According to CNN, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange received the top vote for “Most Intriguing Person of the Year” for 2010. The rest of the Top 10 were as follows: 2. President Barack Obama 3. Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg 4. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs 5. Marisol Valles Garcia, a police chief in Mexico 6. Chilean miner…

Thought your Christmas was rough? It was likely far easier than what believers experienced in Iraq. According to Archbishop Sako, “We will not celebrate this year. We will only pray to God asking for peace to prevail in our country.” I often mention issues involving religious freedom here, and for good reason. In many nations,…

Following an onslaught of religious bus ads over throughout the holiday season, the Fort Worth, Texas transit agency has chosen to no longer carry religious ads after 2010. While some will be happy to see the ads moved elsewhere, such a policy change carries both some positive and negative potential concerns. Of course, the transit…

South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint has decided to connect nuclear reduction with his faith. While Christian supporters would think this is a reason to rejoice, you might want to hold the applause. Senator DeMint is arguing to push for a vote to reduce nuclear weapons so closely to Christmas is “sacrilegious.” We can understand Senator…

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