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The world is shifting around us and too many are shaping themselves to fit into it when we should be fighting with all our might On June 29th Ohio State representative Jena Powell attempted to speak on the floor of the Ohio House of Representatives in favor of an amendment to Ohio’s Senate Bill 187 that allows college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness. Powell spoke in favor of an amendment to that bill which would ban biological males from competing in women’s sports, the Save the Women’s Sports Act. This issue, if common sense were to...

Sharonell Fulton and Toni Simms-Busch should be household names. Fulton and Simms-Busch were the plaintiffs in a recent foster-care and religious-liberty case at the Supreme Court. It was a unanimous ruling, as you may have heard, and that is somewhat remarkable. Legal eagles who labor to defend religious liberty have qualms about the narrowness of the ruling, but I'm grateful for the message it sends. The city of Philadelphia stopped working with Catholic Social Services because of Catholic teaching about same-sex marriage. Marriage being between a man and a woman, of course, was acceptable to the likes of Barack Obama...

Most Americans celebrating the July 4th holiday today underappreciate or have forgotten that it was the sheer power of the ideas in the Declaration of Independence that was the determining factor for the Americans in winning the War of Independence. Additionally, most today have no idea how somber the occasion was when those 56 members of the Continental Congress committed themselves to signing the Declaration in July of 1776. They knew that taking pen to paper as a signatory was for each a death warrant for being a traitor to Great Britain. Thus, the first Declaration of Independence that was...

The Centers for Disease Control is investigating three mysterious cases of a bacterial disease that is typically found in tropical climates — yet the infected people have not left the United States. In a health alert posted Wednesday, the CDC said that they are working with the health departments of Kansas, Texas and Minnesota to determine how three people — two adults and one child — contracted melioidosis disease, an infection caused by the Burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria. The first patient to be diagnosed with the disease, in March, died 10 days after being hospitalized, though they had two preexisting conditions,...

“Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil” (Proverbs 3:7 KJV).

Considering events of the past few weeks, it seems fitting to review what the Founders had to say in America’s core documents -- the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution – and then to compare those words with the public words and actions of our federal politicians. Of course, everyone is (or should be) familiar with these words from the Declaration: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness --That to secure these...

“With Latest Nativist Rhetoric, Trump Takes America Back To Where It Came From,” (NPR headline, July 16, 2019.) “Xenophobe. In Chief,” Democrats blast Trump's plan to suspend immigration to U.S.” (NBC headline, April, 2020.) For four years the Democrat-media complex claimed America was cursed with a “xenophobic” and “nativist” President, who feared and loathed refugees. Yet the Americans who voted for him at the highest rate (higher even than native-born “whites”) were foreign-born one-time refugees. Think I jest? https://babalublog.com/2020/09/14/trump-and-the-bay-of-pigs-award-an-absolutely-perfect-match-both-trump-and-the-bay-of-pigs-freedom-fighters-fought-against-what-seemed-like-impossible-odds-and-both-totally-stomped-and-humiliat/Check this out. I guess it’s one of those “you had to be there” scenarios. To wit: All the “POPS!” and “BANGS!”...

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As America's Independence Day nears, I have found myself increasingly thinking of Lloyd Marcus and what his passing has meant. It is difficult to believe that it has almost been a year since his sudden death from a pulmonary embolism on July 24, the day after he and his wife, Mary, celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary. So much has happened in America and around the world these last twelve months, and it saddens me that Lloyd isn't around to make sense of those events for us with the context and meaning that only he could provide. In the months leading...

People are lining up more than a day early for former President Donald Trump's July 4 weekend rally in Sarasota, Florida. Video showed parked vehicles and tents at the Sarasota Fairgrounds with flags boasting messages supporting the 45th president. Dozens of people were present when WFLA 8 On Your Side, a local NBC affiliate, reported Friday on the gathering.

A former New York administrative judge resigned and apologized Friday over a Halloween costume he wore in 1988 of “a well-known public figure of color,” according to a press release. Former administrative judge Craig Doran said he resigned as administrative judge for the Rochester region when a photo from a Halloween party reportedly was circulated. The statement didn’t say who Doran dressed up as. “I did not comprehend at the time the hurtful nature of my actions,” Doran said in a statement. “I know now that an act of this nature is considered to be racist. I can assure you...

White House press secretary Jen Psaki tried to defend a White House tweet on Friday that boasted how President Biden's economic policies would be saving Americans $0.16 cents on traditional items for a Fourth of July barbecue. 'Planning a cookout this year? Ketchup on the news,' the White House tweeted. 'According to the Farm Bureau, the cost of a 4th of July BBQ is down from last year. It's a fact you must-hear(d) – Hot dog, the Biden economic plan is working. And that's something we can all relish.' The tweet was accompanied by a GIF laying out the price...

Band: The Doors Album: The Very Best of The Doors Release date: 2001

Meghan McCain is departing ABC's "The View" after four tumultuous years of doing what could arguably be the toughest punditry job around. Being the token conservative on the show has never been an easy task, and the condescending, disrespectful verbal abuse McCain endured, particularly from co-host Joy Behar, makes one wonder why she put up with it for so long....Regardless of one's opinion of "The View" - which often could be as insufferable as it was unwatchable with its pious screeds, especially from Behar and co-host Sunny Hostin - the show generated daily headlines and major buzz on social media....

Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry's history of offensive tweets has been uncovered after she snubbed the American national anthem during trials last weekend. Berry, 32, made a variety of tasteless jokes and observations in messages dating back up to ten years, but which are still visible on her account. The athlete - who insisted that the National Anthem is racist - posted tweets mocking about Chinese, Mexican and white people.

With Tokyo recently being announced as the host of the 2020 Olympics we look back the last time the Games graced the Japanese capital in the first part of our new series of Olympic History.

Somerset's U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers, a ranking member of the Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, is a little disturbed by several provisions in the group's fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill. Rogers shared his concerns earlier this week about "misguided and unprecedented provisions" in the bill, including using taxpayer dollars to repay debts owed by other countries to China, spending $1.6 billion for the Green Climate Fund and the removal of a prohibition on federal funds for abortions in other countries. "Our international strength was largely built on strategic partnerships, compassionate humanitarian aid and iron-clad support for our allied nations,...

<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Following in the footsteps of Arizona's Senate Republicans, Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Senate is considering an investigation into how last year's presidential election was conducted, a quest fueled by former President Donald Trump's baseless claims that fraud was behind his loss in the battleground state.</p>

Pakistan has acquired VT-4 battle tanks, which have been manufactured by its closest ally China. The latest procurement of these tanks by Pakistan comes at a time when its arch-rival India is also planning to enhance its fleet of tanks and armored vehicles. The first batch of the VT-4 battle tanks was formally inducted into the Pakistan Army recently. The VT-4 battle tanks are manufactured by China’s state-owned company, Norinco. The delivery of the tanks began in April last year. In September, field-tests were conducted after which, the Pakistan Army had said that “the VT-4 is compatible with any modern...