An observer of presidential politics recently wrote that in order to defeat George W. Bush, the democratic nominee must beat a "retreat from the feminization of politics." Now that the likely nominee is a decorated veteran, how will ideas of "manhood" shape the race for President? Also, the Europeans reconsider Middle East policy and appoint a counterterrorism coordinator, the meaning for forgiveness, and your calls.
EU and me
Dennis Staunton European Correspondent for the Irish Times discusses the European response to the Yassin assassination reports on the EU counterterrorism summit
Listener Calls
Listeners chime in on the Senate Fetus Bill, WMD’s and the Jets Stadium
Are You Feeling Chivalrous?
Leo Braudy University Professor and Bing Professor of English at the University of Southern California and author, From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity (Knopf, 2003)shares the history of ideas about manhood
So Sorry
Jeanne Safer, Ph.D psychotherapist, supervisor and faculty member at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health and the National Institute for the Psychotherapies and author, Forgiving and Not Forgiving: Why Sometimes It's Better Not to Forgive (Quill 2000) and The Normal One : Life with a Difficult or Damaged ...
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