Carrie Lukas is the Managing Director at the Independent Women's Voice 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) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ With Halloween this week, one might assume that orange and black are the hands-down winners for favorite marketing décor. Yet pumpkins and witches hats have a formidable challenger in the pink ribbons signifying breast http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2012/10/30/scare_tactics_distract_from_finding_a_cure c7c9058b-9d8a-4502-8165-8aabdbcef9f5 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT A friend who was a successful Hollywood child actor once explained why so many entertainers are liberal: Becoming a Hollywood star depends a lot on chance. There are many talented, attractive, hard-working, would-be... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2012/07/24/when_government_graft_is_the_key_to_business_success 7256ff17-7ff8-496b-8833-b45585fa2a62 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels announced that he will become the president of Purdue University when he leaves office in January. While fans of the cost-cutting governor had hoped he would set his eyes on a different... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2012/06/26/will_the_blade_pop_the_higher_education_bubble 7c1a9b22-9fe0-4f11-b3db-ff71ba784a27 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:59:00 GMT I need a new car. I recently had my fourth child, and while everyone fits in our current vehicle, one person must ride in the far back, which seems awfully vulnerable in case of an accident. The problem for my... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2012/06/19/one_way_government_makes_families_poorer 811f4ebc-4ee0-4d4c-8eba-12664c8c0559 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT When the Senate comes back in session next week, expect an extra dose of preening about the noble cause of protecting women from the discrimination that plagues workplaces across America. The Senate plans to take up... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2012/05/30/paycheck_fairness_act_proponents_are_only_playing_politics e4fff405-60ae-49bb-bf55-3f5844438aac Wed, 30 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Young Americans face tough times: Record-breaking youth unemployment-including for those with college degrees-and high levels of debt from student loans have left millions unable to live independently. They are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2012/05/08/free_college_a_liberal_idea_worth_trying 0abb341c-31d5-4a1e-8be3-acd08c25cf50 Tue, 08 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Government involvement, in just about any area of life, causes conflict. It's all but inescapable. Set a tax rate and people will say it's too high or too low; too onerous for this group or for that one. A new... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2012/02/07/damaging_the_freedom_of_religion_and_association_is_the_real_price_of_free_pills 04e67da5-5e48-4a5d-a8e5-48d4532a412a Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:01:00 GMT Score a victory for the environmental lobby-but not for the environment-and a big loss for the American economy. By now Americans everywhere have heard that the Obama administration rejected the Keystone pipeline... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2012/01/24/misplaced_priorities__environmentalists_junk_mail_and_the_keystone_pipeline c52c6086-073e-4471-8bdf-1d1bce6bede5 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT "N.J. Gas Station Workers Cheated Out of Pay to Get $1M in Back Wages." That was a headline in the New Jersey Star-Ledger. It's a classic tale of big, bad business trying to stick it to the little guy. And this time,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2012/01/10/in_2012_we_should_finally_reform_depressionera_workplace_rules 0e22aec9-9774-4c83-988a-82eea2d654fe Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT Christmas isn't about presents, it's about getting to love people. That's how my four-year-old put it, after watching How The Grinch Stole Christmas the other night. She wanted reassurance that "we still get presents,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/12/13/realistic_expectations_a_gift_for_the_holidays bbf1d380-74e5-4bc9-bc30-5d497f2dae9b Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:01:00 GMT Is anyone really surprised that the Super Committee is failing to reach a deal to cut $1.2 trillion over ten years from the federal budget? Surely, the answer is no. This seems almost the inevitable conclusion of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/11/22/americans_dont_want_washington_to_fail_at_reform 31aff261-65b9-4110-91ef-97d5136b3427 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:01:00 GMT Cutting $1.5 trillion from the federal budget, supposedly the goal of the Super Committee, sounds daunting. When you put those numbers into the context of the total federal budget and our exploding national debt,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/11/08/the_super_committees_real_challenge_isnt_the_budget 48fd193b-3ec9-4bcf-b076-b8c24612a752 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:01:00 GMT Senator Judd Gregg's thirty years in public office-as a member of the House of Representatives, then governor of New Hampshire, and then, from 1992 through early this year, as senator-had many highlights. He was a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/10/25/apply_the_class_test_to_the_rest_of_government ee240bf1-66d4-4ca3-bad5-a0bcfdaa2601 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:01:00 GMT Talk about jobs dominates our national conversation. How can we get our economy to generate employment opportunities again? It's also worth considering the question of what kind of jobs we want our... