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The Special Relationship

On Friday, April 22, President Obama spoke at…

The Twisted EPA

In early August, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) admitted… References and FootnotesMary Mallonee, "EPA Aware of ‘Blowout’ Risk for Toxic Water at Gold King Mine," CNN, August 22, 2015, accessed August 23, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/22/us/animas-river-colorado-epa-mine-spill ↩"President Obama's Plan to Fight Climate Change," The White House, accessed August 23, 2015, https://www.whitehouse.gov/climate-change ↩Zack Colman, "Mitch McConnell Squares off against EPA Chief," Washington Examiner, April 29, 2015, accessed August 23, 2015, http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mitch-mcconnell-squares-off-against-epa-chief/article/2563746 ↩Sara Sciammacco, "New Audit Finds EPA's Approach to Reduce Nutrient Pollution Is Ineffective," EWG, September 4, 2014, accessed August 23, 2015, http://www.ewg.org/release/new-audit-finds-epa-s-approach-reduce-nutrient-pollution-ineffective ↩ Paul Driessen, "More Bad Science from EPA," Jefferson Policy Journal RSS, April 10, 2014, accessed August 23, 2015, http://www.jeffersonpolicyjournal.com/more-bad-science-from-epa ↩"EPA Fails to Punish Corrupt Workers, Lets Them Keep Full Pay," Judicial Watch, June 12, 2015, accessed August 23, 2015, http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2015/06/epa-fails-to-punish-corrupt-workers-lets-them-keep-full-pay ↩Michelle Malkin, "Here's Why The EPA Could Be The Most Corrupt Agency Of The Government (And That's Saying Something)," Western Journalism, August 1, 2014, accessed August 23, 2015. ↩John Vidal,  "The Great Green Land Grab," The Guardian, February 13, 2008, accessed August 23, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/feb/13/conservation. ↩

Pursuing Justice

Rape is among the most difficult crimes to prosecute. This is because the American justice… References and Footnotes"What Is a Rape Kit?” RAINN | Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, Sept. 19, 2015. ↩ "Why Testing Matters," Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Soraya Chemaly, "How Many of the Hundreds of Thousands of Untested Rape Kits in the US Are in Your City?" The Huffington Post, Sept. 19, 2014. ↩ "Where the Backlog Exists." Sept. 19, 2015. ↩"Why Testing Matters." Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Ibid ↩Snow, Kate, and Rich McHugh, "Why Haven't 70,000 Rape Kits Been Tested for DNA?" NBC News. July 20, 2015, accessed on  Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Josh Earnest, "FACT SHEET: Investments to Reduce the National Rape Kit Backlog and Combat Violence against Women," The White House, Mar. 16, 2015, accessed on Sept. 19, 2015. ↩

Round-Up Friday – April 15th – 21st

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In Remembrance: Facing Terrorism

Religion and Freedom

The political and news world has been in a state…