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The Briefing 08-14-13

1) New CA law permits school kids to choose facilities and teams based on gender of choice Transgender students now able to use preferred bathroom in school, Los Angeles Times (Patrick McGreevy) California governor signs transgender-student bil ...

August 14, 2013

The Briefing 08-13-13

1) Bulger conviction reveals moral order even in organized crime Whitey Bulger found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy, USA Today (G. Jeffrey MacDonald) Boston gangster Bulger convicted of murder and racketeering, Reuters (Scott Malone) 2) ...

August 13, 2013

The Briefing 08-12-13

1) Postal Service soliciting Congress to allow alcohol delivery to homes Post Office eyes alcohol deliveries to raise revenue, CNBC (Associated Press) 2) State preying on its own people through the lottery by $69 billion in 2012 First N.J. P ...

August 12, 2013

The Wrath of God Was Satisfied: Substitutionary Atonement and the Conservative Resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention

Current controversy over the nature of Christ's atonement for sin points to a truth many younger evangelicals may not know, i.e., the substitutionary nature of Christ's death on the cross was a major issue in the Conservative Resurgence that took pla ...

August 12, 2013

The Briefing 08-09-13

1. No permanent friends, no permanent enemies: Obama cancels summit with Putin Obama's Putin snub, LA Times (Editorial) A Welcome Rebuke to Putin, Wall Street Journal (Editorial) 2. Should military chaplains have to believe in God? Should ...

August 9, 2013

The Briefing 08-08-13

1) Responding to Time cover story: Can we "have it all" without having children? Having it all without having children, Time (Lauren Sandler) America's Coming Demographic Disaster, Thinking in Public (Dr. Mohler and Jonathan Last) 2) Digital ...

August 8, 2013

The Briefing 08-07-13

1. Washington DC legalizes gender change on birth certificate without surgery Making it easier for transgender people to get new birth certificates, Los Angeles Times (Alexei Koseff) 2. Print media in US in trouble as several major publications ...

August 7, 2013

The Briefing 08-06-13

1. The "other shoe" is dropping: Same-sex marriage decisions quickly extending to state courts Judges extend Supreme Court DOMA ruling, Wall Street Journal (Ashby Jones) 2. Government matchmakers: South Korea arranges government dating parties ...

August 6, 2013

The Briefing 08-05-13

1. Embassies shut down in response to al Qaeda threats  France to Shut down Embassy in Yemen, Wall Street Journal U.S. Issues Global Travel Alert Over Al-Qaeda Threat, USA Today (Natalie DiBlasio) 2. Secular world baffled by In-N-Out, Hobby ...

August 5, 2013

What’s Missing from this Picture?—Fertility on the Rise, Worldview on Display

USA Today reported last week that the United States "is taking baby steps forward" in terms of the fertility rate. According to the forecasting group Demographic Intelligence, the USA's total fertility rate is likely to increase to 1.90 per woman in ...

August 5, 2013

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