Charlotte Hays
Director of Cultural Programs
Charlotte Hays gets up most mornings and contributes to the Inkwell, the weblog of the Independent Women's Forum. Hays joined the Independent Women's Forum in 1999 as editor of The Women's Quarterly. When the quarterly evolved into our web operation, Hays became a senior editor.
Known for her quick and irreverent sense of humor, Hays has appeared on cable television programs such as Politically Incorrect, C-Span's Washington Journal, and PBS's To the Contrary. A former correspondent for the National Catholic Register and a feature writer at The Washington Times, Hays has been fascinated by politics since covering local politics for alternative weeklies in New Orleans. She is coauthor of three humorous books on southern culture, the first of which was the best-selling Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral. She is also author of Fortune Hunters, a book on what it takes to make a Midas marriage. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, the Washington Post’s “Book World,” and the Weekly Standard.
Hays has recently returned to IWF after several years of serving as editor of In Character, A Journal of Everyday Virtues, which was published by the John Templeton Foundation.mes, Hays has been fascinated by politics since covering local politics for alternative weeklies in New Orleans.
Recent Articles:
June 18 2013
June 17 2013
A Backdoor Way to Kill Keystone?
June 17 2013
Fifty Years of Women's Magazines: What They Tell Us
June 17 2013
Chelsea Clinton: "We Need a Woman in the White House"
June 17 2013
June 14 2013
Forget the Imperial Presidency. How about the Royal Presidency?
June 14 2013
Are Criminal Background Checks Unfair?
June 14 2013
June 13 2013
The Scowling Face of Lois Lerner
June 13 2013
Found: A Place Where Our Government Won't Snoop
June 13 2013
June 11 2013
June 11 2013
June 11 2013
More on IWF's Morning on the Hill...
June 10 2013
Sex and Intimacy Tips from Uncle Sam
June 7 2013
AAUW: Clinging to the Wage Gap
June 6 2013
June 5 2013
Headline of the Day: Flotus Interruptus
June 5 2013
The Lady from Wetumpka: Speaking Truth to Power
June 5 2013
Hoff Sommers: A Quick Fix for the Wage Gap
June 4 2013
ObamaCare Talking Points: Revised
June 4 2013
June 3 2013
June 3 2013
May 31 2013
Dick Durbin: Shut Up, Bloggers....
May 31 2013
May 31 2013
May 30 2013
Uh-Oh: ObamaCare Has a Slush Fund
May 30 2013
Dalrymple: What Woolwich Says about Us
May 30 2013
May 29 2013
May 29 2013
Washington Post: Virginia's Democracy Stained!
May 29 2013
Hooray! A Taxpayer-Supported Poetry Writing Project for Hardened Criminals!
May 28 2013
Another Sour Note on Gibson Guitar Raids
May 28 2013
President Obama: All the World's a Stage
May 28 2013
May 25 2013
Holder's Implausible Deniability Ripped Away by NBC
May 24 2013
Washington Post: Jay Carney Discusses His Favorite Band!
May 24 2013
State Department: London Beheading "Senseless Violence"
May 24 2013
ObamaCare: Nightmare for Low-Skilled Workers
May 23 2013
Lois Lerner: The Face of the IRS
May 23 2013
May 22 2013
An Official in the Obama IRS Finds an Amendment She Likes: The Fifth
May 22 2013
All the President's Scandals: One Common Theme
May 22 2013
News Flash: Power Still Corrupts, and Absolute Power Still Corrupts Absolutely...
May 21 2013
What do the IRS and Media Spying Scandals Have in Common?
May 21 2013
Obama at Morehouse: We're Still a Racist Society
May 21 2013
The IRS Scandal: Don't Let It Go To Waste...
May 20 2013
May 17 2013
June 11 2013
Charlotte Hays sets the record straight on the pay gap on WGTK's Joe Elliot Show
June 11 2013
March 26 2013
March 25 2013
Charlotte Hays discusses the sequester and the President's visit to Israel on the Andy Caldwell Show
March 21 2013
Charlotte Hays discusses the soda ban and Mayor Bloomberg on the Lockwood Phillips Show
March 13 2013
Charlotte Hays discusses the sequester on the Andy Caldwell Show
March 8 2013
Charlotte Hays discusses VAWA on the Reid Mullins Show
March 4 2013
Charlotte Hays discusses sequestration and VAWA on The Andy Caldwell Show
February 21 2013
February 12 2013
Charlotte Hays discusses the war against boys on KFKA's AM Colorado
February 11 2013
February 8 2013
January 24 2013
Charlotte Hays discusses women in combat on the Vicki McKenna Show
January 24 2013
Charlotte Hays discusses the record number of women in Senate with Reid Mullins
January 4 2013
Charlotte Hays discusses Jovan Belcher's brutal crime and guns with Andy Caldwell
December 5 2012
Charlotte Hays discusses women's trust issues with the GOP on the Bill LuMaye Show
November 15 2012
Charlotte Hays discusses the GOP women problem with KVI's John Carlson
November 13 2012
Charlotte Hays discusses new polling and disappearing gender gap on WOWO with Casey Hendrickson
October 9 2012
Charlotte Hays discusses the culture of dependency on the Andy Caldwell Show
September 28 2012
Charlotte Hays reacts to the final evening of the DNC on The Schilling Show
September 7 2012
Charlotte Hays discusses Akin comments and the so-called "War on Women" on WRHU-FM
August 22 2012
Charlotte Hays discusses the so-called "War on Women" and the women vote on The Frank Beckmann Show
August 21 2012
Charlotte Hays discusses the heated debate over women on The Randy Tobler Show
August 18 2012
Charlotte Hays discusses the left's untruth about Paul Ryan and women on The Vinnie Penn Project
August 15 2012
Charlotte Hays discusses the July jobs report on WTMA's Morning Buzz
August 3 2012
July 16 2012
Charlottes Hays discusses taxes on WTMA's Morning Buzz
July 13 2012
Charlotte Hays discusses the low June jobs report on The G. Gordon Liddy Show
July 9 2012
Charlotte Hays discusses recent jobs report on AM Colorado
July 9 2012
Charlotte Hays discusses the grim unemployment outlook on AM Colorado
July 9 2012
What's Up with Terry Lowry: Is President Obama an Economic Illiterate?
