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January 4, 2024
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| House GOP Raises the Stakes: 'Shut the Border Down or Shut the Government Down' |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| While the rest of Congress is soaking up the last few days of holiday recess, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) decided to cut his vacation short, opting instead to take 60 House Republicans on a detour to the southern border before Congress resumes next week. If the goal was to remind them what they're fighting for in the standoff on immigration with Joe Biden, it succeeded. |
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| Ohio Children's Hospital Targeted Evangelical Beliefs on Gender |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| An Ohio children's hospital that carries out gender transition procedures on minors has specifically targeted evangelical views of gender, according to a May 2022 webinar reviewed by The Washington Stand. The director of the Living with Change Center at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Lee Ann Conard, dismissed evangelical views on gender as incorrect and proceeded to denounce as harmful any counseling that does not pressure a minor to transition. |
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| Former NIH Head Admits to 'Narrowminded' Pandemic Response |
| by Dan Hart |
| Last week, reports surfaced that Dr. Francis Collins, the former head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) during the COVID pandemic and the current science advisor to President Biden, admitted at an event earlier last year that some government health officials had a "narrow view" of how to make public health decisions during the pandemic. Virologists such as Dr. Jay Bhattacharya are pointing out that the admission is further vindication for their initially scorned arguments against widespread lockdowns. |
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| J.R.R. Tolkien's 3 Responses to the Modern World's Madness |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Today is the 123rd birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien, the famed and beloved author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," among many other books. Although they enjoy almost-universal acclaim, Tolkien's books are especially popular amongst Christians, who keenly discern in them subtle and profound allusions to living a Christian life. |
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| Women Are Stocking up on Abortion Pills amid Fears of Restriction |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| In 2020, when word first broke out about the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a nationwide flurry to stock up on food and home goods - particularly toilet paper and Lysol wipes. It was a time of "panic buying" and led to mostly empty paper and cleaning product shelves across the country. The rush to stock pantries when fear strikes is normal in real life, but what's not as normal, some would argue, is stocking up on something like abortion pills. |
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| 'You Will Be Like Gods': The Need for Moral Clarity in a Luciferian World |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Politics is downstream from culture, and culture is downstream from religion. Evidence of this maxim abounds, but a pertinent illustration may be found in a well-known Republican's policy shift on same-sex marriage. At a Thursday night townhall event in Epping, New Hampshire, presidential primary contender and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie cited the Vatican's controversial document "Fiducia Supplicans" in endorsing same-sex marriage. While the Vatican document allowing same-sex couples to request certain informal blessings affirmed that it is not "changing in any way the Church's perennial teaching on marriage," Christie pointed to the document as evidence that "even the Church is changing." |
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| Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez Spark Controversy by Attending Gaza Fundraiser |
| by Abigail Olsson |
| After a record-breaking year for Taylor Swift, the pop star attended a Gaza fundraiser with celebrity friend Selena Gomez earlier last month. The event was hosted by Ramy Youssef on his tour "Ramy Youssef: More Feelings." While the comedian traveled to several major cities like D.C. and Philadelphia during the stand-up tour, Swift's and Gomez's presence at his Brooklyn show stirred public controversy as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East. |
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