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It’s summertime, which calls to mind the perennial question for parents: where can we take the kids on vacation and learn something along the way? That question sustains our nation’s massive heritage tourism industry. Odds are you already have a list full of destinations with fascinating museums and popular historic sites. But it’s not just about kids and vacations. In the buildup to the nation’s 2026 semiquincentennial birthday celebration, planners everywhere are hoping to leverage history tourism to boost their local economies. Boston’s Freedom Trail—arguably the nation’s most popular American heritage tourism site— appears to offer a prime example for...

While appearing on CBS News’ Face the Nation Sunday, Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham doubled down on her pro-abortion stance, telling host Margaret Brennan ... “if we’re going to use the federal courts as a way to bar and ban access, we are looking at a national abortion ban and more. And I think states have to band together to do as much as they can in opposition to that.” “So, currently, in New Mexico, abortion is legal. But you don’t actually have a law codifying it. ... " said Brennan. Lujan Grisham responded, “We do—we do now. So the...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, February 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Key Christian leaders in Sweden have warned the government that they will encourage voters to withdraw support from the Christian Democrat party in the next election, if a proposal to allow foreign women access to abortion centers in Sweden is passed into law. Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Mr. Göran Hägglund, announced the proposed legislation last month. An amendment to the current Abortion Act, it would allow Swedish abortion centers to offer abortion on demand to foreign women, up to 18 weeks gestation. In a statement issued last week, Catholic Bishop...