The Briefing 06-15-15

Podcast Transcript

1) Number of Americans in prison presents moral quandary of needing secure and humane systems

The Dannemora Dilemma, New York Times (Ross Douthat)

A Jailbreak Shows Prisons Are Only as Strong as the People Who Staff Them, TIME (David Von Drehle)

2) Concerns over religious liberty justified by gay activists’ transparency over end-goals

You Will Be Assimilated, Weekly Standard (Jonathan Last)

Thousands converge on Indianapolis for annual LGBT parade, Associated Press (Rick Callahan)

Indianapolis Rallies Around Its Gay Citizens After a Law Sets Off a Flood of Support, New York Times (Mitch Smith)

3) 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta reminder of the responsibility to maintain liberties