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The Briefing 09-04-13

1) Copeland "health and wealth" ministry refusal to vaccinate connected to measles outbreak Texas megachurch’s teachings under scrutiny amid cluster of measles cases that has sickened 21, Associated Press 2) Parents should not be scandalized wh ...

September 4, 2013

The Briefing 08-28-13

1) On 50th anniversary of "I Have a Dream" we remember every human is made in image of God The March on Wahsington, 50 Years Later, The Washington Times (Vance Garnett) 50 Years Later, Thousands Retrace March on Washington, USA Today (Alan Gome ...

August 28, 2013

The Briefing 08-15-13

1) Egyptian government cracks down on protests Egypt Imposes State of Emergency After 95 People Killed, Reuters (Yasmine Saleh and Tom Finn) Egypt Troops in Deadly Crackdown on Protestors, Wall Street Journal (Maria Abi-Habib and Leila Elmergaw ...

August 15, 2013

The Briefing 08-07-13

1. Washington DC legalizes gender change on birth certificate without surgery Making it easier for transgender people to get new birth certificates, Los Angeles Times (Alexei Koseff) 2. Print media in US in trouble as several major publications ...

August 7, 2013

The Briefing 06-04-13

1) DNA ruling demonstrates limitations of traditional liberal/conservative divide Justices Allow Police to Take DNA Samples After Arrests, New York Times (Adam Liptak) 2) Americans confused and divided over trusting the government Is rage ag ...

June 4, 2013

Boy Scouts at the Brink — The Moment of Decision Arrives

Meeting Thursday in Grapevine, Texas, the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America will decide whether it will retain or revise its historic membership policy on the issue of homosexuality. The 1,400 voting members of the B.S.A. National Council ...

May 22, 2013

The Briefing 05-17-13

1. Rapid pace of secularization and rise of Islam in Great Britain Christianity declining 50pc faster than thought – as one in 10 under-25s is a Muslim, The Telegraph (John Bingham)What Does the Census Tell Us about Religion in 2011? The Office for ...

May 17, 2013

The Briefing 05-07-13

1. The new reality of terror: homemade and homegrown A Homemade Style of Terror: Jihadists Push New Tactics, New York Times (Scott Shane) 2. There is a fix for the brain altering effects of pornography: stop viewing porn Online Pornography's ...

May 7, 2013

Gore Vidal and the Sky God

The death of author and controversialist Gore Vidal last week brought an end to one of America's most gifted and flamboyantly offensive literary voices. Eugene Luther Gore Vidal was born in 1925 on the campus of the United States Military Academy at ...

August 6, 2012

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