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 ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Primacy of cultural issues in electoral discussions reveal moral contours of our society 'Security Moms' Are Back—and That's Bad News for Democrats, The Atlantic (Peter Beinart) World Events Muffle Democrats’ Economic R ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Displacement of any typical family structure in America reflects decline in marriage Unlike in the 1950s, there is no ‘typical’ U.S. family today, Washington Post (Brigid Schulte) The ‘Leave It to Beaver’ Family Has Bee ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Obama draws clear red line against Russia’s aggressive ambitions Obama Calls Ukraine a ‘Moment of Testing’ for NATO, The New York Times, (Julie Hirschfeld Davis) Sen. Feinstein: Obama may be ‘too cautious’ in dealing wi ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Utah polygamy ban struck down furthering absolute confusion on marriage Utah Polygamy Law Partially Struck Down By Federal Judge Following ‘Sister Wives’ Lawsuit, International Business Times (Mark Hanrahan) One Big, Ha ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Tennessee judge breaks trend by upholding state’s same sex marriage ban Tennessee judge breaks gay marriage’s streak, The Hill (Mario Trujillo) Court Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Ban as Constitutional in Startling Reversal ...