The Briefing 06-04-14

Podcast Transcript

1) Debate after abdication of Spanish king reminder of human longing for a good king

King Juan Carlos to abdicate Spanish throne, The Telegraph (Fiona Govan)

Abdication of King Juan Carlos Leads to Debate on Spanish Monarchy, Wall Street Journal (Olivia Crellin, Jeanette Neumann, and Christopher Bjork Bjork)

2) Intentional forgetting of Tianenmen Square 25th anniversary an intentional sin

Tiananmen, Forgotten, New York Times (Helen Gao)

Collective amnesia prevails in China 25 years after Tiananmen Square, Los Angeles Times (Julie Makinen)

Wary China keeps close watch as Tiananmen anniversary arrives, Reuters (Sui-Lee Wee)

3)New Medicare policy embraces mainstreaming of sex changes

Medicare to Now Cover Sex-Change Surgery, New York Times (Roni Caryn Rabin)

Medicare Ban on Sex-Reassignment Surgery Lifted, Wall Street Journal (Stephanie Armour)

4) Bloomberg critiques radical onesided political profile of major American universities

Bloomberg, at Harvard, blasts Ivy League ‘liberals’ for ‘trying to repress conservative ideas’, Washington Post (Valerie Strauss)