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Monday, June 14, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:3):
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Welcome to the Brave New World of 2021: U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Supports the Inevitable End of Women’s Sports

ESPN (PAULA LAVIGNE)
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona backs transgender athletes' rights

PART 2 (9:4 - 19:17):
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Is There a Hierarchy of Rights? Secretary of State Antony Blinken Argues That There Are No Fundamental Rights

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Secretary Antony J. Blinken On Release of the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

PART 3 (19:18 - 24:23):
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Is Vacation a Universal Human Right? How about Social Security? A Look at the 1948 United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights

UNITED NATIONS
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Friday, June 11, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 17:50):
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The Pentagon Will Release a Report on UFOs Later This Month: What Should Christians Think About the UFOs and the Massive Interest in Them?

NEW YORKER (GIDEON LEWIS-KRAUS)
How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously

PART 2 (17:51 - 20:1):
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How Many Oceans Are There on Earth? National Geographic Nows Says There Are Five — What Does This Announcement Tell Us about Our Understanding of Nature?

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (SARAH GIBBENS)


PART 3 (20:2 - 25:18):
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Renegotiating Our Understanding of Villainy and Evil: ‘Cruella’ Tells the Story of a Misunderstood “Feminist Fantasy,” But What’s Really Being Communicated About Right and Wrong?

TIME MAGAZINE (STEPHANIE ZACHAREK)
From Cruella to Maleficent to the Joker: Is It Time to Retire the Villain Origin Story?

NEW YORK TIMES (SARAH BAHR)
The Surprising Evolution of Cruella De Vil

Thursday, June 10, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:54):
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The Department of Justice Says It Will “Vigorously” Defend Religious Exemption for Christian Institutions, But What Is the Biden Administration Actually Up To?

THE INDEPENDENT (GINO SPOCCHIA)
Biden under fire for defending Christian schools in anti-LGBT+ case: ‘The government is aligning with hate’

SLATE (MARK JOSEPH STERN)
No, the Biden Administration Isn’t Betraying Its Support for LGBTQ Rights

PART 2 (10:55 - 16:34):
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The Global Effort to Remove Legal Obstacles to Abortion: Toxic Ideas Don’t Just Stay Local, They Go Global

THE GUARDIAN (LIZ FORD)
End all legal barriers to abortion, say leading European politicians

PART 3 (16:35 - 22:45):
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The Evidence of Liberal Religion and Comprehensive Secularism in Great Britain: Are Religious Brits Really in Favor of Euthanasia?

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE (NOA HOFFMAN)
Poll finds majority of religious Brits favour assisted dying - as rabbi leads new euthanasia alliance

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 9:56):
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Did the Supreme Court Rule on Immigration on Monday? Actually, No. So . . . What Did They Decide, Unanimously?

NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK)
Supreme Court Rules Against Immigrants Seeking Green Cards

PART 2 (9:57 - 14:26):
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Sometimes the Big Story Is What Didn’t Happen: Why Did the Supreme Court Decline to Take a Case Challenging the Constitutionality of the Military Draft Law?

NEW YORK TIMES (ADAM LIPTAK)
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case on Limiting Military Draft to Men

PART 3 (14:27 - 20:5):
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A Political Farce in Congress Over Abortion Law: The Inevitable Result of the Supreme Court’s Disastrous Roe v. Wade Decision

FORBES (ALISON DURKEE)
Congressional Democrats Reintroduce Bill To Protect Abortion Access Amid Supreme Court Threat

PART 4 (20:6 - 24:50):
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The Chicken Sandwich War Becomes the War over the Moral Revolution: Burger King Announces Financial Support for the LGBTQ Revolution While Taking a Swipe at Chick-fil-A

CNN (DAVID GOLDMAN)
Burger King trolls Chick-fil-A with LGBTQ+ donations

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:46):
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The Way Politics Works: Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is Now the Most Important Vote in the Senate

CHARLESTON GAZETTE-MAIL (SENATOR JOE MANCHIN)
Why I'm voting against the For the People Act

WALL STREET JOURNAL (LINDSAY WISE)
Biden’s Agenda Takes On Steep GOP Resistance in Senate

PART 2 (13:47 - 21:48):
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So, What’s at Stake When the G7 Nations Agree to Common Corporate Tax Deal? Watch Your Wallet

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JOSEPH C. STERNBERG)
Forget Companies—the Global Taxman Wants the Middle Class

PART 3 (21:49 - 25:18):
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Lest We Forget: The Last Surviving Soviet Soldier Involved in the Liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp Has Died at 98

LOS ANGELES TIMES (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Last of Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz dies at 98

Monday, June 7, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:35):
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How Does Culture Change on Big Issues of Sexual Morality? Shaming, Targeting, Incessant Messaging, Eventual Coercion

WASHINGTON POST (SASHA ISSENBERG)
Why the battle for gay marriage was won so easily

PART 2 (13:36 - 17:33):
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Why Did So Many Who Defended Marriage Go Silent? The Playbook Revealed

NEW YORK TIMES (SASHA ISSENBERG)
Cancel Culture Works. We Wouldn’t Have Marriage Equality Without It.

PART 3 (17:34 - 23:23):
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An Autopsy of the Revolution: A Look at a 1989 Playbook for Changing the Culture

John 20:1–21:25

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Friday, June 4, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 14:38):
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A Look at the President’s Proclamation on Pride Month: The Incredible Power of Identity Politics and Validation on the Cultural and Political Left

THE WHITE HOUSE (PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.)
A Proclamation on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month, 2021

NEW YORK TIMES (ANNIE KARNI)
Biden Recognizes Pride Month, Vowing to Fight for L.G.B.T.Q. Rights

PART 2 (14:39 - 22:49):
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Are We Really Supposed to Find Out Preferred Personal Pronouns for Every Person We Meet? Seriously? There’s No End to the Linguistic Madness

NPR (LAUREL WAMSLEY)
A Guide To Gender Identity Terms

PART 3 (22:50 - 25:23):
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Did You Know That in California You Can Support Pride Month When You Buy Your Cannabis Products? If Not, the LA Times Is Here to Enlighten You

LOS ANGELES TIMES (ADAM TSCHORN)
10 LGBTQ-owned California cannabis brands for Pride Month

Thursday, June 3, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 11:26):
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The Moral Reckoning of History: Looking Back at the Tulsa Race Massacre 100 Years Later

PART 2 (11:27 - 15:4):
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We All—But Especially Christians—Have a Responsibility to Get History Right, No Matter How Long Ago the History Took Place

PART 3 (15:5 - 23:2):
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The Battle Over Yoga Continues: Alabama Once Again Allows Yoga to Be Taught in Public Schools

NEW YORK TIMES (NEIL VIGDOR)
Alabama Lifts Its Ban on Yoga in Schools

THE TIMES OF INDIA
Alabama lifts ban on yoga in schools, but meditation is still a no-no

The Way Forward for the Southern Baptist Convention: A Very Personal Word from Albert Mohler

Southern Baptists will soon be gathering in Nashville, and the one big question looming over the Convention will be this - how do we move forward?... The post The Way Forward for the Southern Baptist Convention: A Very Personal Word from Albert Mohler appeared first on AlbertMohler.com.