Health Care

A new landmark study shows that abstinence education is more effective in reducing sexual activity among youths than other programs.

One-third of students who completed the abstinence program had sexual intercourse within two years of the class. By comparison, more than half of those who participated in safe sex and condom use programs said they had sexual intercourse.

More than 40 percent of students who received either an eight- or 12-hour class combining both abstinence education and safe sex said they had sex within the two-year period. more >>

President Obama spent half of his more than one-hour speech addressing the economy and job creation. But social conservative critics zeroed in on his pledge to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and his push to pass health care reform that may include abortion coverage.

In his first State of the Union address, Obama set out a plan on how to boost the economy and help hurting middle-class Americans. The president’s proposal included using the $30 billion repaid by Wall Street banks to provide loans to small business owners, creating jobs by investing in infrastructure and clean energy, and slashing tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas to keep jobs in America.

He also called for greater bank regulations to “guard against the same recklessness that nearly brought down our entire economy” and to provide more funding for education reform. more >>

Conservatives are hailing Tuesday's election upset in Massachusetts and citing it as evidence that Americans are frustrated and want change.

"The American people have become angry and frustrated by the policies of President Obama and Speaker Pelosi and the arrogant way they have completely disregarded the voice of the people," commented the Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition. "Tonight a second American Revolution has begun in the great state of Massachusetts."

Scott Brown won a Senate seat in Massachusetts, becoming the first Republican to win a Senate race in the Bay State since 1972. His win gives his party enough members to block legislation, including the current health care reform bill, in the Senate. more >>

"My thesis is very simple: Uncle Sam is broke and he is broken," said the senior pastor of one of the largest churches in the country.

Dr. Ed Young of Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, brought politics to the pulpit this past weekend as he preached on what he calls "a broken Washington."

"Far too long we have been in a valley, a deep, dark valley that's been brought on by the indifference and lethargy of the people and by those who are willing to exploit us on so many levels at the highest realm of government – city, state and national," he said. more >>

For the first time ever, avatars will join the tens of thousands of pro-life Americans on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the March for Life rally.

Americans United for Life is offering pro-life Americans who cannot make it to Washington, D.C., on Friday the opportunity to still be part of the march through their own avatar in a Virtual March for Life. Virtual marchers can locate their avatars among the thousands of icons on the National Mall by typing in their e-mail address.

As of Tuesday morning, more than 22,000 Americans have already joined the march online. more >>