The World and Everything in It - June 16, 2012
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Veepstakes, evangelicals and ‘culture wars,’ films for dad, Effective Compassion contest, the faithful Father, Holder on the hot seat, economic unrest, evangelicals and immigration, Catholics and religious freedom, Olasky Interview, Paul McCartney, summer vacation
Getting ready for the veepstakes, Supreme Court roundup, Mark Tooley on evangelicals and the 'culture wars,' Phil Boatwright on films for Dad on Father's Day, 2012 Hope Award for Effective Compassion, the one faithful Father, Attorney General Eric Holder on the hot seat, economic unrest at home and abroad, liberal and conservative evangelicals make common cause on immigration policy, Catholics and the 'Fortnight for Freedom,' Maggie Gallagher on redefining marriage, Paul McCartney and the Great American Songbook, 'What I Did on My Summer Vacation,' The History Book, and more.
Hour A, Segment 1
Getting ready for the veepstakes
At the Supreme Court: A denial, a decision and a rebuke
Check here for a listing of names rumored as possible GOP vice presidential candidates.
Kent Covington is a general-assignment reporter for The World and Everything in It.
Mary Reichard is the legal-affairs correspondent for The World and Everything in It.
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Hour A, Segment 2
Should evangelical Christians try to improve their image by backing away from 'culture wars'?
Mark Tooley is president of the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Religion and Democracy. Read his recent article "Irrepressible Culture Wars, Past and Present" from The American Spectator.
Read the June 2012 report "Generational Values and Desires" (PDF) from Focus on the Family.
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Hour A, Segment 3
Films for Dad on Father's Day: Act of Valor and The Odd Couple
Film reviewer Phil Boatwright is the editor of PreviewOnline.org. He is also the author of Movies: The Good, The Bad, and the Really, Really Bad (CreateSpace, 2009).
Read his online review of Act of Valor.
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Hour A, Segment 4
Introducing WORLD's seventh annual Effective Compassion contest
Marvin Olasky is the editor in chief of WORLD News Group.
Learn more about the 2012 Hope Award for Effective Compassion.
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Hour A, Segment 5
Joel Belz commentary: The Father who is eternally faithful
Commentator Joel Belz is the founder of WORLD Magazine. He writes a bi-weekly column for WORLD.
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Hour B, Segment 1
GOP lawmakers press attorney general on national-security leaks, failed Fast and Furious operation
Economic unrest in Europe, wary markets in United States
Evangelicals on left and right make common cause on immigration policy
Read Edward Lee Pitts' WORLDmag.com Web Extra "Feud turning furious."
Kent Covington is a general-assignment reporter for The World and Everything in It.
Warren Cole Smith covers business and economic news for WORLD News Group. Read his regular online column "Signs and Wonders."
Religion News Service reported on evangelical activists pressing Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform plan. Read the "Evangelical Statement of Principles for Immigration Reform."
Learn more about the "Fortnight for Freedom" sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The religious-freedom observance runs from June 21-July 4.
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Hour B, Segment 2
The Olasky Interview: Maggie Gallagher on the battle over marriage
Maggie Gallagher is president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy.
Marvin Olasky is editor in chief of WORLD News Group.
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Hour B, Segment 3
Turning 70, Paul McCartney explores the Great American Songbook
Arsenio Orteza covers music for WORLD News Group.
Learn more about Paul McCartney's 2012 album, Kisses on the Bottom.
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Hour B, Segment 4
TW&E feature: 'What I did on my summer vacation'
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Hour B, Segment 5
The TW&E History Book
June 16, 1858—Abraham Lincoln delivers his "House Divided" speech in Springfield, Ill.
June 18, 1940—In a speech to the British House of Commons, Prime Minister Winston Churchill warns that World War II's "Battle of Britain is about begin."
June 17, 1963—The U.S. Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
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