By Derick Dickens Filing for divorce twice as often as men, women most often say it is due to ‘mental cruelty’  (Source: Why women leave men).  It seems that in most all statistics, women are worse off as a whole.  They are seeing the highest levels of poverty ( Source: National Women’s Law Center), out...

  The Leading Edge is a weekly peek into what we’re reading and thinking through.  Maybe you have read them; maybe you have not.  Here’s a chance to catch up on news and information at the intersection of gender and the public square, with a the spice of worldview thrown in for flavor.  See something...

  By Courtney Reissig   The other day I was watching one of my favorite television shows, The West Wing. While the show chronicles the inner workings of a Presidential Administration, what struck me most in this particular episode had absolutely nothing to do with politics. The main character, President Josiah Bartlett, suffers from multiple...

By Jeremiah G. Dys, Esq. Today, the Supreme Court of the United States “denied cert” on an appeal by lawyers for Elane Photography, the New Mexico photographer who was sued several years ago for refusing – on grounds of her faith – to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony.  In layman’s terms, “denied cert” is lawyer...

Can the AP Be Trusted to Cover the Abortion Issue Fairly? – Mollie Hemingway provides a very insightful look into what some might call media bias.  Far from a wild-eyed look at the “leftwing media,” Mollie let’s the facts speak for themselves. Yo, Millenials – Staying at The Federalist, Hadley Heath takes a look at...

The Leading Edge is a weekly feature of CBMW’s Edge blog, giving you the articles we are reading today and a highlight of why it matters for tomorrow.  And we mean, “we.”  Tweet us the articles you’re reading @CBMWEdge.  Yours may be here next week. The Culture of Death Bares its Teeth – Al Mohler pens...