They authors conclude that to resolve unemployment, an improved general economy is essential.

Numerous civic organizations and church-affiliated groups are urging the Boy Scouts to retain their adherence to traditional moral values.

Vice President Joe Biden was in Paris to reassure France that the Franco-American relationship is warm and cordial. Biden also gave a vision for the second term of the Obama administration, including advancing on gun control.

Welfare schemes and entitlements have destroyed family life in the U.S. Republicans should stop selling alternatives to welfare as unpleasantness and spending cuts and instead focus on regenerating American freedom and generosity.

The Center for Reproductive Rights released a YouTube video featuring actor Mehcad Brooks in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision that authorized feticide in the United States.

Full text of Obama's inaugural address.

Full transcript of conference.

Pro-labor protesters tore down a tent lawfully erected by a group in favor of right-to-work laws in a multitudinous rally in Michigan. Protest was otherwise largely peaceful.

CAIR says that Republican Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann had led an "anti-Muslim witch hunt" in the House.