Jonathan Becker
Chicago
June 2007 Associate of The Month, Panera Bread, Concord, CA
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Jonathan Becker
Russell Brand’s conviction and a Christian response
Comedian and actor Russel Brand, accompanied by his wife Laura Brand, arrives at Southwark Crown Court where he is charged with counts of rape and sexual assault against six women, which he has denied, in London, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Comedian and actor Russel Brand, accompanied by his wife Laura Brand, arrives at Southwark Crown Court where he is charged with counts of rape and sexual assault against six women, which he has denied, in London, Monday, Oct.
Teaching Havel in Kyiv: Lessons From Ukraine for Trump’s America Original
It was 9 a.m. in Kyiv, and I showed up at class ready to teach Vaclav Havel’s “The Power of the Powerless,” his celebrated 1978 essay about totalitarian control, but was feeling rough around the edges because I had been in a bomb shelter until 5:30 a.m. that morning. So had my students. This was my first time back in Ukraine for more than 30 years. I had previously come in Ukraine’s first year of independence in 1992.
Why study of the Old Testament is essential for the New Testament
Old Testament. By BillionPhotos.com/stock.adobe.com Old Testament. By BillionPhotos.com/stock.adobe.com Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... How often is it that you go into church on a Sunday or Wednesday and the sermon/study series is on a book in the New Testament? For many, this is a typical occurrence. These series often focus on a Gospel or one of Paul’s epistles. But why not a book in the Old Testament?
The Dangers of Kathryn Krick and the New Apostolic Reformation
woman worshiping by Chris/stock.adobe.com woman worshiping by Chris/stock.adobe.com Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Over the last few months, social media has been circulating countless videos of Kathryn Krick’s teaching and “healing” videos. There are long-form and short-form videos of her healing people, leading some to believe that she is divinely anointed. In other videos, she claims to have direct prophetic revelation from God.
What Gen-Z is telling the contemporary church
Students studying and chatting on church steps By Zamrznuti tonovi/stock.adobe.com Students studying and chatting on church steps By Zamrznuti tonovi/stock.adobe.com Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As a disclaimer for the readers, I am a student minister and attend both contemporary and traditional services each Sunday. I am blessed to have each style of worship where I serve, both of which I deeply appreciate.
Congressional Oversight Is Moving Faster Than GCs Can React
There is a classic Wayne Gretzky insight that applies, with uncomfortable precision, to corporate political risk: the great ones skate to where the puck is going, not to where it is. Most general counsel are well-positioned for the risks they know—Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement, Department of Justice (DOJ) inquiries, civil litigation. Those proceedings are structured, bounded, and governed by recognizable rules.
Congressional Oversight Is Moving Faster Than GCs Can React
Mayer Brown are most popular: within Compliance, Government and Public Sector topic(s) There is a classic Wayne Gretzky insight that applies, with uncomfortable precision, to corporate political risk: the great ones skate to where the puck is going, not to where it is. Most general counsel are well-positioned for the risks they know—Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement, Department of Justice (DOJ) inquiries, civil litigation.
Supreme Court Strikes Down Limits On Political Party Coordinated Expenditures
Mayer Brown are most popular: within Compliance and Law Practice Management topic(s) On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court issued a consequential 6-3 ruling in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission (“NRSC”), striking down Federal Election Campaign Act (“FECA”) limits on political party coordinated expenditures with political candidates.
President Trump Signs Two Executive Orders on Quantum Computing and Accelerated Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration
On June 22, 2026, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders related to quantum technology and federal technology and cybersecurity policy: Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation (the “Quantum Innovation Order”) and a companion order, Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks (the “PQC Order”).
Should Christians use The Passion Translation?
Open bible on a wooden table. Magnifier by amdre100/stock.adobe.com Open bible on a wooden table. Magnifier by amdre100/stock.adobe.com Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
How literally should Christians read the Bible?
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It is common for Christians to debate how to read Scripture. Some argue to read it purely literally, and some argue to read it mostly figuratively; so, where should believers draw the line? The truth in this instance is in the middle, as both are required to read Scripture accurately. Often, this is by no means a simple task, as it demands reading and seeing different biblical passages in their original contexts.
How to disagree better on the role of women in ministry
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There are rarely days when people fail to see negativity in the news media. Whether it be about wars, murder, assaults, conflicts, or a plethora of other saddening events, negativity seems to always be looming. It often feels as if life in 2026 is not about thriving but simply about surviving. This is even true of those within the faith. The news media loves to pit Christian vs Christian, denomination vs denomination, and tradition vs tradition. Why?
Congressional Affairs Quarterly Update: Q1 Review And Q2 Outlook
Jonathan H. Becker’s articles from Mayer Brown are most popular: within International Law topic(s) Both Chambers of Congress left Washington for a two-week recess with the government partially shuttered, an ever-evolving conflict in Iran, and a tariff regime in legal limbo.
