
Jerry Newcombe
CP Op-Ed Contributor
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The Sound of Music: An Era Closes with the Passing of Maria Von Trapp
Earlier this year, an event happened that did not receive wide notice. The last of the Von Trapp Family Singers, the last of the children---the real ones---died.

A Christian Response to Ferguson: America Has Forgotten God, Moving Farther From MLK's Dream
When will the rioting in Ferguson, MO stop? There has been much mayhem---including the police using tear gas---and much looting in the St. Louis suburb. The media covers this story heavily. Some estimate there may be as many media members as there are protesters.

Anti-Christian Slaughter: How Can You Behead a Child in the Name of God?
Some have reported this is a Christian girl in Iraq deliberately beheaded by ISIS. Others report a different scenario for her death. I can't verify it. But either way radical Islam killed her.

Drugs Versus Religion
Americans are accepting pot in seemingly unprecedented ways. Even as it is becoming legal in more places, such as Colorado by an act of the voters a couple years ago, there are still consequences to face with the widespread use of marijuana. We still reap what we sow.

Explaining the 'Sacred Right of Conscience' to the Left
It has been about three weeks now since the Hobby Lobby decision, and based on all the brouhaha from the left against the decision, you would think that the Supreme Court had virtually overruled the Constitution. It hasn't.

Our Lawless President Obama Opens the Borders
During this administration, there has been a decrease in enforcing the borders; and therefore, people from south of the border have been encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity.

Breaking News From AD 33: You Cannot Cheat Death
In our culture, we do just about everything we can to push death away from our thoughts. Often we don't even use the words. We'll say things like, "He passed away" or just "he passed." But these are just euphemisms for "he died."

The God Factor; America's Key to Success
Two hundred thirty eight years ago (July 4, 1776), our founding fathers voted to affirm a revolutionary document---the Declaration of Independence.

Saul Alinsky Would Be Proud
The Tenth Amendment says, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." But Barrack Obama says, I've got a pen and I've got a phone, and I can do what I want. Not the states, not the people, but Me, Myself, and I.

Is Marriage In America On the Rocks?
June, long the most popular month of weddings, is a good time to ask: How strong is marriage today? In the pop culture, marriage is weak. Songs often extol illicit sex or denigrate marriage.



















