Thursday, May 15, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I (00:14 - 09:13)
Pete Rose Removed from ‘Permanently Ineligible’ List for Major League Baseball. Hall of Fame Next? Commissioner’s Recent Statement Raises Big Moral Questions

• A Letter from Commissioner Manfred to Jeffrey M. Lenkov by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner (Robert D. Manfred Jr.)

Part II (09:13 - 16:16)
Russia’s New ‘Frankenstein’ Missile: Russia’s Latest Missile is Sign of the Times, and Things to Come

• Russia’s new ‘Frankenstein’ missile terrorising Ukraine by The Telegraph (Iona Cleave)

Part III (16:16 - 25:28)
The Prophet of Soft Power: Influential Political Scientist and National Security Official Joseph Nye, Dies at 88

• Joseph Nye, Political Scientist Who Extolled ‘Soft Power,’ Dies at 88 by The New York Times (Trip Gabriel)

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