Former Philly schools Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, who was paid a $905,000 buyout (in public money) to leave the city, applied for unemployment benefits this month. Read...
According to the Washington Post, the decision to pull the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) funding wasn't based on agency reviews, but on religious bias. Under Health and Human Services' own evaluation process, the USCCB scored "excellent" marks for...
Great opinion piece by our friends at the Family Research Council: We applaud the efforts of America’s Catholic leadership in defense of religious liberty. But we do so with a certain measure of consternation. As Evangelical Protestants, we wonder: Why is organized...
From the entire staff and board of the Pennsylvania Family Institute, please accept my wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. What a wonderful tradition it is in our nation, so greatly blessed by God, that from our earliest days we have set aside...
Citizenlink.com and the National Organization for Marriage hosted the first Thanksgiving Family Forum with the GOP presidential candidates. Click here to watch the two hour...
Pro-life senators joined forces to block an appropriations bill that would have opened the door to more taxpayer funding of abortion. According to a report from the National Right to Life Committee, the bill contained seven different pro-abortion provisions,...
On today's Focus on the Family daily broadcast, "Penn State: A Christian Response," special guests Bob and Dannah Gresh (residents of State College, Pa.) discuss the situation with Focus President Jim Daly and how we, as Christians, should go forward. Click here to...
Hundreds of students and teachers, many sporting red T-shirts in support of a recently passed state Senate measure to expand school choice options, crammed the Capitol rotunda on Tuesday to attend a rally supporting Senate Bill 1, andGov. Tom Corbett's education...
The House Education Committee will consider House Bill 1980, introduced by Rep. Ryan Aument. Rep. Aument's bill would increase rating categories from two (satisfactory and unsatisfactory) to four (distinguished, proficient, needs improvement and failing). Student...
What was missing at Penn State? Love. Here, I post a thoughtful piece by Tim Henderson, director of Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru) at Penn State. A must read. Excerpt: "First, though, consider two of the victims described in the grand jury's findings in the case...