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How Instagram Is Teaching Us About Big Government

Instagram, the popular photo-sharing and social-networking service acquired this year by Facebook, faces a strong public backlash over a newly proposed terms of service agreement that allows your...

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Rick Warren: Religious Freedom Ensures Other Freedoms

Sharkpixs/ZUMAPress/Newscom Pastor Rick Warren stressed the importance of religious liberty to sustaining other basic freedoms during an interview at Georgetown University on February 12. Warren, the...

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Uniting Around the Constitution

Newscom Budget cutters, cultural conservatives, and national defense hawks ought to be able to rally around a common standard. But what is that standard? In order to properly unite our forces, author...

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Penalizing Religious Belief: No Bed of Roses

Lannis Waters/ZUMA Press/Newscom A Washington state florist is facing a lawsuit by the state’s attorney general because she desires to conduct her business in accord with the principles of her faith....

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Family Fact of the Week: Thankful for Religious Freedom on National Day of...

Don Hammond/Design Pics/Newscom Millions of people of faith in America will participate today in the 62nd annual National Day of Prayer. Although the National Day of Prayer was not established by...

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NSA Spying Stops Terrorism but Should Also Respect Liberties

Keith Alexander, Director, NSA (Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call/Newscom) General Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA), testified in an open hearing before the House Permanent...

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Fortnight for Freedom: Religious Liberty and the Obamacare Mandate

Newscom A coalition of religious leaders from a broad spectrum of faith backgrounds gathered in Washington this week to release a letter denouncing an Obamacare health insurance mandate threatening...

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Pelosi: July 4 Is Health Independence Day

As Americans celebrate a long holiday weekend, we should take at least a moment to ponder the idea, advanced recently by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D–CA), that Obamacare “captures the spirit...

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Churchill on the “Practical Truth” of the Declaration of Independence

Newscom As a statesman, an author, and a friend of the United States, Winston Churchill was regularly called upon to offer his sentiments on the meaning of the Fourth of July. In his remarks over the...

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Concerned About the Country’s Direction? Join Us at the Values Voter Summit

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). Credit: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decisions on marriage, the movement to uphold America’s core principles heads to the states, where...

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Family Fact of the Week: Americans Have Religious Liberty Every Day of the Week

Newscom What days should Americans be able to live out their religious beliefs? Is religious liberty limited to church on Sunday or synagogue on Saturday? Or can deeply held beliefs influence the...

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Missed Paying One Ticket? Go Directly to Jail

Courtesy of Crissy Brown She was handcuffed and hauled to the police station. She was fingerprinted and photographed. She was interrogated. She was strip-searched, given a jumpsuit, and locked into an...

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Accounting for Facts While Courting Vietnam

Vietnam’s President Troung Tan Sang in the Oval Office with President Obama. (Photo: YURI GRIPAS/REUTERS/Newscom) Fact: When the United States negotiates trade agreements with countries that oppress...

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U.S. Embassies Remain Closed: 5 Heritage Must-Reads on Counterterrorism

Newscom Twenty U.S. embassies and consulates remain closed throughout the Middle East, Africa, and Asia this week. The State Department says that “current information suggests that al-Qaida and...

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Intolerance Burns Out Oregon Bakers

OWEN BREWER/ZUMA Press/Newscom Threats and violent protests forced Sweet Cakes by Melissa, a small bakery located in Gresham, Oregon, to close its doors this weekend. In February, a lesbian couple...

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California Bill Targeting Boy Scouts Illustrates Threats to Religious Freedom

Photo credit: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Legislation “cruising” through the California legislature would strip certain state-level tax exemptions from nonprofit youth groups that...

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Back to School by the Numbers: Government vs. Parents

Newscom As the summer comes to an end and children put on their backpacks and lace up their sneakers for the new school year, let’s look at what kind of school system they are entering. More Spending:...

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Obamacare Anti-Conscience Mandate Loses in Another Court: Another Win for...

Health and Human Services Department (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Yesterday, yet another district court halted the Obama Administration from forcing its anti-conscience mandate to provide coverage...

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What Is a “Reasonable” “Search” or “Seizure” in the Age of New Technologies?

Newscom The Fourth Amendment prohibits the government from conducting “unreasonable searches and seizures.” However difficult it previously may have been to define a “reasonable” search or seizure,...

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Protecting Religious Liberty in the Marriage Debate

Newscom Bipartisan legislation was introduced today in the House of Representatives that would prevent the federal government from discriminating against citizens and organizations who believe that...

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