Some arguments just have to be made, and made well. In the case of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the moment for such an argument arrived last week when that court had to rule on appeals over the question of same-sex marria ...
Podcast Transcript 1) 6th Circuit breaks trend of political usurpation by courts, upholds states’ gay marriage bans DeBoer v. Snyder, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Gay marriage bans in four states upheld, Supreme Court ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Political world re-calibrating from changes due to election President Obama Left Fighting for His Own Relevance, New York Times (Peter Baker) Transcript: President Obama’s Nov. 5 news conference on midterm election res ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Same sex marriage supporters limit religious liberty to worship service context only Marriage equality in America: So far, so fast, The Economist The staff and their souls, The Economist Which freedom comes first?, T ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Second US Ebola case reminder humanity has not mastered plague, despite medical advances Second U.S. Ebola Case Confirmed; Caregiver Remains in Isolation, NBC News (Maggie Fox and Elisha Fieldstadt) Obama Orders Immedia ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Protests over fate of Ebola-infected nurse’s dog reveals drastic worldview confusion Why Spanish nursing assistant is such a troubling Ebola case, CBS News (AP) Fate of Ebola-Stricken Nurse’s Aide’s Dog Sparks Outcry in ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Rise of ISIS reveals world is not becoming less religious The New Crusades, Bloomberg Businessweek (Pankaj Mishra) 2) Fall of Arab civilization reminder of danger of seeds of barbarism to any civilization The Barbari ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Data shows marginalization of marriage to matter of status, not expectation Record Share of Americans Have Never Married, Pew Research Center (Wendy Wang and Kim Parker) The American family is a myth: Why our national m ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Medical response to Ebola case in Texas example of value of worldview undergirding society First Ebola case diagnosed in the United States: CDC, Reuters (Julie Steenhuysen and Sharon Begley) 2) New California active con ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Obama UN address reveals insufficiency of secular vocabulary in facing evil Obama’s Address to the United Nations General Assembly, Wall Street Journal —Transcript 2) German committee on incest shows triumphing of eroti ...