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Austin Ruse

Austin Ruse

Austin Ruse is president of C-Fam (Center for Family & Human Rights), a New York and Washington DC-based research institute in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council. He is also a bi-weekly columnist with Crisis Magazine.

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Jason Collins Meets Parents of Gay Icon Matthew Shepard

Jason Collins Meets Parents of Gay Icon Matthew Shepard

Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay basketball player, met with the parents of gay icon Matthew Shepard after a game this week and gave them one of his jerseys, which carries the number 98–honoring the year Shepard was murdered.

Ronan Farrow Debuts New Show in True MSNBC Fashion

Ronan Farrow Debuts New Show in True MSNBC Fashion

Ronan Farrow, best known as the estranged son of Woody Allen, debuted his new show Ronan Farrow Daily on MSNBC Monday by praising news heroes he “watched growing up,” including Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite. Walter Cronkite left the

Girl Scout CEO Makes YouTube Plea Against Cookiecott

Girl Scout CEO Makes YouTube Plea Against Cookiecott

There is now little doubt that the Girl Scout cookie boycott is having an effect on cookie sales this year. Girl Scout spokesman Kelly Parisi went on The O’Reilly Factor this week to try and defuse the mounting controversy, and

Making Your Way Through Facebook's 58 Genders

Making Your Way Through Facebook's 58 Genders

Warren Beatty and Annette Benning’s college-age daughter is a trans man. She’s called “Stephen Ira” and is something of an activist on the far frontiers of gender. At long last Facebook has given her a gender category, but what exactly

Girl Scout Cookiecott Breaks Out All Over

Girl Scout Cookiecott Breaks Out All Over

The national boycott of Girl Scout cookies is inundating the group leading it. John Pisciotta, the boycott leader and director of Pro-Life Waco, tells Breitbart News his phone is “ringing off the hook.” What started at Breitbart News has now

Mike Huckabee Explains Viral Girl Scout Cookiecott

Mike Huckabee Explains Viral Girl Scout Cookiecott

The Girl Scout cookiecott first reported at Breitbart News has gone viral. Now, the first major political leader has voiced his concern with the Girl Scouts and their leftward journey. Late last night Mike Huckabee announced on his Facebook page:

Leftist Bloggers Decry Girl Scout Cookie Boycott

Leftist Bloggers Decry Girl Scout Cookie Boycott

The left-wing blogosphere responded angrily over the Girl Scout “cookiecott” announced Wednesday by Breitbart News. Mother Jones called the boycott “bullying” even though its being run by a group so small they do not even have to file tax returns and

Girl Scouts Scrub 'Homopunk' Spokesman from Press Page

Girl Scouts Scrub 'Homopunk' Spokesman from Press Page

Joshua Ackley, the lead singer of the “homopunk” band The Dead Betties, is no longer listed as the main media spokesman for the Girl Scouts two days after an article questioning whether the youth organization is best represented by an