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When Cedric Lewis came to Grove City College nine years ago, he was delighted to teach where his Christian worldview was expected, not just tolerated. The Christian College, along with Hillsdale College and a few others is a bastion of conservative education, even refusing any federal government aid for fear of their curriculum being compromised by coercive government mandates. But this year, as the Western Pennsylvania school became engulfed in a politicized dispute over critical race theory, Lewis worried its Christian identity could be at risk. “We are in a fight for the soul of this college,” Lewis, an African...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s economic troubles stand to get even worse as the sweeping Covid lockdowns in China begin to ripple through the U.S. economy. For Biden and Democrats looking to hold on to control of Congress, the upheaval in China adds one more economic pressure point ahead of the midterm elections, with voters saying the economy and inflation are their top concerns. What's more, officials in Washington fear it's a problem largely out of their control. While Biden has no control over China’s widespread lockdowns, Republicans plan to blame him for any worsening economic conditions ahead of the...

Despite the midterm election season looking increasingly grim for Democrats, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) says his focus on the empowerment of individual voters has him in a good spot in a notoriously “purplish” state. “Colorado is a very independently minded, freedom-oriented state, and they don’t want Republicans or Democrats telling them what to do,” Polis told The Hill. “They value accurate information, they value facts, and people should be empowered to make their own decisions, whether that’s marijuana, whether it’s wearing a mask — we’re a state that values freedom.”

Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, has surpassed $120 a barrel, reaching a two-month high as gasoline and diesel fuel prices continue to rise. The U.S. oil benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, also rose, reaching more than $116 a barrel. The price spike comes at a time when demand in the United States is expected to rise with the start of the summer driving season and European leaders are trying to reach agreement on a Russian oil embargo.

@ChadPergram On gun talks, Biden says McConnell/Cornyn are “rational Republicans.” Adds "there's a recognition on their part that things can't continue like this." Says “everyone's geting more rational about it.” Hasn’t been involved with talks himself

President Joe Biden traveled to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday, meeting quietly with grieving families and first responders after the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. The president and first lady Jill Biden visited the school, paying their respects at the memorial for the 19 children and two teachers who were shot and killed by a deranged gunman.

Since he started consolidating his rule in 1999, Putin has been always manufacturing conflicts artificially. Chechnya, Georgia, Syria. Each time he claimed he needs to defend "security" of Russia, which was difficult to object to. Everyone agrees Russia has the right to be secure The conflict in Ukraine is also artificial, manufactured. It started with the "little green men" taking over Crimea in 2014. It continued with FSB colonel crossing the border to launch the Russian insurgency. It continued with Russia funding and arming irredentists in Ukraine. It culminated with Russia launching the war of conquest in 2022. It's delusionary...

Witnesses said a man, who was wearing a wig and dressed as a woman, was rolling past Leonardo da Vinci's famous masterpiece in a wheelchair before suddenly leaping to his feet and launching a pie at the canvas.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9062939/

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be hosted at the White House on Tuesday less than a week after she delivered an impassioned gun control speech at Harvard University. The left-wing NZ Labour Party leader’s trip to the White House will be the first visit from a leader of a South Pacific island nation since 2014.

According to a criminal complaint, three sex assault charges have been filed against a former Two Rivers High School teacher who admitted to having sex with a pupil. Rebecca Kilps has been charged with three counts of felony sexual assault on a student by school personnel. A school social worker phoned a detective on May 23 after receiving information regarding a pupil having a relationship with a teacher. The detective received a call on May 24 from Rebecca Kilps’ husband, who said he had suspicions and had checked his wife’s phone while she was sleeping. He discovered texts in which...

CHICAGO -- At least 38 have been shot, six fatally, Memorial Day weekend across Chicago since Friday evening, according to police. Police said two people, a man and a woman, were shot in River North near West Chicago Avenue and North Orleans Street early Monday. It appears the woman was shot in the leg and the man appears to be shot in the back. Both victims were transported to Northwestern Hospital. They were standing in an alley when they were shot at around 2:00 a.m. Monday. A man was shot during an attempted robbery and a woman shot driving minutes...

As a teacher, mother of an elementary school student in Texas, and someone who once carried a gun for a living and has been trained in situational awareness and firearm tactics, no one perhaps is more prepared than I to carry a gun in my classroom. But I would never want to. ...most teachers are not trained in situational awareness. It is not hard to learn to shoot a gun; teachers could learn this with a few days of training. What takes far longer, however, is learning to respond properly to an active shooter. As a former staff operations officer...

Virginia’s monkeypox patient is a woman who lives in Northern Virginia and recently traveled to "an African country where the disease is known to occur,” the Virginia Department of Health said in a statement. Officials declined to say exactly where she lives, citing her privacy.

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Video proof of Democrats cheating in Georgia: After Democrats stopped counting the votes and sent Republican poll watchers and news reporters home because of a “burst pipe,” Democrats continued counting the votes anyway.By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)December 3, 2020This 12 minute video is from a Georgia election hearing regarding the 2020 U.S. Presidential election. The voice that you hear is the person who was at the hearing explaining what’s in the video.As regular readers of my blog know, the “burst pipe” that caused them to stop counting votes and send everyone home was bogus. I previously wrote...

30 May 2022Monday of the 7th week of EastertideSt. Joan of Arc Catholic Church – A Traditional Latin Mass Parish in the Diocese of Boise Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 19:1-8 ©The moment Paul laid hands on them the Holy Spirit came down on themWhile Apollos was in Corinth, Paul made his way overland as far as Ephesus, where he found a number of disciples. When he asked, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?’ they answered, ‘No, we were never even told there was such a thing as a Holy Spirit.’ ‘Then how were you...

BELMONT, Calif. - Belmont police are looking for a person of interest in several cases of stop sign vandalism.

The day after the 2020 presidential election, I predicted the left was going to target any attorney who dared to get involved challenging election fraud. They’d already started successfully targeting conservative attorneys, it just hadn’t gotten much attention yet. Since most people are bored by legal issues, they fly under the radar. I wrote about it over a year ago, and things have gotten far worse since then. This year, they launched “The 65 Project” to brazenly accomplish it, named after the 65 lawsuits Trump-affiliated attorneys filed after the election. The left has developed a powerfully coordinated legal election effort...

The Bible In Paintings 2 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE 2nd SAMUEL CHAPTER 13 In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David. Amnon became frustrated to the point of illness on account of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her. Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab. He asked Amnon, “Why do you, the king’s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I’m...