A Faith and Public Policy Ministry
(Watchmen Ministry North Idaho) On June 8th, 1789, James Madison first introduced the amendments that would become the bill of rights to the U.S. Constitution. His speech captures the thinking of one of the most important founders. As the primary contributor to the Constitution his insights are incredibly prescient to the time we are in. The first and most important
(PJ Media) “Liberty or death!” That was the stark choice that Patrick Henry proposed to his fellow Virginia delegates 250 years ago today. It was a challenge the Founding Fathers and the Revolutionary Army accepted, and thus a new nation was born. How remarkable that it has been two and a half centuries since a small group of farmers, shopkeepers,
(Life News) President Donald Trump plans to deny Planned Parenthood tens of millions of dollars in federal funding, not due to carrying out abortion, but over its support of another controversial political issue, which has pro-life advocates exclaiming, “Praise God!” The second Trump administration will withhold federal family planning dollars to the nation’s largest abortion franchise and numerous other Title
(The Federalist) Over four years after the 2020 election was “rigged,” President Donald Trump issued an executive order to bolster election integrity. “Despite pioneering self-government, the United States now fails to enforce basic and necessary election protections employed by modern, developed nations, as well as those still developing,” the order states. “Free, fair, and honest elections unmarred by fraud, errors,
(Townhall) If an investment yields stagnant or negative returns despite increased funding, the rational thing to do is back off. This logic rarely applies in government, but we’re in a unique moment. The U.S. Department of Education — which has long exemplified the sunk-cost fallacy with past investments motivating continued spending — faces possible closure as the Trump admnistration pushes
(PJ Media) The world is always telling you to “follow your heart.” Countless ads, rom-coms, and bestselling memoirs show us the great things that supposedly await if we follow our hearts. What the world doesn’t tell you is that following your heart isn’t necessarily as innocent as changing the color of your hair, splurging on ice cream, or asking that
(Washington Stand) Last week, U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes, a Biden appointee, halted President Trump’s policy that prohibits transgender individuals from serving in the military. To understand the significance of this ruling, we need to look at the policy’s origins and the reasons behind it. Transgender-identifying individuals were never allowed to serve in the military until former President Obama
(Townhall) It’s evil rarely seen. Last month, over 70 Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were bound, marched into a church, and beheaded. Local church leaders are devastated: “We don’t know what to do or how to pray; we’ve had enough of massacres.” This method of execution was intentional, designed to put terror in the hearts of Christians in the
(Harbinger’s Daily) Spiritually, a significant foreseeable consequence of AI systems like large language models (LLM) is that humans may easily be tempted to begin looking to them as the final authority for truth. Because of their astounding capabilities to rapidly synthesize knowledge from across the internet, LLMs might seem “all-knowing.” We may begin looking to AI as the ultimate, unquestionable
(Harbinger’s Daily) Despite historic levels of public opposition, Illinois lawmakers advanced controversial legislation attacking homeschoolers and private schools that could lead to the jailing of home-educating parents and even the removal of children from their homes. Massive pushback is already underway. The controversial bill, HB2827, also known as The Homeschool Act, was approved this week by the Illinois House of Representatives’
