Friday, May 29, 2026
5/29/202627 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 08:01)
The Women’s Museum That Doesn’t Know What a Woman Is: The Creation of Smithsonian Women’s Museum on National Mall Stalls for Lack of Definition of a Woman
- How a bipartisan women’s history museum became a political football by The Washington Post (Jonathan Edwards)
- Let Democrats kill the women’s history museum by Washington Times (Editorial Board)
Part II (08:01 – 13:46)
The Death of Barney Frank: The Legacy of the First Openly Gay Member of Congress
Part III (13:46 – 18:37)
Is the A.I. Revolution More Akin to the Revolution of the Printing Press Revolution Than to the Industrial Revolution? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part IV (18:37 – 22:26)
Who Has Authority to Perform Baptisms? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part V (22:26 – 24:50)
When Does Investing Become Gambling? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part VI (24:50 – 27:03)
Why Didn’t Jesus Stop King Herod From Killing John the Baptist? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
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[intro music] It's Friday, May twenty-nine, two thousand twenty-six. I'm Albert Mohler, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Today, I'm in Boise, Idaho. But just yesterday and the few days before, I was in Washington, D.C. And as I left Washington, there was a fascinating news story I really want to bring to our attention. It has to do with a proposed Smithsonian Institution Women's History Museum. Now, just a few days ago, The Washington Post reported that this issue, the possibility of a Women's History Museum there in the area of the National Mall as connected to the Smithsonian Institution as a whole, we're, we're told that it is basically now stalled on the floor of the House of Representatives. Okay. Listen to this. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez, Democrat of New Mexico, said, quote, "Women deserve to tell our own story. That's why the Democratic Women's Caucus and the House Democrats worked tirelessly to block the radical, divisive Republican amendments to the Women's History Museum bill that gave Trump and his ballroom buddies control." Okay. This came after a vote. And in that vote, it became very clear that the Republicans were not going to move ahead with a proposed Smithsonian Women's History Museum that wasn't about women. So just consider this. Quote, "Two months ago, the legislation appeared to be on a glide path to establishing the museum's future home. Introduced in February two thousand