Carrie Lukas is the vice president for policy and economics at the Independent Women's Forum and author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex, and Feminism. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2008 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:22:57 GMT Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:22:57 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Other than being over age 25 and a resident and citizen of the state, there are no qualifications to be a Member of Congress. If you can get the votes, you can become a Member. Yet anyone listening to recent... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2008/06/17/strong_arm_tactics_wont_help_consumers_at_the_pump 61d4c106-4dca-43a7-89ac-f54c653e6b43 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:22:57 GMT The news stories appear daily: gas prices inch up from previous record-breaking highs; food costs soar and shortages spread in much of the world. When combined with the souring housing market, it's no wonder that so... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2008/04/28/spare_consumers_the_high_costs_of_bad_government_policy 007c7ba1-fcd2-41fc-b4a9-f0a23b56709b Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:44:29 GMT Senator Ted Kennedy feels sorry for women. In a report entitled "Taking a Toll: The Effects of Recession on Women," Kennedy laments: "It is now clear that our economy has sunk into a recession that threatens the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2008/04/23/dont_use_women_to_justify_bad_economic_policy c9f49b21-f363-477d-8fd4-13b508015b40 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT With all the gloomy economic news, politicians from the left and the right want to project concern for middle-class economic anxieties. This led to a rare burst of bipartisanship and the cobbling together of so-called... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2008/02/27/squeezing_the_middle_class 616e6f5f-53df-4438-93bc-1afc25ef934e Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:00:12 GMT When political analysts think back on what happened in the 2006 election, the most common narrative is that the Democrats were swept into power because of the public's frustration with the lack of progress in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2007/12/10/time_for_another_change__energy_bill_is_another_failure 8754c9c3-9fe8-48da-ba7f-80a452579095 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:01:00 GMT Media Matters has criticized me for my recent comments about Rush Limbaugh's so-called "phony soldier" statement. On the Fox News Channel, I said that "about 30 seconds" after Rush used the term "phony soldier" he began... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2007/10/08/answering_media_matters_a_real_time-line_of_the_phony_soldiers_controversy aea7aec1-8611-45fa-bd53-364b36befec8 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:26:32 GMT A frustrating part of political discourse is the inability of both sides to agree on the facts. The effects of a new tax policy on the economy or the costs of a potential government program are often in dispute. But... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2007/10/02/do_the_facts_matter_when_the_subject_is_rush_limbaugh 5c116469-3880-43c5-a4d1-b187043341c6 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:20:32 GMT As the saying goes, in politics, timing is everything. No doubt Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign thought carefully about the ideal moment to unveil her proposal to revamp the nation's healthcare system. Senator... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2007/09/19/clinton_v_stossel_the_future_of_healthcare_in_america 8e521035-0383-45e0-9eb2-d2c6a22331d3 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:43:41 GMT "This debate is really about what we value in this nation. If we want strong families and a strong economy, if we care about the health, well-being and economic security of our families, we will waste no time in passi http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2007/05/09/markets,_not_mandates,_are_the_way_to_provide_for_paid_leave c4e2c5c2-aded-40da-98a8-080df149ff98 Wed, 09 May 2007 04:01:00 GMT Interest group endorsements are critical to a primary campaign. Witness that all major Democrat hopefuls appeared at a construction-workers union conference last week, hoping to curry favor with big labor. The next day,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2007/04/02/now-not_women-endorse_hillary e83984cb-fbd9-4677-8e38-d73affe5b725 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:55:37 GMT During the last election, Democrats lampooned the "stay the course" philosophy. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, head of the Democrat House campaign, consistently contrasted Republican "stay the course" with the Democrat "new direct http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2007/03/24/democrats_stay_the_course_despite_evidence ec316ef9-c4b2-415a-b9ed-bc4ef5c17976 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:01:00 GMT Senators Clinton and Obama both spent this weekend in Selma, AL, commemorating the 42nd anniversary of the historic civil rights march. These top-tier presidential candidates' existence says more about how far we have... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2007/03/08/americas_last_first_times 50841d04-ca90-410a-8ba6-724c48c3d187 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:45:04 GMT Even as the new Congress prepares to convene in just a few short weeks, it's still unclear exactly what voters can expect in terms of big domestic policy changes. Tax policy, Social Security reform, healthcare policy, http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2006/12/18/self_discipline,_not_regulation,_needed_for_ethical_business 777bbd6e-bf29-4c3d-8370-d69b683a604a Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:01:49 GMT They say it's a historic moment for women-Nancy Pelosi, the first female Speaker of the House! Not only will Madame Speaker be in charge of the "people's house" of Congress, she will be third in line for the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2006/11/08/is_a_speaker_pelosi_a_victory_for_women ac0566ad-4e15-41da-a538-5d8a9405dcf8 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:59:57 GMT When politicians and commentators talk about "women's issues," they're typically referring to issues like pay equity, abortion, education and healthcare. It's assumed that women-who still tend to take on the bulk of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2006/11/01/social_security_is_a_women's_issue ac6fc1bd-4b9c-4e30-9e6d-1583b8e0b904 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:56:42 GMT