Today Marvin Lansky is a prolific writer we are welcoming him back the author of more than 25 books including the latest which he will discuss with us today his political journey is unique he became an atheist and marxist in high school joining the communist party in the seventies at the university working on his phd with a spiritual awakening then joined the church in 1976 the founder of the Presbyterian Church in austin texas 1992 after college he taught journalism for more than 25 years and became a reporter to the yale daily news and the boston globe his first book garnered significantt attention and caught thed eye of the Bradley Foundation that supported his foundation at the Heritage Foundation one of the most wellknown works is the tragedy of american compassion turning him into a leaderia Newt Gingrich speaker of the house distributed to every republican member of the house at the time also to inspire the phrase conservativism he was urinstrumental in the success of where he i
Good afternoon and welcome to the Heritage Foundation, my name is rob bluey, Vice President of communications at heritage and executive editor of the daily said no. As a courtesy to the speaker spo become a habit to ask you silence your cell phone although dont turn them off, because we do encourage you to share on social media about todays program and to help us spread the word we are streaming on twitter and youtube and you can find it on the heritage beyond both of those channels and platforms. To introduce the guests today, Marvin Olasky is a prolific writer and accomplished editor. We are proud to welcome him back to the Heritage Foundation where he is a former visiting fellow in somebody that is a close friend of the organization. Hes the author of more than 25 books including his latest, reforming journalism, which he will discuss with us today. Marvins political journey is quite unique as he became an atheist marxist in high school and went on to join the communist party in the
The internet is our guest today, marvin olasky, were proud to welcome him back to its heritage where hes a visiting fellow in somebody whos a close friend of our organization. The author of 25 books including his latest, reforming journalism which he will talk about today. Marvin, his political journey is quite unique. As he became an atheistand a marxist in high school and went on to join the communist party in the 1970s. It was at the university of michigan when he had his phd when hehad a spiritual awakening and was baptized into the Presbyterian Church in 76. He later became the founder of the redeemer Presbyterian Church in austin texas in 1992. After college he taught journalism for 25 years at the university of texas at austin and became a regular yale daily news at the boston globe. Is for both garnered him significant attention the eye of the Bradley Foundation which supported his visiting fellowship right here at the Heritage Foundation for 2 years. One of his most wellknown
Of extra security inside and outside tonight National Security special event. Its still seven hours until the president s motorcade pulls up here to drop the president off so he can go up a floor and address the joint session. And in the crowd there will be some democratic lawmakers hoping to replace him. I hope the president says tonight that hes going to keep the government open. You know, on my way here yesterday, i spoke with tsa workers as i was going through security who wanted to know, is government gonna stay open . Am i going to continue to get a pay check . I have a federal employee coming tonight as we guest. We cant hold federal workers hostage for donted a trumps political gain. Reporter so democrats are going to try a put face to problems caused by government shutdowns right in front of the president. Dana . Dana peter, how are republicans going to try to support the president tonight . Reporter by bringing guests that they believe have been directly harmed, or their fami
WASHINGTON — U.S. House lawmakers will no longer be able to request earmarked funding for some nonprofits under a change in eligibility made by the Republican chairman of the Appropriations Committee on Thursday. The alteration is related to an uproar during last year’s annual government funding process, when House Republicans, who are in the majority, […] The post U.S. House GOP bars earmarks for certain non-profits, after controversy over LGBTQ projects appeared first on Indiana Capital Chroni