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There have been a lot of compelling arguments made since the disastrous fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi to ISIS last weekend that it is time for the President Obama to adopt a coherent strategy to defeat ISIS that includes sending ground troops to fight alongside the Iraqi army. …

In 2011, a federal judge threatened high school valedictorian Angela Hildenbrand with jail time if she dared pray at her graduation. Then, in 2013, public school officials turned off valedictorian Remington Reimer’s microphone mid-sentence when he started talking about his faith during his graduation address. And, just last year, public …

So now we as a nation or as an administration decide to change the policy on American hostages being held by terrorists or others. While the government is maintaining its policy of not paying ransoms, the White House has announced that officials will no longer threaten with criminal prosecution the …

Voters will head to the polls around the country Tuesday for what can best be described as off-off year elections. The most important election today is the referendum SB-5 on the Ohio ballot. That initiative supports the repeal of Governor Kasich’s controversial legislation to eliminate collective bargaining for state workers …

According to reports posted by arch mischief-maker WikiLeaks during the last 48 hours, France is the latest victim of U.S. espionage. The reports state that the National Security Agency spied on President Francois Hollande and his predecessors, Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac, between 2006 and 2012. As a former British …

In April both Iran and the United States agreed that Tuesday, June 30, would be the deadline to reach a nuclear agreement. That deadline has now come and gone. There’s no final agreement. And, four American hostages – including American Pastor Saeed Abedini – remain imprisoned in Iran. What’s even …

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:12:26 +0000 – By Kathleen Troia “K.T.” McFarlandNational Security Expert/Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense President Bush is currently perceived as one of the worst presidents ever. But when the historians take over from the journalists, it is likely to be a more mixed assessment. Granted, …

The president’s speech Monday night left more questions than it gave answers. He talked a lot about how and why we got involved in Libya, but said almost nothing about how we get out. But two things do seem clear: We could be doing more of these humanitarian interventions in …

Every Fourth of July we have a family dinner and take turns reading sections of the Declaration of Independence. When my kids were young they were thoroughly bored. When they were teenagers they rushed through the reading so they could ditch the family and see their friends, who weren’t subjected …

As two men with extensive backgrounds in men’s ministry service, we were not surprised when American Bible Society’s 2014 State of the Bible survey found that men fall below the national averages of both Bible ownership and readership. In our day-to-day work interacting with men, it is common to hear …