Tom Waddell: Do you value your religious freedom?
The Trump administration doesn’t. By Tom Waddell Do you value your religious freedom? Whatever happened to the separation of church and state? File photo: Donald Trump points to the audience […]
Religious Americans less likely to support gene editing
Science may one day guarantee smarter kids. Here’s why many Americans think that’s a problem Source: Deseret News By Kelsey Dallas SALT LAKE CITY — Strong religious commitments lead to less […]
This High School Teacher Quit His Job to Deliver Groceries. Now He’s Making $100,000 a Year
Source: Time By JULIA GLUM For the past two decades, Ed Hennessey has spent his days teaching high school and his nights picking up shifts at Blockbuster, Steak ‘n Shake and Target — […]
US sanctions Turkish officials to protest American pastor’s detention
Source: Religion News Service BY Adelle M. Banks (RNS) — The Trump administration has sanctioned two high-level officials in Turkey for what it says is their role in the case of U.S. pastor Andrew […]
US bishops: Sex claims show US cardinal’s ‘moral failure’
Source: Associated Press By GILLIAN FLACCUS The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Wednesday that sex abuse allegations against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick dating back decades raise […]
White House bolstering Mideast team ahead of peace plan rollout
National Security Council asks agencies to volunteer staff for Kushner, in first tangible sign in months that administration is advancing Israeli-Palestinian talks proposal By AP Today, 3rd August 2018 President […]
U.S. wants help finding parents deported without their children
Reuters International This content was published on August 3, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Immigrant children, many of whom have been separated from their parents under a new “zero tolerance” policy by […]
Look closely and you’ll see Jared Kushner’s cynical ‘deal of the century’ for Palestinians in action
VoicesTheir hearts may be empty but their stomachs shall be filled. Their hopes may be dead but their bank accounts will be in the black Robert Fisk @indyvoice The Independent […]
Inside LeBron James’s New $8 Million Public School, Where Students Get Free Bikes, Meals, and College Tuition
Source: Time By MAX ZAHN July 31, 2018 Basketball star Lebron James, who briefly split the Internet asunder with his recent choice to depart the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Los Angeles […]
Pennsylvania Catholic Bishop Publishes List Of 71 Alleged Sex Abusers
Source: Huffington Post The Harrisburg diocese apologized for failing to respond properly to abuse allegations against priests and other church leaders. BY Mark Scolforo HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Roman […]
This Woman Says She Breastfed Her Baby At Church, Then Was Punished By Its Leaders
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Jim Dalrymple II BuzzFeed News Reporter Posted on July 31, 2018, at 11:11 p.m. ET George Frey / Getty Images A Mormon woman attending church in […]
Metro can ban all religious ads on buses and trains, court rules
Source: The Washington Post By Ann E. Marimow The Washington region’s transit system can bar religious messages on its buses and trains and in its stations, a federal appeals court ruled […]
Religion: Modernizing the Case for God
Epigraph: Eyes cannot reach Him but He reaches the eyes. And He is the Incomprehensible, the All-Aware. (Al Quran 6:103/104) Source: Time Philosophers refurbish the tools of reason to sharpen […]
GUEST COLUMN: Extremist group that cried ‘wolf’
Published: July 31, 2018 Members of the Markham Synchro club — shooting victim Julianna Kozis, 10, was a member — paying their respects during a vigil at Alexander the […]
With religious freedom ministerial, an opportunity to act on behalf of oppressed Ahmadi Muslims
By Reps. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and Peter King (R-N.Y.), Opinion Contributor — 08/01/18 The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill […]
The Catholic Church Offering Reasons to a Billion to Examine Islam
The Catholic Church has obliterated its ability to inspire trust Source: The Washington Post By Elizabeth Bruenig, who is an opinion columnist at The Washington Post. We live in an era of diminished trust and heightened cynicism. It is hard, now, to imagine someone expressing unqualified faith in government, the […]
Carmel hate crime: Mayor asks residents to fly flags to show solidarity against ‘this horrific act of vandalism’
Source: IndyStar BY Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star CARMEL — More than 1,000 community leaders, faith leaders and residents filled the Congregation Shaarey Tefilla Monday evening in a massive show of […]
Uber halts development of self-driving trucks
Source: BBC News Uber has said it will stop developing self-driving trucks to focus its autonomous technology solely on cars. Uber’s self-driving truck programme started in 2016 with a team […]
Why the UN system is not working
Jul 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The United Nations organisation turns 73-years old in October. As such and with its membership reaching 193 member states, it is […]
Don’t allow third world war
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES – – Wednesday, July 25, 2018 ANALYSIS/OPINION: President Trump’s recent Twitter warning to Iran came as a shock to me (“Trump steps up pressure, but Iran […]