IWF Commentary:
The Destruction of Our Culture of Self-Reliance and Civic Society
May 24 2013
Charlotte Hays
Townhall.com
Will recent scandals cause Americans to reassess support for big government politicians? Or will Americans yawn so that the Left feels even more invincible in continuing to build the liberal edifice with more and more progressive bricks?
Young Man: Uncle Sam Wants YOU...Or At Least Your Wallet
May 23 2013
Carrie L. Lukas
Forbes
Baseball fans and Maxim readers be warned: You are about to be manipulated. Advertisers selling cars, new tech toys, and beer aren’t alone in wanting your attention and money. The government is after you too.
Prom Advice: Don't Let the Romanticizing Trend Warp You
May 22 2013
Jennifer Marsico
BlogHer
I spent the evening of my senior prom with my knight in shining armor. Literally. A couple of friends and I opted out of our prom to have dinner at Medieval Times. Total cost per person? Around fifty dollars. A big reason why we decided to skip the prom was we knew attendance entailed major costs.
Should I Get Paid to Feed My Kids?
May 20 2013
Julie Gunlock
National Review Online
Where does Kristin Wartman, the New York Times writer who thinks that the government should pay you to feed your children, think the money will come from? She must not be concerned about the nation's already ballooning debt, high corporate taxes, or the sustained unemployment.
Benghazi Scandal Gets Deserved Attention
May 15 2013
Lisa Schiffren
Townhall.com
The Administration succeeded in suppressing interest & information during the election season, and continues to throw cold water on the investigation. Today the President, rather tauntingly, called the whole incident plus cover-up a “sideshow.”
Government Needs to Lean Out to Help Working Moms
May 14 2013
Carrie L. Lukas
Huffington Post
Female powerhouses offer lots of advice for how to juggle work and family. Yet while some women are inspired by calls to "lean in" to their careers, many women simply don't aspire to corner offices.
Love Fest: Bittman Reviews Pollan
May 6 2013
Julie Gunlock
National Review Online
The real advice we need to give parents is to cook for your family. Do the best you can using a combination of fresh, frozen, canned, convenience, raw, and whole ingredients. What matters is making the effort to provide your child a homemade (or half-homemade) meal. After all, no one’s perfect . . . except Pollan in Bittman’s eyes.
Nutritious Apples, Poisonous Claims
May 6 2013
Angela Logomasini
The Washington Times
Exaggerated pesticide warnings could scare us from a healthy diet
Boston Strong: Behind the Bluster
May 3 2013
Charlotte Hays
Townhall.com
There was true courage on the scene of the Marathon bombing, with Americans, as is their wont, rushing to help others at peril to life and limb. But is Boston Strong rhetoric a way of cloaking our fears?
Government Regulations Hinder Economic Growth
May 2 2013
Donna Wiesner Keene
USA Today
Innovations and jobs cannot cross borders due to conflicting regulations. Someone has to pay for the senseless American regulatory systems we see today -- and that someone is us.
Young Workers Should Rest Uneasy When Politicians Make Big Promises
May 2 2013
Carrie L. Lukas
Forbes
Young Americans should pay attention to a new pledge garnering signatures among Democrats. While sold as a promise to protect key entitlement programs, it’s a pledge to give young workers the shaft.
Sunday Reflection: Yes, there are gentlemen on campus
April 26 2013
Karin Agness
Washington Examiner
Susan Patton's controversial letter to the Daily Princetonian advising Princeton women to search for husbands while on campus may encourage more college women to focus on dating and finding a man. But what happens to the college woman who hasn't found someone by senior year? Some such women are embracing the term SWUG -- "Senior Washed-Up Girls."
Why Americans will never love Obamacare
April 25 2013
Lane Scott
Daily Caller
Like most Americans, I want to live in a society that takes care of people like my friend’s son; like most Americans, I would be ashamed if we collectively refused to lend a hand to people who, through no fault of their own, desperately need help. And, like most Americans, I do not support Obamacare. In fact, I despise it.
