Politics

By John Zmirak, The Stream - Let’s not fool ourselves. We conservative Christians are fighting for our lives and our freedom in self-defense against richer, more powerful enemies with vastly more institutional resources than we have. What we do have is scruples, which they don’t. In the short term, that’s our handicap... Nor are we nearly as hungry as those who hate us. We seek our Utopia in the next life, not this one, so we don’t crave power as they do.

By Dwight Longenecker, The Stream - As a Catholic Christian, Peter Sonski was aware that his church had a strong tradition of social teaching. That social teaching reflected the values of the gospel onto the contemporary needs of society. The compendium of Catholic social teaching is rooted in the essential God-given value of the family and a concern for both the dignity of the individual and the common good.

By Jeff M. Lewis, American Thinker - Richard Andrew Cloward and Francis Fox Piven were the authors of the Cloward-Piven strategy... "Overload the American public welfare system and create a crisis that will bankrupt the nation, leaving no choice but to adopt a socialist/communist system of government."... In addition: "The ultimate objective of this strategy is to wipe out poverty by establishing a guaranteed annual income."

By Evita Duffy-Alfonso, The Federalist - During the U.N.’s 2014 climate conference in Paris, U.N. Climate Chief Christina Figueres admitted that the conference aims “to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the Industrial Revolution.” But industrialization not only saves lives from climate-related disasters, it lifts people out of poverty and raises the standard of living. ...