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Thursday, March 17, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 2:39):
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‘They Worshiped the Creature Rather than the Creator’: What’s Behind the Moral Confusion in Your Culture

PART 2 (2:40 - 18:57):
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The Moral Revolution Demands Absolute Surrender: USA Today Announces Rachel Levine — A 'Transgender Woman' — As a Woman of the Year

USA TODAY (SUZANNE HACKNEY)
‘Be True to Yourself’: A Message from the Nation’s Highest-Ranking Openly Transgender Official

PART 3 (18:58 - 21:9):
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Two Dads, One Donor Mom, Two Surrogate Mothers = One Social Media Circus that Reveals Moral Corruption

PART 4 (21:10 - 23:12):
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Merely Being Against the Left Does Not Make You A Conservative — So-Called Conservatives Who Defy Creation Are Not Conservatives At All

PART 5 (23:13 - 24:38):
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In a Day of Diminishing Conviction: Demonstrations of Courage Are Worth Celebrating, Wherever They Are Found

America’s Last King? King George III Reconsidered — A Conversation with Andrew Roberts

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 4:56):
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Idaho Follows Texas Model Law: Bans Abortions After Fetal Heartbeat

NEW YORK TIMES (KATE ZERNIKE)
Idaho Is First State to Pass Abortion Ban Based on Texas’ Law

PART 2 (4:57 - 10:34):
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Defenders of Abortion Hate the Word “Heartbeat” — Because The Word Affirms the Reality of A Human Baby in the Womb

NEW YORK TIMES (RONI CARYN RUBIN)
Abortion Opponents Hear a ‘Heartbeat.’ Most Experts Hear Something Else.

PART 3 (10:35 - 15:18):
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When Geography Tells a Worldview Story: Realtors in Idaho Entice Conservatives in California to Move to Idaho

LA TIMES (NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS)
Realtors to Conservatives Living in Liberal Areas: Try Idaho

PART 4 (15:19 - 23:46):
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The Theft of Value: The U.S. Faces an Inflation Crisis — And With It, A Moral Crisis

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
It’s Joe Biden’s Inflation

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 1:59):
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The Moral Clarity of War: Media Rightly Reports Heart Wrenching Story of the Death of Pregnant Mother and Baby as a Result of Russia’s Bombing of Maternity Ward in Mariupol — Using the Word ‘Baby’

PART 2 (1:60 - 17:25):
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War Exposes the Surrogacy Industry in Ukraine: A Christian Consideration of the Issue

WALL STREET JOURNAL (ISABEL COLES)
Ukraine Is a World Leader in Surrogacy, but Babies Are Now Stranded in a War Zone

PART 3 (17:26 - 22:58):
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Socially Responsible Military Investments? Coming to a Socially Conscious Fund In Your Portfolio? The Left Grapples (Again) with the Moral Quandary of Defense Industries

NEW YORK TIMES (JEFF SOMMER)
Russia’s War Prompts a Pitch for ‘Socially Responsible’ Military Stocks

Monday, March 14, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 4:14):
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The Moral Revelations of War: Truth, Facts, and Reality Become Increasingly Evident — And Hard to Deny

PART 2 (4:15 - 10:31):
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It’s Like the Soviet Union Ended and the Mafia Took Control: The Moral Dimensions of the Russian 'Oligarchs’

PART 3 (10:32 - 19:32):
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Is There Anything For Which We Would Die? Christian Realism and the Defense of Things Worth Dying For

WALL STREET JOURNAL (MATTHEW HENNESSEY)
Most Democrats Say They’d Flee, Not Fight, a Ukraine-Style Invasion

PART 4 (19:33 - 23:59):
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A Life Devoted to the Cause for Life: Pediatrician Donald Pinkel, Who Revolutionized the Treatment of Childhood Leukemia

NEW YORK TIMES (CLAY RISEN)
Donald Pinkel, Who Developed a Cure for Childhood Leukemia, Dies at 95

Friday, March 11, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 5:12):
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Objective Reality is Real and Knowable: Even In an Age of Fake News, The Truth Will Always Come to the Light

CNN (JACK GUY, TIM LISTER, OLGA VOITOVYCH, PAUL P. MURPHY, GIANLUCA MEZZOFIORE, CELINE ALKHALDI AND KATIE POLGLASE)
Russia's Bombing of Maternity and Children's Hospital an 'Atrocity,' Zelensky Says

