Special to CosmicTribune.com By R. Clinton Ohlers New research is overturning longstanding assumptions about successful families, and doing so with a unexpected twist. Families who participate in church communities have on average both more children and more positive outcomes. Researchers believe they now also know why. Social scientists have long treated family size as a […]
Commentary by R. Clinton Ohlers Representative democracy, founded on inalienable rights bestowed by the Creator, was the foundation on which New England colonists governed their churches and in turn governed their communities. The Mayflower Compact is a leading example. By 1763 every single right later enumerated in the Declaration of Independence had already been discussed […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com There have been a number of “prophecies” concerning President Donald J Trump, but a sermon given by a Christian pastor from India calls to mind a Biblical, Old Testament prophet. God told him to come to America, he said, and warn that His judgment had been extended many times due to the […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com FPI / January 8, 2021 Commentary by R. Clinton Ohlers To those arriving at the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C., one surprising and unexpected show of support for President Donald Trump came from Chinese Americans. Signs fastened atop parked cars lined the approach to the Mall, denouncing Chinese […]
FPI / September 22, 2020 Analysis by R. Clinton Ohlers During the past several weeks, major studies have claimed the drug hydroxychloroquine had no effect on COVID-19 patients. Some even claimed it was harmful. However, major studies out of New York, Spain, Switzerland, Michigan, Belgium and elsewhere have provided compelling evidence that the drug, particularly […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com Commentary by R. Clinton Ohlers Perhaps the single most surprising outcome of the Jacob Blake shooting has been the response by his mother, Julia Jackson and her pastor James E. Ward, Jr. What was remarkable about Ms. Jackson was that although enduring a heartbreaking family crisis, she found words to help heal […]
FPI / August 13, 2020 By Lois Lindstrom Given the combination of the coronavirus and unchecked rioting in many American cities in 2020, many Americans would enjoy stepping back in time to 1904 when Swedish writer, Selma Lagerlöf published her inspirational book, Christ Legends and Other Stories, in which she ultimately became the first woman […]
Please know this is not about me, it’s about you and what the future holds for you. One advantage of being my age is that there is no future, when you get to be my age your thoughts become more about “How much time I have left”. Special to CosmicTribune.com FPI / July 30, 2020 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com Dennis Prager If you are a Jew or Christian in America, the seriousness of your Judaism or Christianity is now being tested. People look back in time and wonder how religious people, especially religious leaders — specifically, the clergy — could have failed in times of moral crisis. The failure of most […]
FPI / June 7, 2020 Maybe Americans do need to “fall to our knees” — and “return to God,” an independent film producer said in a Facebook post. “Sorry, I’m going to say some very shocking things here. Our problem is not ‘race’ or ‘politics’ or ‘economy’ or ‘education’ or ‘gender.’ We are suffering from […]
