Author: Julaine Appling

A new Institute for Family Studies report suggests, according to Christian post, that excessive smartphone use by a spouse has been linked to marital dissatisfaction, including among couples who attend …

A mother in the Eau Claire Area School District filed a complaint on Monday, alleging the district violated open records law and failed to inform parents about the 125xteacher’s gender …

Conservative lawmakers in GOP state legislatures across the country have ignited a movement to disassociate local libraries from the American Library Association. Last week, three more chapters of conservative state …

Mainstream media reports that SSM Health, a Catholic health care system, has recently stopped providing so-called “trans surgeries” at their Aesthetic Center in Middleton. The move comes after pressure from …

Artificial intelligence is playing a role in selecting which embryos show the most promise during Invitro fertilization, with the technology ruling out those deemed unsuitable for a successful pregnancy. David …

A state senate committee held a public hearing this week on a resolution that would amend the state constitution and prohibit the state or its agencies or local government from …

A woman who underwent transgender treatments as a minor but later detransitioned has filed a lawsuit in a North Carolina court, suing her former doctors for malpractice, claiming they misdiagnosed …

Almost ninety percent of the world’s population now live in countries with falling marriage rates. In the U.S., marriage has declined by sixty percent since the nineteen seventies, while the …

2023 | Week of July 17 | Radio Transcript # 1525 I was privileged last Wednesday to actually meet Iowa’s Governor Kim Reynolds, who is in her second term of …

This week Wisconsin Family Council is hosting its LEAD Wisconsin teen worldview and leadership camp. One hundred twenty-seven teens are gleaning great truth from speakers such as Carl Kerby with …

A concerned parent patron challenged a Wisconsin public library recently to offer, at a minimum, both sides of an issue. The patron found seventy-five books in the library pushing or …

2023 | Week of July 10 | Radio Transcript #1524 (This commentary is an updated version of a commentary that aired the week of January 16, 2023.) Poverty. It seems …

With AI, artificial intelligence, now nearly ubiquitous, many people are beginning to think more seriously about the morality, both the good and the bad, of this beyond-a-brave-new-world technology. A recent …

Earlier this week Governor Evers signed the state’s new two-year budget, along with fifty-one partial vetoes. One of those vetoes did away with the top two income breaks, which Republican …

Last week the US Supreme Court handed down a number of high-profile decisions, including one dealing with the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan. On a six to three vote, …

Last Friday, the US Supreme Court handed down a 6 to 3 decision that gives Freedom of Speech a major victory. 303 Creative, a website design company owned by Lorie …

247 years ago, 56 men representing the 13 colonies put their lives, fortunes, and their sacred honor all on the line as they signed and made public the Declaration of …

2023 | Week of July 3 | Radio Transcript #1523 (Anna Morken, author. Anna is a Summer 2023 intern with Wisconsin Family Council.) It was June 1776. The American Revolution …

Last Thursday, the US Supreme Court, in a victory for religious freedom, broadened protections for religious workers in a case that involved a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service …

Gateways to Better Education has a wonderful free online resource available for families to use this summer. Their family devotional, Faith of Our Fathers: Family Devotions from the Words of …