PART 2 (5:13 - 10:32):
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An Important Battle Won in Midst of Budget Atrocity: Hyde Amendment Reinserted into Spending Bill, Protects Taxpayer Money from Funding Abortions — For Now

PART 3 (10:33 - 16:22):
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‘Our Policy is Based on the Citizen, Not Woke Corporations’: Florida’s Governor Speaks Back to Disney CEO

PART 4 (16:23 - 20:0):
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Can I Fight in a Just War If A Member of My Family Serves in the Opposing Military? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART 5 (20:1 - 21:52):
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Why Do You Often Say ‘Let There Be Life’ When Referring to A Baby Formed in the Womb? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART 6 (21:53 - 24:4):
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Should We Use Genetic Modification As A Means of Procreation? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

PART 7 (24:5 - 26:17):
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Is the Command ‘Be Fruitful and Multiply’ for all People? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing

Thursday, March 10, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 3:55):
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Vladimir Putin, A Friend to Christian Morality and Conservative Culture?: A Christian Response This Question

PART 2 (3:56 - 17:31):
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The Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Ruler in “Symphonia” — What Does This Mean?

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (PETER SMITH)
Moscow Patriarch Stokes Orthodox Tensions with War Remarks

PART 3 (17:32 - 24:9):
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So Having a McDonalds Didn’t Guarantee Peace? Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention Proved Wrong as Russia Invades Ukraine

NEW YORK TIMES (JULIE CRESWELL)
Food Companies, Long Symbols of the West in Russia, Pause Operations

NEW YORK TIMES (THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN)
Foreign Affairs Big Mac I

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:53):
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Impact of War in Ukraine Starts to Hit Close to Home as U.S. Shuts Off All Energy Imports from Russia: What Does All This Mean?

PART 2 (10:54 - 14:16):
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‘We Must Not Trade One Dictator for Another’: Is Buying Petroleum From Venezuela Morally Better Than Buying From Russia?

ARIZONA REPUBLIC (ELVIA DIAZ)
President Biden Cozying Up to Venezuela Over Russia Oil Embargo is Disgusting

PART 3 (14:17 - 20:46):
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The Power of Entertainment Culture: Disney CEO Avoids Public Statement on Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Citing Storytelling as a Better Change Agent in Society

LA TIMES (RYAN FAUGHNDER)
Disney CEO Bob Chapek Addresses Employees on Silence over Florida LGBTQ Bill

PART 4 (20:47 - 26:0):
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“Ethical Non-Monogamy”: Redefinition of Marriage and Revolution of Polyamory Trickles Down into Moral Advice Column

THE WASHINGTON POST (AMY DICKINSON)
Ask Amy: Our Son and His Wife Just Told Us They’re Polyamorous

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 6:49):
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The ‘Breadbasket of Europe’ is Endangered: War in Ukraine Threatens Global Food Supply, Possibly for Years to Come

LA TIMES (MAXIMO TORERO)
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Should Not Cause a Hunger Crisis

ASSOCIATED PRESS (JOSEPH WILSON, SAMY MAGDY, AYA BATRAWY, AND CHINEDU ASADU)
Russian War in World’s ‘Breadbasket’ Threatens Food Supply

PART 2 (6:50 - 12:45):
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Stand with Dictators and You Will Fall with Them: There Is No Separation of Culture and Morality — The Case of a Russian Orchestra Conductor With Time on His Hands

LA TIMES (JONATHAN ROSENBERG)
A Putin Supporter’s Carnegie Hall Appearance was Canceled. Should Art be Separated from Politics?

PART 3 (12:46 - 20:1):
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The Cannabis Culture Has No Brakes: California State Fair Officials Establish Competition Category for Most Potent Marijuana. Are They High?

LA TIMES (THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD)
Are State Fair Officials High? They Should Not Reward Super-Potent Marijuana

PART 4 (20:2 - 24:32):
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The Spreading Logic of Gambling: Sports Betting Arrives as the Latest Temptation

LA TIMES (JOHN MYERS AND TARYN LUNA)
California Voters Lean Toward Legalizing Sports Betting in New Poll

Saving evangelicalism?

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The New York Times is very concerned about saving evangelicalism. Yesterday, the nation's newspaper of record devoted three entire print pages of its "Review" section to a massive essay by columnist David Brooks titled "The Dissenters Trying to Save Evangelicalism." In the online version, the headline added, "From It... The post Saving evangelicalism? appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.