Category: Values and Tradition

Florida Lawmakers Hope to Curb Social Media Harms Through Education

Clearwater parent Dulce Gonzalez remembers the alarm she felt when she realized her daughter, a pre-teen at the time, seemed addicted to social media, a path she believed was leading the girl toward harm. She compared it to being hooked on crystal meth. “I had just gone through a divorce and had to put my…


House Adopts Tribes’ Land Trust Bills in Rare Display of Bipartisan Unanimity

There’s not much consensus these days in the fractious U.S. House of Representatives. But for two proposals presented to the chamber floor on Feb. 6, there was a rare glimpse of what bipartisan accord looks like. The House—in proceedings orchestrated by Speaker Pro. Tem. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene—adopted a pair of bills granting Native American…


Grassroots Medical Freedom Group Seeks to Replace ‘Conveyor Belt’ Medicine

As medical freedom continues to flatten under the weight of bureaucratic paperwork, an organization advocating for independence from restrictive insurance regulations is seeking to restore critical thinking in health care. Its goal is to heal the doctor-patient relationship by removing the “conveyor belt method” of treatment”—the product of an increasingly socialized medical system. Twila Brase…


‘A Crucial Message for All Human Beings’: Chinese Find Insight From Article by Founder of Falun Gong

What’s the purpose of our lives? Legends from China and elsewhere say that divine beings created humans modeled in their own image. By following Heaven’s commandments, humankind can enjoy a harmonious life, while waiting for the Creator’s return.  But communism detests these traditional ideas. Since it seized power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


Cooking for Healing—The Many Medicinal Properties of Mint

Herbs and spices were used by ancient cultures to heal the body, mind, and spirit. While the western world has largely replaced these natural remedies with pharmaceuticals, roughly 80 percent of people worldwide still use traditional or ancient medicine. This is not surprising considering that more than 80 percent of pharmaceuticals are derived or developed from…


For 10 Years, Alabama Man Secretly Helped Pay for Prescriptions at Local Pharmacy

Though not a wealthy man, Hody Childress was rich in heart. After he died at 80 years old on Jan. 1, 2023, it became known that Childress had been making monthly donations of $100 to the local pharmacy in the small town of Geraldine, Alabama, for 10 years. Brooke Walker, the owner of Geraldine Drugs,…


Vendors, Visitors Declare Day 1 of SHOT Show a Success

Pre-show publicity for the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF) 45th SHOT Show said of the event, “It’s A Big Deal.” As the show’s first day wound down on Jan. 17, visitors and vendors alike said it appears it will live up to the billing. Safak Bas traveled to Las Vegas, Nev., to represent his company…


Watchdog Group: DEI Training Is ‘Insulting’ to Health Care Workers

A watchdog organization that monitors radical and divisive ideologies in medical institutions has obtained an internal document (pdf) from a Texas hospital showing a sizeable commitment to enforcing concepts which, the group says, stray from basic health care training. Laura Morgan, program manager with Do No Harm (DNH), told The Epoch Times that the documents…


House Passes Bill Blocking Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exports to China

The House of Representatives has greenlit a bill to block exports from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China. H.R. 22, “Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act,” on Jan. 12 passed overwhelmingly, 331–97. On the Republican side there were 218 yeas, while on the Democrat side there were 113 yeas. All nays came…


‘Permanent Woke Bureaucracy’: Watchdog Organization Criticizes Arizona Medical College’s High Score on Implementing Discriminatory Ideology

An Arizona health care education institution has self-reported to have instituted 95 percent of woke ideologies encouraged by a flagship medical association. According to a Freedom of Information Act request obtained by Do No Harm (DNH)—a nonprofit watchdog organization that spotlights the emergence of divisive concepts in medical schools—the University of Arizona College of Medicine’s…