“Honesty demands that we boldly pursue ideas tested by time, defended by reason, validated by experience, and confirmed by revelation. We will only find truth when we place our confidence in it and not in ourselves. We will only learn…

Jehovah’s Witnesses have historically served as a bellwether for religious freedom for other minority groups. In Russia, that includes evangelicals, who remain ambivalent over whether to defend the rights of Witnesses as a fellow non-Orthodox faith. The Russian Justice Ministry…

“The efficiency of the truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, and always in concentrating it on a single enemy.” Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) German Nazi Dictator. Source: Mein Kampf, 1925-27. Source Reference Adolf Hitler Quote

“Our republic and its press will rise and fall together.” Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) Hungarian-born American newspaper publisher after whom the Pulitzer Prize was named. Source Reference Joseph Pulitzer Quote

“We are going to impose our agenda on the coverage by dealing with the issues and subjects we choose to deal with.” Richard M. Cohan Senior Producer of CBS political news. Source Reference Richard M. Cohen Quote

The U.S. Congress passed a tax overhaul bill that had previously included an end to the IRS regulation barring churches from endorsing political candidates. The language was removed from the proposed legislation on technical grounds. The U.S. Senate’s parliamentarian struck…

“I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says.” Justice Hugo L. Black (1886-1971) US Supreme Court Justice. Source Reference Justice Hugo L. Black Quote

“The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.” James Madison (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution…

A winter inferno in California being fought by 8000 firefighters has been named the third worst in the state’s history, as it threatens celebrity homes in up-market Santa Barbara. Since the fire began on 4 December, about 95,000 people have…

“Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write.” Hugo L. Black (1886-1971) US Supreme Court Justice. Source: 1963. Source…

Protestantism is dead in Britain. It isn’t just the lack of church attendance. Britain no longer identifies as a protestant nation. Presbyterian and Methodist churches and even Salvation Army Citadels (those testaments to the virtues of teetotalism and evangelical assurance)…

“Truth has always been found to promote the best interests of mankind.” Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) British poet. Source Reference Percy Bysshe Shelley Quote