his first visit to the continent since becoming the head of the Roman Catholic Church four years ago. Aboard the Alitalia plane headed to Yaounde, [...]

Topics in today’s show: –Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to fraud charges –Jon Stewart takes on Jim Cramer –John Mayer and Jennifer break up again –Sesame Street lays off workers Starring: Jodi Miller Director: Bruce Roundtower Executive Producer: Matthew Sheffield NewsBusted is a comedy webcast about the news of the day, uploaded every Tuesday and every [...]

Last week when I heard that our effete Obama Administration had decided not to call captured terrorists “enemy combatants” anymore, I had to shake my head and wonder what was now their official designation? Are they now “misunderstood persons”?  Victims of imperialistic capitalist oppression?  The downtrodden oppressed of Zionism? Apparently Dennis Miller is wondering about [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Aaron J. Leichman Christian Post Reporter Mon, Mar. 16 2009 06:20 PM EDT Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggested Friday that the nation may “soon” have to welcome a new justice, prompting widespread speculation over whether she is considering to resign in the near future. The generally [...]

The ignorance of many Americans as to the form of government we have–and should continue to have, under the Constitution–seems to be growing by leaps and bounds. If someone had set out to deliberately lead the American people into ignorance, they could not have done a better job than the state we see today. Most [...]