No topic is more fraught in American life than the relationship between religion and politics. Someone’s understanding of the American experiment often hinges upon their understanding of how the two relate: Is America a mostly secular nation that should eschew religious influence? Or, does religion play an important role in America’s legacy in terms of …
Continue...Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Schumer, and Minority Leader McCarthy: Thank you for your hard work on passing previous COVID-19 relief packages. I’m grateful for your efforts and your dedication to assisting others during this time of crisis. While those packages include many provisions to aid people who have been affected by the crisis, there …
Continue...Last week, the Congress passed and the president signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 (or CARES Act) into law. This bipartisan bill is the largest economic relief package in American history. At $2.2 trillion dollars, the stimulus package seeks to aid hospitals, local governments, and businesses in the …
Continue...Institutions in American public life are not what they used to be. National organizations like political parties and the news media have changed in dramatic ways in their influence on our lives. Political journalist Jon Ward noticed this change a few years ago and began exploring why it is happening and what people are doing …
Continue...In this episode, Josh, Lindsay, and Brent talk about the spread of the Coronavirus, Justin Bieber on faith, the state of the Democratic primary, and some fun news from this week in culture. Lindsay also gives a rundown of this week’s ERLC content including Catherine Parks on the life of George Liele, an excerpt from Jason …
Continue...In this episode, Josh, Lindsay, and Brent talk about the Democratic debate in Nevada, the Boy Scouts filing for bankruptcy, Utah’s move to de-criminalize polygamy, and new research on the top concerns for evangelical pastors in the United States. Lindsay also gives a rundown of this week’s ERLC content including an interview Jeff Pickering did …
Continue...Jeff Pickering from the ERLC’s policy staff recently invited two former White House staffers, Josh Deckard and Michael Wear, to the Leland House for a conversation about civility and working in politics in Washington, D.C. Jeff Pickering: Where are you from? And when did you move to Washington, D.C.? Josh Deckard: I’m from Cincinnati, Ohio, …
Continue...Recently, I was returning from an overseas trip that had a seven-hour layover in Philadelphia. So my colleagues and I took the opportunity to visit one of my favorite landmarks in the entire country, Independence Hall. It’s hard to enter its hallowed halls and not swell with pride. Yet, this was the first time …
Continue...Happy Valentine’s Day! In this episode, Josh, Lindsay, and Brent talk about the Oscars, the rebirth of the XFL, the latest on the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and the status of the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary. Lindsay also gives a rundown of this week’s ERLC content including an article from Prison Fellowship’s Heather Rice-Minus on Christians and …
Continue...The much anticipated 2020 Iowa Democratic Caucus became an unmitigated electoral mess as the first in the nation contest remained unresolved a day before the New Hampshire primary. Brent Leatherwood joins Jeff Pickering and Steven Harris to talk about what happened, what’s next, and how Christians can be salt and light in a polarized partisan …
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