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“The Lady’s Not for Turning” — Margaret Thatcher and the Leadership of Conviction

Margaret Thatcher, one of the most significant leaders of the 20th century, died yesterday at age 87. A model of convictional leadership, Margaret Thatcher became almost universally known as Britain's "Iron Lady." In May 1979, Margaret Thatcher moved ...

April 9, 2013

The Briefing 04-08-13

Story 1 - The Revelation of an Ideology: judge orders morning-after pill restriction lifted Judge Strikes Down Age Limits on Morning-After Pill, New York Times (Pam Belluck) Good Sense on the Morning-After Pill, New York Times (Editorial) Story ...

April 8, 2013

Leadership as Stewardship, Part One

Christians are rightly and necessarily concerned about leadership, but many Christians seem to aim no higher than secular standards and visions of leadership. We can learn a great deal from the secular world and its studies of leadership and its prac ...

April 8, 2013

The Briefing 04-05-13

Story 1 - What should happen to living baby after botched abortion? A haunting moment of clarity. 'After-birth abortion': a moment of clarity in the abortion debate, Baptist Press (James A. Smith Sr) Killing babies no different from abortion, e ...

April 5, 2013

The Briefing 04-04-13

Story 1 - Basic Human Decency Includes Celebration of Homosexuality Chipotle Sets an example with Boy Scouts, USA Today (Bob Garfield) Gay Man Says Catholic Parish Rebuffed Him After Marriage, The New York Times (Sharon Otterman) Story 2 - M ...

April 4, 2013

The Briefing 04-03-13

Story 1 - Living in a Violent World Death Penalty Sought in Colorado Shooting Trial, Wall Street Journal (Donna Bryson and Ashby Jones) Japan Shifts From Pacifism as Anxiety in Region Rises, The New York Times (Martin Fackler) Hamas Adds R ...

April 3, 2013

The Briefing 04-02-13

Story 1 - The Marginalization of Moral Argument in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate How Gay Marriage Won, Time (David von Drehle) Bracketing Morality — The Marginalization of Moral Argument in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate, Albert Mohler Marria ...

April 2, 2013

Bracketing Morality — The Marginalization of Moral Argument in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate

"Somewhere along the way, standing up for gay marriage went from nervy to trendy." This was the assessment offered by Frank Bruni, an influential openly-gay columnist for The New York Times. Bruni's column, published just as the Supreme Court was poi ...

April 1, 2013

The Briefing 04-01-13

Story 1 - The High Stakes of Irrationality in North Korea Hopes Fade of Kim Rewriting North's Script, Wall Street Journal (Alastair Gale & Yuka Hayashi) Story 2 - In Israel, a Conflict of Worldviews What really happened in Jerusalem, Wa ...

April 1, 2013

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