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  Oct 30, 2013

  Roe vs Wade Decided Without Factual Evidence, Author Finds

  Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion, was decided without any case record of facts or evidence. This is just one of the findings of Clarke D. Forsythe in Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade, the most thorough account of the Roe decision since the release of most of the justice's court papers for the case.

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  Oct 26, 2013

  Analysis: 'Obamacare' Website Problems Could Bring Down All of 'Obamacare'

  The Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare," is "more than just a website," President Barack Obama recently said. True. The law is expansive, with lots of different parts. If the problems with Healthcare.gov are not fixed soon, though, the rest of the law is threatened.

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  Oct 25, 2013

  Pope Francis Reminds Us We Live in an Increasingly Cold World, Catholic Theologian George Weigel Says

  One of Pope Francis' messages is that the world is becoming increasingly cold, not cold in the meteorological sense, but in a relational sense, George Weigel, distinguished senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, explained in his Tuesday address to the Catholic Information Center's second annual "Blessed John Paul II Award Dinner for the New Evangelization."

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  Oct 24, 2013

  Russell Moore Clarifies Misleading WSJ Article, Praises Predecessor's 'Prophetic Voice'

  Dr. Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, clarified some misleading information from a profile of him in The Wall Street Journal, and praised his predecessor, Dr. Richard Land, in a Wednesday interview with The Christian Post.

• Oct 23, 2013

  Homeschooled Kids Are Thinner, Eat Better, Researchers Surprised to Find

  Children who are homeschooled have less body fat than children who attend schools outside the home, according to a new study published in the journal Obesity.

• Oct 23, 2013

  Analysis: 3 Common Core Myths

  Where did the Common Core State Standards Initiative come from? What is the debate over Common Core really about? Some of the media coverage of these issues may lead to some misimpressions about the Common Core. Here are three common Common Core myths:

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  Oct 22, 2013

  US National Debt Surpasses $17,000,000,000,000; or About $54,000 Per US Citizen

  The national debt has surpassed $17 trillion, or about $53,765 for each U.S. citizen, including children. Total U.S. unfunded liabilities, what the federal government is projected to owe minus what the federal government is projected to receive in revenue, is over $126 trillion.

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  Oct 21, 2013

  Obama: 'Obamacare' Not Just a Website, Here's a 1-800 Number

  President Barack Obama acknowledged in a Monday speech that the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare," health care insurance exchange website, healthcare.gov, has issues far more serious than a few "glitches." The ACA is not just a website, he reminded, and encouraged those seeking insurance on the exchanges to either call 1-800-318-2596, go to a community center, or mail in their application.

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  Oct 21, 2013

  Huckabee Suggests Ted Cruz, Like-Minded Republicans Are Destroying the GOP

  In a critique of certain Tea Party activists, such as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Huckabee complained Saturday that Republicans who claim that those who disagree with their tactics are not devoted to conservative principles, are hurting the Republican Party. "Legalism — not liberalism is dividing the GOP," he said on Fox News' "Huckabee."

• Oct 18, 2013

  Professor Finds Tea Party Understands Science, Learns Lesson About Media Stereotyping

  Dan Kahan, professor of law and psychology, found that those who identify with the Tea Party score higher than non-Tea Partiers on a measure of science comprehension. In a blog post, he says the results surprised him because his only impressions of Tea Partiers came from watching news coverage of the movement.