Past Episodes

Friday, Feb. 9, 2018

PART I As Pyeongchang Olympics begin, politics is never far from the front line

PART II Bermuda makes history becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage, then abolish it

PART III International assessors are now coming for American kindergarteners

PART IV Why the new Gerber baby is a cause for celebration and a reminder of the work we have to do

Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018

PART I Drama in both the House and Senate as Congress considers budget deal and DACA fix

PART II Lessons from Poland: Why trying to shut down an argument almost always intensifies an argument

PART III Gloria Copeland says you should not ‘receive’ the flu. Why that doesn’t mean you won’t get it

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018

PART I An imaginary memo reveals a troubling reality about the politicization of abortion

PART II A very dangerous debate about emotional health and abortion

PART III Can we still make a distinction between those worthy of government and welfare and those who are not?

PART IV A maelstrom over a motto at the Veterans Administration

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018

PART I Why divorce is never easy, despite the promise of one new website

PART II Father-daughter dances as the next casualty of the sexual revolution

PART III The real story of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood: What parents may have missed behind the benign moral messaging

PART IV Do The Simpsons predict the future?

Monday, Feb. 5, 2018

PART I Major religious liberty issues in new higher education legislation fly under the radar

PART II The Pope bows to Communist leaders in Beijing

PART III Why you can add the word “poemish” to your vocabulary list

Friday, Feb. 2, 2018

PART I Why a referendum in Ireland tells us a great deal about our place in the modern world

PART II Secular authority tells American evangelicals that the future is going to require “theological flexibility”

PART III Modern culture refuses to make absolute moral judgments about sex, but not about money

Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018

PART I Yale offers a course on happiness which the professor suggests students should take pass-fail

PART II Adult happiness linked to Research indicates adult happiness is linked to marriage in a way it is not linked to cohabitation

PART III Signs of the times as our society is increasingly dabbing, dropping, and doping

Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018

PART I On the most important of all political stages President Trump strikes a different note, even as there are few surprises

PART II New debates about homeschooling take on a new urgency

PART III As Murphy Brown returns we have to ask, “Will she even be interesting today?”

Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018

PART I What’s at stake in historic vote in the United States Senate on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

PART II How science is used in today’s contentious cultural debates

PART III State of the Union preview: What to watch for as President Trump addresses joint session of Congress

Monday, Jan. 29, 2018

PART I Planned Parenthood loses its leader in pushing the culture of death

PART II Reality sets in among Americans on question of LGBT rights

PART III Lament over divorcing sex from love falls tragically short

PART IV Florida legislators consider bill declaring pornography a public health problem

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