The Guardian: The US is “closer to civil war than any of us would like to believe”, a member of a key CIA advisory panel has said. The analysis by Barbara F Walter, a political science professor at the University…

The Epoch Times, by Rob Natelson: Eight of the nine Supreme Court justices are Catholics or Jews—groups that have historically been victimized by religious discrimination. Yet the court’s emerging leader in defending religious freedom is its only mainline Protestant. Some…

The Gospel Coalition, by Paul Carter: On January 7th, 2022 Bill C-4 will become the law of the land in Canada. Christian pastors, parents, counsellors and mentors may all be affected. Canadian Christians need to understand this law and they…

BBC News: France has passed a new law criminalising the use of so-called “conversion therapy” to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ people. The measure was passed unanimously by the National Assembly, 142 votes to…

My Cluub: The US food system has been revived by expanding the Omicron variant workforce of Covid-19 from processing plants to grocery stores, leaving gaps on supermarket shelves. In Arizona, 10 processing plant and distribution workers at a major manufacturing…

Fox News, by Jon Brown: The United States has heightened the readiness of some 8,500 U.S. troops amid tensions between Russia and NATO over a potential invasion of Ukraine, but no decisions have been made yet to deploy them. “Secretary…

The Weather Channel, by Sean Breslin: At least two people were killed and homes were damaged after a pair of earthquakes struck Haiti Monday morning. The tremors struck the southern Peninsula of the country. The main quake struck at 8:16…

United Nations News: In total, about 84,000 people, more than 80 per cent of the population of the South Pacific Kingdom, have been affected by the disaster. Besides the three fatalities reported earlier in the week, no further deaths have…

CNS News, by Sarah Parshall Perry and GianCarlo Canaparo: Earlier in January, we revealed that an obscure federal agency plans to keep lists of the “personal religious information” of employees who had religious objections to the federal employee vaccine mandate….

CNS News, by Grace Melton: The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on the so-called Global Respect Act, which would impose sanctions on foreigners, including private citizens, who are determined to be responsible for human rights violations against lesbian,…

Pocket, by Kristin Limoges: If you’re reading this: Drink a glass of water. You likely need it, as 75 percent of Americans are described as “chronically dehydrated.” While achieving a state of hydration might seem enviable and impossible, fret not…

USA Today, by Trevor Hughes, Doyle Rice, Jeanine Santucci, and Christal Hayes: A ferocious wind-driven wildfire on Thursday destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses near Denver, forcing tens of thousands to flee and blanketing the area in smoke. The high…