by Amanda Read Sheik | Jul 3, 2014 | Journal, Literary Projects, Politics
I have been a writer of the reticent sort in the blogosphere for some time now. I will henceforth make an effort to share a bit more knowledge and creativity and inspiration as it comes to me, rather than holding back in scorn of this...
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 | Dec 7, 2013 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities
Dr. Benjamin Carson brings a surgeon’s hand and eye to the health care debate…read my report in The Washington Times Communities.
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 22, 2013 | Comedy, Dramatizing History, Filmmaking, Journal, Politics
Eight years ago, my sister Rachel and I made a cassette tape about George Washington for fun (yes, this is what teenage Read girls did for fun…in the era when I made a portrait of George Washington the desktop background on our computer). We organized a...