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Brand Reformation: A Conversation about Martin Luther with Historian Andrew Pettegree

The Briefing 04-25-16

Crime and Punishment: Age of moral culpability at center of Boston murder debateBoston Globe (James Alan Fox) — Rod Matthews has earned a second chanceBoston Globe (Kenneth N. Berkowitz) — Don’t release a psychopathic killer

Moral insanity: raising the age of moral culpability while lowering age of sexual consentNewsweek (Tim Requarth) — Neuroscience is Changing the Debate Over What Role Age Should Play in the CourtsHere & Now (Robin Young) — Former Friends Of Marathon Bomber Create Film, ‘Jahar’

Pro-choice group callously celebrates abortion by breaking, eating baby-shaped cookiesNational Review (Ericka Andersen) — Pro-Choice Group Features Broken Baby Cookies to Support Abortion

The Briefing 04-22-16

World leaders are making the argument that legalizing pot could lead to the defeat of ISISWashington Post (Ishaan Tharoor) — The latest idea for defeating the Islamic State: Legalize potDrug Policy Alliance — A Public Letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moonThe Economist — The right way to do drugs

Canada's assisted suicide bill is not liberal enough for some because it excludes minorsThe Guardian (Reuters in Toronto) — Canada to introduce legislation to decriminalize recreational cannabisThe Economist — Canada’s new doctor-assisted dying law takes shape

Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th birthday as longest reigning British monarchUSA Today (Jane Onyanga-Omara) — 'Modern Elizabethan Era': Britain celebrates Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday

The Briefing 04-21-16

Court rules that schools cannot provide separate bathrooms based on biology, citing Title IX Washington Post (Moriah Balingit) — Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen, says bathroom case can go forward

Official statement from US Civil Rights Commission identifies religious liberty as problem National Review (David French) — Turning American Law Upside Down for the TransgenderedUnited States Commission on Civil Rights — The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Statement Condemning Recent State Laws and Pending Proposals Targeting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community

Norwegian court says mass-murderer's rights violated by solitary confinement in 3-room suiteWashington Post (Mark Lewis and Karl Ritter) — Norwegian court: Mass killer Breivik’s rights were violated

Justice served? Accomplice in Manson murders could be released on parole in CaliforniaLos Angeles Times (Matt Hamilton and Shelby Grad) — Manson follower's chilling murder description: 'We started stabbing and cutting up the lady'

Fidel Castro nears the end of his life, reminding of the futility of atheistic communismThe Guardian (Rory Carroll) — Fidel Castro bids farewell to Cuba’s Communist party congress

The Briefing 04-20-16

Utah legislation recognizes pornography a problem—a health problem, that is, not a moral oneWashington Post (Niraj Chokshi) — ‘Evil, degrading, addictive, harmful’: Utah officially deems porn a public health crisis

As polygamy is struck down in UT, Harvard law prof. argues for its constitutionality in NYNBC News (Associated Press) — Utah Polygamy Ban Restored in Loss for 'Sister Wives' FamilyBloomberg View (Noah Feldman) — Polygamy Is Constitutional. Here's Why.

Obama Administration issues threats to states that have defunded Planned ParenthoodWashington Post (Lena H. Sun) — Obama officials warn states about cutting Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood

Morality and mortality are correlated in new study on wealth, geography, and life expectancyNew York Times (Neil Irwin and Quoctrung Bui) — The Rich Live Longer Everywhere. For the Poor, Geography Matters.

The Briefing 04-19-16

Feminist irony: Supporting a woman's right to abort a baby because it is a girlNBC News (Frances Kai-Hwa Wang) — House Reps. Speak Out Against PRENDA, Say Abortion Bill Based on Racial Stereotypes

Canada moves to legalize assisted suicide despite disastrous results in the NetherlandsNew York Times (Ian Austen) — Justin Trudeau Seeks to Legalize Assisted Suicide in CanadaUSA Today (John Bacon) — Canadian assisted death bill would exclude AmericansThe Guardian (Ann Neumann) — Is aid in dying humane or sacrilegious?Christian Century (Theo A. Boer) — Rushing toward death?

What do Bernie Sanders and the Pope have in common? A recent political photo op.New York Times (Jason Horowitz and Yamiche Alcindor) — Bernie Sanders Meets With Pope Francis

The Briefing 04-18-16

Deadly earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador tragically remind of inestimable value of human lifeNew York Times (Henry Fountain) — Do Earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador Signal an Epidemic? Scientists Say No

Obama's executive authority on trial in the immigration case before the Supreme CourtLouisville Courier-Journal (Chris Kenning) — Obama's immigration caseNew York Times (Julia Preston) — Family of Immigrants, Only One a Citizen, Anxiously Awaits Supreme Court Ruling

Hillary Clinton unwittingly affirms the personhood of the unborn in televised interviewThe Observer (Ashe Schow) — Hillary Clinton Exposes the Left’s Own Abortion ExtremismNew York Post (Jonah Goldberg) — The abortion truth that liberals can’t deny — but try to

The Briefing 04-15-16

"Dismemberment" deemed too descriptive by pro-abortion activists fighting pro-life bill Washington Post (Danielle Paquette) — The gruesome language anti-abortion activists are using to win support

Doctors train to kill in medical school, look to spread abortion access to underserved areasReuters (Jilian Mincer) — Amid clinic closures, young doctors seek abortion training

Studies show sex-selective abortions taking place in Canada, thousands of missing girlsGlobe and Mail (Wency Leung) — Some couples in Canada practising prenatal sex selection in favour of male fetuses, studies suggest

Attempt to raise cats "gender-neutral" fails at the vet where they must be sexedWashington Post (Lauren R. Taylor) — Don’t laugh: I have a serious reason for raising my cats gender-neutral

The Briefing 04-14-16

The world is waking up to the harms of pornography, but glaringly missing is moral concernWashington Post (Gail Dines) — Is porn immoral? That doesn’t matter: It’s a public health crisis.

Hollywood opposes anti-revenge-porn bill after realizing it could implicate their filmsTime (Charlotte Alter) — How Nudity Became the New NormalWashington Post (Karen Turner) — Why Hollywood studios are taking a stand against an anti-revenge-porn bill

Prom dress controversy reveals society today is embarrassed more by modesty than immodesty Northwest Florida Daily News (Leah Johnson) — Choctaw's new approval process for prom attire sparks concern

The Briefing 04-13-16

Why can't positive reinforcement replace punishment in parenting? Children are born sinners.The Atlantic (Olga Khazan) — No Spanking, No Time-Out, No Problems

Do women face "pregnancy penalties" at work? Only if motherhood and children are devalued.NBC News (Safia Samee Ali) — 'Motherhood Penalty' Can Affect Women Who Never Even Have a Child

John Kasich says he wouldn't sign "anti-LGBT" law, asks why we can't just agree to disagreeHuffington Post (Ryan J. Reilly) — http://www.nbcnews.com/business/careers/motherhood-penalty-can-affect-women-who-never-even-have-child-n548511