Writer and researcher for Voice of Reason
Writer and researcher for Voice of Reason, the newsletter of Americans for Religious Liberty, and author of several books, including Religion at the Polls
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Albert J. Menendez
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FROM Albert J. Menendez
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Religious Diversity in 110th Congress Keith Ellison of Minnesota is now well known as the first Muslim elected to Congress. Despite some complaints, he'll take the oath tomorrow on the Koran. Less well known is the growing religious diversity of Congress as a whole. The House of Representatives will also seat its first two Buddhists— Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Hank Johnson of Georgia, an index of how Congress is changing.
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.
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Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?