• Demography •
December 14, 2012
The Briefing 12-14-12 – Final Episode of the Season
This is the final episode of the season. Please join us again for The Briefing on January 2nd, 2013. Thanks for listening.
Story 1 – The freedom of information threatened by UN treaty
U.S. Rejects Telecommunications Treaty, New York Times (Eric Pfanner)
Story 2 – Radical demographic shift means everyone is a minority
Census Officials, Citing Increasing Diversity,…
December 13, 2012
The Briefing 12-13-12
Story 1 – Is rural America becoming less relevant?
USDA Chief: Rural America Becoming Less Relevant, Associated Press (Mary Clare Jalonick)
Story 2 – The overwhelming power of urban West Coast “Democratopolis”
In West’s ‘Democratopolis,’ Winning an Election With Only 8 of 39 Counties, New York Times (Kirk Johnson)
Story 3 – Retailer “speaks the language” of its teen…
June 4, 2007
The Great Challenge of the Cities — “The World Goes to Town”
The Economist [London], one of the world’s great news organizations, publishes several major survey reports each year — and each is priority reading for the world’s leaders. This is certainly true of the most recent survey, “The World Goes to Town,” a report that should remind Christians of the challenge represented by the modern city.
