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“I call on every man in the Diocese of Arlington to search his heart and renew his commitment to purity. I call on every husband and father to renew his sacred commitment to his wife and children.” - Arlington Bishop Paul Loverde ARLINGTON, VA, March 7, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The growth of pornography use, particularly on the internet, is “a matter of utmost urgency for every son and father today,” Bishop Paul Loverde of the Catholic diocese of Arlington, Virginia said in a letter to his flock released this week. Titled “Bought with a Price: Every Man’s Duty to Protect...

Democrats are worried about holding their members together on a GOP motion that could kill the healthcare bill. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said House leaders are specifically concerned about a Republican motion to recommit that would contain only language on abortion that Stupak originally had wanted to include in the Senate bill.

Here's the thing about motions to recommit. When Dems were in the minority, they used them with varying degrees of success to set up tough votes for the majority Republicans, forcing them to go on record voting against stuff they would ordinarily perhaps want to vote for, but couldn't because to do so would either kill the bill they were working on or create some kind of a poison pill. It was a strategy that made the most of the tools afforded to the minority, but it rarely worked in terms of making substantive changes to legislation that actually inured...

BAGRAM, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2006 – Nearly 300 members of the Afghan Security Force demobilized in ceremonies last week in Afghanistan's Paktika province, and many of them joined the country's growing army and police force, military officials reported. The ceremonies were the second and third of their kind, following a similar demobilization Nov. 6 for several hundred ASF members who served in the Nangarhar province, officials said. The Afghan Security Force has worked with U.S. forces since 2003. Its members were trained to provide base camp and mission security for coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. Officials credit the recent history of...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union and the United States recommitted themselves to a smooth trans-Atlantic relationship Friday and hoped the second term of President Bush would no longer be marred by nasty political and trade disputes. But French President Jacques Chirac, wary of Washington's global economic and political clout, said it was imperative for Europe to boost its standing so that the world can become "multi-polar." "It is evident that Europe, now more than ever, must strengthen its unity and dynamism when faced with this great world power," Chirac said at the end of a two-day summit. "More...