March 18, 2013

STEPHEN STONE, RA PRESIDENT — In logic, the most important element is our premises. The premises of our reasoning determine the reliability of our conclusions – no matter how valid our facts or logic may otherwise be... (more)

March 18, 2013

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Six months after a terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, survivors of the savagery that left four Americans dead the night of Sept. 11, 2012, still have not been permitted to tell their story in a public forum. So now, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are threatening to subpoena them... (more)

March 18, 2013

ALAN KEYES — "How do we know that there are planets around other stars? Most of the detected exoplanets have revealed their presence by small effects that they have on their own star." This is how the folks at NASA begin their discussion of the science involved in the search for solar systems other than our own... (more)

March 18, 2013

CLIFF KINCAID — The headline says it all: "Anderson Cooper Kissed Madonna, Dressed In Boy Scout Uniform, at GLAAD Media Awards." The CNN host did something that was sure to offend the millions of parents who are resisting the homosexual campaign to force homosexuals into the Boy Scouts of America as Scoutmasters or leaders... (more)

March 18, 2013

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Walking up to crowds, shaking hands with surprised bystanders in the street, mixing his formal speeches with off-the-cuff remarks, Pope Francis stamped his own style on the papacy Sunday... (more)

March 18, 2013

CNS NEWS — Shortly after voters in Colorado and Washington State approved measures that legalized the recreational use of marijuana, President Obama told Barbara Walters that his Justice Department would not prosecute pot users in these states... (more)

March 18, 2013

PHILIP KLEIN — On Friday afternoon at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Mitt Romney delivered his first major speech since losing the presidential election. He entered to a big standing ovation and gave a short speech that was well-received by the crowd. But it's not clear why he felt compelled to make the speech... (more)

March 16, 2013

NEW YORK POST — Pope Francis toasted the cardinals who had just elected him by joking, "May God forgive you for what you've done." New details from inside the secretive Vatican enclave revealed that the humble Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio of Argentina was overwhelmed by his elevation to the leadership of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics... (more)

March 16, 2013

RICHARD VIGUERIE — In the humility and vigor of his first appearance, Pope Francis gave immediate hope and spiritual renewal to the world's Catholics. Secular liberals who were hoping the new pope would bend the Church's teachings to their political agenda -- such as acceptance of same-sex marriage -- will no doubt be disappointed to discover that Francis is, in fact, a Catholic... (more)

March 16, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — Sure, it's easy to criticize Hollywood, but try to remember that the entertainment industry today is an intellectually demanding environment, fraught with cognitively challenging, even intractable, questions, like, to take one recent example: How can the cable mini-series "The Bible" be such a ratings hit when there is no audience for overtly religious entertainment programming?... (more)

March 16, 2013

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY — Last Sunday, the first installment of History's five-part miniseries The Bible beat everything on television with a massive 13.1 million viewers, making it cable's most-watched entertainment telecast this year... (more)

March 16, 2013

REUTERS — The North Dakota Senate approved what would be the most restrictive abortion law in the United States on Friday, a measure banning the procedure in most cases once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks... (more)

March 16, 2013

FINANCIAL TIMES — Chinese doctors have performed more than 330m abortions since the government implemented a controversial family planning policy 40 years ago, according to official data from the health ministry... (more)

March 16, 2013

NEWSMAX — In a stunning reversal of position, Republican Ohio Sen. Rob Portman has told newspapers in his state that he now supports same-sex marriage, after revealing his son is gay. His staff said he told GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney of his son Will's sexual orientation while he was being considered as a potential running mate... (more)

March 16, 2013

PENNY YOUNG NANCE — With all of the talk of women lately, why has no one sounded the whistle that March is Women's History Month? During the 1960s, feminist-movement moguls such as Betty Friedan championed themselves as liberators of the poor and miserable stay-at-home mothers. They deemed motherhood as a life sentence with no hope of parole... (more)

March 16, 2013

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE — NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre is not cowed by the criticism he and his organization have received in the wake of the shooting in Newtown, Conn. In a fiery speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference -- met with cries from the audience of "Right! Right!" and "Amen!" -- LaPierre dismissed Democrats' calls for expanding background checks and called once again for putting armed guards in schools across the country... (more)

March 16, 2013

WORLDNETDAILY — Just days after WND published multiple reports about how returning veterans were being deprived of their Second Amendment rights without a court-based adjudication competency process, members of the U.S. Senate say they have had enough, and are seeking a change... (more)

March 16, 2013

NEWSMAX — Former Attorney General Edwin Meese told CPAC 2013 attendees that the best approach for the country's future is one that emphasizes returning to the original principles that built the United States, as opposed to the more powerful centralized government favored by President Barack Obama... (more)

March 16, 2013

IB TIMES — President Obama has many supporters in Hollywood, but Pat Boone is definitely not one of them. The 78-year-old actor and singer went on Fox Business News on Wednesday bashing Obama's politics, calling him a "Marxist" and "socialist."... (more)

March 16, 2013

ANDREW NAPOLITANO — What if a dictator in America used the force of law to tell you what to eat? What if the same dictator told you what to drink? What if the dictator told you the sizes of the containers in which you could purchase a lawful beverage? What if the dictator just made up the rules according to his own personal taste?... (more)