Once officials at the Columbus meet determined that Hayes had violated the excessive celebration rules, the entire 4×100 meter squad was disqualified and effectively barred from the state championships. The team will not get another chance to qualify for the meet. “He put his hand by his ear and pointed to the heavens,” Hayes’ father,... Continue Reading

In 2008, Ms. Guinness and her husband, Os, discovered that their townhouse in a suburb of Washington was contaminated with stachybotrys—also known as black mold. That launched a painstaking five-year renovation that cost as much as the couple originally paid for the house and involved ripping out walls, replacing many of the finishes and sterilizing... Continue Reading

The first time I ate with Mom at The Home I looked at her, held her hand, and asked her to say grace. I expected her to thank God for the food, and I expected her to pray for her own needs as she recovered from surgery. But instead, I heard her say, “Father, help... Continue Reading

By day, she dug mass graves for the dead. By night, she hoped to lie in one herself. “One night, I crawled on my bed and prayed God would take my life,” Goode said. “Instead, what He did… He didn’t take my life… He gave me a new heart.” Goode found God again, and with... Continue Reading

Pro-life activist group Live Action released an undercover video and recording this morning of a prominent abortionist comparing a dead, unborn baby to “meat in a Crock-Pot,” and joking he used a “pickax” and “drill bit” as surgical abortion tools. The video is the fourth Live Action has published in 10 days as part of... Continue Reading

The Gosnell trial illustrates the unsanitary practices that have been in allowed in largely unregulated clinics owing to their politically-protected status; these conditions endanger women’s health in Planned Parenthood’s sleazy mission of providing abortion as birth control and abortion-on-demand anytime, for any reason. Nurses who worked in Planned Parenthood facilities have testified, under oath, about... Continue Reading

People who grow tomatoes in a garden patch may regard the endeavor as a mere seasonal pastime; however, panelists at a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) conference discerned deeper theological and political significance. The Rev. Ashley Goff, Minister of Spiritual Formation at Church of the Pilgrims in Washington, DC, exalted “growing as an act of resistance,” “compost... Continue Reading

Calvin has apparently joined the so-called Protestant movement begun about 13 years ago at Worms by the German monk Luther. Most of the theology faculty in the University reckon that this movement will be short-lived. Said one of the theologians, “We’ll crush these people just as we did the Cathars. Why do you think we... Continue Reading

The elder Simpson, a decorated, retired Army Special Forces lieutenant colonel, left Monday to meet his daughter-in-law at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Wash., before heading to Germany, where his son was taken after the blast.   The son of Olmos Park City Manager Michael W. Simpson has died from the injuries he suffered in a... Continue Reading

After watching Broussard’s remarks with my wife, I turned to her and said, “That was strong.” All he did was to confess what the Bible teaches about sexual morality and about what God requires of every Christian—obedience (1 John 2:4). It was a clearer word than what you would hear in many pulpits. It was... Continue Reading