By Katy Talento for Townhall.com

Most people using hospital services must sign a form indicating that they will pay whatever their health insurance doesn’t. Federal transparency rules can help defend us against the consequence of that signature.

Federal price transparency rules require hospitals to post all negotiated rates, including cash prices for the uninsured, every single commercial insurance plan that they’ve contracted with, and even rates for government programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare and the Veterans Administration.

Read more…

By Dan Celia for Newsmax Finance

Timothy Plan, a group of faith-based mutual funds, recently reached the $2 billion mark in investments. Their pro-life, pro-family, pro-God approach to investing is aimed at not only benefitting the investor but our culture at large. This milestone for Timothy Plan represents a significant cultural shift and an awakening of Christians.

If you feel the church never makes progress against the darkness of this world, consider this: it took Timothy Plan 25 years to reach $1 billion under management. It took them less than three years to get the second billion. I suspect it will take even less time to reach the third billion.

Read more here…

By James Spencer for The Christian Post

As lawmakers discuss the regulation of social media, algorithms have rightly become a focal point. Algorithms are crucial to the business models used by ad-based digital platforms. In part, algorithms are important because they allow social media platforms and search engines to organize the massive amounts of content available on the internet. Certain social media algorithms have been identified as “malicious.” There is mounting evidence that certain social media platforms privilege anger-inducing content. 

While the specific challenges represented by digital media platforms are unique, the influence of media forms is not new.  As Neil Postman notes, “. . . how we are obliged to conduct such conversations will have the strongest possible influence on what ideas we can conveniently express. And what ideas are convenient to express inevitably become the important content of a culture.” Postman’s insight regarding the relationship between medium and message should alert us to a simple fact: regulation of social media is massively important, but not ultimately important.

Continue reading…

By Selwyn Duke for TheNewAmerican.com.

“Male and female He created them,” Genesis tells us. It’s news so old — nay, timeless — that we don’t even call it history. But with sexual devolutionaries calling it myth and saying “sex” is “gender” and “gender” is fluid, it’s necessary to point out that this news is fact — and one organization has boldly done just that.

“As Christians, we must engage in this debate and end it once and for all, at least in our minds,” Patti Garibay, founder and executive director of American Heritage Girls [AHG], wrote in a press release distributed to media. AHG is a Girl Scouts alternative formed after the latter began embracing corruptive, hard-left, anti-American policies.

Read more here…

Dan Celia for Newsmax.com

Jerome Powell, Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, warned last week that the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, could exacerbate the supply-chain disruptions and possibly lead U.S. inflation to its highest level in 30 years. Our Federal Reserve would like to hide behind another propagated crisis; however, the actual roots of our rising inflation are the central banks and failed government policy.

Poor leadership in our government and in the central banks is the only consistent inflation agitator and the primary obstacle for inflation recovery. Central banks have historically failed to see how their own inabilities, lack of foresight, and fear of the markets always hinder them from distinguishing between transitory inflation and real sustainable inflation. The Federal Reserve operates from a delusional—or possibly even arrogant— belief that they can control inflation at will. This tendency has been their besetting sin for years.

Read more here…

by Debbie Wuthnow for Townhall.com

Eighty years ago, on the morning of December 7, 1941, at 7:55 a.m., America found herself suddenly under attack. A devastating surprise raid by Japanese aircraft on our fleet at Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor sank several massive warships, damaged many others, and destroyed numerous aircrafts. The most tragic loss, however, was in life. The attack resulted in the deaths of a staggering 2,403 Americans.

After the initial shock, Americans found themselves facing several decisions of profound significance… decisions that would shape the character of our nation and leave lessons for us today.

Read more…

Dear Birthmom,

You don’t know me, but you saved me.

As I’m writing this, I’m trying, as I have so many times, to picture your face. Nothing comes to mind. It’s a void that’s been there all of my life. Your eyes, your nose, your hair, your skin. I have no idea what you look like.

Read more…

By Hannah Metzger for The Denver Gazette

Teenage parents in the Denver community will be able to pick out free toys for their children at the Youth for Christ Christmas toy drive.

The second annual toy drive will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 18 at Fellowship Denver Church, 1990 S. Broadway. The event is open to all teenage parents in the Denver metro area.

Read more here…

By Mark Hancock for the Christian Post

Until recently, boys grew up emulating real-life heroes who seemed larger than life. Coonskin caps and six-shooters were the uniforms of boyhood. Boys were enthralled with tales about Daniel Boone, John Glenn, and Davy Crockett. Flannelgraph images taught us about the courage of Noah, the faith of Moses, and the collapse of a giant at the hands of a young shepherd boy.

We celebrated the heroic deeds of George Washington, Paul Revere, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark. We reveled in stories about the Sons of Liberty, the Green Mountain Boys, the Rough Riders, and the Texas Rangers. At Thanksgiving, we heard the stories of Squanto and Massasoit, William Bradford, and William Brewster, and we learned about the daring pilgrims who risked all for religious freedom. 

Read more here…

By By Dan Britton, Voices Contributor

In the past two years, the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted nearly every person in the world. However, there is another disease that could be the most dangerous known to man. Experts say it has the potential to wreak havoc on 100% of the world’s population. Everyone is vulnerable to it because we’re all exposed to those who carry it. This disease is called VDP disease. Are you familiar with it? I bet you are.

VDP disease stands for “Very Draining Person” disease, and it is carried and transmitted by people around the world. We have all experienced and felt the devastating effects of being around someone with VDP. You can identify a VDP by how someone exhibits repetitive negative, pessimistic, complaining, and life-sucking behaviors. People with the disease are highly contagious; once you’ve been exposed, you may not realize it, but you may also begin to carry VDP. You typically won’t see the symptoms in yourself. It’s hard to see VDP Disease in the mirror, but others can spot it from a mile away.

Read more here…