News and Prophecy

On July 8, U.S. budget statistics revealed a slight increase in the official unemployment rate, to 9.2%.  For many of these people and others, the U.S. offers a “food stamp” program designed to provide minimal subsistence.  During the recent recession, participation in this program has soared.  As of April 2011, nearly 45 million, or one in seven Americans (14...

Oslo, Norway, the city of the Nobel Peace Prize, turned into a city of terror as an angry and deranged gunman set off explosives in the city center killing seven people.  Later that day, he visited an island summer camp where he shot and killed 76 more people, mostly teenagers. While the Norwegian native gunman claims to be a member of an anti-Islamic group, the...

One of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, gonorrhea, has once again morphed into a more powerful foe.  Reuters soberly reports, “The new strain of the sexually transmitted disease—called H041—cannot be killed by any currently recommended treatments for gonorrhea, leaving doctors with no other option than to try medicines so far untested against the...

For three years, Muslim prayer services have taken place in a Toronto public school during school hours—catering to the student majority who are Muslim.  Because of the press generated by the situation, an examination of Ottawa schools recently revealed that about a dozen other public schools also allow Muslim prayer services during the school day.