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TODAY: Should Israel put its trust in an Iron Dome? / A day of decision for Anglicans -- Women Bishops? / Hindu congresswomen to take oath on Bhagavad Gita / Judge grants injunction in contraception mandate case. I discuss all these and more in today ...
TODAY: Conflict between Hamas and Israel intensifies / Monarchy out of step in the modern world / Mail order ordination in a secular age / The Twinkie goes the way of the Studebaker -- extinct. I discuss all these and more in today's edition of The B ...
TODAY: Violence in the Middle East and the future of Israel / A moral crisis in the military? / Why is adultery still a crime? / Another step toward designer babies, and another threat to the unborn. I discuss all these and more in today's edition of ...
TODAY: Social engineering in Sweden means toddlers can't say "him" and "her" / France debates same-sex marriage, eliminates "mother" and "father" / Turkey's Islamist turn, ten years later. I discuss all these and more in today's edition of The Briefi ...
TODAY: Has America made a great moral shift? / How democracies decide divisive questions. / Was Gen. Petraeus a victim of "Sexual McCarthyism?" / When Football and fatherhood collide. I discuss all these and more in today's edition of The Briefing: ...
Let me warn you right up front -- my goal is to change the way you think about leadership. I do not aim merely to add one more voice to the conversation about leadership, I want fundamentally to change the way leadership is understood and practiced. ...
TODAY: Adultery in the digital age, worldview and demographics strike again, teenagers ready to vote, religious liberty undermined, and a new reason to elope. I discuss all these and more in today's edition of The Briefing: A Daily Analysis of News a ...
TODAY: So, adultery does matter, a new law "vexes" the porn industry, Norway's mass murderer complains of "inhumane" treatment, and Germany decides to subsidize moms and export grandmothers. I discuss all these and more in today's edition of The Brie ...
TODAY: A new Archbishop of Canterbury, Jared Loughner sentenced to life in prison, Mormonism after the election, can the law make us decent? I discuss all these and more in today's edition of The Briefing: A Daily Analysis of News and Events from a C ...
TODAY: A revealing (and troubling) portrait of America in the 2012 election data, Obama's "rainbow coalition," the conservative gender gap, same-sex marriage, assisted suicide, and the U.S. election viewed from China. I discuss all these and more in ...