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The Briefing 08-28-17

As Hurricane Harvey makes landfall, the best and worst of human nature is on displayWashington Post (Dylan Baddour, Kevin Sullivan, Wesley Lowery and Robert Samuels) — 3,000 guard troops called up as ‘catastrophic’ Harvey causes deadly floods in Texas

Moralizing on a college campus: A new sexual ethic emerges at Wesleyan UniversityNew York Times (Vanessa Grigoriadis) — Sex at Wesleyan: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t? An Alumna Asks

Why the long-term view of the LGBT revolutionaries is not long enoughNew York Times (Frank Bruni) — The Worst (and Best) Places to Be Gay in America

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Romans 3:21-26

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Exodus 24:12-25:22

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The Briefing 08-25-17

Internal contradictions of transgender ideology exposed as military policy is debatedWall Street Journal (Gordon Lubold) — White House Sets Rules for Military Transgender Ban

The worldview of Scientism and the commodification of aborted fetusesWall Street Journal (Jacob Gershman) — Indiana University Spars With State Over Aborted Fetal Tissue

Melinda Gates warns parents about dangers of exposing kids to technology too earlyWashington Post (Melinda Gates) — Melinda Gates: I spent my career in technology. I wasn’t prepared for its effect on my kids.

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The Briefing 08-24-17

As the Powerball jackpot soars, states reap reward by preying on most vulnerable citizensWashington Post (Alex Horton) — How Powerball manipulated the odds to make another massive jackpot

Oregon enacts nation’s most radical abortion law, making all taxpayers complicitAP (Andrew Selsky) — Oregon governor expands abortion, reproductive coverage

The sexual revolution goes to kindergarten: Schools 'betray' parents, indoctrinate kidsCBS News (Shirin Rajaee) — Transgender reveal in kindergarten class leaves parents feeling "betrayed"Daily Caller (Kelsey Harkness) — K-12 School Agrees to Gender Inclusion Policy With No Notice or ‘Opt Out’ for Parents

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The Briefing 08-23-17

Explanations of the eclipse reveal clash of worldviewsWall Street Journal (Daniela Hernandez) — Final Eclipse Plans Under Way as Celestial Event NearsAtlanta Journal-Constitution (Fiza Pirani) — Sun-eating demons? 7 bizarre (but brilliant) myths and superstitions about solar eclipsesNew York Times (Jonah Engle Bromwich) — The Demons of Darkness Will Eat Men, and Other Solar Eclipse Myths

Why Afghanistan is far more than a military challenge

After Barcelona attacks, secular Europe still denies the obvious...it’s theologicalNew York Times (Alissa J. Rubin, Patrick Kingsley, and Palko Karasz) — Barcelona Attack Suspects Had Ties to Imam Linked to ISIS

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The Briefing 08-22-17

Why is guilt more powerful than ever before if belief in God has faded?The Hedgehog Review (Wilfred M. McClay) — The Strange Persistence of Guilt

Horizontal vs. vertical: The important distinction between shame and guiltDavid Wells — The Courage to Be Protestant

British advertising authority seeks to ban all gender stereotypes through new policyUSA Today (Kim Hjelmgaard) — Britain bans sexist ads: No hapless dads or women left to clean

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The Briefing 08-21-17

Is the left winning? Why America seems to be moving in only one cultural directionWall Street Journal (David Gelernter) — The Conservative ‘Resistance’ Is Futile

What does a divided America tell us about disappearing political and theological centers?Wall Street Journal (James Taranto) — Divided America Stands—Then, and Now

Partisan divide grows when it comes to abortion, but it’s much more than a partisan issuePew Research Center (Hannah Fingerhut) — On abortion, persistent divides between – and within – the two parties

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The Briefing 08-18-17

Goodness of marriage, family, and work validated in ‘millennial success sequence’AEI (W. Bradford Wilcox and Wendy Wang) — The millennial success sequence: Marriage, kids, and the ‘success sequence’ among young adultsNew York Times (David Leonhardt) — Marriage, Baby Carriage and PovertyWashington Post (George Will) — Listen up, millennials. There’s sequence to success.

Smartphones and happiness: The dangerous effects of screen time on adolescentsThe Atlantic (Jean Twenge) — Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?

More time on the internet or less? Great Britain’s debate about technology, security, and healthThe Guardian (Michael Savage) — Stop children bingeing on social media during holidays, parents urgedDaily Telegraph (Ben Farmer) — British children must spend more time online so they can 'save the country', spy chief tells parents

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The Briefing 08-17-17

Australia moves toward same-sex marriage vote as sexual and religious liberties collideNew York Times (Jacqueline Williams) — Australia’s Gay-Marriage Vote Is Divisive, Even for Gay-Marriage BackersThe Australian (Paul Kelly) — Rights clash looms in same-sex debate

‘Nones’ on the rise in Australia, but the future isn’t secularSydney Morning Herald (Matt Wade) — Australia might be losing its religion, but the world isn’t

Who can we trust? The future of truth in the new media environmentThe Information (Sam Lessin) — The Future of Truth

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