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The Briefing 12-19-13

1) We didn't need to be told - Panel of leading journalists admit media has a liberal bias Journalist Consensus: Media Leans Left, Politico (Dylan Byers) Latest Coverage from the Church of the New York Times, Patheos.com (Terry Mattingly) ...

December 19, 2013

The Briefing 12-18-13

1) Mass evacuation of Christians from Middle East: "Christians are finished here" Iraq's battle to save its Christian souls: 'Christians are finished here' The Telegraph (Colin Freeman) Syria war fuels Christian flight from Middle East, BBC (Ke ...

December 18, 2013

TIME Chooses its “Person of the Year”—What Are We to Think?

TIME magazine has chosen its "Person of the Year" for 2013 and, to no real surprise, that person is Pope Francis I, the Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. The papacy, stated TIME, "is mysterious and magical," transforming "a septuagenarian ...

December 18, 2013

The Briefing 12-17-13

1) Pope Francis: TIME Person of the Year Pope Francis, The People’s Pope, TIME (Howard Chua-Eoan and Elizabeth Dias) 2) Despite the "Francis Effect," how much has really changed?  The Catholics Still in Exile, New York Times (Frank Bruni) ...

December 17, 2013

Moral Mayhem Multiplied—Now, It’s Polygamy’s Turn

As most Americans were thinking thoughts of Christmas cheer, a federal judge in Utah dropped a bomb on the institution of marriage, striking down the most crucial sections of the Utah statute outlawing polygamy. Last Friday, Judge Clark Waddoups of t ...

December 16, 2013

The Briefing 12-16-13

1) Horror in Arapahoe: How do we understand the human heart? Arapahoe High School shooting: Gunman intended to harm many at school, Denver Post (Kirk Mitchell, Jeremy Meyer and Sadie Gurman) Colorado shooting victim described as sweet, smart, a ...

December 16, 2013

The Briefing 12-13-13

1) Sandy Hook one year later - The answer to "Why?" may not be answered in this life Newtown Far From a Catalyst for Gun Control, Boston Globe (Brian MacQuarrie) Newtown: Striving for 'New Normal' a Year Later, USA Today (Gary Stoller) The S ...

December 13, 2013

The Briefing 12-12-13

1) The ascendance of hard-line liberal left against moderate Democrats With Filibuster Threat Gone, Senate Confirms Two Presidential Nominees, New York Times (Jeremy W. Peters) Coalition of Liberals Strikes Back at Criticism From Centrist Democ ...

December 12, 2013

America and the Culture of Vulgarity—No End in Sight

The collapse of the barrier between popular culture and decadence has released a toxic mudslide of vulgarity into the nation's family rooms—and just about everywhere else. There is almost no remote corner of this culture that is not marked by the tol ...

December 12, 2013

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