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The Briefing 08-27-14

Podcast Transcript 1) California commitment to abortion overrules conscience of two Catholic universities  A women’s rights victory as California nixes an attack on abortion coverage, Los Angeles Times (Michael Hiltzik) State reverses aborti ...

August 27, 2014

The Briefing 08-26-14

Podcast Transcript 1) In face of Islamic State atrocities, secularists struggle to explain evil The Islamic State is evil returned, Washington Post (Richard Cohen) Martin Amis on Hitler and the nature of evil, Financial Times (Martin Amis) ...

August 26, 2014

The Briefing 08-25-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Earthquakes in Napa and Peru reminder of instability of world Napa, Calif., gets back to business after 6.0 quake, USA Today (Elizabeth Weise and Jon Swartz) Strong California Quake Hit Vineyards, Surprised Many People, ...

August 25, 2014

The Briefing 08-22-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Childlessness as a lifestyle immersion in the self-centered life Being childless, Financial Times (Janan Ganesh) 2) Gungor reveals modern science, not Bible, as his ruling authority Gungor drifts from biblical orthod ...

August 22, 2014

Lead with Empathy, Love Your Neighbor, Let the Truth Come Out — A Response to Ferguson

From a modified transcript of today's edition of The Briefing: I first addressed the situation in Ferguson back on August 12th, which was then the first opportunity I had to speak to the issue. Since then I have not addressed the question because ...

August 21, 2014

The Briefing 08-21-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Murder of James Foley can only and must be described as evil James Foley and the Last Journalists in Syria, The Atlantic (Uri Friedman) Militant Groups Says It Killed American Journalist in Syria, New York Times (Rukmin ...

August 21, 2014

The Briefing 08-20-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Response to ‘Purge’ hoax reveals fear of humans that law might be removed Social media ‘Purge’ campaigns spark fear of bloody copycats, USA Today (Lindsay Deutch, Kelsey Pape and Ryan Haarer) ‘Louisville Purge’ takes to ...

August 20, 2014

The Briefing 08-19-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Spread of Ebola aided by lack of cultural understanding of Western medical practice You Are Not Nearly Scared Enough About Ebola, Foreign Policy (Laurie Garrett) With Aid Doctors Gone, Ebola Fight Grows Harder, New York ...

August 19, 2014

The Briefing 08-18-14

Podcast Transcript 1) Prominence of ISIS shows declaring peace does make peace Iraq Crisis: Islamic State Now Threat to West, Says U.S., Wall Street Journal (Siobhan Gorman, Tamer El-Ghobasy, and Nour Malas) The West’s Gaza, National Review ...

August 18, 2014

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