Written by Benjamin Smith
If you are reading this, the chances are pretty good that you know a homeschool family or two–or may be homeschooled yourself. Christian homeschooling in Illinois is a thing mostly because Illinois is surprisingly a rather free state for parents to train their children at home.
In the IFA Spotlight this week to reflect on their homeschool experience are two home-high school graduates and one home-high school senior: Jenna Smith, a daughter of IFA Executive Director David Smith, and Kenna and Eliana Hartian, daughters of IFA board chairman Richard Hartian.… Continue Reading
Written by Dr. Jerry Newcombe
Can anybody name a square inch spot on the planet anywhere where Marxism has brought anything good? Anywhere?
Certainly not in
- China,
- Russia,
- Cambodia,
- Vietnam,
- Cuba,
- Venezuela.
And now, Marxism is allegedly making inroads into the U.S. military at present? So says a whistleblower, who just got fired from the military.
Critical Race Theory, which is now being taught in many of schools and even some churches, is the mean by which Marxism is allegedly gaining ground in the military.… Continue Reading
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Sadly, there is nothing new about the story of Darion Lafayette. A young black suspect with a long rap sheet who kills a cop with a gun he was able to purchase despite Illinois’ tough gun control measures — that is essentially the story of every major city. What is new, however, is that after the other cop in this deadly altercation was forced to kill Lafayette, the local media initially treated Lafayette as a martyr, despite the fact that the officer was justified by a mile.… Continue Reading
Tags: Black Lives Matter, Breitbart News, Caleb Livingston, Chris Oberheim, Darion Lafayette, Daunte Wright, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Jeffrey Creel, Jennifer LeMay, Jessica Kunz, Julia Rietz, KG Wilson, Trinity Ottonson-Smith, WCIA-TV
Media Watch | David E. Smith | 
June 2, 2021 6:28 AM | 
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Written by Dr. Everett Piper
This past week the Fraternal Order of Police issued a report on the skyrocketing murder rates in urban settings across the United States. The report focused specifically on cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., which have all experienced exponential increases in homicides compared to the same time last year.
Murders in our nation’s capital, for example, are up 35 percent as of May 25, 2021. Philadelphia has increased 40 percent. … Continue Reading
Tags: Black News Tonight, Chicago, Christopher Rufo, D.C., Fraternal Order of Police, Los Angeles, Manhattan Institute, Marc Lamont Hill, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Washington
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | June 1, 2021 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Death Toll Rises in America’s Cities Because of Progressives’ Racist Ideas
Today we remember and honor the lives of the courageous men and women of our armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedom.… Continue Reading
Written by Daniel Horowitz
This week, the Biden White House hosted the family of George Floyd to mark the one-year anniversary of his death in police custody. His brother, Philonise, expressed hope that things are “slowly” moving in the right direction and that they are “making progress” in their war on cops. However, what is not going in the right direction is justice for victims of crime thanks to the agenda spawned by their movement.
Thanks to the pandemic and less social mobility, crime has been decreasing in most countries.… Continue Reading
Tags: Black Lives Matter, BLM, COVID–19, Crime, Daniel Horowitz, George Floyd, George Floyd Square, Jared Kushne, Ja’Ron Smith, Joe Biden, New York Post, Nicole Gelinas, pandemic, Philonise Floyd, Police Officers, property crime, Trump Administration, violent crime
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | May 28, 2021 7:30 AM | Comments Off on BLM’s Legacy a Year Later: Terror on America’s Streets
Written by Jorge Gomez
When Americans hear the term “court-packing,” they almost instinctively make a connection to the radical coup attempt of the U.S. Supreme Court.
However, court-packing isn’t limited to adding stacks of politically motivated, activist justices to the nation’s highest court.
While rigging the U.S. Supreme Court would indeed destroy one of America’s most venerated institutions, the far Left is also waging a two-front attack to ideologically capture the lower federal courts—a plot that could endanger the judiciary’s integrity from top to bottom and accelerate the erosion of our God-given rights and freedoms.… Continue Reading
Written by Dr. Everett Piper
Two weeks ago, on May 8, 2021, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) became the first mainline Protestant denomination to elect a transgender bishop.
The Rev. Megan Rohrer, a female who insists on using the pronouns “he” and “him,” was elected to serve as the leader of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the ELCA, by a vote 209 yeas to 207 nays. Rohrer will be installed on September 11 at St.… Continue Reading
Written by Benjamin Smith
Next year, Illinois voters will have the opportunity to cast their vote for gubernatorial candidates in the March 15, 2022 primary election. If we surveyed citizens around the state, I believe most everyone, regardless of political affiliation, would say they would vote for a candidate that offers hope, displays bold and courageous leadership, and embraces transparency and accountability.
This edition of Spotlight features Monte Larrick’s interview with just such an individual: Darren Bailey (R-Louisville), current Illinois state senator (formerly a state representative) and Republican candidate for governor.… Continue Reading
