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The article focuses on concerns about President Trump's decision to cut funding for the National Institutes of Health, which could jeopardize lifesaving research and clinical trials crucial to public health.

The article focuses on American Singer, Toni Braxton's reasons for rebooting "Braxton Family Values," her personal reflections and experiences related to her sister Traci, and details about her favorite products and daily rituals.

The article focuses on the irony of Republicans criticizing Democrats for undermining family values while failing to address their own party's shortcomings in supporting families and children.

The article focuses on how some conservatives frame the U.S. declining fertility rate as a moral crisis, while researchers suggest a more nuanced view, noting that declining fertility is a global trend not necessarily tied to increased hedonism.

The author dicusses proposal released by senators Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney offering financial benefits to children from American households.

The article presents the U.S. politics were all about family values and the President George H.W. Bush was in electoral trouble because of a weak economy and rising inequality.

The article present an interview with the dancer, actor and choreographer, Jason Rodriguez who discusses about his series "Pose"; how does vogue empower young people; and what has attending black lives matter protests and marches been like for him as a dancer.

Focuses on new conservative documentaries. Comments of film producer Stephen K. Bannon; How Bannon is emblematic of a new wave in Hollywood; Intent of these filmmakers to promote godliness and family values; Reference to Bannon's "In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed"; How some have enlisted major studios as collaborators; Plan by Walt Disney Studios and Walden Media, owned by evangelical financier Philip Anschutz, to release "Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"; How these independent and studio filmmakers share a sense of being political outsiders; Problems faced by religiously motivated filmmakers; Background on the Liberty Film Festival.

The article analyzes the support received by U.S. President Donald Trump from white Evangelicals. According to statistics, Trump won in the 2018 presidential election with about 80 percent of the white evangelical vote. The implications of this support for the country's stance for family values and morality are discussed, as well as the connection between evangelicalism and Republican politics.

The article profiles the family of Margaret and Lovell Lee and the values they instilled on their triplets, son, Lovell Jr. and daughters, Jamie Tanaka and Talya Nicole, including working hard for their education and employer, eating dinner together and helping others who need assistance.

An editorial is presented which reports the view of working-class Americans where they consider U.S. president Donald Trump to lack family values and moral behavior and outlines family models with regard to the matter.

The article announces that Wesley Goodman resigned from his post as Ohio's Family Values Lawmaker.

The article focuses on the family values given by 2016 U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump, and mentions his relationship with his daughter Tiffany, along with information on the family relations of other presidential candidates such as Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton.

This article focuses on the music and biographical background of 16-year-old budding rap star Harrison Schneider, known as M.C. Problem Child. Schneider is different than most rappers because he didn't grow up in a public housing project, has never sold crack, has never been shot or joined a gang, and lives in a home in affluent Great Neck on Long Island living with both parents. He dropped out of high school with his parents support to pursue his rap career.

The article is a Christmas story. The details of Jim's firing are given, as well as the economic impact of Jim losing his job during the holiday season. He found it difficult to tell his children and wife Della about his unemployment because she had quit her job recently to write a screenplay. He decided that he could solve their financial problem by selling his apartment and living in her house. The complication is that she has already sold the house so they could stay in the apartment.

The article focuses on the decisions by two Roman Catholic high school principals on Long Island, New York, to cancel proms for the class of 2005. Both cited frustration with what they described as a so-called decadent prom culture. Underlying the concerns appears to be widespread uncertainty about the modern prom, and uncertainty about sex. Both principals reported receiving letters of support and requests for interviews. The issue of prom night appears to be forcing itself onto the agenda described as family values.

Comments on mass media, politics and popular culture in the U.S. ABC's rebroadcast of Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 Hollywood blockbuster, "The Ten Commandments"; Background on DeMille's publicity scheme, which involved constructing several thousand Ten Commandments monuments throughout the country; Media coverage of the Terri Schiavo case; Topic of so-called moral values; Role of the government in the Schiavo case; Views of Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, and Tom Delay; Reference to the government's anti-decency campaign; Issue of religious extremism; The push to give equal time to creationism in classrooms; Examples of faith-based news and religious elements in news stories.

