Imagine two people are crouched at the beginning of a track, ready to race. The starting pistol fires and they both take off. They each have an individual desire to win, but in this race only one of them has an additional driving force causing them to run faster: an angry bear. Who do you …
“To govern is to choose.” This was President John Kennedy’s succinct description of his job and the innumerable decisions about what government programs to fund, whether to go to war, who should benefit from tax cuts, and every other area touched by the federal government. But before a president gets to make these choices, we choose …
If you don’t feel like you have enough to read about the election, we’re here to help. We’ve got some articles on the general topic of the candidates’ views on religion and its role in government. Plus a few on adjacent topics like the election’s possible impact on the Supreme Court. These should keep you …
Both Harris and Trump are beginning to make their closing arguments. Harris seems to be going more negative, attacking Trump on a variety of fronts. Trump may be reaching out to his evangelical base more than he has been, though it’s difficult to tell with him. Last Monday he spoke to a large group of …
Heretic on the Hill: A Tale of Two Campaign Speeches Read More »
While an extremely lengthy and often frustrating read, there is much to analyze and learn from Project 2025 and its authors’ writing strategies. Cleverly using semantics throughout Project 2025, the authors somewhat successfully mask the fundamental reasoning behind, and severity of, many of their proposed solutions. Of course, given the widely negative news coverage across …
From the Intern Desk: The Camouflaging Semantics of Project 2025 Read More »
The Secular Coalition for America (SCA), in collaboration with its 20 coalition partners, has penned a letter refuting several inaccuracies in Senator Josh Hawley’s essay, “The Christian Nationalism We Need.” Contrary to his claims, the Founding Fathers did not endorse a Christian nation, Christian nationalism poses a danger to our democracy, and a lack of …
Addressing Senator Hawley’s Essay on Christian Nationalism Read More »
A quick Project 2025 update: The director of the project, Paul Dans, announced he was stepping down from the Heritage Foundation. This marks the end of the “policy operations” phase according to news reports. Which makes sense; 920 pages of conservative policy recommendations really seems like enough. Dans’ resignation is something of a response to …
Heretic on the Hill: From Washington to the Real World and Back Read More »
Donald Trump mentioned God nine times in his speech last week. Some of them were perfunctory like “God bless the United States of America,” but others were more personal. “If the events of last Saturday make anything clear, it is that every single moment we have on Earth is a gift from God.” “I stand …
Heretic on the Hill: The Last Person Who Should Get Religion Read More »
The following collection of quotes from Project 2025 includes all the significant mentions of religion, faith-based organizations, and even the Sabbath. It shows how religion, specifically “Judeo-Christian” religion, guides much of what Project 2025 proposes to change and/or eliminate in the federal agencies. The section on the Department of Health and Human Services even has …
On debate night Donald Trump and President Biden were tied in the national polls at 41 percent, with Kennedy at 9 percent (!), according to pretty good polling website fivethirtyeight.com. Today it’s Trump 42, Biden 40, and Kennedy almost at 10 percent (I’ve been rounding). So Biden hurt himself in the debate, but not enough for it …
Heretic on the Hill: Making the Swamp Great Again for Christians Read More »
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