On February 6, 2020, author and social scientist Arthur Brooks gave the keynote address at the 2020 National Prayer Breakfast. The event was attended by President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Second Lady Karen Pence, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, among others. In his speech, Brooks asserted that American culture—and, specifically, American political culture—is…

In recent weeks, Whitefield Academy—a Christian school in Louisville, Kentucky—has come under fire in the mainstream media following its expulsion of Kayla Kenney. The school expelled Kenney after her mother posted pictures of her 15th birthday party on social media; in the pictures, Kenney was wearing a sweater with a rainbow insignia and was celebrating her…

State-sanctioned marijuana shops are contributing to the rise in lung illnesses and deaths at a higher rate than previously believed. By Kevin Sabet Proponents of the marijuana industry have dismissed the “pot vaping crisis,” with its deaths and lung injuries, as an aberration of the illicit market. Legal pot, they say, is regulated and thus…

Friends, New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation and New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms cordially invite you to attend Ever Upward: Legislative Day 2020. This year’s Legislative Day event is scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, 2020 in Albany, New York. The title of this year’s event is drawn from New York’s official state motto: Excelsior. This Latin word means “ever upward”…

The United States often considers itself the leader of the free world. Sometimes, however, being the leader isn’t such a good thing. A recent Pew Research Center study of 130 nations and territories found that the U.S. had the highest rate of kids being reared in single-parent families. According to the study, 23% of U.S.…