Mar 12, 2012 – Spencer Bachus (R-AL) is in the fight of his political life. … The National Journal found that Bachus had the second most liberal voting record of Alabama’s congressional delegation last year.  … Eight is the number of times he’s voted to raise the national debt, for a whopping total of nearly $7 trillion.…

Mar 11, 2012 – Santorum has written that he stands up to "the 'Bigs' -- big news media, big entertainment, big universities and public schools, big … businesses and some big national labor unions, and of course, the biggest Big of all, the federal government." … As a senator, he supported legislation to allow convicted felons to vote.When a super political action committee that supports Romney…

Mar 30, 2012 – backroom and back channel wheeling and dealing, from Nixon era “shuttle diplomacy,” to Franklin Roosevelt’s oft used slight of political … Of course, with predictable expedition and animation, news outlets have been flooded with spin and counter spin since that now famous … Presidents who have won reelection to a new term invariably see it as a mandate, a national “go for it” liberating the leader from…

Mar 30, 2012 – Just as Rahm Emmanuel didn't want to let a good crisis go to waste, the national press doesn't want to let a good victim go to waste … Only one of those who were murdered on Feb. 26 has dominated national news coverage -- because his killer was not black.There is an … We don't know.But we do know the way narratives are created and manipulated to make political points.…

Mar 30, 2012 – without numerous reminders of just how radical President Obama is -- and this is during an election year, when it should be in his political … This was after watching a report on Fox News earlier that morning highlighting Obama's obstruction of oil shale production based on … Next, I saw John Fund's piece on National Review Online outlining Obama's background in the sordid community organizing tactics of…

Mar 29, 2012 – "According to the FBI's latest National Crime Victimization Survey," Goode wrote, "blacks were over 50 times more likely to commit … Such is the point of political theater where the script has little to do with fact. … In the Trayvon Martin case, what also hurts is the cold, political calculation to divide us as a nation for nefarious ends.…

Mar 28, 2012 – I'm against any sort of government law, either state or national, that would force churches to perform marriage between gay people, … Carter went on to explain his views on abortion: "I have one problem in my political service with my faith and that is concerning abortion … Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com…

Mar 27, 2012 – A raging debate in recent years about the intelligence—or lack thereof—of certain political figures reflects an impression that IQ … A political candidate who owns a strong intelligence could be predicted to use that intelligence to solve problems in both the political … We call it simply Political Intelligence, or PI for short.…

Mar 26, 2012 – The group, which supports legal protection for traditional marriage, launched the "Dump Starbucks" campaign after a national board … Those who are fearful resort to Gentile tactics of lording over others with political majorities or economic power. … Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com…

Mar 26, 2012 – (BP) -- Diana Chandler of News Orleans has been named as a staff writer for Baptist Press, the news service of the Southern Baptist … She also wrote a weekly "Spirit 'n Spice" religion news column for The Times-Picayune from 2002-08. … Chandler was a National Baptist Convention pastor in Laurel, Mount Rose and Quitman, Miss.…

Mar 26, 2012 – Nearly two years ago I decided to start this column after talking with Andrew Breitbart about the importance of pop culture in the political … Since 2010, I’ve interviewed many of my favorite political figures, including Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Eric Metaxas, Sen. … Tell me about the moment you decided to become more vocal about your political beliefs.…

Mar 24, 2012 – And yet, it was spun into some kind of smoking gun, and on a not-slow news day, too. … "The White House is creating an unnecessary political firestorm," Fortenberry has said of the mandate. … Dolan, of course, is primarily not a political but a spiritual leader.…

Mar 23, 2012 – Ratcheting up the rhetoric on the eve of Vice President Joe Biden‘s visit to a South Florida senior community, Democratic National … They're getting lazy over at the DNC -- an easy pitfall, I suppose, when you have news networks doing your job for you.  … But Wasserman Schultz just can't resist scare tactics and dishonesty to score cheap and ugly political points. …

Mar 23, 2012 – Sarkozy and Marine Le Pen, candidate of the rightist National Front.Sarkozy has been toughening his stance on immigration and national … It is time to wage war on these fundamentalist political religious groups who are killing our children," she said." … (I) have been talking about this for months and months, and the political class has rejected (me).…

Mar 23, 2012 – “Political analysts say the Toulouse killings could transform the contest in the few weeks left before the two-round ballot, which … “[T]he killer got off his bike without removing his helmet and went through the school gate,” reports Israel National News regarding…

Mar 22, 2012 – Does he recall that our gross national debt has eclipsed 100 percent of GDP, and that China is already our biggest foreign creditor … Some of Obama's bookkeepers continued to warn against its approval, but they were overruled by the White House political team because … No, his administration pressured Solyndra brass to deliberately delay their bad news until after the 2010 elections, at which point…

Mar 21, 2012 – (BP) -- A new book by Fox News journalist Todd Starnes chronicles approximately 100 instances of political correctness gone wild and … A former Baptist Press assistant editor, Starnes is host of "FOX News & Commentary," a daily segment aired on FOX News Radio. … Similarly, Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, was disinvited to speak at a national prayer event at Andrews Air…

Mar 21, 2012 – "But the fact of the matter is this war is ethnic cleansing -- a religious as well as political war, indeed a complex situation." … militia destroyed the office of the Sudan Council of Churches at Kadugli along with its vehicle, sources also told Compass Direct News … Simba Tian writes for Compass Direct News (www.compassdirect.org).Based in Santa Ana, Calif., Compass focuses on Christians worldwide…

Mar 21, 2012 – in media circles, like some sort of cable-news Voldemort or Darth Vader. … NBC's news wasn't always objective, but it had a reputation for professionalism. Think Tim Russert. … The definition "essentially a political operation to elect Democrats" has never been more accurate.…

Apr 9, 2012 – in the towel just yet, the former House speaker spoke frequently in past tense about his presidential bid in an interview on "Fox News … He said he wants to continue to try and influence the party platform, but said he's already discussed with the Republican National … I'll go back to a post-political career," Gingrich said. …

Apr 9, 2012 – John Bruchalski tells a group of medical students on a recent stop in his second annual National Medical Students for Life Tour. … At a time when conscience is in the news, as the president has forced the issue by not adequately protecting it in his health care … pro-choice: Why don't we talk openly about the inconsistencies and silences we tolerate on certain women's health topics in the name of political…

Apr 9, 2012 – As millions of Americans rose on Easter Sunday to attend services on the most holy day in the Christian calendar, the Good News of … love and the triumph we share in the resurrection of Jesus stands regardless of the challenges that we face every morning in our news … Lewis wrote, "He who converts his neighbor has performed the most practical Christian-political act of all." Why?…

Apr 9, 2012 – on America’s political landscape. … A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center adds to the sobering news for Republicans. … The National Urban League, NAACP, National Council of La Raza.…

Apr 8, 2012 – This is tonight's good news because Abu Ismail and his Salafists make the Brotherhood look like choir boys.   … He also left out that the political freedom is for those who agree with the governing coalition. … Farce has become national tragedy.…

Apr 6, 2012 – His speech to the nation's news editors, which accused the GOP of budget cuts they have not proposed, was the political equivalent … This was all out political nuclear war, meant to draw blood among those who opposed his re-election. … Thanks to a compliant news media, he seemed to get away with blaming George W. Bush in his first two or three years.…