Marriage on the mind... Divorce on the conscience... Left-behind kids in China... And a generation of nincompoops at home ...
Mark A. Smith, who teaches political science at the University of Washington, pays close attention to what is now commonly called the "culture war" in America. Though the roots of this cultural conflict reach back to the 1960s, the deep divide over s ...
The elites demand contraception... A Canadian judge legalizes prostitution... North Korea gets a succession plan... Americans don't know much about other Faiths... And kids say they really want to read on devices ...
Yet another rally in Washington... The New York Times claims a victory for families... A prominent abortion doctor dies... The Supreme Court looks again at free speech... Ted Haggard makes an odd argument... And the Reformation is reconsidered ...
When a scandal breaks in the media, attention to previous scandals comes almost as a reflex. With accusations swirling around Atlanta's Bishop Eddie Long, the media have turned back to Ted Haggard, who, at the time of his own scandal, was pastor of N ...
The expanding scandal now associated with Bishop Eddie Long of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta is only the latest to dominate the nation's media attention. Four young men have filed lawsuits against Bishop Long, accusing him of tra ...
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Britain has a new party leader... America sees trouble in old media... Breakdown of order in Afghanistan... A breakdown of sanity in Congress... And a breakdown of accountability in the church ...
There is ample documentation to prove that boys are falling behind in reading skills at virtually every age level. In many cases, boys are semi-literate at best, and many never develop adequate reading skills. They never know the pleasures of a book. ...