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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Researchers often find that Americans do not like to say what influences their behavior, especially when it comes to politics. A survey conducted by the Barna Group suggests that religious beliefs do have a strong effect on voting habits. Approximately one-third of respondents said religious beliefs…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 40 views
In the wake of the 2016 harsh political season, Mark Zuckerberg made a public statement that the Facebook social media site would be seeking to stop the spread of fake news stories. He wrote: “Of all the content on Facebook, more than 99% of what people see is authentic…” The reality is that the problem…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 16 views
Ana Marie Cox was a political writer taking hard left positions. She describes herself as a “progressive, feminist, tattooed, pro-choice, graduate-educated believer.” She wrote left wing commentary for several magazines, and appeared on left-wing talk shows. Several years ago she seemingly disappeared.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 21 views
The nation of Nepal was shaken by several events in 2015. The first was a devastating earthquake in April, followed quickly by a heavy monsoon season. Later in the year, Nepal passed a law declaring the country a secular nation and instituted a new constitution. This triggered protests and arguments…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Gatewood Galbraith was a perennial candidate for governor of Kentucky and even though he died in 2012, Galbraith’s name may be back on the ballot this year. Another man, Terrill Newman, has legally changed his name to Gatewood Galbraith and plans to run for Kentucky Governor as an independent. Newman…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 10 views
By James Rosen Published July 05, 2012 FoxNews.com When he first took the national stage, with his electrifying keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in the summer of 2004, Barack Obama, then an Illinois state senator, briefly summarized his unusual life story, with its biracial themes…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
The movie Argo is set in November 1979 Iran and depicts a mob of angry locals outside the gate of the United States embassy. Tempers erupted. Cries of angry voices blared. Sounds of breaking chains and windows reverberated through the embassy compound. Finally the Iranians rushed into the building. That…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
An election season calls forth charges and then countercharges. An army of fact checkers head for the news to verify, fact or lie. “Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, ‘Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not to his own facts.” As believers we ought to value truth very highly. After all, it is…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Church Administrator Bruce MacNair and local banker Bryan Studier were both seeking a seat on the city council in Wolfforth, Texas. When all the ballots were counted, both men had exactly 118 votes. A special election would have cost the small community over $10,000, so the two men decided to use a more…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Most political pundits emphasize the importance of casting a vote, but in one Ohio race the results might have been different if the wife of a candidate had taken time to vote. When the tabulation for the City Council race in Walton City was complete, Robert “Bobby” McDonald and Olivia Ballou ended up…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 25 views
As he looked around at the situation in the country, Texas Governor Rick Perry decided it was time to call for prayer. Governor Perry scheduled a prayer event at Reliant Stadium in Houston, and invited everyone including the nation’s 49 other governors. In his invitation, Perry described the event in…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 26 views
General Colin Powell rose from modest beginnings to become the top military commander of the U.S. Armed Forces. He served as Secretary of State under George W. Bush. When he was ready to retire he gave up the 20 bodyguards, the private plane, and the adulation to become an ordinary citizen. Powell says,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
The mayor of the small Alaska village of Talkeetna isn’t exactly what most people expect, but residents say they are fine with their choice. Stubbs, a part-Manx cat, was elected mayor 15 years ago and still holds the honorary title. About the time the cat was born, the 900 residents of Talkeetna decided…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
Did you hear about Rodney King’s recent passing? King was best known as a victim of police brutality. The L.A. Riots were sparked by a video of Police apprehending King after an 8 mile car chase. During the Riots, rioters took the lives of fifty people, injured 2000 more, looted businesses, and started…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
A Kentucky pastor shocked lawmakers when he opened a recent session of the state legislature. Hershael York, pastor of Buck Run Baptist Church in Frankfort and a professor at Southern In the session, the Governor was scheduled to speak to lawmakers explaining why he wanted them to expand gambling in…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
According to John Micklethwait, Politics is taking an active role on the two levels of human society. One level the power of presidents, kings, and would-be dictator leaders. Another level is the ideological conflicts. These conflicts between left wing and right wing, liberalism and autocracy, have been…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 6 views
By Dr. Keith Ablow Published April 25, 2012 | FoxNews.com Former Senator John Edwards is now on trial, charged with violating campaign finance laws, in a case that began with his sexual affair with former campaign videographer Rielle Hunter—an affair that led to a love child. Campaign finance laws aside,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Florida State Senator Gary Siplin wants “Merry Christmas” to be Florida’s official greetings for Dec. 25. He says, Christmas is a holiday of "great significance to most Americans" and that "many Christians and non-Christians" recognize the holiday as a time "to cherish and serve others." -- http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/12/24/1987608/lawmaker-wants-to-make-merry-christmas.html#ixzz193ElettO…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 24 views
The night before the 2010 election, two political opponents had a unique meeting. Steven Duggar and Steve Holmes were both running for a position on the Henry County Indiana Council in District 3. As he drove home that evening, Duggar stopped to help at an accident scene, to his surprise, one of the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A new survey by the Pew Research Center suggests more Americans are more confused about the religious convictions of President Barak Obama. Overall, the study found the proportion of the American public who believe the President is a Christian has declined, while overall, most of those surveyed say they…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
A new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found that frequent Television viewers who do not get any other kind of political news are most likely to be influenced by the physical appearance of a candidate. The study drew on data gathered during the 2006 races for U.S. Senate and governor.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Many lawmakers have recently stated their belief that the growing national debt of the United States is a moral issue. After unveiling a Christian federal budget proposal, Ron Sider, founder of Evangelicals for Social Action, said he agrees debt is “a moral threat,” but said poverty is a measure by which…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Bureaucrats have discovered the underlying question about the value of human life is politically and emotionally charged. For years, the government has used the term, “value of a statistical life.” The so-called price tag became a political hot potato in 2002 when the government reduced the value of…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
New scientific techniques have uncovered some corrections made to early drafts of one of the most important documents in American history. Researchers discovered that Thomas Jefferson used the word “subjects” when referring to the people of the colonies in one of the early drafts of the Declaration of…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A small publishing company has recently come under fire for putting warning labels on documents from American history. The Wilder Publishing company has placed warnings on The United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation, Common Sense, and the Federalist Papers.…