by Cecil Maranville
Have you noticed the phrase, "food inflation" in news reports lately? It refers to a worldwide phenomenon of sharply increasing food prices, a trend that will mean less food for many and higher costs for all in 2008.
by Howard Marchbanks
In mid-February, stock index reached a record high. Those with stock, bond and mutual fund accounts may be seeing values never seen.
by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
A particularly ugly side to UN peacekeeping missions is the number of situations where troops under the UN banner have sexually assaulted and abused the very people they are assigned to protect.
Bible Questions and Answers
If so many normally-upright people use it, is it wrong?
by David Treybig
While unaware of the U.N.'s 60th anniversary last month, a growing number of people have become aware of the organization's weaknesses. But before dismissing the idea of the U.N., consider what the Bible says about the role of nations...
by Good News
Some British politicians and Anglican Church bishops aggressively take the position that without an official UN seal of approval, any Anglo-American war with Iraq would be immoral.
by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
In relating American cultural trends in his book The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators (1993), former U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett cautioned Americans that "unless these trends were reversed, they would lead to the...
