State and local law enforcement officials convened at the White House on Wednesday for a daylong discussion about how police can maintain the trust of their communities while identifying and preventing violent extremism and homegrown terrorism — an effort the administration considers critical to national security.
In the News
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January 18th, 2012
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January 18th, 2012A key suspect in the Christmas Day bombing which killed more than 40 people in Nigeria has escaped from custody, police have admitted.
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January 18th, 2012Pro-life groups have hit out at a controversial ruling by the advertising regulator allowing private abortion clinics to run ads on TV and radio stations.
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January 17th, 2012
Today, David Burrowes MP will be leading a debate on care for the dying in Westminster Hall.
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January 17th, 2012The UK should legalise assisted suicide, says a report by a private group headed by former lord chancellor Lord Falconer. The Commission on Assisted Dying, which, despite its official-sounding name, was funded by a right-to-die activist, argues that it is possible to craft a law which will allow people with terminal illness to die without danger of coercion, provided that strict safeguards were observed.
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January 17th, 2012I wonder if a single person outside of the legal profession agrees that this is fair: In a landmark judgment, the court said that Qatada would not receive a fair trial if he was returned to his native Jordan where he faces charges that he plotted bomb attacks on two hotels and providing finance and advice for another series of bomb attacks to coincide with the Millennium.
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January 17th, 2012Katherine Kersten has written a provocative essay about the intense bias against hiring conservative and pro-life professors as college and university professors.
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January 17th, 2012The growth of palliative care, not the legalisation of assisted suicide, should be the central debate about caring for the dying, says David Burrowes MP.
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January 17th, 2012The Supreme Court will not intervene in a controversy over Christian prayers delivered before commission meetings in Forsyth County, N.C.
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January 17th, 2012Ronald Reagan once said, “Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.” What powerful words for us to consider as we confront the Culture of Death and its poisonous impact upon our world.