Archive for May 2024
HILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: GEOFF MACLEAY takes up shop as Chief Counsel for Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). Before making this move up, Geoff was Counsel to the North Carolina lawmaker. Geoff is a 2007 graduate of the Emory University School of Law and received his BA in History and Political Science in 2004 from Tulane University.…
Read MoreTESTIMONIES: College Professor Went From Apatheism to Knowing Jesus Christ as Her Savior
If you don’t think there is a God and religion is totally irrelevant to the course of your daily life, then you may well be somebody who practices Apatheism. That is, you don’t believe in God, but it’s not something you spend much time thinking about, either. Mary Jo Sharp today is an Assistant Professor…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Does the Bible Endorse Polygamy?
In a word, the answer to the question posed in the headline above is a resounding “No” and one need look no further than the consequences of polygamy in the life of King Solomon and Israel to see why. But critics of the Bible as the inspired Word of God and defenders of alternative lifestyles…
Read MoreLincoln’s Prayer for America on This National Day of Prayer
“Honest Abe” Lincoln surveyed the wreckage of the American republic during one of the low points of the Civil War in April 1863 and was moved to issue a proclamation encouraging every American to get on their knees and pray for the salvation of the country. Lincoln’s prayerful appeal to the Almighty is as relevant…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: Which Party Pays Better on Capitol Hill?
Republicans, at least according to the longstanding stereotype, represent “the party of the rich,” while Democrats represent Joe Blow. But if that stereotype still has any relevance, why does the data show GOP Hill aides make less, on average, than staffers on the other side? That’s what Legistorm’s Katura Hetrick found in a recent analysis…
Read MoreWHAT ABOUT? That Psalm That Critics Claim Glorifies ‘Dashing Babies’ on Rocks?
There is an Old Testament passage that is not infrequently cited by critics of Christianity as evidence that God cann0t be all-good or all-just since He encouraged the Israelites to dash the babies of their enemies on rocks to kill them. Here’s the passage, which is Psalm 137:8-9: “O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: QUINN HIRSCH moves into the Policy Advisor slot on the personal staff of Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). Previously, Quinn was a Management and Program Adviser for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She earned her BA in Public Health from American University. MARYSOL IBARRA is the new Communications Director for Rep. Norma…
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