by Publius | Oct 2, 2019 | Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment, Posts
By Sophia Lee | (Source) In February 2018, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) quietly changed its mission statement, removing a description of the United States as “a nation of immigrants.” The change reflected a shift in our government’s...
by Publius | Sep 11, 2019 | Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment, Posts
By Barry Brownstein | (Source) The world is not in danger of being overpopulated, so why do so many insist it is? Shortly after my wife graduated from college, she joined Zero Population Growth. Looking back, she tells me it was an emotional reaction fueled by...
by Publius | May 6, 2019 | Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By James D. Agresti (Source) James Madison, the father of the U.S. Constitution and primary author of the Bill of Rights, repeatedly emphasized that the United States is a “republic” and not a “democracy.” In stark contrast, Jonathan Bernstein, a Bloomberg columnist...
by Publius | Jul 17, 2018 | Family, Politics and Goverment
By John Stonestreet & Roberto Rivera | (Source) A pro-choice doctor just made a case for not aborting children with Down syndrome. But his case needs to be better. By one estimate, about three-fourths of all pregnant women in the United States undergo prenatal...
by Publius | May 1, 2018 | Grey Matter, Politics and Goverment
By Rod Dreher | (Source) This is news: Summit Ministries has relocated a summer program from Biola University to another state. Why? From the press release: For more than 55 years, Summit Ministries has held conferences at its headquarters in Manitou Springs, Colo.,...