By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Less than 24 hours after President Barack Obama bashed lobbyists during his State of the Union address, his administration was inviting lobbyists to participate in private briefings on some of the topics raised during the speech.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
According to polls conducted by
Rasumussen Reports, Americans do not see eye-to-eye with the President on many of the most important issues raised during this week’s State-of-the-Union speech.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New research by Tel Aviv University has found that middle-aged people are far more upbeat and balanced than previously thought, which belies the myth of the mid-life crisis.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An atheist organization is protesting U.S. Postal Service plans to circulate a stamp featuring Mother Teresa , claiming it violates postal regulations against honoring people whose achievements are affiliated with religion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito took offense at President Obama’s shocking breach of decorum during the State of the Union address last night when he chastised the justices for a recent ruling on campaign finance laws.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New legislation introduced in the predominantly pro-life Nebraska legislature which would ban all abortions after 20 weeks due to the baby’s ability to feel the pain of the procedure, could open up a whole new field of abortion law that has the potential of doing great damage to the abortion industry.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report from the Guttmacher Institute indicating a sharp rise in teenage pregnancy rates proves that Planned Parenthood-style sex education is a failure.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
CBS is beingn pressured to not only drop a powerful pro-life ad scheduled to air during the Super Bowl, but to counter this message with ads the promote abortion or homosexuality.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new book written by the man in charge of the process leading to the canonization of the late Pope John Paul II reveals that in addition to signing a document promising to resign should he ever become incurably ill, the late pontiff was also in the habit of mortifying himself with a belt and sleeping on a bare floor to practice self-denial.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A national coalition of women’s groups is calling upon
CBS to cancel its plans to broadcast a pro-family commercial during the Super Bowl that features Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and the mother who opted to give him birth rather than follow her doctor’s advice to abort him.
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