Where Do You Stand on Our Freedoms?

By Susan J. Knowles

In today’s political climate, where things appear to be occurring at lightning speed, as a Christian should you be concerned or even become involved with where our country appears to be headed?

As Christians, we are taught that God will take care of us and that we don’t need to worry or have fear about anything (Luke 12: 6-7).  The more faith that we have the more we believe this to be true.   That being said, should we be involved in politics or should we remain silent on this issue?  … Continue Reading

Four Myths about Private Health-Care Exchanges

Four Myths about Private Health-Care Exchanges (via CFO.com)

Health Benefits | May 03, 2013 | CFO.com | US For all the hoopla in the past year about private health-care exchanges for active employees, relatively few companies with more than 50 workers have taken the plunge. But the market is certainly expecting that to change, with most of the large benefits…

Obama to talk drug war with Central American leaders

Obama to talk drug war with Central American leaders (via AFP)

US President Barack Obama visited Costa Rica on Friday for a Central American summit focused on trade and the drug war after a stop in Mexico highlighting economic and security ties. The seven leaders of Central America, plus the Dominican Republic, are expected to press Obama to step up US assistance…

US House to vote on measure to extend borrowing

US House to vote on measure to extend borrowing (via AFP)

The Republican-led House of Representatives plans to vote next week on legislation that would allow the US government to borrow above the debt ceiling, in a move meant to stave off default. But the “Full Faith and Credit Act,” which was adopted in committee last week, would allow the government to…

JP Morgan Chase faces federal regulatory action: report

JP Morgan Chase faces federal regulatory action: report (via AFP)

JP Morgan Chase faces federal regulatory action over a scheme which manipulated energy prices in two US states, the New York Times reported Friday. The Times said it had seen a 70-page government document which indicated staff from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission intended to recommend action…

US considering whether to arm Syrian rebels

US reconsidering whether to arm Syria rebels (via AFP)

The United States said it was taking a fresh look at whether to arm Syria’s rebels as the Damascus regime pressed an assault on opposition forces in the embattled city of Homs. After having rejected the idea previously, President Barack Obama’s deputies were weighing the option of providing weapons…

Three civil rights commissioners say immigration reform bill would hurt African-Americans

Three civil rights commissioners say immigration reform bill would hurt African-Americans (via Nola.com)

WASHINGTON — Three members of the U.S. Commission of Civil Rights say that a Senate bipartisan proposal to give some 11 million illegal immigrants legal status would disproportionately hurt African-Americans. The letter, from two Republicans and one independent on the eight-member commission, was…

US releases photos relating to Benghazi attack

US releases pictures related to Benghazi attack (via AFP)

US authorities on Wednesday released pictures of three men it said were present during the September 11, 2012 attack on the US mission in eastern Libya, saying it wanted to question them. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s website did not say whether the three men — all of whom appear to be carrying…

UN: Force feeding Gitmo detainees breaches international law

Force-feeding breaches law, UN says amid Guantanamo strike (via AFP)

Force-feeding hunger strikers is a breach of international law, the UN’s human rights office said Wednesday, as US authorities tried to stem a protest by inmates at the controversial Guantanamo Bay jail. “If it’s perceived as torture or inhuman treatment — and it’s the case, it’s painful — then it…

Barack Obama fashions himself as a presidential bystander

Barack Obama fashions himself as a presidential bystander: Dana Milbank (via OregonLive.com)

By Dana Milbank WASHINGTON — It’s never a good sign for a president when he feels compelled to assure the public he still has a pulse. This is the unenviable position President Obama was in Tuesday morning when he held a news conference in the White House briefing room and faced a profusion of questions…

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