The Briefing 09-22-17

PART I Is work a prerequisite for food? For able-bodied people, state of TN says yes, so does the Bible

PART II ACLU targets religious exemptions for adoptions, and in turn the children of Michigan

PART III As U.S. debates monuments, monument to Russian general behind AK-47 comes under fire

PART IV Worldview book recommendation — Worth Dying for: The Power and Politics of Flag

The Briefing 09-21-17

PART I After the shock of an earthquake, many of the aftershocks are theological

PART II How does sin explain natural disasters?

PART III Clash of worldviews at the U.N. as President Trump addresses General Assembly

PART IV Allergic to sovereignty? Media reacts to President Trump’s U.N. speech

The Briefing 09-20-17

PART I ‘Will and Grace’ returns, but is it edgy enough?

PART II Rolling Stone magazine for sale: How cultural artifacts quickly become more of the past

PART III Millennials cast their ballots, or not: Will their failure to vote hurt Democrats?

PART IV Why the Australia same-sex marriage vote will tell us a lot about the future of marriage, mail, and millennials

The Briefing 09-19-17

PART I Why a Catholic theologian’s cancellation at a Catholic seminary should have our attention

PART II The LGBT revolution is inevitably a theological revolution

PART III China no longer harvesting organs of prisoners, which it said it never did

The Briefing 09-18-17

PART I Why atheists don’t trust other atheists and what this reveals about moral intuition

PART II Looking back on the Summer of Love and the cultural revolution, 50 years later

PART III Were The Beatles right, is love really all you need?

The Briefing 09-15-17

PART I Harvard University grapples with admission questions the secular world can’t handle

PART II Worldview implications of the health care debate takes shape

PART III Are dictators the biggest fans of the smartphone?

The Briefing 09-14-17

PART I A judge comes clean about how he actually judges

PART II The influence of pragmatism in the culture and its understanding of truth

PART III Transgenderism goes to college: Women’s colleges struggle to define what it means to be a woman

PART IV Why a dress code is never simply a dress code

The Briefing 09-13-17

PART I Research finding that sexual orientation can be revealed by a computer highlights dangers of Artificial Intelligence

PART II Is a Utah judge preventing two men from having a biological child, or is it biology itself?

PART III The Wall Street Journal asks if we are we richer than we think we are

The Briefing 09-12-17

PART I Government is never neutral: A lesson in how bureaucracy really works

PART II Search-and-destroy mission in Iceland as babies with Down syndrome are nearly eliminated

PART III Kate Millett’s legacy: A worldview that sees family as a problem cannot but end in sadness

The Briefing 09-11-17

PART I What the unpredictability of a hurricane says about human vulnerability

PART II Dependence on technology revealed as many are in the dark after Hurricane Irma

PART III New York Times amazed that hurricane strengthens, rather than weakens Christians’ faith

PART IV In the face of nature’s chaos, New York Times asks, “Why can’t we stop asking 'Why?'”