Letter of H.E. Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassolto the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprusregarding the document of the 5th Pre-conciliar Meetingin preparation for the Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Churchentitled “Relations of the Orthodox Church with the rest of the Christian world” To the Holy and Sacred Synod of the most holy […]
California Colleges to Make Proving Innocence a Punishable Offense
by Ashe Schow The new California policies all but guarantee accused students will be found responsible without a fair or impartial investigation. Think about this – do you have any idea what this means in terms of law, courts, and criminal justice? Advocates for due process knew this day was coming. We knew that one […]
Socialism: The Drink of Death
by Ludwig Von Mises A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide does not choose between two beverages; he chooses between life and death. A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation […]
Want Kids to Listen More, Fidget Less? Try more Recess
Four times a day, the doors of Eagle Mountain Elementary in Fort Worth, Texas, fling open to let bouncy, bubbly, excited kindergarteners and first-graders pounce onto the playground.The youngest kids at this school now enjoy two 15-minute breaks in the morning and two in the afternoon for a total of one hour of recess a […]
Professional Atheist Dawkins Says Christianity ‘Bulwark Against Something Worse’
by Thomas D. Williams Welcome to the program, Dick. In a text that is coursing about on social media, professional God-slayer Richard Dawkins begrudgingly admitted that Christianity may actually be our best defense against aberrant forms of religion that threaten the world. “There are no Christians, as far as I know, blowing up buildings,” Dawkins […]
Children Who Spend Time with their Fathers have a Higher IQ
Children who spend large amounts of time with their fathers have higher IQ, according to a new study. By Urmee Khan Strong fatherly involvement in their early life can also improve a child’s future career prospects, the research shows. Academics at the University of Newcastle, who carried out the study, also found that men tended […]
Permaculture and the Myth of Overpopulation
by Lisa Depiano When teaching permaculture I often start out by doing a giant problems mind map. I ask students to brainstorm all of the major “problems” they see in the world to reflect on what brought them to study permaculture. Nine times out of ten the idea of overpopulation as a root “problem” in […]
Russia is a Bastion of Traditional Values which is Resisting Western Neopaganism
Someone is calling it like it is. Finally. In his recent article published by the RT’s Arabic service, the Lebanese journalist Habib Fuani stressed that today’s Russian leadership is guided by traditional values, in contrast to neopaganism of the West. “As opposed to ex-President George Bush Senior, who served as witness at a same-sex wedding […]
Farming the Tundra in Bethel, Alaska
by Lisa Demer Yes, you can permaculture and grow food anywhere. Don’t wait. Start small. Start planning now. At his farm carved out of the tundra near the heart of Western Alaska’s biggest town, Tim Meyers thinks about feeding the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and looks underground. There he has built a massive storage cellar to preserve potatoes, […]
The Peaceful Majority is Irrelevant
We always hear the argument that most Muslims are peaceful people, which is actually a true statement. By all measuers, most Muslims (75%+) are in fact peaceful, but there is one major problem that Brigitte Gabriel brings to light. They are irrelevant. Put aside the manufactured outrage, and learn why.