A Seared Conscience and its Consequences

Last Friday, the Associated Press reported that the judge in the Lindsay Clancy case declared a mistrial after the 12 jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision on whether the Massachusetts mom was criminally responsible for taking the lives of her three children.

The mistrial declaration came after the top court in Massachusetts denied the defense's petition to stop the judge from declaring a mistrial.

The mistrial, on the seventh day of deliberations, leaves the case unresolved and allows prosecutors to try Clancy again.

This shook most normal people in the nation --- particularly parents.

How could a mom systematically kill each of her three children by systematically strangling each child?

Some considerations.

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Billy Graham: Some Thoughts About Labor Day

“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.”

Colossians 3:23-24

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Mom Not Allowed to Take Daughter to Church

The Maine Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a custody order prohibiting a mother from taking her 13-year-old daughter to her church or religious events. The court reportedly also upheld that Emily Bickford can't expose her daughter to religious beliefs, like the Bible, without approval from the girl's father.

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Gov. Katie Hobbs' Deception in the Desert?

“I’m Katie Hobbs, and the rules don’t apply to me.” 

That might as well run at the end of the next campaign ad featuring Arizona’s governor. Since taking office in 2023, Hobbs has been building a rap sheet of scandals that would make Minnesota Governor Tim Walz blush.

From one of the largest Medicaid fraud scandals in Arizona history to a pay-to-play scheme that has put her administration under active criminal investigation, Hobbs has taken corruption to new heights.  

Corruption at the highest state levels? 

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China Marching Through The Halls Of US Education. Again.

A Chinese government program at 83 U.S. colleges is part of an “ongoing effort to influence American students’ perceptions of the communist country,” according to a recent report by a conservative watchdog group. 

The Young Envoys Scholarship (YES) is an international exchange initiative launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2024 to bring 50,000 U.S. students to study in or visit China for cultural exchange, according to the Defending Education report. 

It is “run by the China Education Association for International Exchange, an organization guided by ‘Marxism-Leninism’ and Xi Jinping's Thoughts on Socialism,” the report states. 

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