This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 11:24)What Can Explain Such Panic and Mayhem? Massive Street Party Turns Deadly in SeoulSouth Korea Halloween Tragedy Claims Mostly Young Revelers by Wall Street Journal (Jiyoung Sohn, Dasl Yoon, and Timothy W. Martin)Part II (11:24 – 15:14)‘The Madness of Crowds’: Why Crowds Seem to Have a Mind of Their OwnPart III (15:14 – 27:20)Is the Way to Stop Discriminating on the Basis of Race… to Just Stop Discriminating on the Basis of Race? Supreme Court Hears Five Hours of Oral Argument on Affirmative ActionSign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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‘A Success Only Because They Were Not An Abject Failure’: Cheating, Totalitarianism, and the Compromised Morality of 2022 Beijing Games

USA TODAY (CHRISTINE BRENNAN)
The Most Controversial, Most Unwelcoming Olympics of Our Lifetime are Now Over

USA TODAY (NANCY ARMOUR)
Toxic Beijing Games Did Lasting Damage to the Long-Term Survival of Olympics

PART 2
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The Conscience, Rule of Law, and the Over-Reaching State: Protests in Canada and Now Coming to the U.S. — How Should Christians Think?

NEW YORK TIMES (IAN AUSTEN)
Canada Ends Its Freeze on Hundreds of Accounts Tied to Protests

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Tyranny

PART 3
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SCOTUS Takes Up Religious Liberty Case over Wedding Web Designer — Will It Defend Religious Liberty and Free Speech?

PART 4
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Male and Female in Scare Quotes?: The Moral Decline of our Civilization Summarized in a Retirement Column in the New York Times

NEW YORK TIMES (JANE BRODY)
Farewell, Readers, It’s Been a Remarkable Ride

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 12:27) Enthusiast in Chief for the Transgender Revolution: President Joe Biden Calls Any State Restrictions of ‘Gender-Affirming’ Legally and Morally Wrong‘Devout Catholic’ Biden Invokes God And Morality To Push Genital Mutilation Of Gender-Confused Kids by The Federalist (Evita Duffy)Joe Biden: Banning Sex Change Surgery for Children is ‘Immoral’ by The Telegraph (Josie Ensor)Most Children Who Think They’re Transgender are Just Going Through a ‘Phase’, Says NHS by The Telegraph (Hayley Dixon)Part II (12:27 – 16:53) Male, Female, or X?: The LGBTQ Revolution Coming to Social Security Administration Gender Boxes Near YouSocial Security Will Now Allow People to Select Their Gender in Records by New York Times (Eduardo Medina)Part III (16:53 – 24:36) ‘The Term ‘Queer’ is Exclusive’: A Debate within the LGBTQ Community Reveals How Moral Revolutions Require Ongoing Revolutions in Language Let’s Say Gay by New York Times (Pamela Paul)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.