Congressional Affairs Quarterly Update: Q1 Review and Q2 Outlook
Both Chambers of Congress left Washington for a two-week recess with the government partially shuttered, an ever-evolving conflict in Iran, and a tariff regime in legal limbo. The Supreme Court’s landmark IEEPA decision stripped the White House of its primary tariff authority, forcing a scramble across Sections 122, 232, and 301 to devise and implement policies to replace the IEEPA tariffs before Section 122 tariffs expire in July.
Trump Administration Announces Tariffs On Imported Patented Medication And Pharmaceutical Ingredients Under Section 232 Of The Trade Expansion Act Of 1962
MB Mayer Brown More Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes.
Trump Administration Announces Tariffs on Imported Patented Medication and Pharmaceutical Ingredients under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962
On April 2, 2026, exactly one year after the “Liberation Day” tariffs, President Donald Trump issued a Proclamation, “Adjusting Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients into the United States,” (the “Proclamation”) imposing sweeping tariffs on imported patented medications and active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”).
Commentary: New York colleges can do better by student voters
Credit: Getty Images. Pronto8000/Getty Images American democracy is in trouble. According to Harvard’s annual Youth Poll, a mere 6% of American youth view U.S. democracy as healthy. At the same time, the United States has a youth voting problem. In 2024, voter turnout among 18- to 24-year-olds was only 47.7%, 27 points behind the 65+ age group (74.7%). The gap was a whopping 40 points in the 2022 midterms, with just over a quarter (27.6%) of 18- to 24-year-olds voting.
The Theatre Within
By my late teens I was fascinated with the Rolleiflex twin- lens camera. A simple, fixed lens refined over decades, it seemed the perfect instrument to interpret the eye’s field of vision. I became convinced this elegant tool could translate lived experience into photographs that mattered. New York in the early 1970s was my classroom.
Bipartisan Housing Reform Advances In The Senate
Last week, the Senate Banking Committee unanimously passed the ROAD to Housing Act of 2025. The legislation, designed to address affordability concerns and supply shortages in the housing market, is the first bipartisan housing bill considered by the Committee in over a decade. It now heads to the Senate floor with the strong bipartisan support of all 24 senators on the Banking Committee.
Bipartisan Housing Reform Advances in the Senate
Last week, the Senate Banking Committee unanimously passed the . The legislation, designed to address affordability concerns and supply shortages in the housing market, is the first bipartisan housing bill considered by the Committee in over a decade. It now heads to the Senate floor with the strong bipartisan support of all 24 senators on the Banking Committee.
Posting is mining, read this article to understand the tokenized forum subs.fun combined with AI agent
Author: Fairy, ChainCatcher In the context of centralized platforms dominating user attention and squeezing the profits of content creators, subs.fun came into being, trying to reawaken the original ideal of the Internet: to build a community-driven, value-shared network universe.
Inside Graydon Carter’s Downtown NYC Duplex
For all that’s been written about design and architecture, relatively little ink has been spilled on the subject of storage units. They tend to be dismissed as backwaters of impulse, dingy pens filled with the lame beasts we collect in our travels but never cull. And anyone who’s had to keep his life’s possessions in such a place has probably had to fend off that nasty little cough of a word: hoarder.
Senate Unanimously Holds Corporate Executive in Contempt of Congress for Failing to Comply with a Committee Subpoena | JD Supra
On September 25, the US Senate held a corporate CEO in criminal contempt of Congress after he refused to comply with a subpoena to appear at a congressional hearing. Three days later, the company announced his resignation. This is the Senate’s first criminal contempt resolution in over 50 years and serves as a stark reminder of the perils facing companies, and their executives, that are entangled in a congressional investigation.
Senate Unanimously Holds Corporate Executive In Contempt Of Congress For Failing To Comply With A Committee Subpoena
On September 25, the US Senate held a corporate CEO in criminal contempt of Congress after he refused to comply with a subpoena to appear at a congressional hearing. Three days later, the company announced his resignation. This is the Senate's first criminal contempt resolution in over 50 years and serves as a stark reminder of the perils facing companies, and their executives, that are entangled in a congressional investigation.
A Primer On The Budget Reconciliation Process
As we await the outcome of the upcoming US elections, we know that whoever controls the White House and Congress will confront one of the biggest tax debates in US history in 2025. It is possible that one party wins full control of the White House and both Houses of Congress.
A Primer on the Budget Reconciliation Process
As we await the outcome of the upcoming US elections, we know that whoever controls the White House and Congress will confront one of the biggest tax debates in US history in 2025. It is possible that one party wins full control of the White House and both Houses of Congress.
