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By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
In full legacy-building mode, President Obama highlighted his administration's achievements in public education Monday but said the nation still needs to help more minorities graduate from high school and attend college. Published October 17, 2016
Planned Parenthood's 100th anniversary was a day of grieving for many in the pro-life movement, a harrowing reminder of the millions of nameless and faceless people who might be here today if not for the abortion giant's inception a century ago.
Islamism is characterized by elements we have sadly come to know too well: brutal violence, terrorism, misogyny, suppression of "infidels," and destruction of history and culture. That is their MO.
Long before Hillary Clinton called millions of Americans a "basket of deplorables," her top campaign advisers and liberal allies openly mocked Catholics, Southerners and a host of other groups, according to newly released emails that offer a stunning window into the vitriol inside the Clinton world less than a month before Election Day.
Fifty-year-old pop star Janet Jackson has confirmed she is expecting her first child. She's 50.
The Orange County District Attorney's Office is filing suit against two medical research firms connected to Planned Parenthood that it says illicitly profited from the sale of fetal parts from abortions.
A leading Catholic advocacy group on Wednesday called for the resignation of Hillary Clinton's campaign spokeswoman, Jennifer Palmieri, after hacked emails show Ms. Palmieri and other Clinton allies openly talking about Catholics being "severely backwards" and charging that they don't know "what the hell they're talking about."
A decade after the Food and Drug Administration approved a vaccine for sexually transmitted HPV, many parents remain doubtful about the worthiness of the shot and the message it sends to children about sex.
People throughout Haiti's devastated southwest peninsula formed makeshift brigades Tuesday to clear debris and try to regain some semblance of their pre-hurricane lives as anger grew over the delay in aid for remote communities more than a week after the Category 4 storm hit.
Another mall operator has chosen to close its locations on Thanksgiving, giving retail workers the whole day off.
Evangelical Republican leaders are sticking with Donald Trump, saying his lewd caught-on-tape comments are reprehensible but that there is no other real option for them at this point.
Evangelical Republican leaders are sticking with Donald Trump, saying his lewd caught-on-tape comments are reprehensible but that there is no other real option for them at this point.
Head injuries and concussions continue to ignite a fire storm among the public -- and for good reason. High school athletes sustain an estimated 300,000 concussions per year and, recently, National Football League Commissioner, Roger Goodell announced an initiative intended to increase the safety of the game, specifically by preventing, diagnosing and treating concussions and head injuries
Cecile Richards and Hillary Clinton celebrate Planned Parenthood anniversary; Paul Kengor on talking with Clinton's OB-GYN
Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput used a weekly column to excoriate a "scheming" Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign for anti-Catholic bigotry on Thursday.
Recently released audio of Donald Trump making lewd comments about women in 2005 has created a split in his Catholic supporters – with some continuing to back him and others pulling away from the GOP nominee.
A website for LGBT teenagers was blacklisted in Russia this week for violating the country's law against promoting homosexuality.
The first presidential debate of 2016 confused Owen Machingo, 8, who was watching it with his mom. He'd never be allowed to act that way, he told her. So how come it's OK for the man and woman on TV? It's a good question about role models.
The Mall of America has encouraged other store owners to do the same and shut down on Turkey Day.
In this remote, deeply traditional corner of north-central Kenya, Faith Lekupanai sits on a stone, her baby ensconced in her arms, resting her tiny frame against the only tree stump on her homestead and talking about her child.
The University of Michigan has earmarked $85 million over five years in order to promote diversity and inclusiveness on its campuses.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley concluded a Friday evening press conference by having a chaplain pray for her state as it readied for the arrival of Hurricane Matthew.
Is there a place for conservative professors on campus?; billionaires wonder: is 'The Matrix' real?; Noonan on Kaine, Pence, abortion
A group advocating the separation of church and state is demanding the Air Force rebuke a commander who expressed his Christian beliefs in an interview.
'Tis the season for Halloween-related costume controversies. If you want a "sexy burqa" from Amazon, you're out of luck.
The District should bring back in-house school lunch management after six years of contracted services cost the city millions of dollars, according to a report released Friday by the D.C. Auditor.
Toy giant Hasbro Inc. has settled a $5 million lawsuit with Fox News' Harris Faulkner over a toy hamster with her name and similar facial features.
Students at America's top universities are nearly 12 times more likely to have a liberal professor than a conservative one in the classroom, a new study shows.
The vice presidential debate drew Catholic protesters to this sleepy university town Tuesday to denounce Democratic nominee Sen. Tim Kaine for breaking church doctrine.
I recently spoke on the campus of Florida State University and it hit me. I'm a misplaced millennial. I admire this new generation. I think they are getting the chances that we older generations wanted.
Trump pontificates about gridiron prayers; Tim Kaine's religion; evangelicalism battles
A North Carolina bishop has been selected to lead the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Virginia.
"The Birth of a Nation " has had more expectations placed on it than any movie could reasonably bear.
Sen. Sasse talks theology and public service; Roman Catholics and the election; will the Hyde Amendment continue to stand?
In a lengthy, off-the-cuff speech in Georgia, Pope Francis said the world today is at war with marriage, and urged couples to fight against modern threats to the sacrament such as gender theory.
Lifting the "Hyde" prohibition on taxpayer funds for abortion would extend federal support for the procedure to at least 14.5 million Medicaid recipients of child-bearing age, according to a nonpartisan analysis of the 40-year-old ban that's become a hot-button campaign issue this year.
Vice presidential candidate Mike Pence revealed on Sunday that he once walked away from his Christian faith before later rediscovering it in college.
Owen Strachan, our friend and the theologian for the popular "Ask the Theologian" series we ran last year, is leading a new initiative called the Center for Public Theology, at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
America's most iconic author, Mark Twain, once observed that "it ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." And in the United States, our secular academic elite has taught two generations of Americans to know a lot of things for sure that fall into that latter category -- they just aren't so.
Are Christians guaranteed political success? Absolutely not, but that shouldn't cause us to shrink back from our duty and leave the results to God. One statesman cannot make every speech, win every legislative battle, or do the heart-change work that is the work of God alone. But we can plead with our fellow citizens.
Critics are assailing airlines for removing individuals from flights for allegedly no other reason than "flying while Muslim."
Few can forget the media furor over Caitlyn Jenner's cover story in Vanity Fair.
Scientists have found that music stimulates more parts of the brain than any other human function.
"I hope to impart to you the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. For decades, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia shared some form of this message with countless audiences.
