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) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Everyone knows our public schools aren't what they should be. The nation spends more than $500 billion per year on K-12 education. That's much more than other countries - yet we still rank in the middle on... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/12/22/failing_public_schools_cost_us_all 664e886d-a560-459e-86f1-c91f1b6919a3 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT Just how much can the average American family expect to pay for health insurance if the proposals currently making their way through Congress become law? It's a difficult question to answer, in part because how much... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/12/08/how_much_will_you_pay_for_health_care_youll_pay_plenty e7ab8d37-a78b-4476-86af-fe730b28edf2 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:03:09 GMT Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) is a breast cancer survivor who is passionate about ensuring that women have health care options. After undergoing treatment in 2008, she worked to promote screening efforts to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/12/02/breast_cancer_may_be_above_politics,_but_its_not_beyond_policy 7a92e9ae-ac62-48e3-a1d1-792a052e6509 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:15:18 GMT It's only been a few weeks since an aghast but riveted world watched as a home-made balloon, presumably carrying a six-year-old child, soared and dipped across the Colorado sky. It seems like it's been a lot longer http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/11/25/exploiting_kids_is_old_hat_in_washington 24105a0a-6aef-448f-9e48-771dd5e416b5 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Advocates of greater government involvement in the health care system are asking the public to put a lot of faith in bureaucrats' ability to decide what "science" tells us is the best way to treat our personal medical p http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/10/23/when_government_gets_science_wrong dc8637b8-36bb-441b-a4f5-a2150e269d44 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:26:54 GMT Washington-and indeed the country-is engaged in a great conversation about the government's role in our health care system. That's an important debate: changing government's role in health care will affect the lives... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/09/19/come_on_people_a_book_to_inspire_real_change_in_all_of_us 69bc5fd8-67ac-4bfe-a53b-d103f96066ef Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT Health care has dominated policy-related press. It makes sense: the President and the Democratic Party are proposing a massive reorganization of our healthcare sector, and a government expansion that would cost... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/09/10/healthy_families_act_wont_lead_to_a_healthy_economy 3b27fd42-bc1a-44c1-9717-bfb2c1185a3d Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:05:00 GMT This op-ed was co-authored by Hadley Heath, a junior fellow at the Independent Women's Forum. August recess allows Members to step back from Washington's political tug-of-war and hear from constituents. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/08/17/government-run_health_care_is_the_antithesis_of_real_feminism 5a7abaf8-6f5e-4f3b-8cdb-492f9f5ced73 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:19:44 GMT Millions of American women are busy with July 4th preparations. They are dusting off picnic blankets, preparing potato salad, and making arrangements with friends and family for firework displays. Few have time to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/07/03/government_growth_challenging_liberty_this_july_4th c70f6e25-71ca-4e39-aef2-a609d2604897 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:36:33 GMT President Obama wants to expand government's role in everything from providing healthcare and preschool to dictating executive pay and our energy use. To pass this ambitious agenda, he needs to convince the public that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/04/23/good-bye_to_a_government_program_that_works 61e4d3dc-363e-4697-ad1d-b0cbbb8cf009 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:44:32 GMT When most people hear the term "culture wars," they think of big political debates and hot button issues. Abortion. Gay marriage. What should be taught in public schools? What role, if any, can religion play in the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/04/07/the_real_culture_war_is_fought_by_each_family 186ad58e-222b-46ad-a0ad-229080b57f65 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:05:26 GMT The American people bought the media's storyline that from the Bush era's sunset would dawn the Obama age of bipartisan pragmatism and competence. Yet today, American politics is uglier than ever. The AIG... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/03/26/first_aig,_then_all_banks_next,_itll_be_you a3471281-16e0-4ac8-89e0-f64c35181a22 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:03:45 GMT Women, particularly political independents, don't like Rush Limbaugh. That was the finding of a poll released last week by Public Policy Polling. It reported that while 56 percent of men had a favorable opinion of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/03/03/rush_doesnt_need_to_win_women,_but_conservatives_do 68ae6ef5-3cc9-4311-9d2c-fb69f3873455 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:32:52 GMT President Obama has been selling the economic stimulus bill as "critical" for the economy. It's hard for most Americans to see how many of the bill's components-$650 million for digital-TV coupons, $150 million for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/02/11/energy_restrictions_will_hamper_economic_recovery 1b1e24a3-717d-4405-9cfc-e6f8c6b219e7 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:32:21 GMT Democrats had a big show of strength in their near party line vote for the "economic stimulus" package. The vote should put an end to the storyline that we have somehow entered a "post-partisan" era, but Democrats... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/02/05/where_do_dc_students_rank_among_democrat_priorities ed46850f-564f-4f4b-ba07-ac9022182611 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:24:23 GMT