The article discusses issues related to gay marriage. Topics discussed include debates surrounding same-sex marriages in various U.S. states, legalization of it in several states of the U.S. and role of business community in supporting marriage equality. According to Times writer Jo Becker, gay marriage was earlier framed in terms of family values, but in last five years rebranding of the gay marriage movement has occurred.

For the first time in American history, a major political party may be choosing between two leading presidential candidates who are not Protestant. If current polling holds through the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses and beyond, the Republican nomination will come down to a choice between a Latter-day Saint, or Mormon, and a Roman Catholic. It is therefore time to celebrate the broad-mindedness of American voters, but also to mourn the bigotries that may still linger. On the one hand, the Mitt Romney/Newt Gingrich showdown -- which, given the fickleness of primary voters, could soon seem as passe as Rick Perry/Herman Cain -- testifies to Americans' pluralist ideals. American voters, even religious Protestants, do not require that their president be Protestant, or born again, or even a regular churchgoer. So long as a candidate makes bland, predictable affirmations of religious faith, he or she has adequately punched the religion card. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Toby Keith is having a good year. His new song, ''Made in America,'' just hit No. 1 on the country charts. It's about his aging father, who flies the American flag on his farm, wears a ''Semper Fi'' tattoo and worries about global trade. Breaks his heart seein' foreign cars [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES IN his 1964 book ''Understanding Media,'' Marshall McLuhan helped define the modern age with his phrase, ''The medium is the message.'' Were he here nearly 50 years later, the critic would hardly be surprised to discover that in the most talked-about sitcom of the moment, the medium has become the punch line. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TEHRAN -- The wedding nearly 1,400 years ago of Imam Ali, Shiite Islam's most revered figure, and Fatemeh al-Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, is commemorated in Iran's packed political calendar as a day to celebrate family values. But in a sign of the Iranian authorities' increasing concern about Iran's shifting social landscape, Marriage Day, as it is usually known in Iran, this year was renamed No Divorce Day. Iran's justice minister decreed that no divorce permits would be issued. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents suggestions for rich parents to prepare their children to manage wealth inheritances. Tom Rogerson, national director of family wealth services at BNY Melon Wealth Management, Boston, Massachusetts, states that financial readiness in children comes from parents who act as role models when it comes to their family values. Kristi Kuechler, director of the Institute for Private Investors, New York, advises parents to ensure that their heirs receive formal investor education.

The article reports on the family values of John Thompson Jr., former coach of men's basketball team of the Georgetown University in the U.S.

Focuses on the influence of family values and altruism on creating political paradox in the U.S.

Reports on the importance of dinners for families. Influence of childhood memories on the vitality of dinners; Factors affecting the failure of family members to eat together; Benefits of eating dinner together for families.

Comments on mass media, politics and popular culture in the U.S. Implications of a dirty joke told by comedian Gilbert Gottfried at New York's Friars Club; Scope of the government's war against so-called indecency; Reference to the documentary "The Aristocrats"; How the government is broadening television censorship; Vow by Ted Stevens, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, to deal with indecency on cable television; Observations on HBO's "Deadwood," set in frontier America; Background on David Milch, the creator of "Deadwood"; Why "Deadwood" is well-timed; Role of Lynne Cheney in writing and promoting children's history books; Issue of political correctness; Contention that freedom in our culture is under attack.

Comments on mass media, politics and popular culture. Thoughts on the Oscars as a barometer of the state of American pop culture; Why the selling of the Academy Awards is the latest indicator of a disconnect in politics; Implications of the motion picture academy's choice of MTV comedian Chris Rock to host the Academy Awards; Signs that the U.S. President George W. Bush administration's indecency campaign is failing; Issue of gays and same-sex marriage on television, including an episode on "The Simpsons"; Role of the new secretary of education, Margaret Spellings; Issue of censorship and public policy.

