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The Briefing 05-11-17

Cognitive dissonance in the NYT: Defending a woman's right to abortion & the disabled's right to lifeNew York Times (Jennifer Bartlett) — Disability and the Right to Choose

Scouting story #1: If Boy Scouts admit girls who identity as girls, does "Boy" mean anything anymore?Associated Press (David Crary) — Boy Scouts face renewed push to let girls join the ranks

Scouting story #2: As Girl Scouts march ideologically leftward, many Christian groups are cutting tiesNPR (Merrit Kennedy) — Kansas City Archdiocese Cutting Ties With Girl Scouts Over 'Troubling Trends'The Federalist (Margot Cleveland) — Here’s Why Christians Are Choosing To Leave The Girl Scouts

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Basics 2017 Conference: Q & A with Alistair Begg, Sinclair Ferguson and Albert Mohler

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The Gospel in Biblical Narrative

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The Briefing 05-10-17

Making sense of the unexpected firing of FBI Director James Comey by President TrumpNew York Times (Michael D. Shear and Matt Apuzzo) — F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump

What will South Korea's election of Moon Jae-In as President mean for the region—and the globe?New York Times (Choe Sang-Hun) — South Korea Elects Moon Jae-in, Who Backs Talks With North, as President

Cohabitation story #1: Among younger Americans, it's complicated New York Times (Anna Goldfarb) — What I Wish I’d Known Before Moving in Together

Cohabitation story #2: Among older Americans, it's even more complicatedNew York Times (Paula Span) — More Older Couples Are ‘Shacking Up’

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The Briefing 05-09-17

Can we really erase gender? MTV's gender-neutral prizes awarded for gendered roles on the big screenNew York Times (Christopher D. Shea) — Emma Watson Wins MTV’s Gender-Neutral Acting Prize

Politics with a side of sports: ESPN doubles down on politics-infused sports coverageWall Street Journal (James Freeman) — The Politics of ESPNNew York Post (Hannah Withiam) — ‘SportsCenter’ anchor agrees politics is hurting ESPNThe Federalist (Bre Payton) — ESPN Yanks Poem Praising A Convicted Cop Killer

Science, philosophy, and the origins of our 'post-truth era' Wall Street Journal (Crispin Sartwell) — Let’s Get Metaphysical About Trump and the ‘Post-Truth Era’Financial Times (Clive Cookson) — BBC resurrects Tomorrow’s World for a new generation

Stephen Hawking says humanity has just 100 years to find a new home. But do major media believe him?TIME (Sarah Begley) — Why Real Scientists Think Aliens Would Never Eat Humans

And they think our worldview is strange: TIME reports aliens probably wouldn't eat us after all

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The Evangelicals: A Conversation with Author Frances FitzGerald

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The Briefing 05-08-17

France's new President-elect, Emmanuel Macron, and the role of religion in politicsNew York Times (Alissa J. Rubin) — Macron Decisively Defeats Le Pen in French Presidential RaceWall Street Journal (Sohrab Ahmari) — The French Illusions That Die HardWashington Post (Isaac Stanley-Becker) — France is proud of its secularism. But religion could shape who wins Sunday.

When we read the news, are we aware of who or what is presented with sympathy?New York Times (Liz Spayd) — Seeking More Voices, Even if Some Don’t Want to Hear Them

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Exodus 20:16-17

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The Briefing 05-05-17

What will be the impact of President Trump's executive order on religious liberty? Only time will tell.White House (Office of the Press Secretary) — Presidential Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty

Should posting a Bible verse be a fireable offense in the military?Wall Street Journal (S. Simcha Goldman) — A Court-Martial for a Bible VerseWall Street Journal — Thou Shalt Not Post Any Bible Verses at Work

Planning a protest? Berkeley Police Department offers "symbolic arrests" to protesting citizensWall Street Journal — Notable & Quotable: Protest Planning

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The Briefing 05-04-17

Noetic effects of the Fall and the naturalistic worldview's failure to explain the limits of reasonNew Yorker (Elizabeth Kolbert) — Why Facts Don't Change Our MindsDesiring God (Albert Mohler) — The Way the World Thinks: Meeting the Natural Mind in the Mirror and in the Marketplace

The death of expertise or panic of the experts? Intellectual authority in AmericaNew York Times (Michiko Kakutani) — ‘The Death of Expertise’ Explores How Ignorance Became a Virtue

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