The Briefing 06-30-17

PART I Harry Potter at 20: What will be the legacy of J.K. Rowling's fantasy series 'Harry Potter'?

PART II The iPhone turns 10: Who owns whom? Do we own the iPhone, or does the iPhone own us?

PART III Religious liberty vs. sexual liberty: How "dignitary harm" could completely reshape the conversation

The Briefing 06-29-17

PART I The politics of abortion: 25 years ago today, SCOTUS handed down the infamous Casey decision

PART II Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has played an outsize role in America's culture wars

PART III Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards thinks she can change America's conscience on abortion. Will she?

PART IV Church of CrossFit? Why gyms and other secular communities are replacing church for many today

The Briefing 06-28-17

PART I Geographic virtue signaling: Four more 'discriminatory' states added to California's state travel ban

PART II 'No religion' now Australia's number one religion? No, but new census data reveals secularizing trend

PART III NPR highlights importance of fathers for children's well-being—are they listening to their own report?

The Briefing 06-27-17

PART I SCOTUS story #1: Big win for religious liberty as Supreme Court rules 7-2 in favor of Trinity Lutheran

PART II SCOTUS story #2: Unanimous Supreme Court decision upholds most of President Trump's travel ban

PART III SCOTUS story #3: SCOTUS reverses AR Supreme Court, disestablishing biology-based birth registration

PART IV SCOTUS story #4: Supreme Court to hear momentous gay wedding cake case on religious liberty next term

The Briefing 06-26-17

PART I A reversal of medical logic: Families are now suing doctors for saving the lives of their loved ones

PART II What our relationship with animals reveals to us about ourselves and the glory of God

PART III The surprising reason why the New York Times discontinued their "engagements" section in 1994

The Briefing 06-23-17

PART I The history of "Born this way" and why the LGBT movement is phasing it out as a slogan

PART II What does it say about the LGBT revolution that "Pride" events are now more corporate & less radical?

PART III Childhood redefined: Antidepressants for 6-year-olds, Botox for 8-year-olds, & no playing in the sand?

The Briefing 06-22-17

PART I 5th straight special election victory for GOP in Georgia raises questions of Democratic Party identity

PART II What is the Queen's Speech? Important differences between the British and American forms of government

PART III A modern monarchy in historical context: Why Saudi Arabia rewrote its hereditary monarchy's succession

The Briefing 06-21-17

PART I London terror attack targeting Muslim community center exposes challenges Islam faces in the West

PART II What is the role of government? The aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire in London that killed 79

PART III The question of legacy after Bill Cosby's sexual assault accusations and mistrial

The Briefing 06-20-17

PART I Did Christians start the wedding wars? It isn't Christianity whose definition of marriage changed.

PART II Digital age parenting: Do we really have to be told Amazon's 'Alexa' doesn't make a good parent?

PART III The New Yorker discovers St. Augustine: Sex and the priority of theology in Augustine's thought

The Briefing 06-19-17

PART I The illiberality of secularism: UK Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron resigns over Christian beliefs

PART II With loss of theological vocabulary, society no longer knows what to say in the aftermath of tragedy