HillFaith Blog: Good News for Hill Staffers
Welcome to HillFaith:Good News for Hill Staffers! This is where you’ll find two types of content:
First, fact-driven, thoroughly researched and often highly personalized Christian apologetics. Second, news and analyses about working on the Hill, including things like who's being promoted, what are the best (and worst!) offices to work for, salary information, and much else.
Here at HillFaith, we appreciate the importance, the challenges and the complexities of the work you do we are passionate about being a positive, informative resource for those in the trenches.
Most importantly, we want to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He is alive and He is "the way, the truth and the life." He is also the key to living the abundant life. Not materially, but in the Truth that sets you forever free.
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions, New Hires, Big Promotions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM JAMES SINGER is now Communications Director for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Before hitching up with the New York Democratic lawmaker, Singer was Rapid Response Director/Senior Adviser to former Vice-President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign in 2024. James earned his BA in Political Science from the University of Arizona. HANNAH…
IRREDUCIBLE MIND: Why Can’t You Hold Your Five Best Childhood Memories in Your Hands?
(9:22 VIEWING) — Grab a piece of paper and a pen — or open a new tab in Word or Safari and grab your mouse — then take a little time to think of the five best memories of your life. Got’em? Bet that put some smiles on your face! Okay, now, write or type…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: John Adams on the ‘Grand Scene’ of America’s Settlement
(QUICK READ) — It was in 1765 — a dozen years before the Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence he helped Thomas Jefferson compose — that John Adams drafted his “Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law.” He was at the time a successful young attorney practicing in Boston. It was in this dissertation…
WHAT ABOUT: Mushrooms and the Wood Wide Web
(10:24 VIEWING) — Mention mushrooms to a lot of folks these days and they will immediately think of a certain kind that when consumed can produce a condition known as being “baked.” But the reality of the mushroom in nature is vastly more amazing and fascinating than anything anybody ever encountered in the course of…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: 80 Percent of Hill Aides Say Keep the Senate Filibuster
(QUICK READ) — A super majority of congressional aides representing both political parties think the Senate filibuster should be preserved, indicating the presence of an unexpected traditional conservative perspective on the importance of long-standing legislative processes. Fully 82 percent of the Republican aides responding to the latest CNCT Capitol Pulse survey of congressional aides said…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions, New Hires, Big Promotions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM EMMA FRAYBERG moves into her first full-time position on a congressional staff, serving as Scheduler/Executive Assistant to Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.). Previously, Emma was an Intern for Rep. Keith Stauber (R-Minn.) and Rep. Tom Kean (R-NJ). She was awarded a BA in Legal Studies and an MA in…
BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW: Grokipedia is the New Alternative to Wikipedia
(THREE MNUTE READ) — Over at Science & Culture, Denyse O’Leary compares how Wikipedia and its new Elon Musk-backed rival, Grokipedia, handle the issue of fine-tuning aka Intelligent Design (ID), and her conclusion is the latter does a far better job of describing ID. By Denyse O’Leary All encyclopedias have their biases but Wikipedia, consulted…
CONSIDER THIS: How We Can Be Sure The Resurrected Jesus Really Existed
(13:28 VIEWING) — A perennial criticism of the Gospel accounts of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is that some number of years elapsed between the time Mark wrote the book bearing his name and that of John, who wrote his book approximately two decades later. According to critics of the Bible, that…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Thomas Jefferson on God, the Mind of Man and Religious Freedom
(QUICK READ) — “Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion … No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to…
MIRACLES BY DESIGN: Why the Leaves Fall Year After Year
(7:20 VIEWING) — This is the time of year when the leaves on the trees turn from green to multiple shades of red, yellow, brown and gold in a process that is so familiar that it is easily taken for granted as literally just part of the scenery. But, as with so much else in…