By Bill Federer Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, 1898 Slavery existed in Cuba longer than anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere, except Brazil. Slaves were purchased from Africa where Arab Muslim slave traders had enslaved an estimated 180 million in the 14 centuries of Islam. President James Buchanan wrote Dec. 19, 1859: “When a Read More …
Month: June 2017
Even New York Times correction is incorrect
By Garth Kant WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump tweeted: “The failing @nytimes writes false story after false story about me. They don’t even call to verify the facts of a story. A Fake News Joke!” That was on Wednesday. The very next day, the New York Times printed a major correction of a major mistake. Read More …
Dave Brat: 1st part of fix is Obamacare repeal
By Greg Corombos Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va. A key member of the House Freedom Caucus says the Senate health-care bill drifts too far towards the existing framework and that the smartest approach would be to repeal Obamacare and then get to work on a replacement, although he does not expect GOP leaders to choose that Read More …
New alert over X-rated materials … in school!
By Bob Unruh A new warning has been issued for the pornographic content, including “group, anal, public, and BDSM sex,” of a popular online resource that many schools make available to their students. The company, EBSCO Information Services, was in the news last winter when WND reported a case in a Colorado school district. There, Read More …
Study: Solar panels a looming toxic ‘crisis’
By Alicia Powe WASHINGTON – The solar-energy industry has been touted for years as the environmentally safe alternative. After all, solar panels merely absorb the sun’s energy and transfer it to consumers. No oily pipelines, no obstructions to the nation’s waterways. But it appears all is not well for fans of the industry. Discarded solar Read More …
Soldiers plead for release from ‘transgender training’
By Bob Unruh The commanding officer at Fort Benning Army Base has been asked to follow federal law and provide an exemption for soldiers who don’t want to participate in a new “trangender training” program. The non-profit legal group Liberty Counsel sent a letter Friday to Maj. Gen. Eric Wesley based on complaints from a Read More …
Wrestling again with the gospel according to Dylan
By -NO AUTHOR- (Herald & News) When Bob Dylan tells the story of Bob Dylan, he often starts at a concert by rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Buddy Holly in the winter of 1959. At least, that’s where he started in his recent Nobel Prize for Literature lecture. Something mysterious about Holly “filled me with conviction,” Read More …
Czech parliament moves to legalize firearm ownership
By -NO AUTHOR- (BBC News) The lower house of the Czech parliament has agreed to alter the constitution so that firearms can be held legally when national security is threatened. The amendment gives Czechs the right to use firearms during terrorist attacks. It was passed by the lower house by a big majority, and is Read More …
What Christians can do for America
By Greg Laurie What is true of any civilization that ultimately collapsed or was overcome by a foreign power is that it first fell apart from the inside. The landscape of history is strewn with the remains of once-great nations that allowed moral decay from within to bring them to ruin. As the Roman Empire Read More …
Germany warns social-media companies on ‘hate speech’
By -NO AUTHOR- (London Telegraph) Germany could impose hefty fines on social media companies that fail to delete hate speech in a crackdown against abuse online. The German parliament has voted in favour of a law that includes the provision to levy fines of up to €50 million (£44m) from popular companies such as Facebook Read More …