What Does the Narrowing Republican House Majority Mean for Congressional Investigations? | JD Supra
Two developments last week threaten to weaken Republican control over the investigative agenda of the US House of Representatives. First, House Republicans’ narrow majority continues to shrink, with Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP, announcing he will leave Congress in mid-April. Second, a Republican member threatened to use a procedural tactic to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
What Does the Narrowing Republican House Majority Mean for Congressional Investigations?
Two developments last week threaten to weaken Republican control over the investigative agenda of the US House of Representatives. First, House Republicans’ narrow majority continues to shrink, with Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP, announcing he will leave Congress in mid-April. Second, a Republican member threatened to use a procedural tactic to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
Commentary: New York mandated on-campus voting, which hasn’t happened
In 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul passed legislation designed to address low youth voter turnout and decades of discrimination against college students by mandating polling places on college campuses with 300 or more registered voters. With the March 15 deadline for poll site assignments for this fall’s national election, the time is now to make the law’s promise a reality.
7 pasos para reparar una sociedad comercial dañada
Muchas personas saben por dolorosa experiencia personal que las asociaciones comerciales, por muy prometedoras que sean, pueden llegar a un punto de conflicto e incluso de acritud. De hecho, entre el 50 y el 80% de las asociaciones fracasan en los primeros años.
US Congressional Investigations Continue to Pick Up Steam as 2024 Begins | JD Supra
As the 2024 legislative session commences, Congress is poised to focus on conducting investigations of not only the Biden administration but also the private sector. With most legislative activity largely stalled until after the election in November, Congress’ attention will naturally gravitate to investigations. Already this year, congressional committees have ramped up several ongoing investigations and signaled new investigations of several industries.
7 Steps to Repair a Damaged Business Partnership
Many people know from painful personal experience that business partnerships, however promising they may start, can come to a place of conflict and even acrimony. In fact, some 50 to 80% of partnerships fail in the first few years. Many partners fail to address these problems constructively, either due to plain old conflict avoidance or hoping the problems will go away, or they prepare to go to battle. Either of these extremes have significant risk and could make things worse.
The US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA): Key Issues to Watch in 2024 | JD Supra
With recent high-profile prosecutions continuing to draw attention to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and related political laws, and a number of notable announcements by Department of Justice (DOJ) officials at a recent conference for practitioners,1 we anticipate continued focus on this enforcement area in 2024. This Legal Update details several issues to watch for. 1.
Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act Raises Fees, Adds Foreign Subsidy Disclosure Requirements, and Lets State Antitrust Enforcers Keep Their Cases at Home
This week, the US Congress is expected to raise premerger filing fees, add new disclosure requirements for companies with ties to certain foreign entities, and make it easier for state antitrust enforcers to keep their cases at home. The provisions of the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 (the “Merger Modernization Act”) are part of the 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill that Congress released on Monday, December 19, 2022. The bill is expected to pass later this week.
Peter Marino, the Architect King of NYC’s Fifth Avenue
MOST READ STYLE PETER MARINO, THE world-famous architect, invites me to sit on a bench in his Southampton garden, facing a large early eighteenth-century stone fountain. He found it at a small auction in Bordeaux a few years back, when he was busy working on a couple of vineyards in the region. “I fell in love with it, and I knew I had to bring it here,” Marino says. “And yes, the logistics were complex, but it was worth it.” Indeed, it was.
Iconic Vogue editor Andre Leon Talley dies at age 73
Andre Leon Talley, who became known across the world as an iconic editor at Vogue Magazine, has died according to reports. Talley was known as a singular figure for years, working as a Black editor in high-fashion. He developed close relationships with designers like Karl Lagerfeld as well as editor in chief Anna Wintour among others. Talley was lead force in Vogue’s success in the 1980s and 90s, working his way to becoming the news director from 1983-87 before becoming creative director in 1988.
How to Rent Out Four of the Most Exclusive Private Islands on Earth
Picture this: you’re laid out on a totally secluded white sand beach with an unobstructed view of the Caribbean and a drink in hand. It’s quiet, with the exception of a few of your closest friends conversing nearby or your kids splashing in the waves. There’s no one else around for miles, save for the employees at the resort you’re staying at. In fact, there are no other guests on the entire island — just you and the company you’ve chosen to keep.
Jonathan Becker column: To achieve digital equity in education, students need policymakers on their side
Jonathan Becker column: To achieve digital equity in education, students need policymakers on their side 1 of 2 In August 2017, Daniel Morris, a science teacher at CodeRVA Regional High School, charged computers for his students.
