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50 years of the War on Poverty

In his State of the Union address on Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson declared a “war on poverty.” Today, with roughly the same number of people below the poverty level as in 1964 and with many addicted to government “benefits,” robbing them of a work ethic, it is clear …

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Potential concealed weapon databases by Civitas Media won't make US safer

January is National Stalking Awareness Month and this week’s announcement by Civitas Media, that it was constructing a national database of concealed handgun permit holders, couldn’t have come at a worse time. This is quite a service Civitas will provide stalkers with. Before a stalker decides to go after his …

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Pope Francis' common touch, uncommon influence

Even I, a deeply flawed but still striving Roman Catholic, did not realize the true impact of Pope Francis on his church and his world until a few weeks ago, when a little girl, possibly four years of age, toddled up the center aisle of my church and plopped down …

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