December 3-10, 2008 – Shoppers and retailers getting ready for the Christmas season
Warm-up Question: What is your family doing to get ready for the Christmas season? It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! All around the country, beginning at least as early as the day after Thanksgiving, or “Black Friday,” shoppers...
November 26-December 3, 2008 – The bones of St. Andrew on tour
Warm-up Question: How do you want to be buried when you die?Some of the human remains of Saint Andrew the Apostle, also named “the First-Called,” were brought to Riga, Latvia on October, 24th from Odessa under police escort. The bones...
November 19-26, 2008 – Nebraska “Safe Haven” law leads to teen abandonments
Warm-up Question: What circumstances do you think might lead a parent of a teenager to abandon or give up that child? A Nebraska law meant to allow parents to legally abandon newborns at hospitals has instead led parents to drop...
November 12-19, 2008 – Reporter jailed for telling the truth
Warm-up Question: Share a time when you felt that the way you were treated was not fair. In Vietnam, a reporter is allowed to report on what they see, unless it embarrasses the government that is. The jailed reporter, Nguyen...
November 5-12, 2008 – Get out the vote… and wait
Warm-up Question: What surprised you the most about Tuesday’s election? The final days leading up to the 2008 General Election were filled with a frenzy of phone calls, knocking on doors, and posting signs all over the country. Both the...