Ericka Andersen is a freelance writer and the author of "Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women." She is a columnist for World magazine and reporter for Christianity Today.
View all authorsYou might be surprised to find out where sex-selective abortion in China and other Asian countries began. A new book on sex-selection abortions, a practice… Read More
In the past 30 years, U.S. life expectancy has increased by an average of five years. Since 1935, when Social Security was first enacted, it… Read More
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There’s a reason a large portion of the world’s poor are women. In underdeveloped nations, women lack the skills or opportunity to change their environments,… Read More
It’s easy to see why Obamacare’s unpopularity grows substantially with every new detail that comes out. As former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) infamously noted,… Read More
Can an environmentalist morally argue for overpriced, taxpayer-funded green energy technology if it means killing off a protected species? That’s what is happening now in… Read More
In the 1995 movie The Net, Sandra Bullock fights computer hackers attempting to cyber-sabotage her life. The hackers successfully change her identity, manipulate U.S. markets,… Read More
As Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) pushes the debt ceiling debate back another month, Americans remain skeptical about how such legislation can really help solve the… Read More
American military action in foreign wars shouldn’t be taken cavalierly. But President Obama took it that way when he thrust American troops aimlessly into an… Read More
The environmental police have struck again. This time, they are hindering efforts to produce domestic oil and causing regulation headaches for those just doing their… Read More
Representative Allen West (R–FL) said in a speech today that funding America’s Armed Forces is the No. 1 responsibility of the federal government. Without the… Read More
The private sector is where its at; less bureaucracy, more opportunity to advance and the ability to create and maintain jobs even in the midst… Read More
Finding effective solutions to our nation’s education problems is one of the most pressing issues facing America today. Many children lack quality educational options and… Read More
President Obama has some explaining to do. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) yesterday revealed that 3,700 federal contractors — who were recipients of $24 billion… Read More
Empowering and educating women in oppressive regimes around the world is one of the best ways to elevate freedom and democracy in those areas. The… Read More
There is nothing wrong with fighting childhood obesity but fighting it at the federal level with ineffective methods that could cost each school district over… Read More
This week is U.S. Small Business Week, and it’s important to take a moment to recognize those companies that have done so much for the… Read More
Earlier this year, the last veteran of World War I died at the age of 110. It’s hard to believe, but in the coming years,… Read More
Economist Walter Williams knows that minimum wage laws are hurting poor, African-American teenagers and his new book, “Race and Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed… Read More
America was victorious in killing Osama Bin Laden but the war against terrorism wages on. Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Vice-Chair of the House Republican… Read More
The California hotel workers union is pushing a bill that requires all hotel mattresses to have fitted sheets instead of flat sheets. They argue that… Read More
Full-time lifeguards in Newport Beach, Calif., make over $100,000 a year, with the highest paid earners topping over $200,000. And if you think that’s bad,… Read More
Competition beat regulation in a big way two weeks ago in El Paso, Texas. Recently, the city made it illegal for mobile food vendors to… Read More
