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The President, Constitution and War

Can the president fight any war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses? Are there constitutional and legal requirements that must first be met before war is waged? These questions should be critical to a public debate over the U.S. military involvement in Ukraine and the Middle East. Sadly, there has been no great debate. The media are mouthing what the CIA is telling them, and only a few websites and podcasts are challenging the government’s reckless, immoral, illegal and unconstitutional wars. All power in the federal government comes from the Constitution. Congress, ...

Country’s Megan Moroney Writes ‘Sad Songs For Sad People’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Not so long before her platinum-selling single “Tennessee Orange” became inescapable on country radio, this year scoring Megan Moroney her first-ever CMA nominations (song of the year and artist of the year), the up-and-comer was attending the University of Georgia. The life of a country musician? It wasn’t supposed to happen. “It is truly crazy because I went to school to be an accountant,” Moroney tells The Associated Press. “And here we are.” Fate clearly had other plans. When she was a freshman, Moroney opened for singer John Langston at a ...

The Last New Beatles Song, ‘Now And Then,’ Set To Be Released Next Week

NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release next week of what is promised to be the last “new” Beatles song. The track, called “Now And Then,” will be available Thursday, Nov. 2, as part of a single paired with “Love Me Do,” the very first Beatles single that came out in 1962 in England, it was announced Thursday. “Now And Then” comes from the same batch of unreleased demos written by the late John Lennon, which were taken by his former bandmates to construct the ...

Violence Forced Them To Flee. Now Faith Sustains These Migrants On Their Journey To The U.S.

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Night after night for six weeks, Erika Hernandez knelt outside her home in central Mexico and prayed: “Please, God, don’t let my son turn into a criminal.” “I prayed a lot. I fasted. My faith was huge,” said the 46-year-old woman, fearing her son would be forcibly recruited by a criminal organization. It didn’t take long for God to listen, Hernandez said. By early June, after being kidnapped by members of the Familia Michoacana drug cartel near Mexico City, her son escaped and the family fled north hoping to cross in the United States. For many ...

One Mediator

“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” 1 Timothy 2:5. (ESV here and throughout.) Why a mediator? It’s very simple. God alone is holy (Revelation 15:4) and we are all sinners. Romans 3:10-18, 23. Accordingly, we need a mediator through whom we can be heard by God. Under the Old Covenant the mediator between God and man was the high priest who wore on his turban a plate of pure gold engraved with “Holy to the LORD”. Exodus 28:36-38. Once a year, on the Day of Atonement, he made sin offerings for himself, his family and the ...

Increase In Harassment Against Jews, Muslims Reported Since Hamas Attacks

By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Muslim and Jewish civil rights groups say they’ve seen large increases in reports of harassment, bias and sometimes physical assaults against members of their communities since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. The Anti-Defamation League and the Council on American-Islamic Relations saw increases in reported instances, many involving violence or threats against protesters at rallies in support of Israel or in support of Palestinians over the last two weeks as war broke out between Israel and Hamas. Other attacks and harassment reported by the groups ...