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Wishing you all a joy-filled Christmas 2011! Isaiah 9:2-7 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness— on them light has shined. You have multiplied the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as [...]

On Tuesday, I gave you the sad news about the passing of Joey Vento. My column below pays tribute to a true American patriot and assimilation warrior. Via Philly blogger Tania Gale, here are details for Vento’s funeral tomorrow if you happen to be in the area: All are invited to pay their final respects [...]

**Written by Doug Powers It’s the last day of the Project Valour-IT fundraiser, and as I understand it, Team Marine is trailing the Army team by a small margin, but I sense a last-second come-from-behind victory in Team Marine’s future. Since 2005, Project Valour-IT has given out over 6,000 adaptive laptops, but there are currently [...]

**Written by Doug Powers On Sunday we helped kick off this year’s Project Valour-IT fundraiser representing Team Marine. We have just about seven days to go in this year’s fundraiser (final day is July 14), and thanks to your generosity we’re really moving the needle. This is a competition among four teams — Army, Navy, [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Fourth of July weekend is a great time to kick off this year’s Project Valour-IT fundraiser, and we’re pleased again this year to be representing Team Marine. First, a bit about what this great cause is all about: Project Valour-IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss, helps provide voice-controlled/adaptive laptop [...]

Andrew Lawton, a Canadian conservative blogger and radio host on whose show I’ve had the pleasure and honor to appear, suffered a life-threatening medical emergency last December. Today, he courageously discloses the full story behind his health scare: He had attempted to take his life through an intentional drug overdose. Family and faith lifted him [...]

I know from our family experience how important spreading the word about a missing person is in the immediate hours and days after a loved one goes missing. In Washington, D.C., 24-year-old Matt Hill — a Campus Outreach director at George Washington University — disappeared on Tuesday. His family and friends are trying to get [...]

Here’s a photo gallery of the terrible aftermath of the storms in Joplin, Missouri. The death toll has passed 125 and the search for the missing continues. Amid the devastation, neighbors, friends, and strangers are pulling together. Jim Hoft has the story of a St. Louis Facebook group organizing 4 truckloads of supplies to Joplin. [...]

The Midwest has been devastated by tornadoes over the past week. The death toll is nearing triple-digits — and the danger is far from over. Please keep your fellow Americans in your thoughts and prayers: Rescue workers today searched for victims of fierce storms that ripped through several Midwestern states this weekend, killing at least [...]

The death toll from the Southern twisters that struck yesterday is nearing 200. Alabama officials have asked President Obama to expedite help: Gov. Robert Bentley requested that President Barrack Obama expedite a catastrophic disaster declaration to assist with recovery efforts across Alabama. Related Links: This morning there were 131 confirmed deaths in 16 state counties [...]

Terrible news for a country still reeling from the March 11 natural disaster: Japan has been hit with another 7.4 quake. Tokyo rattled for more than minute. The nation is on tsunami alert. Keep up your prayers. They’ll need every last one.

Awful: Fresh reports on Twitter this morning about a strong, 6.2-magnitude quake rocking Tokyo and surrounding cities. Toll from the first quake stands at 3,373 dead, 6,746 missing. Radiation levels are soaring after leakage from the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. Here’s a round-up of links on how to help. Thomas Lifson, founder of the [...]

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If you are in Arizona, you can join with citizen angels helping to protect the Tuscon massacre victims’ families from the evil Westboro vultures coming to protest at their funerals. Reader Ruth sends along information about the Angel Action group’s efforts planned for Thursday to protect the family of 9-year-old Christina Green: Christina Green Memorial [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Today marks the 235th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. From Marines.com: During the American Revolution, many important political discussions took place in the inns and taverns of Philadelphia, including the founding of the Marine Corps. A committee of the Continental Congress met at Tun Tavern to draft a resolution [...]

**Written by Doug Powers On Thursday we posted all about the Project Valour-IT fundraiser. Project Valour-IT helps provide voice-controlled/adaptive laptop computers and other technology to support Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand wounds and other severe injuries. Again this year we’re proud to be a part of Team Marine. Since we announced the [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Once again this year, as in the past, we’re proud to be representing the US Marine team taking part in the Project Valour-IT fundraising competition. This competition features four teams: The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Here’s a brief explanation of what this great cause is all about: Project Valour-IT, [...]

Sent in by reader Lynne S. Just watch these amazing Wounded Warriors and get inspired:

The Fourmile Fire here in Colorado is the worst in the state’s history. So far, 135 homes have been destroyed — including many of the homes of the very firefighters combating the blaze. Social media has played a central role in information dissemination and volunteer organization. If you are in a position to provide aid, [...]

Photo credit: Keith Gallagher/president raygun/Flickr The floods in Tennessee have devastated Nashville. Damages are estimated at $1 billion. How to donate/pitch in… Calling All Restaurateurs: Red Cross Could Use Your Help Salvation Army – Nashville Hands On Nashville Nashville Flood relief t-shirts Soles 4 Souls – Shoe charity comes to Nashville’s aid Nashville Humane Society [...]

As you all know, I am a proud resident of beautiful Colorado Springs. One of our loveliest and most famous landmarks is, of course, Pike’s Peak. There’s a historic cog railway that takes you to the top, above the tree line, into thin air above an altitude of 14,000 ft. The views inspired a schoolteacher [...]

The Charleston Gazette has the latest on the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine-South in Raleigh County, West Virginia, that has claimed at least 25 miners’ lives. The deaths at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County already ranked as the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in a quarter century, and officials feared [...]

My stalwart friends at the American Legion have stepped up to raise funds to cover the legal expenses of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder’s family. As you all know, Snyder’s funeral was targeted by the evil miscreants of the bogus Westboro Baptist Church. The Snyders took the protesters to court. In October 2007, a [...]

“It’s the largest mercy agency in the world.”

A reader sent this prayer for Haiti via BeliefNet: It is with a heavy heart that we come to you, not necessarily knowing what we should ask for because many of us are wondering, “Why did this happen? Why has tragedy struck Haiti again and why do so many lives have to be lost again? [...]

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I lived near the epicenter of the Northridge quake in the San Fernando Valley in 1994 and will never forget the terror and chaos that ensued. It measured 6.7 on the Richter scale. Haiti is now suffering in the aftermath of a 7.0 quake. Thousands may be dead: The earthquake was the worst in the [...]

I told you last week about the petition to free the Navy SEALs who’ve been hauled up for courts martial after an infamous jihadi in Iraq (the same one who masterminded the ambush of Blackwater contractors whose bodies were burned and hung on a bridge in Fallujah) accused them of punching him in the stomach [...]

Human Events has posted a petition to free the Navy SEALs who’ve been hauled up for courts martial after an infamous jihadi in Iraq (the same one who masterminded the ambush of Blackwater contractors whose bodies were burned and hung on a bridge in Fallujah) accused them of punching him in the stomach during a [...]

Today is the 234th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Marine Corps. Here is the Commandant’s Message celebrating the proud history of the Marines: Hoorah! Project Valour IT’s annual fundraiser for wounded warriors continues. I’m on Team Marines and we are nearing our $35,000 goal, but we need help getting over the top. It’s [...]