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As pundits and politicians bicker back and forth about the cause of our country’s problems—the healthcare system, the free market, gay marriage—journalist Mark Steyn points to one root catalyst for our nation’s difficulties: indolence.

May 22, 2009—On Monday, we will mark the 141st anniversary of the first official observation of the holiday we now call Memorial Day, as established by General John A. Logan’s “General Order No. 11” of the Grand Army of the Republic dated May 5, 1868.

Until about 40 years ago, Memorial Day was observed—not celebrated—on May 30 every year.

President Obama is mounting a rhetorical campaign to seek “common ground” between pro-life and “pro-choice” Americans.

Two American Muslim scholars are prepared to launch the “first four-year accredited Islamic college in the U.S., what some are calling a ‘Muslim Georgetown.’”

Surprise, surprise. Spending thousands of hours on the Internet apparently leaves children poorly prepared to face the challenges of adult life, according to The London Telegraph.

Senioritis is that time-honored “disease” that affects graduating seniors during the last half of their senior year, but this year it might just be in remission.

Alliance Defense
Fund attorneys are representing another two German parents in an appeal to the European
Court of Human Rights filed Thursday.

In his address to the 2009 graduating class at the University of Notre Dame, President Barack Obama said yesterday that he supports conscience rights for healthcare workers.

Here are some Notre Dame alums who were honored by the presidential visit to their alma mater.

While making demands for more federal money, another topic at the Free Press summit was how to divvy up the $7.2 billion that was authorized in the federal economic “stimulus” legislation to expand access to the Internet.

The past should be the blueprint from which we draw lessons and forge a way forward.