by Amanda Read Sheik | Jun 6, 2014 | Reminiscences
A picture and letter from my great-grandfather Ross Bryan to great-grandmother Marguerite and their daughter Linda (my grandmother, Dad’s mother), when he was off at war. The letter reads: 27 Oct. 1944 Margie and Linda, I love you both with all my heart and hope...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Apr 15, 2014 | Journal, Politics, Style, World Views
My latest at Brenner Brief… Rendering unto Caesar in a progressive tax system Rather than say that taxes shouldn’t be paid at all, or that Caesar has a unlimited right of taxation, Christ put Caesar in his limited place. May the deductions be ever in your favor!...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Apr 1, 2014 | Appearances, Filmmaking, Politics, World Views
It’s no April Fool’s Day prank. Tune in tonight (8 P.M. Eastern, 7 P.M. Central) to hear Sara Marie Brenner and me discuss Phelim McAleer’s latest film project, a crowdfunded TV drama about abortionist Kermit Gosnell. www.SaraMarieBrenner.com/Radio...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 24, 2014 | Filmmaking, Journal, Politics
That’s a Doodle Knits scarf made by my sister Abigail that I’m wearing, by the way. It was quite the hit in National Harbor and Washington as we filmed interviews for Tea Party News Network at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference and an...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 24, 2014 | Filmmaking, Journal
That’s what we’ve heard a lot of around here as of late. It is an incredible moment as a writer to see the characters one has dreamed up and created come to life. There they are! View more photographs on our Facebook page, and check out the cast and crew...