You can tell a lot about a person’s worldview from looking at their home’s front lawn and porch.

And I’m not referring to political signs.

American consumers are expected to spend upwards of $12 billion on Halloween this year, a dramatic jump from the $3.3 billion shelled out in 2005 for candy, costumes and seasonal decorations.

It seems Home Depot is limiting customers to just one 12-foot “Skelly” skeleton and one 12 ½ — foot “Deadwood Skeleton” purchase per visit, a restriction driven by the fact the company has been selling out on the monstrosities. Each cost around $300.

A homeowner in Tennessee has apparently put together a “haunted house” so extreme that visitors are required to sign a 40-page waiver that warns: “Your hair may be chopped off, dentistry may be done, you may have a tooth extracted.”

The owner, who probably didn’t want to be named, told a reporter, “My skill is getting into somebody’s brain and doing what I want with it for the show.”

According to most historians, the origin of the haunted house can be traced back to 19th-century England. In 1802, the French artist Marie Tussaud created a big stir in London when she sculpted and assembled a collection of “death masks” featuring the faces of guillotine victims. It was called the “Chamber of Horrors” — and at the time it generated an enormous cultural buzz.

Adam Smith-Conner, a British army veteran and father of two, was found guilty for silently praying outside an abortion clinic in Bournemouth, England.

As previously reported by the Daily Citizen, he was standing near the abortion facility where his son had been aborted 20 years ago.

He was fined £9,000 (almost $11,700) by the court and given a conditional discharge — meaning “he won’t be sentenced unless he is convicted of any future offences in the next two years,” Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADFI), which defended Smith Connor, stated in a press release.

The legal aid organization explained the circumstances of the arrest two years ago:

“Smith-Connor was confronted by officers who asked, ‘What is the nature of your prayer?’ on a public green within a large ‘buffer zone’ — an area covering several streets in the town — in which authorities have banned various expressions of pro-life or Christian belief, including through offering help to women in crisis pregnancies, or praying [emphasis in original].”

Smith-Connor responded to the Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court’s decision, saying:

“Today, the court has decided that certain thoughts — silent thoughts — can be illegal in the United Kingdom. That cannot be right. All I did was pray to God, in the privacy of my own mind — and yet I stand convicted as a criminal?

“I served for 20 years in the army reserves, including a tour in Afghanistan …”

Abortion amendments are on the ballot in ten states this fall, and recent filings demonstrate that funding gaps are widening.

Nationwide, abortion activists are reporting more than $174 million in contributions compared to pro-life advocates whose contributions total around $19 million collectively, according to recent filings.

Shockingly, abortion funding is nine times greater than that of current pro-life efforts.

Funding isn’t the only element of a successful campaign, but it is a very important component.

Generally speaking, those who have the most money can control the narrative in a campaign and those who control the narrative tend to more effectively influence voters.

As it stands today, Florida appears to be the state that will see the most financial engagement by both abortion activists and the pro-life community.

Abortion supporters have raised more than $76.4 million compared to $9.9 million by pro-life advocates to oppose the amendment.

Both the abortion and the pro-life communities see Florida as a bellwether state.

If the abortion industry can get Floridians to support its extreme abortion amendment, where at least 60% of the voting electorate must approve of the amendment, then they can likely do it anywhere. Of course, every state is different, and its voting population is unique.

Conservative actor Tim Allen is continuing his cover-to-cover reading of the Bible, an experience he has described as “amazing” and “unexpected.”

The beloved actor is known for playing Tim “The Toolman” Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement, as well as the manly Mike Baxter on Last Man Standing.

Of course, Allen also starred as Santa Claus in The Santa Clause film trilogy and in the Disney+ series The Santa Clauses, and he voiced Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story.

Allen is now hard at work producing and starring in a new comedy Shifting Gears; its pilot season is expected to air on ABC sometime in 2025.

The actor has also been hard at work digging into God’s Word.

“Continuing my reading of the complete Bible,” Allen recently posted on X, adding,

“Finished a rather intense Ezekiel now on to Daniel. The challenge in reading this Book is how I translate words that the Eternal expresses to the temporary. I need a Snickers.”

In August, Allen first shared publicly that he had begun reading Scripture.

“Never took the time in all my years to ever read and really read the Bible. Currently almost through the Jerusalem Bible Old Testament and almost done with the Prophets.”