News Articles by Ken Connor

LEESBURG, Va. (BP)--Secularists have exploded over the passage of the "Louisiana Science and Education Act." The bill recently was signed into law by Gov. Bobby Jindal after having been passed by an overwhelming majority of the Louisiana legislature.

LEESBURG, Va. (BP)--Most parents receive the news that they are "expecting" with joy and excitement. For some, however, the good news turns sour when they learn that their unborn or newly born child has Down syndrome or is afflicted with some other disability like cystic fibrosis.

LEESBURG, Va. (BP)--In a just society, acquitting the innocent is no less important than convicting the guilty. The principle that an accused person is to be presumed innocent until proven guilty is, therefore, fundamental to our American sense of justice.

Last year, NBC Nightly News ran a series of reports entitled "Trading Places: Caring for your Parents." The series began with the personal stories of NBC reporters like Bryan Williams, Tim Russert, and Ann Curry, each of whom has dealt with an increasingly common question: what should I do with my aging parents? Baby boomers […]

LEESBURG, Va. (BP)--There they go again!       Like termites gnawing away at the foundation of a building, judicial activists are eating away at the foundations of representative government in America.

LEESBURG, Va. (BP)--In America, it has long been a popular sport to demean and ridicule the faith of religious conservatives. Christians who seek to participate peacefully in the political process are often denigrated as "religious Ayatollahs" who represent a threat to freedom and democracy.

LEESBURG, Va. (BP)--Advances in reproductive technology have proven to be a blessing to many a couple suffering with infertility. Thanks to these advances, couples, who in the past would have been unable to have children, now happily bounce them on their knees. However, as thrilling as these new technologies can be, their application can be fraught with moral hazard.

LEESBURG, Va. (BP)--"You can't legislate morality." You hear it all the time in Washington, D.C. Some Americans assume that there is something unseemly about making laws based on moral standards.

      LEESBURG, Va. (BP)--I call them "meanies," those men and women who spend their days spreading vitriol on the Internet. Nameless, faceless, they lurk in the shadows of many websites and blogs, waiting for any opportunity to tear those with whom they disagree to shreds.

LEESBURG, Va. (BP)--Many in the pro-life movement become uneasy when political candidates, responding to questions about their position on abortion, start talking about the need for a "consistent life ethic."