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Immigration reform optimism voiced by Baptist policy group & Chamber of Commerce
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immigration reform as a priority at the start of a new session of Congress, representatives of the two groups said at a Jan. 17 news … The National Immigration Forum (NIF) -- which organized the news conference of religious, business and law enforcement spokesmen -- … Bush and now vice chairman of Citigroup, also expressed optimism in his comments at the news conference.…
Roe, legalizing abortion in 1973, caused Baptists to embrace life
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People had not talked about it for the most part," said Sutton, who was a political science major at the University of South Alabama … Land's 1988 election by a CLC trustee board controlled by conservatives helped further a transformation that proved complete at the national … Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress ) and in your email (…
On Guns, an Abuse of Power
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When Barack Obama implored Americans to "do the right thing" on gun restriction during a news conference this week, the "right thing … than likely, you're too feeble-minded to withstand the Jedi mind tricks employed by gun merchants or radio talk show hosts or the National … executive orders President Barack Obama signed that are aimed at "reducing gun violence" could be considered, at worst, cynically political…
Pakistan Crisis Widens
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Pakistan: Pakistan is coping with three major internal political crises and one foreign crisis. … The Supreme Court, the National Accountability Bureau and the Prime Minister. … Qadri vs the National Assembly.…
Union's Dockery to transition to chancellor in '14
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News & World Report annual college rankings to a top-tier recognition among the regional universities in the South (Union ranked 14th … Smart Racial Reconciliation Award from the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 2012. … Tim Ellsworth is director of news and media relations at Union University.…
Governor Jindal’s Bold Plan to Abolish Louisiana’s Income Tax
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I also discussed Jindal’s proposal last week on Fox Business News. … And if bold reform also happens to increase his national stature, I’m sure he’s more than happy to reap any political benefits. … The good news is that we do see significant skepticism about policies to expand the size and scope of the federal government.…
Conservatives Should End the Debt Ceiling Debate
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The pseudo-event is the driving force of American political life today, and it is a game increasingly played by both major political … give the party and its allies political leverage. … Federal law requires Congress to establish a limit to national borrowing, but the U. S.…
Barack Obama: Weapon of Mass Distraction
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President Obama's latest news conference was further confirmation that his voracious appetite for spending was not satisfied but whetted … ruthless opposition to Arizona's immigration law, to name a few, he glossed over the substantive issues involved and demonized his political … saw to it that we ignored spending and entitlements.Now, as we're poised to enter the debt ceiling negotiations, Obama has held a news…
BP Ledger, Jan. 14, 2013
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Daniels was an influential behind-the-scenes political player for 30 years in Indiana circles. … The era of top-down national leadership of a Pat Robertson or a James Dobson has faded. … Meanwhile, Scanlan makes news even when she's not trying.…
ANALYSIS: Gay marriage is not inevitable
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All this in a campaign in which pro-marriage forces were outspent four-to-one on average and had no national figure leading the charge … Whatever journalists, intellectuals and other elites may tell us, the only way to guarantee a political loss is to sit idly. … This first appeared at National Review Online (NationalReview.com). Ryan T. Anderson is the William E. Simon Fellow and Andrew T.…
Gay marriage battles brewing in at least 6 states this year
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Supreme Court this year, but in the meantime political battles are brewing in at least six states where marriage redefinition bills … The National Organization for Marriage has played a key role in defending traditional marriage on the state level. … Paiva Weed and McCaffrey are Democrats in a state where the issues don't always follow political lines.…
The Heavy Price of Islamic Democracy
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No other news outlet has published a comparably insightful and detailed account. … The National published images of the road from Beirut to Damascus closed because of snow. … Meanwhile, simmering political instability and unsettled economic and political issues are likely to deter tourists and investors.…
Another Lost Year for America's Workers
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Apparently he can and thus far he has,