Offers observations on mass media and politics. Observation that Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" received no Oscar nominations; Perception of right-wing icon Clint Eastwood as a Hollywood subversive; Rush Limbaugh's criticism of Eastwood's film "Million Dollar Baby"; Reaction of Eastwood to attacks on the film; Eastwood's new status as a radical leftist; The film's lack of a political agenda; Thoughts on the year's other Oscar-nominated movies; Why "Million Dollar Baby" challenges America.

Comments on mass media, politics and popular culture. Signs that public television has become fearful of crossing its government patrons; Implications of a repressive cultural environment; Focus of the American media on so-called moral values; Reference to Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction at the 2004 Super Bowl; Role of the government concerning mass media and values; How the culture industry has gained power since the McCarthy era; Issue of gays on television.

Examines the use of religion by Hollywood in film promotions. How Revolution Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment helped turn "Christmas With the Kranks," with Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, from a potential loser into a modest hit; Revolution and Sony's print campaign, which was built on endorsements from religious broadcasters and family advocates; Influence of Mel Gibson's marketing of "The Passion of the Christ"; How studios have routinely used Christian networks to advertise family films; Tactic of targeting a Christian audience for projects that focus on moral values.

Focuses on the political influence of Christian conservatives in the U.S. Significance of moral values to voter decisions in the 2004 U.S. Presidential election; View that conservative activists are focusing their efforts on state-level politics, where many family-related issues are decided; Issues of importance to conservative activists, including opposition to stem-cell research, abortion, same-sex marriage, and the teaching of evolution in school curricula; Reaction of liberal political activists to the efforts of conservative groups.

Comments on sex and the mass media in the U.S. Decision of New York City public television Channel 13 to kill a spot for the film "Kinsey"; Author's views on the movie; Impact of Alfred Kinsey's 1948 book "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" on the culture; Public approval of Kinsey's work; The current political climate and so-called moral values; Right-wing groups that have targeted the film, including the Traditional Values Coalition; Issue of censorship; Reference to the popularity of television show "Desperate Housewives"; The radical change in the political atmosphere when Kinsey published his follow-up volume, "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" five years later.

Presents a letter to the editor about family values,published in the November 7, 2004 issue of "New York Times."

Offers thoughts on the refusal of ABC affiliates to broadcast "Saving Private Ryan." Suggestion that the network affiliates feared the government would punish them for exercising freedom of speech; Role of the American Family Association; Replacement of "Ryan" with the 1986 film "Hoosiers"; Observation that "Saving Private Ryan" was nationally broadcast by ABC in both 2001 and 2002 without incident; Issue of the presentation of war at a time when the U.S. is fighting one; Portrayal of war in Iraq by the American news media; Outlook for media companies and Iraq war stories.

Comments on mass media in the U.S. and so-called moral values. Authors reaction to the perception that the country swung to the right on cultural issues in the 2004 presidential election; Issue of the culture war in America; Views on Rupert Murdoch and Fox News; Discussion of the distance between the so-called hard-core red culture and the majority blue culture; Loyalty of the Republican Party to its financial backers.

Discusses the goals of President George W. Bush's conservative supporters following his re-election. Reference to an ambitious agenda of long-cherished goals, including privatizing Social Security, banning same-sex marriage, remaking the Supreme Court, and overturning the Court's decisions in support of abortion; Suggestion by Richard Viguerie, the dean of conservative direct mail, that a conservative agenda could now be implemented; Emphasis on moral values by Conservative Christians; Challenge by liberals to unite the country by discarding conservative allies; Warning from influential evangelical Dr. James C. Dobson that the Bush administration must now be more aggressive in pushing traditional values.

Examines two magazines whose titles vary by one letter while their readership are totally opposite. American Magazine, a do-it-yourself publication out of Tennessee and America Magazine which uses a musical movement to assert its domination over pop culture; Belief the two magazines convey the dyads: rural vs. urban and mass vs. elite; America's image which uses hip-hop as its motif; American Magazine where the tone is one of family values; How the word America is considered a generic term due to its widespread usage; Comments from the Rev. Thomas J. Reese, editor in chief who is annoyed with the hip-hop magazine's choice of name; Positions from both magazines; Thoughts from Donny Deutsch, CEO of Deutsch Inc on how the magazines both reflect America.