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Karl Marx Meets the Devil: A Conversation with Historian Paul Kengor

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 11:32):
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The Second Impeachment Trial of Former President Donald J. Trump Begins Today in the U.S. Senate: What Is at Stake?

PART 2 (11:33 - 24:8):
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A Secret History of a Shadow Campaign in the 2020 Election? It’s a Blockbuster Story

TIME MAGAZINE (MOLLY BALL)
The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election

PART 3 (24:9 - 26:18):
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The Boss Appears in a Super Bowl Ad to Reunite America? Springsteen’s Message Doesn’t Match His Politics

Monday, February 8, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 14:29):
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Churches Challenging California’s Restrictions During Pandemic: What to Know From This Important Religious Liberty Case

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Gavin Newsom

PART 2 (14:30 - 18:52):
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Biden Administration Takes Its Aim at Religious Liberty at Home and Faces Challenges to Religious Liberty Abroad

WALL STREET JOURNAL (MARY VOUGHT)
Joe Biden’s Choice on Religious Freedom

PART 3 (18:53 - 25:44):
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George P. Shultz, Former Secretary of State, Dies at 100: A Steady Hand in American Diplomacy Following the Leadership of President Ronald Reagan

WALL STREET JOURNAL (MICHAEL R. GORDON)
George Shultz, Secretary of State Under Reagan, Dies at 100

Thursday, February 4, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 8:12):
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Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised to $15? Understanding the Moral and Economic Issues at Stake as the Debate Unfolds

PART 2 (8:13 - 16:35):
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Who Decides What Is or Is Not a Just System of Labor and Reward? Who Decides What Is Fair? Big Questions Raised by the Proposed Increase to the Minimum Wage

PART 3 (16:36 - 23:37):
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Is the Minimum Wage Right or Wrong? Are Some Jobs Expendable in Order to Raise the Minimum Wage?

ROBERT REICH
The Morality of a $15 Minimum

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 13:26):
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A Fundamental Violation of Religious Liberty in Denmark: Proposed Law Would Require Religious Leaders to Submit Sermons to Government

EVANGELICAL FOCUS
Denmark will ask all faith groups to translate sermons into Danish language

THE GUARDIAN (DANIEL BOFFEY)
Denmark sermons law could stifle free worship, warns C of E bishop

CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
Cardinal: Danish bill requiring translation of homilies threatens religious freedom

PART 2 (13:27 - 18:2):
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Will a Secularizing Society Continue to Respect Religious Liberty? A Stark Warning from Denmark, Where the Nation Has a State Church, But Almost No One Goes to Church

PART 3 (18:3 - 23:51):
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Myanmar’s Military Seizes Control and Arrests Aung San Suu Kyi: Huge Moral Issues for Christians to Consider Behind This Military Coup

Transformed Minds: The Five Commitments of Christian Learning

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 7:14):
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No More Abraham Lincoln, George Washington . . . Dianne Feinstein? San Francisco School Board Votes to Rename Schools — Lots of Them

LOS ANGELES TIMES (FAITH E. PINHO)


WASHINGTON POST (VALERIE STRAUSS)


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A Reckless Erasure from History . . . Based on a Spreadsheet? San Francisco School Board Plays Reckless Game with History

MISSION LOCAL (JOE ESKENAZI)
The San Francisco School District’s renaming debacle has been a historic travesty

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (CARL NOLTE)
While we're at it, how about renaming San Francisco?

PART 3 (19:54 - 25:48):
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A Clear Warning to All Who Hold to the Biblical View of Sexuality and Gender: If the Moral Revolutionaries Are Coming For Dianne Feinstein, They’re Coming For You Too. Count on It.

The Temptations of Socialism: A Conversation With Economist Iain Murray

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Monday, February 1, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 10:36):
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What Exactly Is Going On with GameStop, Reddit, and Wall Street? And What Does a Biblical Worldview Teach Us about the Stock Market?

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
The Reddit Wolves of Wall Street

ALBERT MOHLER
12 Theses on a Christian Understanding of Economics

PART 2 (10:37 - 17:43):
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Has David Beat Goliath in This Wall Street Craze? The Answer Isn’t At All Clear Yet

PART 3 (17:44 - 24:29):
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It’s Still True, the House Always Wins: Understanding the Moral Nonsense of Gambling

ASSOCIATED PRESS (WAYNE PARRY)
Different types of gambling, media converging for growth

Friday, January 29, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1 (0:0 - 5:48):
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“Manifesting” Is Taking a New Generation by Storm: The Same Old Lie of the Positive Thinking Movement Is Now Mainstream?

NEW YORK TIMES (RUTH LA FERLA)
Manifesting, for the Rest of Us

PART 2 (5:49 - 14:12):
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A Look at the Theological History of the Positive Thinking Movement in American Religion

THE OPRAH MAGAZINE (KIMBERLY ZAPATA)
How to Manifest Anything You Want or Desire

PART 3 (14:13 - 22:5):
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What Is the Real Problem of Prosperity Theology? It’s Not That It Promises Too Much, But Far Too Little — The Gospel of Christ Promises Infinitely More