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Thursday, October 16, 2025

PART I

The Great Education Regression: 49 Out of 50 States Report Increased Gap Between Top 10% and Bottom 10% of Students

PART II

The “Mississippi Miracle”: The Left Attacks Mississippi’s Successful Education Model, Including Its Lack of Teacher Unions

PART III

Americans are Skeptical of Higher Education: Is Higher Ed Headed in the Wrong Direction?

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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

PART I
Changing Fashion about Changing Gender: The Rapid Decline of So-Called Transgender Identity Among Young Americans
PART II
Richard Dawkins Goes After Transgenderism: Renown New Atheist Scientist Argues Against Gender Theory and trans Ideology

PART III
The Movement Against DEI is Growing—And Some Surprising Voices Are Speaking Out
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

PART I
The Joy of Reunited Families: The World Watches the Incredible Sight of Freed Hostages in Israel
PART II
Gen-Z and Christianity: Many Gen-Zers, Especially Young Men, are Turning to Christianity – Why?

PART III
Naked Cyclists . . . Seriously? A Very Revealing Protest Against President Trump’s Intention to Deploy the National Guard in Portland
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Monday, October 13, 2025

PART I
An Historic Day in Israel: We Hope and Pray for Peace in Israel and Gaza – But the Main Challenge Continues to be Hamas
PART II
Family and the Political Binary: Republicans are Increasingly the Party of Those Who Have Children While Democrats Are Not

PART III
The Growing Fear of Dying Alone: The Number of Americans Dying Alone–Truly Alone–is Increasing

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The Briefing 03-01-16

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One-word religious labels becoming less helpful in predicting votes, excepting the "nones"

PART II

Bernie Sanders has a long political career that evidences his true religion: Revolution

PART III

Euthanasia of autism patient demonstrates the erasure of all moral lines in Europe

PART IV

The Oscars are an occasion to reflect on Hollywood's expanding and shrinking influences

The Briefing 02-29-16

PART I

Evangelical support for Donald Trump reveals amorphous definition of "evangelical"

PART II

A constitutional right to abortion? SCOTUS set to hear biggest abortion case in a generation

PART III

Secular societies struggle to ground moral judgments without Christian worldview

The Briefing 02-26-16

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Middle ground eroding in abortion debate because it is morally untenable

PART II

Biggest abortion case since Roe v. Wade set to appear before Supreme Court in March

PART III

Church of England's precipitous decline in membership tied to underlying theological issues

PART IV

Habits formed around smartphone use hinder our ability to communicate face-to-face

The Briefing 02-25-16

PART I

Commander in chief or entertainer in chief? Presidential candidate expectations have changed

PART II

Literature's power to influence culture made clear in two prominent authors' obituaries

PART III

Nobel Peace Prize winner and ex-Polish President Lech Walesa denies charges of corruption

PART IV

Entrepreneurs seek to capitalize on cannabis by removing "stigma" around weed

The Briefing 02-24-16

PART I

Dismissing marriage as passé fails to recognize its central importance in healthy societies

PART II

Psychological, romantic, and moral views of marriage all fall short of the biblical view

PART III

Biden's words from 1992 come back to bite, reminding us that our words are never forgotten

The Briefing 02-23-16

PART I

Pope's recent advice to follow "conscience" in contraception and LGBT issues deeply flawed

PART II

Younger Americans more accepting of LGBT lifestyles, but Christians bound by the Word of God

PART III

Same-sex ex-couple's custody case a tragic picture of the insanity of the sexual revolution

The Briefing 02-22-16

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As presidential race continues, the field narrows and worldview divides become clearer

PART II

Death of Antonin Scalia accentuates the importance of elections for American public and private life

PART III

Argument at Georgetown law school highlights just how liberal American higher ed is

PART IV

Creationists draw ire of media, labeled "evangelical extremists"

The Briefing 02-19-16

PART I

Wisdom of Solomon needed in clash between Apple and FBI over privacy and public safety

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Under CBS standards watchdog Tankersley, network's ethics waned with sexual revolution

PART III

China worries boys becoming too effeminate, calls for more male teachers to "make boys men"

PART IV

Social media puts girls at higher risk than boys, encourages sexualization and bullying

The Briefing 02-18-16

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Economic interests and profits are driving religious liberty and morality in Atlanta

PART II

An ominous stat for the future of the country: nearly half of California adults are single

PART III

Success of "extremely" R-rated 'Deadpool' reveals the moral state of the nation

The Briefing 02-17-16

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Gender revolutionaries attempt to abandon "heteronormative" words like husband and wife

PART II

Doctors treat transgender patients according to biological gender, can't escape design

PART III

Texas baptists divide on abortion demonstrating worldview runs deeper than identification

PART IV

Brazilian baptists open to abortion connected to liberal baptists in the United States

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