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The Briefing 06-17-13

1) New President of Iran elected, but it’s not a Democracy most Americans would recognize Iranians elect moderate president, Associated Press (Ali Akbar Dareini and Brian Murphy) 2) The Nazi war criminal next door – how well do you know your neighbors?  Shock lingers after Nazi unit leader found in US, Associated Press (David Rising, [...]

Genesis 2:1-3

The Briefing 06-14-13

1) Praying for those impacted by the Colorado wildfires 2 dead as firefighters battle Colorado blaze, CNN (Ashley Fantz and Paul Vercammen) 2) Important ruling for human dignity: human genes cannot be patented or owned Justices Rule Human Genes Cannot be Patented, USA Today (Richard Wolf) 3) U.S. arming Syrian rebels Syria has Used Chemical Weapons [...]

The Briefing 06-13-13

1. Compensation and judge intervention are dangerous solutions to organ waiting lists  Letting a child die for a voluntary ideal, USA Today (Sally Satel) 2. Senate will debate immigration reform, but most important debate is among the people Obama Back Bill to Overhaul Immigration as Debate is Set, New York Times (Mark Landler and Ashley [...]

The Briefing 06-12-13

1. Plan B contraceptive will now be available over-the-counter to girls of any age Feds: Morning-after pill appeal officially on hold, Associated Press (Tom Hays) Obama to End Effort to Restrict Morning-After Pill, New York Times (Michael D. Shear and Pam Belluck) 2. President Obama’s handling of recent controversies reveal his paradoxes…and ours NSA Flap [...]

Truth, Trust, and Testimony in a Time of Tension — The SBC and its Future

As the 2013 Southern Baptist Convention convenes this morning in Houston, theological issues will be ever close at hand. This is as it should be, for Baptists are a theological people. The history of the Southern Baptist Convention has been a legacy of significant doctrinal debates and controversies — most of them over issues that [...]

The Briefing 06-11-13

1. Karpen’s clinic in Houston a reminder that every abortion clinic is a house of horrors Anti-abortion group targets doctor, some call it witch hunt, Houston Chronicle (Mike Tolson) 2. Unborn face the danger of geography: Governor Cuomo acts to protect late-term abortion Cuomo’s Proposal Aims to Protect Late-Term Abortion Access in NY, Pew Forum [...]

The Briefing 06-10-13

1. Judge’s intervention in organ transplant raises even more ethical problems Judge’s ruling challenges US transplant system,  Associated Press (Lauran Neergaard) 2. Responding to the surveillance state: What do American’s want? NSA revelations force question: What do we want?, Associated Press (Adam Geller) Your Smartphone Is Watching You, New York Times (Ross Douthat) 3. As [...]

The Briefing 06-07-13

1) Surveillance state revelations force Americans to ask what it means to live in a Democracy

U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls, New York Times (Charlie Savage and Edward Wyatt)

NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily, The Guardian (Glenn Greenwald)

U.S. intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program, Washington Post (Barton Gellman and Laura Poitras)

2) Intervention of judge in lung transplant sets dangerous precedent


The rules of organ transplant vs. a dying little girl, Los Angeles Times (Karin Klein)

Dying Pa. girl placed on adult wait list for lung, Associated Press

3) Judge orders all restrictions lifted on morning after pill

Judge Orders All Restrictions Lifted on Some ‘Morning-After’ Pills, New York Times (Pam Belluck and Michael D Shear)

4) New app enables pics and videos to be sent then automatically  deleted in seconds, before parents see them

Snapchat’s young audience fuels a growth streak, USA Today (Jefferson Graham)

5) Samantha Power nomination likely to become combative

Samantha Power, White House’s UN ambassador nominee, has ‘seen evil at its worst’ NBC News

Force Full, New Republic (Samantha Power)

6) Gratitude on the 69th Anniversary of D-Day
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Books for a Summer Season — Some Recommended Reading

Serious readers tend to read by season. A worthy book is ripe for the reading in any season, but winter seems to privilege the weightier volumes over those that seem to be more easily set aside for reading in a more opportune season. Summer is that season. Why? Vacation and a change in pace have something to do with the tenor of the season, but the traditional break in the academic calendar may mean even more. We all need a season for reading books that are not assigned. Keep Reading