Tag: US Features

2022: The Year in Pictures

January An aerial view shows a snow-covered landscape on a sunny winter day near Winterberg, Germany, on Jan. 6, 2022. (INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images) Mariam Ahmad, a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, smiles as she looks at her child in her home in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Jan. 5, 2022. (Andreea Campeanu/Getty Images) People line up…


Gender Affirmation and Its High Price on America’s Children

“They’re experimenting on the body, and people are paying a massively high price for these medical experimentations,” says Dr. Miriam Grossman, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and author of “You’re Teaching My Child What?” In this recent two-part episode of “American Thought Leaders,” Grossman and host Jan Jekielek discussed the ideological movement behind the promotion of “gender-affirming…


Musk’s Neuralink Promising for Disabled, ‘Ethical Concern’ for Masses, Experts Say

The Neuralink implant that aims to allow a person to control a computer with thoughts has good potential to achieve its initial goal of helping paralyzed people communicate. It may, at least to some extent, help restore vision for the blind. It may, to a significant degree, restore limb control for those with spine injuries,…


Fired Pro-Life Flight Attendant Calls Reinstatement the ‘Best Christmas Present’

After five years of court battles, Charlene Carter is thrilled that Southwest Airlines has taken steps to return her to work under a federal judge’s order—despite the airline’s earlier statement that it was planning to continue the fight. “Oh, it’s the best Christmas present in the world to receive, that you get to go back…


Pro-Life Priest Frank Pavone ‘Dismissed from Clerical State’ with ‘No Possibility of Appeal’

Father Frank Pavone, leader of the pro-life organization Priests for Life, has been dismissed from the clergy with no possibility of appealing his case. According to a Dec. 13 letter (pdf), Archbishop Christophe Pierre announced that Pavone had been “dismissed from the clerical state” on Nov. 9, with “no possibility of appeal.” According to an attached…


Most Americans Say They Still Prefer Having a Merry Christmas Over a Happy Holiday

It’s that time of year again. As people decorate their homes and finish shopping for gifts, many begin tiptoeing around “politically correct” holiday greetings. Yet despite the push to use more inclusive seasonal greetings over the years, evidence suggests most Americans still prefer to hear and say “Merry Christmas.” One report states that from the…


How High-Potency Marijuana Has Raised Addiction and Harms

“Fifteen years ago, the idea that people would be having psychotic episodes and psychotic breaks just from THC was unfathomable—audio and visual hallucinations, and intense anxiety,” says Ben Cort. On a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek sat down with Cort to discuss a multibillion-dollar industry that he says has turned a…


Respect for Marriage Act Is a Reaction to a Fabricated Problem: Christian Broadcasting Group

The president and CEO of the National Religious Broadcasters said he is concerned about how the new Respect for Marriage Act will impact people and organizations that don’t affirm same-sex unions. On Dec. 13, President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA), H.R.8404, into law. Troy A. Miller, president and CEO of National Religious…


National Guard Serviceman Says He Was Given COVID Jab Instead of Flu Shot

A National Guard serviceman was given a COVID-19 jab instead of a flu shot while in the process of applying for a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. In November 2021, Matthew Bouchard, a specialist in Maine’s National Guard, who was planning to leave the military a few months later, asked his chain of…


Americans Facing Elevated Winter Power Outage Risks From Tight Fuel Supplies and a Faltering Grid

As the snow flies and temperatures plummet, regulatory agencies and analysts alike warn that residents in multiple states are at an elevated risk of dangerous winter blackouts. Areas like Texas, the Great Lakes region, New England, and North Carolina, are in the highest risk category, according to a report from the North American Electric Reliability…