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As daily temperatures climbed toward 120, the U.S. Agriculture Department issued a disaster declaration Wednesday for most of Oklahoma. Across the Sooner State, farmers are reeling from wildfires and the ongoing drought, according to the Daily Oklahoman. The declaration covers 74 of the state’s 77 counties. Nowata, Craig and Ottawa counties north of Tulsa in northeastern…

“When same-sex marriage bill was passed by New York State Legislature on June 24, it apparently did not put an end to the gay marriage battle,” reports the International Business Times.  “If anything, it added coals to the fire. Once the new law went into effect, thousands of protestors the same day and a lawsuit…

The Israeli intelligence site DEBKAfile reports that its intelligence sources say Iran is pressing ahead with its nuclear weapons ambitions. DEBKAfile also reports: Tthe Stuxnet malworm which played havoc with Iran’s nuclear program for eleven months was not purged after all. Tehran never did overcome the disruptions caused by Stuxnet or restore its centrifuges to…

Idaho Falls police have a warned a 34-year-old man in a bunny suit wearing a tutu to stop hiding behind trees to frighten local children. Idaho Falls resident William Falkingham allegedly was peeking out from behind a large tree and pointing his finger like a gun — scaring a little boy, whose mother filed a complaint. An investigation…

California kindergartners now, by state law, must learn about homosexual history and accomplishments. Columnist Michael Medved says it’s political correctness run amok. Writing in The Daily Beast, an internet news site. he writes: Thanks to California’s newly enacted “gay history” law, William Rufus Devane King will finally receive the comprehensive classroom attention that previous generations…

Tired of illegally parked cars ignoring police, Mayor Arturas Zuokas decided to crush offenders with a public warning to double-parkers, loading-zone blockers and anybody who ignored red-painted curbs. He borrowed an Army tank and personally crunched a snazzy Mercedes-Benz flagrantly parked in a bike lane in Vilnius, the capital of the European nation of Lithuania.…

“So let me see if I understand this:” writes a U.S. Army colonel serving in Afghanistan. “The Defense Department is proposing to let people who choose to live a homosexual lifestyle serve ‘openly’ in the armed forces, but won’t allow Christians such as myself the freedom to ‘openly’ share the good news of Christ with our…

Accused polygamist Warren Jeffs repeatedly interrupted his Texas child abuse trial Friday, objecting that his rights were being violated and warning that God would humble prosecutors with “sickness and death.” Jeffs, 55, is charged with child sexual assault and aggravated child sexual assault. The prosecution says he violated Texas law with marriages to 12- and 14-year-old girls at his sect’s…

In a commentary released before the debt ceiling agreement was reached this weekend, the media watchdog group Accuracy in Media blasted media coverage of the debate. “Most of the media constantly get it wrong,” writes AIM’s Roger Aronoff. “Is it on purpose, to mislead, or do they not understand?” “The general performance of the media…

Cardinal Robert Sarah has warned that priests who fail in their duty to oppose the breakdown of morality in modern society, particularly abortion and anti-family policies, will receive the condemnation of God. The African cardinal is president of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” and is overseeing a radical restructuring of the Catholic Church’s international development aid…
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