President Obama’s speech Wednesday signaling his intention to normalize relations with Cuba (including, eventually, lifting the trade embargo) has prompted many passionate responses from Americans. But Obama’s speech — in which he also announced that Alan Gross, an American contractor who…
When Senator Ted Cruz delivered the keynote address at last Wednesday’s inaugural In Defense of Christians Summit in Washington, D.C., he was expected to place a much-needed spotlight on the plight of the ancient and persecuted Christian communities of the…
“Police name suspect Daniel Allott, wanted in connection with fatal stabbing” That was the headline that greeted me one morning in April. It dropped into my email inbox in the form of a Google Alert I’d set up to track…
Feces and blood. Those are the images that have stayed with me since I watched Solitary Nation, part one of a PBS documentary series that debuted in late April called Locked Up in America. It offers a glimpse of life…
Russell Wilson is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. He has exceptional arm strength and passing accuracy, is one of the league’s most dynamic running quarterbacks and has the leadership skills and football IQ of a ten-year NFL veteran….
After 40 years of abortion virtually on demand, we’re still looking for ways to significantly reduce the number of abortions. New ideas are needed, and here’s an intriguing one: let’s pay abortion-minded women to give birth. Lack of finances is…
On January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Roe v. Wade decision, creating a constitutional right to abortion and legalizing most abortions nationally. Later that year, the board of trustees of the American Psychiatric Association voted to…
In advance of the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, the Pew Research Center released a poll on Wednesday finding that 63% of Americans oppose completely overturning the ruling, which created a constitutional right to abortion…
There has been a lot of discussion since Election Day about what went wrong for Republicans, and what they need to do to win again in the future. In my view, Republicans’ challenge is captured in one word: empathy, the…