Ken Connor

Without a robust family-centered culture to care for America’s elderly, the State will continue to expand its role in this arena. The only remaining hope is that we as a society can learn from our mistakes, move away from our radical individualistic, self-centered mindset, and rediscover the great blessings – and great responsibilities – of true family. Read more »

Where our culture used to see a defect in character, we now see a psychological/mental/behavioral disorder. What was once a symptom of a disordered soul is now a symptom of a medical and/or psychological condition, to be diagnosed and treated by trained professionals, on leather couches in quiet offices, or – if your particular psychological affliction is interesting enough – maybe even on the reality TV program of your choice. Read more »

On February 22, 2010, nine months after President Obama signed the legislation, new credit card rules designed to protect consumers from the unscrupulous and manipulative tactics of credit card companies went into effect. It didn’t take long, however, for consumer advocacy groups and others to point out that, in addition to making it more difficult for card companies to gouge their customers, the Credit CARD Act will make it a lot more difficult and a lot more expensive for everyday Americans to get, and keep, a credit card. Read more »

In the face of the embarrassing Climategate scandal and an unprecedented winter season that has for the first time ever delivered measurable snowfall to all 50 states, Al Gore’s absence from the public stage has been conspicuous. Perhaps he’s taken a page from Punxsutawney Phil’s playbook and is hibernating in hopes of a sunnier forecast come April. Read more »

If we live long enough, the day will likely come when each of us will rely on someone else to care for us. I, for one, hope that when that day comes I live in a world that looks at me and sees a person, not a “problem.” Read more »

A strong majority of the American public has decided that it doesn’t want the kind of change President Obama is trying to shove down its throat, and no amount of rhetorical flourish is going to change its mind. America is looking for a very different kind of change–one they can actually believe in. Read more »

Republicans should not misread the tea leaves with regard to the Scott Brown phenomenon. Brown was not elected because of his blue-state brand of conservatism. His election is a repudiation of an economic and social agenda that embraces a womb-to-tomb nanny state. Read more »

Unfortunately, the messages of hope and goodwill coming from America to Haiti in the two weeks since the earthquake there have been marred by the ill-considered and inappropriate remarks of Christian televangelist Pat Robertson. Christians should not be quick to assume that because calamity has befallen another, sin is the root cause of their problem. Read more »

No matter how he tries to spin it, the legislation that Senator Nelson voted for does not contain unequivocal language barring federally-funded abortions. It’s bad enough that he–along with senators from other states also receiving sweetheart deals in exchange for their votes on the bill–is willing to stick the rest of the American taxpayers with a financial burden that should be shared equitably by all states. What’s more reprehensible is that he was willing to abandon his longstanding position as an advocate for the unborn in exchange for political pork. Read more »

Fox News Sunday panelist Brit Hume stunned many when he suggested on air that Tiger, a rumored adherent of Buddhism, should seek redemption and forgiveness through the Christian faith. Of course, no sooner had the word “Christianity” left his mouth than the media intellegensia pounced. Read more »

Most of us can imagine a scenario where we would lay down our lives in defense of our spouse, our children, our family, or perhaps our friends. But who among us could imagine loving anyone so much that we would subject ourselves to cruel mockery, brutal torture, and an agonizing death at their hands? Who among us would willingly give our lives for someone who spurns us and hates us? Read more »

In the Old Testament book of Proverbs, King Solomon details the differences in thought, word, and deed between a wise man and a fool. In addressing the foolishness associated with borrowing money, he makes clear the relationship between debt and servitude: No man can truly be free when he is bound by financial indebtedness to another. Read more »

There are certain issues in life that are non-negotiable, no matter how seductively the siren song of “compromise” may beckon. We understand that the way of Washington, particularly in the game of politics, is to “go along to get along.” However, at some point a line must be drawn. Read more »

As world leaders prepare to gather in Copenhagen to discuss a global strategy for combatting climate change—a strategy likely to involve a substantial growth of government power at the expense of individual and economic liberty—a shock wave of controversy threatens to shatter what many have come to view as settled science. Read more »

With regard to health care, the bureaucrats have decided that the people need Big Brother to dictate their health insurance decisions because they can’t be trusted to make good choices themselves. This is the height of paternalism: Government knows best and damn the torpedoes. Read more »

What abortion advocates ignore is that unless we first preserve the right to life, all other rights are meaningless. Rights mean nothing to a corpse. Read more »

“The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.” -Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood Read more »

Most would agree that conserving resources and minimizing adverse impacts on the environment make sense, but something has gone terribly awry within the Green Movement. Environmental extremists championing “population control” as a means of protecting Mother Earth show that they have little regard for the human species. Read more »

If our leaders in Washington are unable or unwilling to come up with a uniquely American solution to the health care issue, and if the looming healthcare crisis continues to be exploited by leaders on the Left simply as a means to a greater ideological end, there is good reason to fear that the cold comfort of England’s “care pathway” approach to end-of-life care may be coming soon to a hospital near you. Read more »

True to his promise to bring about “change,” Mr. Obama is aggressively pursuing a comprehensive policy of social engineering designed to do just that. And he is using America’s schools as an instrument to produce that change Read more »

Imagine going to the hospital for major surgery, only to have your doctor say you aren’t smart enough to understand your operation and he doesn’t want to take the time to explain it to you. Or suppose you asked your local car dealer for a test drive of the vehicle you were considering purchasing before you actually signed on the bottom line and he refused, telling you to just shut up and trust him. Only a fool would continue under such circumstances. Read more »