The Biden Infrastructure Plan: Where Do We Go From Here? | JD Supra
On March 31, the Biden Administration released its much-anticipated American Jobs Plan (the “AJP”), which outlines $2.3 trillion of proposed spending on not only traditional infrastructure programs, but also climate change, housing, drinking water, workforce development, manufacturing, telecommunications, and elderly care measures. It also includes a substantial increase in corporate taxes to pay for the proposal.
Commentary: Remove obstacles to student vote
College should be the most transformative years in a student’s life. But now, in addition to mastering remote learning in the midst of a global pandemic, students have had to try to figure out how to make their ballots count this fall. Evidence has shown that while young voters historically vote at lower rates, their interest in voting has grown overwhelmingly in the last several years.
Huntsville Picture Show – Air Mail
Jonathan Becker’s glamorous portraits of Gloria Vanderbilt complement her paintings in a sprawling display at Alabama’s Huntsville Museum of Art October 24, 2020 Reading Time: 2 minutes Once Wernher von Braun spearheaded the American rocket program after World War II in Huntsville, Alabama, the sleepy southern town theretofore known as the “Watercress Capital of the World” was endowed with a modern calling and a vast new source of wealth.
January 4, 2020 - Air Mail
14 H.R.H. Princess Maria Carolina de Bourbon des Deux Siciles, 2019, photographed by Daniel Paik. The debs of le Bal 2019. From left: Lavinia L.
How the Fourth Aga Khan Balances Spiritual Muslim Leadership with a Multi-billionaire Lifestyle
It’s a long way from Buckingham Palace to Timbuktu, Mali. There, His Highness recently restored the mud walls of the 14th-century Djingereyber Mosque, the oldest earthen building in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last decade, he’s also made vital improvements in Mali’s educational system and in nearly every sector of its infrastructure, including water, electricity, aviation, agriculture, health, and education. He prefers to take this “area-based approach” to development, as he calls it.
Inside Elaine's kitchen by Jonathan Becker
Elaine’s was a form of inheritance to me, and I didn’t squander it. Both my mother and my father were part of an intellectual and theatrical New York culture – intelligentsia, literati, glitterati, whatever – that made the city glow in the Sixties and Seventies. At night, Elaine’s was the vaunted, magnetic epicenter of this scene.
Meet the Cultural Illuminati Guarding France’s Most Sacrosanct Asset: The French Language
When you’re known as “the immortals,” as are the 40 members of the Académie Française, it’s hard to take yourselves lightly. Over the course of five centuries, 732 of them have walked the earth and reigned as the guardians of France’s most sacrosanct asset: its language. A linguistic secret service, if you like, they project an almost priestly aura when they don their habits verts—long black cloaks embroidered with leafy-green botanical motifs—accessorized with elaborate ceremonial swords.
Richard Whelan on the imagined escapades of photojournalist Robert Capa
RW: They were devoted to each other, yes. Bob Capa did everything he could to encourage Cornell, to inspire him, and Cornell, for his part, was very proficient technically very early on. He helped his brother to master the art of flash, for instance. Then Cornell came to New York before Bob Capa. Also Cornell spoke English, so he adapted much more easily to America.
Could Republican Senator Rand Paul Win the White House?
Tough talk and fearless politics have made Senator Rand Paul a leader in the Republican Party. Could he—and his charming, secret-weapon wife, Kelley—win the White House? On a sunny Saturday in July, Rand Paul and his wife, Kelley Ashby, are taking a long drive across Kentucky horse country.
The Manners Sisters Are Real-Life Crawley Sisters of London
Full ScreenPhotos: Inside Belvoir Castle with the Manners Sisters Ladies Eliza, Alice, and Violet Manners in the Elizabeth Saloon of Belvoir Castle, their family home, in Leicestershire, England. Photo: Photograph by Jonathan Becker. Belvoir Castle, comprising 356 rooms, has been the family seat for the Earls and Dukes of Rutland since 1509. Photo: Photograph by Jonathan Becker. The Duchess of Rutland in the upstairs gallery. Photo: Photograph by Jonathan Becker. The entrance to the duke’s quarters.
At Home in Provence with David Linley, the Earl of Snowdon
David Linley, the second Earl of Snowdon (right), and son Charles, at Château d’Autet, in Provence, with their vintage Citroën Deux Chevaux, Tintin.
Marina Abramović Asked Her Birthday-Party Guests Not to Speak for 70 Whole Minutes
On Thursday night, Marina Abramovi? celebrated her 70th birthday—and the publication of her memoir, Walk Through Walls (Crown Archetype)—at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. This being a birthday party for the Yugoslavian-born grandmother of performance art, some participation was required. For the first half of the evening, dubbed “Silence,” guests were given noise-canceling headphones and told to refrain from verbal communication until they heard a gong.
Show More
loading
Actions
Is this you?
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.Get in touch with Jonathan
Contact Jonathan, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack