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How Pornography Works: It Hijacks the Male Brain

We are fast becoming a pornographic society. Over the course of the last decade, explicitly sexual images have crept into advertising, marketing, and virtually every niche of American life. This ambient pornography is now almost everywhere, from the ...

October 9, 2013

The Briefing 10-08-13

1. New York Times Editors give their opinion on how Supreme Court should rule The Supreme Court Returns, New York Times (Editorial Board) 2. Originalism, Textualism, and Theology in Scalia's historic interview  In Conversation With Antonin S ...

October 8, 2013

Can Liberal Christianity Be Reinvented? – A Conversation With Theologian Theo Hobson

A pink reformation, The Guardian (Theo Hobson) Full Transcript ...

October 7, 2013

The Briefing 10-07-13

1) Supreme Court could take on seismic cultural issues this season Supreme Court term begins with contentious topics, Associated Press (Mark Sherman) The question facing Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Stay or go?, Washington Post (Nikki Kahn) 2) Rift ...

October 7, 2013

The Briefing 10-04-13

1. Tragedy in DC and resulting social media/cable news frenzy Woman slain after car chase from White House to Capitol, USA Today (Kevin Johnson, Donna Leinwand, Doug Stanglin) Shots fired at Capitol after chase from White House, Washington Post ...

October 4, 2013

Two Is Better Than One—Who Knew?

For some time now, scholars like W. Bradford Wilcox at the University of Virginia and Charles Murray of the American Enterprise Institute have been telling us that marriage is becoming an upper class phenomenon. More accurately, they have been pointi ...

October 4, 2013

The Briefing 10-03-13

1. Government Shutdown a show of political theater with genuine political issues at stake Our Democracy Is at Stake, New York Times (Thomas Friedman) Maybe It Would Be Better To Shut Down the Government Now Than Shut Down a Bigger Government La ...

October 3, 2013

The Briefing 10-02-13

1) Politics important but not ultimate: 3 sobering realities about the government shutdown House G.O.P. Stands Firm on Shutdown, but Dissent Grows, New York Times (Jeremy Peters) Defiant Obama blames government shutdown on GOP ‘ideological crus ...

October 2, 2013

George and Barbara Witness a Wedding—When a Private Act Sends a Public Message

Former President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara attended a wedding a few days ago, and it made national news. According to The Washington Post, the elder Bushes attended the wedding of Bonnie Clement and Helen Thorgalsen, held at Kennebunkpor ...

October 1, 2013

The Briefing 10-01-13

1) Obamacare one of the most significant and morally complicated pieces of legislation in history Birth Control and a Boss’s Religious Views, New York Times (Editorial) 2) World leaders cannot be understood without understanding their worldview ...

October 1, 2013

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