Today on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), I return from vacation to find my friend Kevin McCullough on the road. Instead, we’ll discuss the intersection of politics and faith with Jay Richards, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, a Contributing Editor of The American at the American Enterprise Institute, and author, most recently, of Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism is the Solution and Not the Problem. Jay will discuss the recent Patheos series on Jim Wallis and his own reporting on the funding of Sojourners, the left-leaning religious group attempting to bolster the faith credentials of liberals in politics. How involved has George Soros been in this effort? Jay will discuss it with us today.

In the second half, Jazz Shaw joins us for a quick update on the George Phillips campaign, and then to discuss two blog “scandals” in the news. Does payola threaten new regulation in the blogosphere? And should cities require a blog that sells ads to buy a business license?

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