Tag: Values and Tradition

Health Care-Sharing Ministries as an Alternative

Death and taxes have always been givens. But another given is high insurance premiums. Health insurance premiums have risen 20 percent since 2017. This results in the average American family paying thousands in health insurance premiums per year. The Affordable Care Act is an alternative to some. But there are many families who earn above…


Rising Costs, Inflation Dampening Some Thanksgiving Travel Plans

Brace for one of the busiest holiday travel seasons in two decades, experts warn. As Americans answer the clarion call to Thanksgiving feasts on Nov. 24, it marks the first time in two years that pandemic-related concerns haven’t been top-of-mind. Those have been replaced with worries over inflation and rising travel costs. The travel site,…


‘Getting to the Truth:’ Mississippi Hip Hop Artist Topher Empowers His Audience to Keep the Conversation Going and Not Be Puppets

For Mississippi conservative hip-hop artist Christopher “Topher” Townsend, rap is about empowerment. Not only an artist, Topher served in the U.S Air Force. He sees the current policies and ideologies infiltrating the country as corroding the traditional values for which he stands and spreading a poisonous message of powerlessness. Topher’s music emboldens his audience to…


Long Arm of Bureaucracy Causing Trouble For Farmers in the State of Jefferson

If you look carefully, you’ll spot it all over the place in rural Siskiyou County, California—on flags, on banners, and even on bumper stickers. Two ‘Xs’ in a yellow circle symbolize what supporters see as the double-crossing governments of Oregon and California. Words encircle the double-crosses: “The Great Seal of State of Jefferson.” The movement…


‘In God We Trust’ Movement Seeks To Unify a Fractured Nation

One day in April, Dan Regenold was sitting at his desk, handling a $1 bill, when the words on its flip side, “In God We Trust,” seemed to leap off the paper. Regenold began to wonder: How many times had he—and many other Americans—looked at U.S. currency without giving those words, our national motto, a…


Therapist: Forcing Children to Declare and Use Pronouns Risks Psychological Harm

A “disturbing trend” in schools across the country risks psychological harm to children by forcing them to identify their gender, declare their preferred pronouns, and refer to others with confusing pronouns that don’t seem to agree with reality, a California child therapist told The Epoch Times. Pronoun discussions can usher in a more serious form…


Progressive Women Rally Against Michigan’s Reproductive Freedom for All Ballot Proposal

A group of Progressive women gathered on the steps of the Michigan Capitol Building in Lansing on Oct. 13 to urge the state’s voters to reject a proposed amendment to the Michigan Constitution that they say would deregulate the state’s thriving abortion industry and put women in danger. Kristen Day, executive director of a national organization…


Parents Pulling Their Kids From Maryland Schools Over Radical Curriculums, Transgender Policies

A parents revolt against school boards is roiling local elections in counties across Maryland, according to activists speaking to The Epoch Times. Many parents have pulled their students from public schools and joined parent co-operatives for home schooling. They have been dubbed “Mama Grizzlies,” but they include dads and granddads, and they are steamed up…


Parents Pulling Their Kids From Maryland Schools Over Radical Curricula, Transgender Policies

A parents revolt against school boards is roiling local elections in counties across Maryland, according to activists speaking to The Epoch Times. Many parents have pulled their students from public schools and joined parent co-operatives for home schooling. They have been dubbed “Mama Grizzlies,” but they include dads and granddads, and they are steamed up…


Businesses Bow to Outrage, Reverse Course on Drag Shows for Children

For unspecified reasons, Chattanooga, Tennessee’s Big Chill and Grill restaurant and bar has backed down. It will ban children from its Drag Queen Bingo nights. It’s one of several businesses nationwide to scale back on offering what some argue is age-inappropriate content and services for children. “We are now running DQB [Drag Queen Bingo] as…