Archive for October 2020
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Moving up to Staff Assistant from an internship with Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN) is Morgan Nunnery. Morgan earned his BA in economics this year from the University of South Carolina. Also moving to a Staff Assistant position is Hailey Webre, joining the operation of Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), following internships on the…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY? When Somebody Claims That Voting Just Isn’t Important
If history is any guide, nearly half of all voting-age Americans will fail to vote on election day, November 3, when the country picks its 46th president, a new Congress and scores of other officials for state and local governments. But for those working on Capitol Hill, voting might as well be like drinking water,…
Read MoreWORKING ON THE HILL: 123 Hill Aides, Contractors Have Now Tested Positive For Covid Or Are Being Presumed Positive
A total of 123 congressional aides and contractors have either tested positive for the Covid virus or are being presumed to have the disease, according to Roll Call, quoting Ashley Phelps, a spokesman for Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL), the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Administration. “The count includes 46 Capitol Police employees, 42…
Read MoreWHAT IF: All Bible Prophecies Are Just As Accurate As These Five?
Your friend tells you a check for $1 million made out in your name will appear in your snail-mail box next Wednesday morning. Sure enough, next Wednesday morning rolls around and there’s the check. That ought to get your attention, right? But maybe your friend had some way of knowing in advance that for whatever…
Read MoreThis Analysis Of Hill Staff Is Unlike Any You’ve Ever Before Heard
Bill Walton graciously invited me to come on his show recently and we talked for 25 great minutes about why Hill aides are among the least well-known, but most influential groups in the nation’s capital, Christian apologetics, HillFaith, journalism, and much more. These two graphs from my response to Bill’s opening question set the tone…
Read MoreBipartisan Duo Of Former Hill Aides Say Mandatory Covid Testing Needed For Members And Staff
Kendra Barkoff Lamy is a former press secretary for then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE). Doug Heye was deputy chief of staff for then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA). There’s not much politically on which these two agreed. But they both contend it’s past time for Congress to adopt a program of mandatory Covid testing for Members…
Read MoreJustice Department Sides With Capitol Hill Baptist Church Against Bowser, D.C. Government
Capitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC) is being unreasonably burdened by District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. government with its anti-Covid regulations that effectively bar members of the congregation from exercising their First Amendment right to religious freedom, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). “Here, Defendants (collectively, the Honorable Muriel Bowser…
Read MoreFAMILY: At-Risk Kids Get Life-Changing Help At Christian Schools, Study Finds
Most conversations, especially on Capitol Hill, about public versus private education focus, unfortunately, on the relative merits of the two systems in terms of test scores and job preparation, according to a new joint study by the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Not that doing well on the SAT…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Late Term Abortions Are Rare, Limiting Them Will Only Hurt Women
It’s one of those axioms of contemporary conventional wisdom that partial-birth and late-term abortions are extremely rare, and thus not something with which policymakers at the federal and state level need be concerned. Imposing limitations on these procedures will only hurt women and open the door to repealing womens’ rights across the entire spectrum of…
Read MoreMY STORY: Jesus’ First Disciples Followed Him ‘Immediately;’ But Me, I Had To Be Fired, Twice
When Jesus called his first four disciples, He simply said “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men,” according to the Gospel of Matthew (4:18-22). Note the reaction of the four men. Matthew tells us they each “immediately” dropped what they were doing and followed Jesus. They left behind their way of making…
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