Senate Fails to Pass Controversial Defense Bill

by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

The U.S. Senate may have dealt a death blow to any chance of repealing the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy” this year when the Senate Majority Leader was unable to muster enough votes to open debate on the Defense Spending bill to which it was attached.

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The Occult, the New Age and Politics

The talk all weekend was about Delaware GOP Senatorial candidate Christine O’Donnell’s confessed dabbling in witchcraft during her high school years, but where was the rage when then First-Lady Hillary Clinton was taking advice from New Age guru Jean Houston who taught her how to hold imaginary conversations with the dead?

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Crucial Vote Takes Place Today on Defense Bill Loaded with Radical Causes

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

The Senate may vote today to open debate on a national defense authorization bill that has been saddled with a variety of liberal amendments such as repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy, overturning the prohbition on performing abortions on military bases and extending amnesty to illegal immigrants.

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Pope Leaves UK Spellbound

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

Pope Benedict XVI’s historic trip to England was more successful than anyone hoped, with most of the once-hostile British media gushing over with praise for the pontiff and the people in this secular nation admitting that the man left them “spellbound.”

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Study: Rise in Poverty Linked to Collapse of Marriage

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

Researchers at The Heritage Foundation have found that the collapse of marriage is one of the principal causes of the sharp increase in the poverty rate that has occurred since President Barack Obama took office.

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Tour Guide Caught Downplaying Christian Roots of America

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

A tour guide at Philadelphia’s historic Independence Hall made the mistake of playing down the religious beliefs of the Founding Fathers to a tour group that included several experts on the subject.

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