Archive for February 3, 2022
WORKING ON THE HILL: Should Congressional Aides Get a COLA?
Social Security recipients receive annual Cost-of-Living-Adjustments (COLA) that are often the subject of congressional action, debate and correspondence. Some corporations provide salary COLAs for some or all of their employees. But what about COLAs for the 20,000 or so mostly younger men and women who work on Capitol Hill for an individual senator or representative’s…
Read MoreIrreducible Complexity, the Incredible Miracle of DNA and Intelligent Design
When Charles Darwin wrote “The Origin of the Species” in 1859, the conventional wisdom held that the single-cell ameba was the original starting point in the evolutionary development of life on Earth. The conventional wisdom of the mid-19th Century also held that the single-cell ameba was quite simple, hardly more than a tiny glob of…
Read MoreSTAFF NEWS: People Are Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week!
Courtesy of Legistorm: JAMES BUCKLEY moves into the Legislative Correspondent slot for Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), after serving a stint as a Staff Assistant. James is a 2020 University of Kansas graduate in Political Science and Journalism. KATHY ZHU is now handling Scheduler duties for Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas). Kathy formerly was a Political Analyst…
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