The Briefing 09-05-12

Podcast Transcript

1) Displacement of any typical family structure in America reflects decline in marriage

Unlike in the 1950s, there is no ‘typical’ U.S. family today, Washington Post (Brigid Schulte)

The ‘Leave It to Beaver’ Family Has Been Left Behind, U.S. News & World Report (Tierney Sneed)

Family Diversity Is the New Normal for America’s Children, Council on Contemporary Families (Philip Cohen)

2) Decline of family radically affects education system in New York

Help Families From Day 1, New York Times (Clare Huntington)

3) Decline of English Methodists reminder secular world has no place for secular denominations

Methodists in England ‘like an iceberg … crumbling into the sea’, Religion News Service (Trevor Grundy)

4) Berkeley requirement of free pot for low-income residents the extremity of moral insanity

Berkeley Pushes a Boundary on Medical Marijuana, New York Times (Ian Lovett)