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Dr. James Dobson

Dr. James Dobson was the Founder Chairman of the James Dobson Family Institute, a nonprofit organization that produced his radio program, Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and held 18 honorary doctoral degrees. He also was the author of more than 70 books dedicated to the preservation of the family.

Dr. Dobson served as an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine for 14 years, and on the attending staff of Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles for 17 years in the divisions of child development and medical genetics.

He advised five U.S. presidents and served on eight national commissions.

Dr. Dobson was married to Shirley for just shy of 65 years, and he was the beloved father of two grown children, Danae and Ryan, and two grandchildren.

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Policy & Culture

America’s Foundational Documents Labeled “Harmful”

Warning labels are often helpful for parents, letting them know if music, books, movies or other media contain content that is inappropriate.

But what should you do when the government

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Policy & Culture

Biden Administration Does Bidding of Abortion Behemoth

Planned Parenthood backed Joe Biden for president to the tune of more than $45 million.

President Joe Biden is returning the favor by supporting the abortion giant's business of death.<

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Policy & Culture

Oregon Teacher Removes American Flag From Her Classroom

Calling the American flag a representation of "violence and menace and intolerance," an English teacher from Portland, Oregon, has removed it from her classroom.

Is it time to remove th

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Policy & Culture

Oppose CRT At Your Own Risk

Paul Rossi was a teacher at a prestigious private school in New York. That is, until he questioned Critical Race Theory.

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Broadcasts

Back to School with Dr. James Dobson

When Dr. Tim Clinton was on a plane headed to Colorado Springs to appear on Family Talk, he felt a nudge in his spirit from the Lord that the vast knowledge and wisdom of Dr. Dobson needed to be shared through an educational program. On today's edition of Family Talk, Dr. Clinton reveals that the result of that inspiration was the creation of the James C. Dobson Center at Liberty University. Online students can take 8-week courses based on Dr. Dobson's 43 years of teaching and 8,000 broadcasts, all while working toward a master in counseling or selecting one of the family-focused minors that the center offers.

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Policy & Culture

The Far Left Says Patriotism Is Evil

After the tragic events of 9/11, patriotism in this country was palpable.

Now…it's partisan.

Since September 11, 2001, American patriotism has steadily declined, particularl

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Policy & Culture

Instagram is Hurting Young Girls

Facebook's photo-sharing platform, Instagram, is hurting young women.

And the company is well aware of it.

In a recent report, the Wall Street Journal explains that

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Policy & Culture

Alaska Airlines Fires Employees for Questioning Misnamed “Equality Act”

When Alaska Airlines came out in support of the deceptively named "Equality Act," the company invited employees to offer feedback on an internal employee forum. But when two flight attendants expre

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Policy & Culture

Campus Pro-Life Group is Deemed a “Danger to the Student Body”

A campus group that seeks to "protect and promote respect for all life from conception to natural death" is dangerous to college students.

At least that's what the student newspaper at

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Policy & Culture

TikTok Serving Up Sex to Minors

Is your child on TikTok?

A recent investigation by The Wall Street Journal revealed that the popular video-sharing platform TikTok is promoting sexually explicit content to minors.<br /

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