Podcast Transcript 1) Congress drops abortion bill, providing lesson in pervasive sinfulness of humanity Abortion bill dropped amid concerns of female GOP lawmakers, Washington Post (Ed O’Keefe) House Approves Bill That Would Bar Federal Fu ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Duke reverses course on Muslim call to prayer plan following controversy Duke Cancels Plan for Muslim Call to Prayer From Tower, Associated Press (Jonathan Drew) 2) Cannabis cooking, major investments reveal elite effor ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Muslim call to prayer at Duke reveals vacuum of secularism must always give way Muslim Students at Duke to Begin Weekly Call-to-Prayer, Duke Today (James Todd) Duke Chapel to Allow Muslim Call to Prayer, Huffington Post ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Coverage of Atlanta Fire Chief reveals erotic liberty now more fundamental than religious Your God and My Dignity, New York Times (Frank Bruni) Atlanta Ousts Fire Chief Who Has Antigay Views, New York Times (Richard Fau ...
This is an edited transcript of The Briefing podcast from early Thursday morning, January 8, 2015. The war on terror took on a savage new face yesterday when two gunmen entered the headquarters of a French satirical newspaper known as Charlie Hebd ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Heinous massacre in Paris is another grisly reminder Western society is in a worldview war Charlie Hebdo suspect said to surrender; two others at large after Paris terrorist attack, The Washington Post (Griff Witte and Ant ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Rise of young Western Islamists result of disillusionment with secular worldview ISIS fighter from Ottawa appears in video threatening Canada with attacks ‘where it hurts you the most’, National Post (Stewart Bell) Brit ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Decline in divorce rates result of overall decline in marriage The Divorce Surge Is Over, but the Myth Lives On, New York Times (Claire Cain Miller) 2) Muslim prayer in National Cathedral example of secularized religi ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Same sex marriage supporters limit religious liberty to worship service context only Marriage equality in America: So far, so fast, The Economist The staff and their souls, The Economist Which freedom comes first?, T ...
Podcast Transcript 1) Vatican synod on family a major transformation of Roman Catholicism Vatican Signals More Tolerance Toward Gays and Remarriage, New York Times (Elisabetta Povoledo) The Vatican’s Relatio, The Vatican (Synod on the Family ...
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