Archive for March 2025
HILL STAFF VIEWS: More Democratic Aides Say Harder to Advance Congressional Career Than Do GOPers
Nearly half of all the Democratic congressional aides responding to this recent CNCT Capitol Pulse Survey said they find “High Difficulty” in advancing their careers working on the Hill. Only 25 percent of the GOP aides gave the same response. As for whether it’s harder to advance as a Senate or a House aide, 35…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: PARKER BOGGS is the person you want to see if you have any scheduling questions involving Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.). Parker previously was an Intern for Rep. Carol Miller (R-Wisc.). He is a 2024 James Madison University graduate with a BA in Political Science and a BS in…
Read MoreSECRETS OF THE CELL (Episode 5): Purposeful Intelligence is the X Factor That Accounts for Life
(8:51 WATCH) – There is a well-known claim among evolutionary materialists that, given enough time, random mutation and natural selection will explain every thing about how life originated on Earth and elsewhere else. Even though it’s based upon chance combinations, given billions and billions of years, nobody should doubt that there is a direct line…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: A Massachusetts Declaration
(30-SECOND READ) — “It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly and at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme Being, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping God in the…
Read MoreCONSIDER THIS: Harvard/Tufts Biology Prof Says Goodbye to ‘Physicalism’
By Daniel Witt There’s a pattern you notice in science writing. Whenever a scientist is positing something he thinks is really far-out or paradigm-shaking, there will come a place in his writing when he stops and clarifies that he is not, of course, trying to cross The Line. He is not (of course!) saying that…
Read MoreMORNING JOE STAN: Two Boys, a Lost Lamp and a Dark Mine
(QUICK WATCH) — It’s 1915 and two young boys in North Carolina out exploring come upon the entrance to a cave. Being boys, they of course go into the cave and begin following it deeper and deeper into the Earth. Suddenly, the boy carrying the only lamp they have drops it and the light goes…
Read MoreHILL STAFF VIEWS: Trump Joint Session Address Got Mixed Reviews From Congressional Aides
(QUICK READ!) — Three quarters of the American people were quite impressed by President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night address to a joint session of Congress, but aides working for senators, representatives and congressional committees were far less impressed. Overall, 45 percent of respondents to this CNCT Capitol Pulse survey taken in the hours after the…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is Intelligent Design Science or Religion?
(SEVEN-MINUTE WATCH) — It may be the most frequently heard objection to the Intelligent Design (ID) school of thought regarding the origin of the universe and of life on this Earth – “ID is not science, it’s religion masquerading as science.” That objection is often offered along with another closely related one – “ID is…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: MICHELLE SCHEIN moves into dual roles as Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director for Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ). Michelle is in her ninth year working Capitol Hill, including her most recent previous stint as a Congressional Adviser in the State Department. She has an MA in Defense…
Read MoreSECRETS OF THE CELL (Episode 4): What If Random Mutations and Natural Selection Can’t Explain Life’s Origin?
(SEVEN-MINUTE WATCH) — How do you get to something from nothing? How does billions of years of chance combinations of characteristics that together don’t ensure survival, somehow stumble upon a combination that does contribute to survival? In the fourth episode of biochemist Michael Behe’s “Secrets of the Cell” video series, he addresses the fundamental questions…
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