By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While a grateful mankind celebrated the 100th birthday of one of the greatest humanitarians who ever lived, members of the Missionaries of Charity said their foundress, Mother Teresa, preferred to celebrate the day of her baptism instead.
This is a truly shocking story that I posted this morning on our Breaking News site. It’s about how a grave fear of witchcraft in Nigeria has led to an alarming new trend of children being accused of being witches who are then either cast out or murdered by their families.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study conducted by the London School of Medicine and Dentistry found that doctors who are atheist or agnostic are twice as likely to make decisions that could end the lives of their terminally ill patients, compared to doctors who are very religious.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new program designed to boost math grades in Houston’s Independent School District (HISD) will award fifth-graders at select schools more than $1,000 for passing math tests.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Chilean officials say the 33 miners, who are expected to be trapped 2,300 feet below the earth’s surface until Christmas, have requested statues and crucifxes to be sent down to their subterranean prison where they can be used to construct a shrine for prayer.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Conservative leaders are signaling that big wins this fall could mean investigations ijnto many of the Administration’s shady antics, from bailouts and dropped charges in the Black Panthers voter intimidation case to ACORN funding and offering candidates’ jobs to keep them out of key Congressional races.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A grave fear of witchcraft in Nigeria has led to an alarming new trend of children being accused of being witches who are then either cast out or murdered by their families.
The peace that the world cannot give does not appear to be reigning in the life of Paul Young, author of the controversial best-seller, The Shack, who is suing his two long-time friends and business partners, alleging that they bilked him out of $8 million in royalties. While a federal judge mulls over the case, he’s busy writing a screenplay with the hopes of bringing the book’s flawed portrayal of Christianity to a wider audience.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
With the prospects of a pro-life majority in the U.S. House and possibly the Senate appearing increasingly likely this fall, liberal lawmakers plan to push through legislation that will make taxpayer funded embryonic stem cell (ESC) research legal.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new audio tape has surfaced on which the Imam of the proposed Ground Zero Mosque reveals that he provided President Barack Obama with the so-called “blueprint” of a solution to the Islamic-American divide which served as the basis for the president’s 2009 Cairo speech.