Out-Spent, Out-Numbered, Out-Researched: The Power Of Progressive Women's Groups
April 25 2013
Sabrina Schaeffer
Forbes
Today pro-Democratic women’s groups dominate the Progressive political landscape, serving a critical role in growing government and keeping Democrats in power.
Warren Buffett Has His Secretary—and Barack Obama Has…Me
April 19 2013
Charlotte Hays
Townhall
Like countless other U.S. taxpayers, I was interested but not at all surprised to learn, when I paid my annual visit to Mr. Block, that my effective tax rate for 2012 was higher than Mr. Obama’s enviable effective rate of 18 percent.
The Effects of Media's Focus on Women Candidates' Appearance Aren't Pretty
April 12 2013
Karin Agness
Huffington Post
While predicting a person's political future by a haircut seems harmless, research released this week by Name It. Change It. suggests that how the press covers the appearance of women candidates matters in elections.
Equal Pay: Seize It!
April 12 2013
Krista Kafer
The Daily Caller
If women earned 77 cents on a man’s dollar, as some claim, what company would ever hire a man? Businesses would dismiss their male employees and hire cheaper labor if this statistic were true. They aren’t and it’s not.
The Clock is Turning Back on Women, But Not How You Think
April 12 2013
Hadley Heath
Huffington Post
Hillary Clinton recently remarked that "in places around America, large and small, the clock is turning back" for women. She's right. During the past few years, many American women have had less happiness and fewer choices.
Straight talk about the wage gap
April 9 2013
Sabrina Schaeffer
The Hill
Today, feminist groups and their allies in the White House and Congress will celebrate “Equal Pay Day,” a made-up holiday aimed at focusing attention on the so-called "wage gap," the notion that women only earn 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. Of course we know that this is a gross exaggeration. This number comes from comparing full-time working women to full-time working men with no consideration for education, career choices, job markets or even time spent out of the workplace.
Pseudo Holiday, Equal Pay Day, Exposed in Three Minutes
April 9 2013
Victoria Coley
Blog Her
You may have heard that women suffer from pay discrimination and only "earn 77 cents for every dollar a man earns" for the same work. Well, today the White House, liberals in Congress and feminists groups celebrate "Equal Pay Day," a pseudo holiday based on the idea that women are systematically paid less than their male counterparts
Equal-Pay Day Debunked in Three Minutes
April 9 2013
Carrie L. Lukas
National Review Online
Feminist groups have dubbed “Equal-Pay Day” their day to raise awareness of how women are regularly paid less than men for the same work. Women, they claim, have had to work this long into 2013 to make up for last year’s wage gap.
A True Leader Passes
April 8 2013
Carrie L. Lukas
National Review Online
This week, millions of young women — especially those dabbling in women’s studies at celebrated American universities — likely will be surprised to learn of Margaret Thatchers’ world-changing influence in the tributes to her passing.
Do Airlines Hate Kids?
April 8 2013
Julie Gunlock
National Review Online
A blog post on The Atlantic last week (also picked up by the Daily Mail) details the circumstances surrounding a family being kicked off a Denver-to-Baltimore United Airlines flight because they asked that a violent PG-13 movie being shown on the drop-down television screens be turned off to prevent their four- and eight-year-old children seeing the movie.
Stuart Stevens’ Quiet Moments
April 5 2013
Charlotte Hays
Townhall
But I am afraid I must be beastly about Stuart’s recent column on guns and gays. To read it is to understand why the Romney campaign’s strategy did not survive first contact with the enemy. If you read this column, you will recall anew that, when accused of giving a woman cancer, Mitt Romney professed himself “disappointed” that anybody would make such a dastardly charge.
Warning! Headline Writers are Bad for Mental Health!
April 4 2013
Carrie L. Lukas
Daily Caller
“Breaking: Researchers find that this product won’t impact your health one way or the other!”
