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The Roundtable

9/23/26 Panel

By Joe Donahue
Published September 23, 2026 at 9:28 AM EDT
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are:

  • The Reverend Peter Cook - Principal, Faith in the Public Square and Co-Principal of The Religious Nationalisms Project.
  • Larissa Phillips - the founder and director of the Volunteer Literacy Project. She is also a columnist for The Free Press and a Greene County resident.
  • Robert Pondiscio - Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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