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Authoritative Parents and the Rise of the Modern State: A Conversation with Political Philosopher Rita Koganzon

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Wednesday, December 15, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:47):
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‘A Dollar Does Not Buy What It Used To’: A Christian Worldview Analysis of Inflation and its Effects

WALL STREET JOURNAL (GERARD BAKER)
Biden Seems Set on Making ‘Transitory’ Inflation Last

NEW YORK TIMES (JEANNA SMIALEK)
No More 99 Cent Pizza: Why Washington Is Getting Worried About Inflation

PART 2 (9:48 - 21:26):
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How Did Money Come to Be? The Necessity of Trust in the Function of Currency

DORF ON LAW (NEIL H. BUCHANAN)
If You're Explaining, Everyone's Losing (Platinum Coin Edition)

NEW YORK TIMES (PETER COY)
Can We Trust What’s Happening to Money?

PART 3 (21:27 - 25:40):
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Dollar Tree is Raising Its Price to $1.25 Turns Out to Be a Metaphor for the Modern Economy

NPR
Unpacking the Dollar Tree Price Hike

The Temptations of an Evangelical Theologian: ETS Presidential Address 2021

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:58):
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The Sanctity of Human Life Is a Theological Issue — And Now Now Political Analysts Are Getting the Picture, With Very Interesting Insights

NEW YORK TIMES (NATE COHN)
Some Voters Are at Odds With Their Party on Abortion

PART 2 (10:59 - 13:41):
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Big Worldview Issues and Politics Collide in the Battle Over Congressional Redistricting

PART 3 (13:42 - 24:48):
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Do Pro-Life Americans Want to "Take Away" a Civil Right (Abortion)? No, Because There Is No Right to Abort an Unborn Baby

NEW YORK TIMES (CHARLES M. BLOW)
We’re Edging Closer to Civil War

Monday, December 13, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:0):
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Longing for the New Creation: Responding to the Vast Devastation as Mid-South — Especially Western Kentucky — Is Ravaged by Tornadoes

PART 2 (10:1 - 20:12):
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Objective Truth, Justice, and the Category of ‘Hate Crime’: Evaluating the Guilty Verdicts Against Jussie Smollett

LA TIMES (NARDINE SAAD)
Black Lives Matter Stands with Jussie Smollett after Verdict, but Don Lemon Does Not

PART 3 (20:13 - 22:7):
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The Battle for Life Goes On: Supreme Court Upholds Texas Abortion Ban — For Now.

PART 4 (22:8 - 25:20):
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Gen Z Group Attempts to ‘Fight Lunacy with Lunacy’ — But the Best Remedy to Untruth is Truth, Not Lunacy

NEW YORK TIMES (TAYLOR LORENZ)
Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory.

Leviticus 8:1–9:8

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And He Shall Stand and Shepherd His Flock in the Strength of the Lord

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Friday, December 10, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 6:11):
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Chile Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage — A Sign of Vast Social and Moral Change in Latin America

NEW YORK TIMES (PASCALE BONNEFOY AND ERNESTO LONDOñO)
Chile Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage at Fraught Political Moment

PART 2 (6:12 - 11:20):
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Scott Peterson Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole for Killing His Pregnant Wife Confirmed — Rightly Convicted of Two Killings, Not One

LA TIMES (DON THOMPSON)
Scott Peterson Re-Sentenced to Life Term in Laci Peterson’s 2002 Death

PART 3 (11:21 - 13:26):
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Author Constance Ahrons Dies at 84 — But Her Idea of the “Good Divorce” Has Gained Ground

NEW YORK TIMES (KATHARINE Q. SEELYE)
Constance Ahrons, Advocate of ‘Good Divorce,’ Dies at 84

PART 4 (13:27 - 17:8):
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What are the Possible Outcomes of the Mississippi Abortion Case? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 5 (17:9 - 18:14):
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Does Investing in China Lead to Westernization? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 6 (18:15 - 20:17):
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Why Should We Not Just ‘Flush and Forget’? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 7 (20:18 - 22:17):
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Is It Wrong for Christians to Think About A Trimester Understanding of Pregnancy? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 8 (22:18 - 23:51):
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Will You Discuss Why 5 of 6 Justices Who Voted in Favor of Roe Were Appointed by Republican Presidents? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

PART 9 (23:52 - 26:14):
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In the Case of Stare Decisis, When Is It Appropriate for the Supreme Court to Supersede and Overrule the Will of the People? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners Of The Briefing

Thursday, December 9, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:15):
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Can States Constitutionally Discriminate Against Religious Schools? — Nation’s Highest Court Hears Oral Arguments over Big Separation of Church and State Case from Maine

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Carson v. Makin

PART 2 (10:16 - 16:19):
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The State of Maine Is OK with Funding Religious Schools — So Long as They Are Not Actually Religious

SLATE (MARK JOSEPH STERN)
The Supreme Court’s New Religious Liberty Case Could Destroy Public Education

VOX (IAN MILLHISER)
The Supreme Court Appears Really Eager to Force Taxpayers to Fund Religious Education

PART 3 (16:20 - 22:33):
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Biden Appointee for Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Withdraws from Confirmation Fight . . Over Questions About Communism?

NEW YORK TIMES (EMILY FLITTER)
President Biden’s Pick for a Key Banking Regulator Backs Out.

PART 4 (22:34 - 25:0):
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Identity Politics Never Gives Up: The Media's Constant Focus on LGBTQ Identity, as in “First Openly Gay Commissioner of Customs and Border Control"

NEW YORK TIMES (EILEEN SULLIVAN)
Senate Confirms Chris Magnus to Lead Customs and Border Protection

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 2:45):
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The Story Behind Three Great and Urgent Global Challenges to the U.S. — Russia, China, and Iran

PART 2 (2:46 - 6:27):
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Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions Threatens Global Safety — And Poses More Than a Regional Threat

PART 3 (6:28 - 16:5):
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History and Geography Always Matter: Understanding Putin’s Ambitions to Recover Russian Glory and the Escalating Conflict in Ukraine

PART 4 (16:6 - 24:34):
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The Biden Administration Announces It Will Not Send Diplomatic Representatives to 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing — What Is That About?

WALL STREET JOURNAL (ARTHUR HERMAN)
The U.S. Needs a Hypersonic Capability Now