• Feminism •
February 19, 2013
The Briefing 02-19-13
Story 1 – ‘The Feminine Mystique’ turns 50
Looking Back at a Domestic Cri de Coeur, New York Times (Janet Maslin)
‘The Feminine Mystique’ at 50, New York Times (Gail Collins)
Story 2 – The Social Scourge of Gambling
San Diego Ex-Mayor Confronts $1 Billion Gambling Problem, New York Times (Jennifer Medina)
Tech Industry Sets Its Sights on Gambling, New…
The Briefing, Monday, December 3, 2012
December 3, 2012
TODAY 1. The Supreme Court and Same-Sex Marriage — A Decision Not to Decide is Still a Decision. 2. First Same-Sex Marriage in West Point’s Chapel — What it Means. 3. Sharia Law Combines with Autocracy in Egypt. 4. The Two-Edged Sword of Palestinian Statehood. 5. Does Justice Require that Stay-at-Home Moms Leave Home? I discuss all these and more in today’s edition of The Briefing: A Daily Analysis of News and Events from a Christian Worldview.
When Feminism Kills — Abortion As ‘The Lesser Evil’
July 1, 2010
“If you are willing to die for a cause, you must be prepared to kill for it, too.” That statement, published for all the world to see, perfectly distills the inescapable logic of the abortion rights argument. It is based on a willingness to kill — and on the horrifying audacity to call this killing “the lesser evil.”
June 11, 2010
Motherhood vs. The Woman?
Elisabeth Badinter recently published a new book that has swept across France: Le conflit la femme et la mere. Translated as “Conflict: The Woman and The Mother,” the book makes the argument that the greatest impediment to the advance of feminism is the baby. Simply put, women cannot reach their potential as women because their…
January 25, 2010
Committed? Not By a Long Shot
Elizabeth Gilbert is once again a married woman, and she has written a rather lengthy memoir in order to explain why. In Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, Gilbert explains her unexpected (and unconventional) road to marriage – and it is startling. From her view of marriage – a concept with which she has…
October 23, 2008
“Radical Womanhood” and the Local Church
In her new book, Radical Womanhood: Feminine Faith in a Feminist World, Carolyn McCulley calls Christian women to a recovery of biblical womanhood that is both counter-cultural and inherently pro-woman. On today’s program, she joins guest host Russell Moore for a conversation about her book and the issues involved for Christian women, their families, and…
April 10, 2007
Does Motherhood Mean Anything?
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad played the media like a musical instrument, greeting the captives just prior to their release. The Muslim world loved it. Tragically, the most damaging element of Ahmadinejad’s media triumph was handed to him by the Royal Navy in the person of Leading Seaman Faye Turney, the only woman among the captives…
March 16, 2007
Hillary Clinton And The Gender Wars
Hillary Rodham Clinton assured us fifteen years ago that she is no Tammy Wynette. Nonetheless, her presidential campaign strategy reveals that she and the late country music diva agree on at least one thing: “Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman.” On today’s program, Susan Estrich joins guest host Russell Moore to consider the implications…