with not a peep out of the national news media that has shamelessly
covered for him, despite … In part, because the numbers have
been sugar coated by the national news media and all but ignored by the
national nightly network … news.…
Revenge of the O-Team
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(END ITAL)WASHINGTON -- Full disclosure right upfront: I'm a proud life member of the National Rifle Association. … Notably, the words promise loyalty not to a political party or a particular individual but to the Constitution, which enshrines our … If you haven't joined us already, now is the time.Oliver North is the host of "War Stories" on Fox News Channel and the author of the…
No Oxygen, Please, for This Show
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This plot was so objectionable and senseless that the entire political spectrum has united against it. … But when pressed hard enough, a network publicist didn't back down with Fox News. … There's nothing like national humiliation.…
No 'Playing Gotcha' With Obama
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That's CBS News for you -- a guy who pedals a bike through France is hammered as if he is the most powerful man in the world, while … gotcha," and it certainly was when it broke the Abu Ghraib story to hurt Bush in 2004, and when Dan Rather flaunted fake Texas Air National … To borrow a phrase from Bill, "maintaining their political viability within the system" is always their first priority.…
Republicans' Bench Strength Waits in State Capitols
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WASHINGTON -- Ever since President Obama won re-election, the news media and their pundits want us to think the Republican Party is … But dig a little deeper into last year's elections and the nation's electoral infrastructure, and a far different political reality … emerges: Republicans are much stronger than they are routinely portrayed in the national media.…
Soldier Girl Blues
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a sweeping change after, you know, a national conversation. … Perhaps Obama let Panetta run with the idea, just in case it turned out to be a political fiasco. … The good news for Obama is that it hasn't been. Absent any informed debate, polls support the idea.…
FIRST-PERSON: The sad transformation of the Boy Scouts of America
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The national policy prohibiting openly gay leaders and scouts will be rescinded, but no national policy including openly homosexual … Those pressing for a reversal of the national policy are not likely to be satisfied with a local option. … They had demanded a national policy mandating the full inclusion of homosexuals throughout Scouting at every level.…
The Stuff of Third World Tyrants
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recurring themes is that some Republicans would work with him but can't do so for fear of reprisal from Grover Norquist on taxes, the National … Few things are more palpable on the political scene today than the groundswell of grass-roots support for the right to own firearms … As the leading disciple of radical community organizer Saul Alinsky, Obama must delegitimize his political opposition.…
BP Ledger, Jan. 28 edition
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We are having an international impact as well as a national impact here in Alabama." … Latin America Correspondent HAVANA, Cuba (Morning Star News) -- The Rev. … As do many Communist governments, Cuba perceives mass adherence to a given faith as a political threat.…
8-year sentence of Iranian-born pastor called 'rampant denial of religious freedom'
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naturalized U.S. citizen was sentenced to eight years in a notoriously harsh Iranian prison Sunday (Jan. 27) for "threatening the national … "This is a real travesty -- a mockery of justice," Jordan Sekulow, ACLJ's executive director, said in a news release Jan. 27. … According to World Watch Monitor, a news service focusing on the persecuted church, Abedini converted from Islam to Christianity in…
North Korea Threatens All-Out War Over Nukes
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Mali: Political. … The dominant themes in news reporting are continuing French air attacks and the buildup of forces. … One news service reported the Islamists have fled Timbuktu because of French air attacks.…
The NLRB Makes the Case Against Itself
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The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Summary of Operations for fiscal year 2012, released last week, shows an agency that is … According to Fox News, “[t]he rap sheet for members of the International Union of Operating Engineers reads like something out of ‘ … Reducing the appropriation given an over-funded, out-of-control National Labor Relations Board is a logical place to start.…
Imprisoned pastor in Iran with U.S. citizenship receives support from U.S. officials
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orphanage when members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard hauled him away in a bus for prison, according to World Watch Monitor, a news … National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor urged Jan. 18 that the pastor be freed. … "The national security charges leveled against Mr.…