Connecticut’s health insurance exchange has spent nearly $75,000 to commission three murals with an additional $4,000 spent to have one of the murals installed. According to Zachary Janowski at Raising Hale, Access Health CT paid three artists–Adam Nikiewicz, Katro Storm,
Though both Pope Francis and Cardinal Timothy Dolan, among other Christian faith leaders, have offered high praise to former South African president Nelson Mandela upon his recent death, pro-life leaders are urging caution since Mandela also had a role in
Fox News Channel host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) is considering a 2016 presidential bid, and one of the first things he has done to test the waters for his candidacy is to abandon the Common Core academic
Though the bulk of criticism about the content of the Common Core academic standards has come from parents, many teachers are growing increasingly vocal about how the new standards are affecting their daily jobs in the classroom. These teachers complain
Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh told his listeners on Thursday that he refuses to “play villain in the Pope Soap Opera” that the left created following Limbaugh’s comments about Pope Francis’ recent exhortation. In part of the statement, the pope
Catholic bishops from the border region of Mexico, Texas, and New Mexico have sent an open letter to “Catholics and All People of Good Will” to urge them to engage in advocacy for the protection of the rights of immigrants
Elective abortion coverage is offered in 103 of 112 ObamaCare insurance plans for members of Congress and their staff. As reported by the Daily Caller, the availability of elective abortion coverage to members of Congress and their staff may represent a moral and
Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis tweeted a message on Tuesday to show Texas voters where her priorities lie: As governor, I’ll always make investing in our Texas children my first priority. #TeamWendy — Wendy Davis (@WendyDavisTexas) December 4, 2013 Davis
In an article published on Monday that advocates for Common Core standards, the Associated Press presents what amounts to the typical talking points for supporters when faced with criticism that Common Core is a federal takeover of education. The standards
The suspect in the vicious attack of a Catholic missionary worker who prayed the “Hail Mary” while she was raped is now in custody on Rikers Island in connection with several robberies in Manhattan. According to a report by Murray
As controversy intensifies over new the Common Core educational standards, two Democrat-led states are showing signs of distancing themselves from the curriculum that the Obama administration has supported. North Country Public Radio reported last week that Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY)
An atheist organization is beginning a billboard campaign in Sacramento, California to encourage other atheists to “come out of the closet” as the Christmas season has believers turning their focus to faith in God. According to a local ABC news
A laicized priest who is the chairman of Jesuit-led Boston College’s religious education department referred to celibacy in Roman Catholic priests as “hazardous” and “destructive.” Thomas Groome, who appeared on National Public Radio last week, said he believed when he
Tea party and conservative leaders from across Wisconsin have sent Gov. Scott Walker (R) an open letter urging him to reject the Common Core State Standards. In the letter, dated November 26th, the 61 leaders ask Walker to lead a
A spokesman for the liberal organization Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) has posted on the group’s website a denunciation of what he states were “incendiary remarks about Pope Francis” by conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday.
With approximately 100 out of 195 Catholic dioceses throughout the United States embracing the new Common Core State Standards, the controversy is intensifying among Catholic educators not only with regard to the merits of the new standards but also the
Campaign finance experts are criticizing new regulations by the IRS and the Treasury Department that they say are an effort to administratively restrict the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision and to limit free speech. The new rules governing non-profit
The Supreme Court has ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to respond to the Home School Legal Defense Association’s (HSLDA) petition on behalf of the Romeike family, a German family who sought legal asylum in the United States to escape persecution
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Obama Administration’s Department of Justice by requiring Louisiana to allow federal oversight of its school choice program, a decision that suggests the court’s acceptance of further involvement by the federal government
Six “knockout” style attacks took place in New Haven, Connecticut over two days this past week, according to local police. The New Haven Independent reported that a group of young men approached five males and a 68 year-old woman at
The archbishop of San Francisco has reminded Catholics that, when archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis fought to oppose the redefinition of marriage to accommodate same-sex couples. According to the National Catholic Register, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, who is chairman of
A few days after Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) co-authored an op-ed in the Washington Post in which he said ObamaCare was “working” in his state, he has sharply distanced himself from the White House, rebuked the Obama administration for
Proponents of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) often insist that the new standards are not a federal takeover of education. Actually, Common Core supporters could be right in one sense: Common Core is not so much about a nationalization
On September 12, 1960, John F. Kennedy delivered an historic speech to a group of Protestant clergy in Houston — the Greater Houston Ministerial Association — an address that continues, to this day, to be the subject of much discussion
The U.S. Department of Education is using the findings of an international organization’s “skills study” of the United States to promote the Obama administration’s plan for universal preschool, the Common Core K-12 standards, and comprehensive immigration reform. Education Secretary Arne
