Just a few weeks after a controversial anti-piracy law was enacted in Russia, a survey has found that only 11 percent of Russians are willing to pay for movies downloaded from the Internet. According to The Hollywood Reporter, 36 percent
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) director Richard Cordray and his staff are planning to track four out of five U.S. consumer credit card transactions this year through a controversial new data-mining program. Richard Pollock of the Washington Examiner reported Friday
The new Vatican Secretary of State has affirmed that priestly celibacy is a tradition, not church dogma, and is a matter that can be open for discussion. According to John Allen, Jr., writing at National Catholic Reporter, Archbishop Pietro Parolin’s
The Catholic bishop of the diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota has not approved an address at a Catholic college presented by a nun who has embraced the HHS mandate. According to the Associated Press, Bishop Paul Swain informed his
An Arizona school district has pulled from its reading list a sexually explicit novel that is recommended as an “exemplar text” in the Common Core Standards. Parents and community members at Buena High School in Sierra Vista, Arizona expressed concern
Last weekend, U.S. Catholic bishops began an aggressive social justice campaign to persuade members of Congress to pass immigration legislation that would grant amnesty to at least 11 million people who came to the States illegally. As reported in the
Non-profit inBloom, Inc., which is operating the database for the Common Core State Standards initiative, plans to have its system for sharing student data ready this fall, and New York State officials are expected to refuse allowing parents to opt
On Monday, Sen. John Thune (R-SD), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, introduced the Union Bailout Prevention Act to block the Obama administration from granting requests for special ObamaCare premium tax subsidies for union members with health insurance plans known
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) will honor former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with this year’s Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center. The award will be presented to Clinton on September 10th, the eve of the first anniversary
This year, back-to-school means chaos and confusion as many public schools in states that have submitted to the Common Core State Standards are beginning their implementation. Parents, teachers and administrators are preparing for the standardized tests, to be administered next
A Wall Street Journal editorial on Thursday observed that Democrats are a bit touchy these days. Apparently, questions about the $67 million spent on ObamaCare “navigators” are a no-no. The “navigators” are non-government groups, like Planned Parenthood and Migrant Health Promotion,
IBM has announced that it plans to move about 110,000 retirees off its company health insurance plan and offer a payment to purchase coverage on a private health insurance exchange instead. The Wall Street Journal said early Saturday that the
In a statement marking the tenth anniversary of National Preparedness Month, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius described the federal government as “our federal family.” Celebrating her belief that the United States has become better prepared to
In less than a month, the ObamaCare subsidized state exchanges are slated to open and begin enrolling Americans who don’t obtain health insurance through their employers. For those who choose not to enroll – or still are not aware that
A small community of Trappistine nuns in Syria posted a letter on August 29 in which they present themselves as living in a state of suspenseful anticipation of President Barack Obama’s final decision about a potential intervention in Syria. The
Big Labor is reportedly building a huge campaign war chest which it says will help “build a firewall” around Senate Democrats who are believed to be vulnerable in the 2014 midterm elections. According to Paul Bedard at the Washington Examiner,
College enrollment in the United States dropped by a half million students in 2012 compared to 2011, according to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Daily Mail reports that the overall number of college students decreased by
The main reasons parents homeschooled their children in the United States in the past year are concern about the environment of other schools and dissatisfaction with academic instruction at other schools, according to a newly released Department of Education report.
The Ross Perot Foundation has provided a $1 million gift to Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast in Texas following the abortion giant’s payment of $4.3 million for a settlement in a Medicaid fraud case. According to Steven Ertelt at LifeNews, the
A new video game called Choice: Texas is aptly described, according to its website, as “a very serious game.” The new interactive fiction game asks players “to navigate the many (and growing) barriers to abortion” in Texas. The abortion video
While Iowa Democrat gubernatorial candidates were praying for abortion rights last week, the state’s Board of Medicine voted 8-2 to adopt new regulations that would ban “telemed” or “webcam” abortions, i.e., the practice of distributing abortion pills over an Internet
A team of 20 social workers, police officers, and special agents raided a homeschooling family’s residence near Darmstadt, Germany Thursday, forcibly removing the family’s four children, aged 7-14. Law enforcement raided the home and seized the children solely because the
Though only 52.5 percent of 3rd through 8th graders in Chicago’s Public Schools (CPS) met or exceeded reading and math standards this year, the district will now demand that kindergartners set aside 30 minutes per month for sex-education classes. According to the
An Egyptian Christian leader has criticized President Obama and his administration for ignoring the persecution of Christians at the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood. CBNNews.com reported Wednesday that Father Rafic Greiche, chief spokesman for the Catholic Church in Egypt, rebuked
