The Briefing 06-12-15

Podcast Transcript

1) Shared understanding of value of marriage does not equal shared understanding of marriage 

Marriage Today: Rich-Poor Gap, Later Vows, Gays Gain Access, Associated Press (David Crary)

Marriage Opportunity: The Moment for National Action, Institute for American Values (Marriage Opportunity Council)

Regan: Marriage is going out of style, and that could hurt, USA Today (Trish Regan)

2) Consequences of single-parent family inescapably apparent in children’s lives

The North-South Divide on Two-Parent Families, New York Times (David Leonhardt)

Red State Families: Better Than We Knew, Institute for Family Studies (W. Bradford Wilcox and Nicholas Zill)

3) Impact of modernized economies, societies on men economic and moral

The weaker sex, The Economist

4) Ten-year old bullying online reminder online and real-world behavior equally moral

Lord of the Screens, New York Times (Nick Bilton)