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Booktv. Org. Up next, Christina Hoff sommers talks about the policies she says harm young men. She is the coauthor of four books and her newest book the war against boys Christina Hoff sommers, how did you define feminism . In the best sense, feminism is philosophy that says men and women are equal before the law. They deserve the same rights. The same liberties. And equal dignigity. You talk about the new feminism in your book, what is the new feminism . It emerges in the 80s and 90s. In the 70s, i believed in quality of opportunity, but in the 80s and 90s i was reading feminist writers and t...

That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. Next on booktv, amy binder takes an in depth look at experiences and activism of conservative students on the campuses of americas colleges and universities. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. Well, thank you very much for coming out on this rainy thursday. And thank you very much to christine and tulare for inviting me to the center. For more than half a century, conservative critics have been in think thanks, foundation and the media have championed the cause of conservative College Students who they say suffer on College Campuses. In books with...

And this week on the communicatorsa look at some of the telecommunications and the tech issues that the congress and the fcc may face in 2014. Joining us are three working reporters on telecommunications, Matthew Schwartz is with communications daily, Kate Tummarello is with the hill, and Paul Barbagallo is the managing editor of bloomberg bna, mr. Barbagallo, lets start with you. What do you think on the fcc and the congressional agenda this year . Guest well, i think to start off spectrum. The fcc in 2014 and beyond will be intently focused on spectrum. Congress as well. We will have this mo...

Think that they are bumpkins who dont think deeply about the problems of butter and the. Frankly, i am envious of the. How wonderful the have the certainty that some many of them have. The sense that there was a moment in life when gile spoke to them and told them of their purpose and gave them a sense of mission. Not to say i am not aware of the powerful place of doubt in these communities, but part of why i enjoy writing about them is because i find much about their world view very attractive and in the them for it. Host this is book tv on cspan2, and we are on the campus of the university o...

Thanks and telling things that might upset people. Maybe i will take the last question. Wars make writers and wars make ms. , and i wonder myths. And i wonder for you, as these wars begin to kind of fade, certainly they are not on our front pages anymore but what do you think should endure in the culture in terms of an understanding of the young men and women who served . What should we know . What should we continue to no . Man, i dont know. I think we will find out, right . What i wanted when i wrote this book was not that somebody would kind of take away one thing that i even knew. When i w...