by Richard Nelson | Mar 18, 2019 | Blog
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by Richard Nelson | Mar 15, 2019 | Blog
The idea that people can switch their gender got a hearing on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives when two Democrat congresswomen read the pro-transgender children’s book called I Am Jazz. Transgenderism has been going mainstream for years...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 14, 2019 | Blog
Fresno State Students for Life group promoted their cause with chalk messages on university sidewalks but not everyone appreciated those messages including Professor Greg Thatcher. So Thatcher took some of his students and wiped them away. Professor Thatcher...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 13, 2019 | Blog
The Trump administration changed Title X regulations regarding which organizations can receive federal family planning funds. Under the new rules any facility that performs abortions or counsels women to receive abortions cannot receive any federal funds. This means...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 12, 2019 | Blog
Google is in the middle of a class-action lawsuit alleging that it underpays women for performing the same job as men. However, Google's annual pay equity analysis for 2018, found something nobody expected. Google was actually underpaying men for doing the same...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 11, 2019 | Blog
The Kentucky legislature is considering a bill that modifies the teacher retirement board by including a broader group of board members. Another bill would create a tax credit for businesses that want to donate to scholarship funds for underprivileged kids trapped in...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 8, 2019 | Blog
Ever wonder why the federal government is in so much debt? A recent news story out of the far-west community of Hickman helps us better understand. This depressed community near the Mississippi River received a Community Development Block grant from the federal...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 7, 2019 | Blog
Should women be forced to join the military draft? According to a federal judge in Texas, the answer is yes. U.S. District Judge Gray Miller ruled that women should be forced to register for the draft if its ever needed. This is in line with the trend which...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 6, 2019 | Blog
The 2020 presidential election is still two years away and 10 Democrats have already announced they're going to run. Another 13 are considering running for the highest office in the land and candidates in the packed field are trying to distinguish themselves from...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 5, 2019 | Blog
The U.S Senate considered a bill to protect babies who survive an abortion attempt. But it fell seven votes short. The Abortion Survivors Protection Act is a response to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's outrageous claim that the decision of life and death for a baby...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 4, 2019 | Blog
ESPN ran a story about NBA official Tim Donaghy who took bribes to fix games over a four year period. Donaghy bet on the games he reffed and took in huge amounts of cash. He also helped others rake in millions until he was caught. It's ironic that ESPN's...
by Richard Nelson | Mar 1, 2019 | Blog
According to a recent story on NPR, an estimated 60 million Americans have a criminal record. One report estimates that there as many people with criminal records as college diplomas. The majority are misdemeanors, but when nearly one in five citizens has been in...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 28, 2019 | Blog
Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Green New Deal whose goal is to end fossil fuel use in 10 years. The deal also aims to make every existing building more energy efficient; expand electric car manufacturing, and build "charging...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 27, 2019 | Blog
A Chinese scientist recently claimed to have successfully edited the genes of twin girls. He says he did so to make them resistant to HIV. The news was met with criticism from the scientific community. Some doubted it was true. Now, the Chinese government is...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 26, 2019 | Blog
Opponents of pro-life laws often focus on heart-wrenching cases involving women in tough situations: cases of fetal abnormality; fetal demise and the trauma of carrying a lifeless baby; and horrific stories of rape. All are traumatic cases that most of us could never...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog
Several pro-life bills are moving through the Kentucky legislature. The Roe v Wade Trigger Bill (HB 148) protects unborn life in all cases that do not threaten the mother’s life if the ruling is ever overturned. The Fetal Heartbeat Bill (SB 9) recognizes...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 22, 2019 | Blog
More than two out of every three college students take out student loans to pay for school. And the average college graduate has $29,800 in debt. Altogether, about 45 million Americans owe over $1.56 trillion in student loan debt. That's trillion with a...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 21, 2019 | Blog
The Kentucky legislature is in full swing. So far several hundred bills have been introduced. They range from the mundane to the highly controversial. A few high profile bills include school safety, expanded gambling, abolition of the death penalty, abortion bans and...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 20, 2019 | Blog
In case you were wondering if religious freedom is really under attack, consider a case out of Iowa that's back in the news. The University of Iowa had a policy that said that student groups that held Biblical views on marriage and human sexuality were...
by Richard Nelson | Feb 19, 2019 | Blog
According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline there were 5,147 cases of human trafficking reported in the U.S. in 2018. Most cases involve women, often underage girls who are runaways or smuggled in from a foreign country. Most of the cases are in...