July 19 2011
The Mike Schikman Show: Is President Obama an Economic Illiterate?
July 14 2011
The Alana Burke Show: Drawdown of Troops in Afghanistan
June 29 2011
What's Up with Terry Lowry: ObamaNEYcare
June 20 2011
The Dana Show: Wal-Mart Case Decision
June 20 2011
IWF in the News: Barack Hearts Debbie's 'Cute Smile'
June 18 2011
The Mike Schikman Show: GOP Debate Winners and Losers
June 16 2011
The Dave Rutherford Show: The 2012 Race
June 15 2011
The Alana Burke Show: GOP Debate Winners and Losers
June 15 2011
The Amy Oliver Show: GOP Debate Winners and Losers
June 14 2011
The Alana Burke Show: Abandoning Six Soldiers and Nanny Cams on Lunch Trays
May 17 2011
The Alana Burke Show: Bin Laden's Death
May 3 2011
The Amy Oliver Show: Bin Laden's Death
May 2 2011
The John McConnell Show: Bin Laden's Death
May 2 2011
The Mike Schikman Show: AARP Betrayal
April 12 2011
The Dana Show: There is No Male Female Wage Gap
April 12 2011
The Andy Caldwell Show: AARP Betrayal
April 4 2011
Nothing But The Truth: Our New Durga Foreign Policy
March 28 2011
The Raffelle Report: Our New Durga Foreign Policy
March 25 2011
No, Mr. Volcker, Distrust in Government is Good
June 7 2013
The Destruction of Our Culture of Self-Reliance and Civic Society
May 24 2013
Boston Strong: Behind the Bluster
May 3 2013
Warren Buffett Has His Secretary—and Barack Obama Has…Me
April 19 2013
April 5 2013
VAWA Advice for Members of Congress
February 20 2013
The President's Middle Class Head Fake: It’s Time for a Middle Class Wake Up Call
December 11 2012
President Obama's Feminist Seduction: They're Being Had by a Smooth Talker
August 14 2012
Why “You Didn’t Build That” Won’t Go Away
July 31 2012
Uniforms Manufactured in China; Rage Manufactured on Capitol Hill
July 17 2012
Americans Shouldn't Give Up on Lives As Usual
July 3 2012
Don't Wave the White Flag in the Gender Wars
April 24 2012
Crestfallen Liberals Failed to Take Constitution Seriously
April 3 2012
Taxpayer Cry: Not One Penny for Drag Shows!
March 20 2012
Obamacare's Unconstitutionality
March 6 2012
March 1 2012
Wanted: An Honest Discussion About the Violence Against Women Act
February 14 2012
The NEA's Plan: Keep Your "Kids" Captive Longer
January 31 2012
Chivalry Sinks under Equality's Murky Waters
January 20 2012
January 17 2012
President Obama: Champion or Enemy of the Middle Class?
January 3 2012
Time Glorifies Protestors, Regardless of Their Cause
December 20 2011
Barack Obama's America, In His Own Words
December 6 2011
November 15 2011
About the Republican Primary Debate
October 12 2011
October 12 2011
Memo to Republican Voters: Don't Succumb to Your Inner Democrat
August 16 2011
August 12 2011
The Mike Schikman Show: Is President Obama an Economic Illiterate?
July 14 2011
What's Up with Terry Lowry: ObamaNEYcare
June 20 2011
IWF in the News: Barack Hearts Debbie's 'Cute Smile'
June 18 2011
The Mike Schikman Show: GOP Debate Winners and Losers
June 16 2011
The Alana Burke Show: GOP Debate Winners and Losers
June 15 2011
The Amy Oliver Show: GOP Debate Winners and Losers
June 14 2011
May 23 2011
The John McConnell Show: Bin Laden's Death
May 2 2011
The Amy Oliver Show: Bin Laden's Death
May 2 2011
End of the Road for Hillary Clinton
March 30 2011
Nothing But The Truth: Our New Durga Foreign Policy
March 28 2011
The Raffelle Report: Our New Durga Foreign Policy
March 25 2011
The Other Side with Charles Butler: U.S. Muslims Should Welcome Pete King's Hearings
March 14 2011
A 51-Vote Strategy for Repeal?
February 10 2011
IWF in the News: Michelle Obama: 'I Will do Whatever I'm Asked to Do' to Help Get Obama Reelected
February 9 2011
Not Clueless: Senate Democrats Seek Distance From Obamacare
February 8 2011
February 4 2011
February 3 2011
The Alana Burke Show: Obama's State of the Union Speech
January 26 2011
The Andy Caldwell Show: Predictions for the State of The Union Speech
January 25 2011
The Raffelle Report: State of the Union Speech Predictions
January 24 2011
January 13 2011
