Apparently frightened by the current wave of conservatism in opposition to Obama’s policies, news organizations have chosen to frame the conservative movement as “radical.”  After all, when you are unable to respond to the issues, the second best thing is getting out of discussions by saying that your opponents just aren’t worth arguing with.
Newsweek is [...]

In a recent article on the pro-abortion website RH Reality Check, staff writer Sarah Seltzer bemoaned that fact that abortion not a popular punchline.  “The lack of abortion jokes creates this hyped-up atmosphere of tragedy and controversy around something that is quite common and needs to be discussed more,” she said.
The catalyst for this comment [...]

How do you derive human worth from a universe devoid of God?
Someone please answer this, since it appears to me that without God, human life is greatly devalued. Consider the following:

If life happened with no purpose in mind, humans are intrinsically no more important than other animals.
We may value an organism based [...]

In a great article from the National Review (subscribers can view it here), Jay Nordlinger sets out the facts of the matter: although the general consensus is that US relations have worsened, in many cases they have actually improved or stayed the same. Look at relations with Brown, Sarkozy, Merkel, and Berlusconi. [...]

One of my classes at Berkeley this past semester was a Political Science Colloquium where each week we heard from a different speaker. One week we had Art Torres, Chairman of the California Democratic Party. This was before the election, so party lines and affiliations were clearly drawn. Torres spent most of his [...]

You may have noticed that I have not posted in awhile. Well, I have been designing and working with Andy Nevis on a new website called the American Conservative Youth Union, or ACYU.
The ACYU is a blog/website with content written entirely by conservative youth age 13-21. It is just getting started, but already [...]

As reported by Conservative Schooler, the Western Alliance, of which I am a member, has been added to the list of blogger organizations on Hugh Hewitt’s blogroll under “Center Right State Alliances”.

I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Also, I wanted to thank those who regularly read my blog, whether they agree with me or not. Tomorrow, I might have some Christmas music (performed by me) up. But anyways, may we never forget the Reason for the Season, and may [...]

A blogger friend of mine let me know that one of her music students had written a song. I was interested, so I listened the song, and was amazed at the talent displayed! It most definitely is professional quality.
The song is called “Erin’s Song (Daughter Awake)”.
Singer/Songwriter – Mirenda Goff
Piano – Mirenda Goff
Violin – Allison Hamm
Composer [...]

“BEIJING – Armed with guns and shields, hundreds of riot police sealed off a southern Chinese village after fatally shooting as many as 10 demonstrators and were searching for the protest organizers, villagers said Friday.
It was the deadliest known use of force by security forces against Chinese civilians since the killings around Tiananmen Square [...]

I have just offically been accepted into the Western Alliance. I’ve been reading their blogs for quite some time now, so I am very excited to get to post. Thanks!

I just had the idea of having “Blogger debates.” So far, I think it would work like this:

Two people with different opinions on an issue agree to debate during a certain time.
They each write a new post on the issue, no matter if they have written about it before.
At the end or beginning of the [...]

Since a lot of things have been happening on my blog and in general this week, I have decided to just write about it all in one post.
1. Stand up and Speak Out has some new features such as the side menu, (which took forever to manipulate to work in my blog!)
2. My blog used [...]

My name is Katelyn Sills. (Updated)– I am a 16-year-old sophomore at Mira Loma public high school in Sacramento. I am in Mira Loma’s International Baccalaureate program, which is an honors program that I am hoping to graduate in. Besides having a blog, I am (beginning to be) involved in activities such as the [...]

There is a new song of the “week”. I saw Paul Wright play on Labor Day weekend, and it was one of the most fun concerts I have ever been to. Paul Wright plays what might be called acoustic hip-hop or maybe pop. I don’t know what it is, but I liked it [...]

In my required sophomore “Morality and Faith” class, we were talking about the “problems with ethics”. I thought this was really interesting because I had noticed these problems, but had never known that they had been identified and had a name. One of the ones we talked about and what I think is the biggest [...]

There is a new Song of the Week. It’s Someone Else Before by Hawk Nelson. Hawk Nelson is a Christian band from Canada. Check it out!

I just realized that if you search for “You don’t speak for me, Cindy! Tour” or something like that on MSN.com (see here), Stand Up and Speak Out is third from the top!!
It’s even above Free Republic and Move America Forward. Move America Forward is, as I understand it, the main supporter of the [...]

I just saw this editorial in the Sac Bee. Because I find fault with a lot of it, I will put the editorial in blue and comments of mine in black.
Editorial: Abortion politics
Military families find no leeway in law
The story of a Navy enlisted man and his pregnant wife is not pleasant to talk about.
The [...]

I have decided to try having a “Song of the Week” where I put one of my favorite downloadable songs on my blog (it’s on the right side under the About Me part). This week it is Gypsy Girl (What Love Is) by Everyday Sunday. It has great guitar and is just an all-around [...]