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The Briefing 08-14-14

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 ...

August 14, 2014

The Briefing 08-13-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Where is outrage in the Muslim world over atrocities in Iraq? Vatican calls on Muslim leaders to condemn Christian persecution in Iraq, The Guardian (John Hooper) Where is Muslim outrage?, Washington Times (Editorial Bo ...

August 13, 2014

The Briefing 08-12-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Response to Robin Williams’s death reveals how closely Americans identify with entertainers Robin Williams dies in apparent suicide; actor, comic was 63, Los Angeles Times (Ryan Parker, Steven Zeitchik, and Lauren Raab) ...

August 12, 2014

The Briefing 08-11-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Centrality of US to world politics a temporary stewardship We may not like it, but Isis and Iraq remind us that we need America to be the world’s policeman, The Telegraph (Dan Hodges) 2) James  Brady’s death ruled homic ...

August 11, 2014

The Briefing 08-08-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Genocide and persecution in Iraq rightly causes Pres. Obama to authorize air strikes Obama Authorizes Iraq Air Strikes Amid Genocide Threat, Bloomberg Businessweek (Margaret Talev, Terry Atlas, and Toy Capaccio) Christi ...

August 8, 2014

Are Christian Missionaries Narcissistic Idiots? — A Response to Ann Coulter

In an ominous development Wednesday night, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its highest level alert for a response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa, even as reports came in indicating that the crisis may now not be limited to W ...

August 7, 2014

The Briefing 08-07-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Treatment of Ebola brings a morality of personal autonomy into conflict with a plague CDC issues highest-level alert for Ebola, USA Today (Doug Stanglin) Ebola, research ethics, and the ZMapp serum, Washington Post (Lau ...

August 7, 2014

The Briefing 08-06-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Federal circuit courts begin considering state same sex marriage bans Gay Marriage Arguments Are Flooding Federal Courts, Huffington Post (Amanda Lee Myers) 2) Vast shifts in social values a massive missiological challe ...

August 6, 2014

The Briefing 08-05-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Cohabitation has become replacement for marriage in a massive moral shift Moving In and Moving On, Family Studies (Scott Stanley) Trends in Cohabitation Outcomes: Compositional Changes and Engagement Among Never-Married ...

August 5, 2014

The Briefing 08-04-14

Podcast Transcript 1) West African Ebola outbreak reminder that man has not conquered pestilence CDC Director Says U.S. ‘Surging’ Efforts to Stop Ebola Outbreak, ABC News (Kari Rea) Ebola outbreak: We’re heading towards a catastrophe, warns ...

August 4, 2014

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