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A 'woman's place' is more powerful than feminists admit

Contrary to the feminist dogma that husbands "repress" their wives, a new study reveals that women hold a lot of power when it comes to making important family decisions. Family-policy experts Dr. Allan Carlson and Paul Mero explain why couples who find the right balance between sharing decisions, leading, and respecting will build a happy, lasting marriage.

For more information on the study, please click here.

Court to parents: You're on your own

A federal appeals court ruling threatens to "gut" the FCC's authority to regulate foul language on broadcast TV, reports the NY Times. Putting the burden on parents to protect their children with "control technologies," the decision illustrates how government has abandoned the traditional policy of protecting children from obscenity. Dr. Allan Carlson and Paul Mero, authors of The Natural Family: A Manifesto, explain why we must return to the "natural family" model of nurturing children if we want our children, and society, to flourish.

To read about the FCC case, click here.

Russian police proudly demonstrate zeal for violence

Russia's special police—chided last month for using excessive force on anti-Putin protestors—answered critics this week by demonstrating how much more force they can wield. In a public show, policemen lay on broken glass, dropped daggers on their stomachs, and broke planks of wood over each other's backs. Russian-affairs expert Yuri Felshtinsky says the officers' zeal for violence and delight in demonstrating it is a chilling warning to the West that must not be dismissed.

Felshtinsky is the author of Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bringing Back KGB Terror, which he co-wrote with Alexander Litvinenko, the ex-KGB spy who was poisoned in England last November.

To read more about Russian police's public demonstration, click here. To see pictures, click here and then click on the photo of Russia's special police unit under Image Galleries.

KGB Resurrected?

The Kremlin bombed its own people to provoke war with Chechnya and thus usher Vladimir Putin to power—and it's only a matter of time before the former KGB stages another "terrorist" attack, warns Russian-affairs expert Yuri Felshtinsky. His latest book, co-authored with Alexander Litvinenko (the ex-spy who died of radiation poisoning last November), explores the consequences for the West of Putin's violent rise to power.

In Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror, Felshtinsky and Litvinenko reveal how Putin's policies of censorship and murder have set Russia on a course toward implosion.

To read a NY Post article about the book, click here.

Even Gore's supporters say it's time to cool the hype

Even Al Gore's supporters think he's gone too far with his "doom and gloom" science, reports the New York Times. Environmental alarmists like Gore refuse to examine the facts and appeal to underhanded methods to propagate "flimsy science," says Dennis Avery, co-author of the bestselling Unstoppable Global Warming. Avery explains why global warming is a natural phenomenon and puts an end to the panic with solid, honest research.

Read the NY Times article here.

Hip-hop Music Hurts Women AND Men

Hip-hop music has an extraordinarily dangerous influence on our young men, reports a new documentary. Raunchy lyrics and violent music videos portray masculinity as destructive and unpredictable. Without fathers to guide them, young men buy into this false definition of manhood--and often pay for it with their lives or the lives of their loved ones. We simply can't afford to ignore the importance of fatherhood, says Dr. Stephen Gabriel. The author of To Be a Father helps men understand the roles and responsibilities of the fatherhood vocation and shows them how they can improve their performance at their number one job.

Access article here.

What if someone said a mother is optional in a child's life?

Liberal columnist Leonard Pitts incurred the wrath of the Left by writing that Mary Cheney's child needs a father. Would he get the same reaction, Pitts asked, if he suggested that a child doesn't really need a mother? Why not? Maybe we misunderstand fatherhood and its responsibilities. Dr. Stephen Gabriel, author of the new book, To Be a Father, evaluates the skills and discipline it takes to be a father and helps men improve themselves and their family lives.

Access article here.

No More Pants, Hillary! says Versace

Donatella Versace says presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton should stop wearing trousers and instead choose skirts to emphasize her femininity. Senator Clinton isn't the only professional woman who is tempted to dress like her male colleauges. Women receive awful advice on how to design a professional wardrobe, says fashion consultant Mary Sheehan Warren. The author of It's So You! Fitting Fashion to Your Life shows working women what to wear. The right clothes, says Warren, will improve your professional relationships and your quality of work.

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More Women Prefer Clothes to Men

In a shocking new study, women admit they cherish their clothes more than their intimate relationships. What explains this obsession? Women have an inherent craving to look and feel beautiful, and they believe clothes will help them satisfy that longing, says fashion consultant Mary Sheehan Warren. Author of the new book, It's So You! Fitting Fashion to Your Life, Warren shows women how to make the most of their wardrobes without obsessing over their clothes.

Access article here.

Barack Obama Stumps for Fatherhood

Fatherhood has found a surprising advocate in presidential candidate Barack Obama. The son of a single mother, Senator Obama knows first-hand the devastation of growing up without a dad. He's making a lonely attempt to reconcile his party's social agenda with strong fatherhood. Father of eight and author Dr. Stephen Gabriel guides fathers who have answered the call to improve themselves and their family lives.

Access National Review article here.