Cherie Harder’s daily work proves that at least some of Washington’s leading thinkers deserve the reputation, despite the punditry. Harder, 41, is president of the Trinity Forum, a nonprofit institute for “classical executive education,” where participants engage with life’s deepest questions. Harder is also a veteran of Capitol Hill, where she served as policy adviser to then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, and the White House, where she was first lady Laura Bush’s director of policy and projects. In a conversation with The Washington Examiner, she shared her thoughts on faith and the lasting importance of the humanities.