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/09/13/the_free_market-not_government_or_unions-will_create_the_jobs_of_tomorrow d1b40cd0-8eab-45ed-837a-0387b777ab6b Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT President Obama's had a rough summer, from his weak performance in the debt ceiling debate to the daily deluge of bad economic news. Polls show his approval numbers falling. Today, his overall approval number (in the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/09/06/losing_women__obama_support_sinks_to_new_lows 2f0b995b-b536-4c65-9ed1-83111aad5d09 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT It's hard to keep up with the drumbeat of bad economic news these days. Attention has been focused on the debt ceiling debate, and for good reason. No one knows exactly how long the U.S. can finagle the accounting... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/08/02/we_need_a_dynamic_economy,_not_more_government_regulations 5a5a9938-8d87-489e-9190-c0ac1fe3ab0c Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:01:00 GMT For the eleventh time in the last ten years, Washington is debating raising the federal debt ceiling. It's been an uncomfortable vote in the past: Congress is much more comfortable supporting spending programs... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/07/05/beyond_this_debt_ceiling_debate f2ba0598-0431-4548-89eb-ea5a1ef9a13c Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:19:00 GMT In January, the assassination attempt on Representative Gabrielle Giffords by a mentally ill assailant became an occasion for media elites to preen about the need for more civil political discourse. Somehow, the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/05/31/enough_with_liberal_name_calling a61ce21c-7e4e-460f-bf0f-07091963f413 Tue, 31 May 2011 15:33:00 GMT Hopeful politicians describe the current economic climate as a "recovery," but it sure doesn't feel like one for too many Americans. Take what's happened in Connecticut. While the national unemployment rate dropped... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/05/17/more_government_regulations_is_the_wrong_prescription_for_connecticuts_sick_economy 8ec8689b-60ec-4618-b21e-7c3fad864e2d Tue, 17 May 2011 04:01:00 GMT Mother's Day is supposed to give moms a break from their regular routine of feeding kids, cleaning up spills, helping with homework, chauffeuring to activities, and-for a majority of mothers-working outside the home. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/05/03/mothers_can_give_themselves_the_best_gift_this_mothers_day__a_permanent_break aedb1ea9-9e61-4f06-9c06-eedaf9ad3f9e Tue, 03 May 2011 04:01:00 GMT Motherhood requires many virtues. It takes patience to spoon food into a baby's mouth and to teach a child how to sound out words. Moms need endurance to wipe up never-ending spills and to wake up in the middle of the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/03/22/moms_know_government_unions_arent_fair 02fc3501-449c-43b7-930a-f849a12826c2 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:01:00 GMT What invention most improved women's lives during the past century? The birth control pill for granting women greater control over child bearing, and modern, electric clothes and dish washers for freeing them from... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/03/15/wireless_tax_is_a_tax_on_womens_independence b2e98b7d-e623-4ec8-9ce7-2cb6e15ba677 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:01:00 GMT Cynics sneer at Valentine's Day as a Hallmark-designed holiday, designed to compel the purchase of frivolous gifts. Boyfriends dutifully buy flowers and husbands pay extra for prefixed dinners. Yet even the most... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/02/14/we_need_more_than_hearts_on_valentines_day a761ab91-527d-4b73-a8fb-1e859168a5c2 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:38:26 GMT Back in the days before the State of the Union was used to showcase Congress's bipartisan spirit and parties still sat on opposite sides of the aisle, the American people could get a good read on a party's position on... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2011/02/01/the_great_lie_about_social_security 6b061ed1-bdee-462f-a74d-f144d5d480ba Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:01:00 GMT The Associated Press's poll of editors and news directors declared the British Petroleum oil spill 2010's biggest story. They're way off the mark. The oil spill's impact recedes from the Gulf of Mexico and from the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/12/28/2010_was_the_year_of_government_without_bounds f27f30c7-715f-4e4a-9c49-bc3541b92b87 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:01:00 GMT Political junkies can hardly count the minutes until the returns start coming in. Pollsters and pundits have been feeding the addiction with new data from the latest surveys, early voting trends, and stories from the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/11/02/whats_at_stake_in_this_election 8a767dd5-054c-44cb-9122-46d88e65cdf1 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:01:00 GMT Last fall, new recommendations for breast cancer prevention set off a firestorm-a storm intensified by the debate about the pending health care legislation. Now, a year later with breast cancer awareness month... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/10/09/breast_cancer_awareness_month_also_builds_awareness_of_the_dangers_of_government-run_medicine 9ab4f28a-d746-4e1e-862a-d4c198965d0e Sat, 09 Oct 2010 04:20:00 GMT People complain about how early stores begin anticipating holidays. Christmas decorations creep onto the shelves before Thanksgiving and red Valentine's hearts appear soon after New Year's. So why would someone write... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/07/27/we_are_already_living_in_2011 ee4f2784-b681-48d7-a43b-928389dd0206 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:01:00 GMT Americans are horrified by the damage being done to the Gulf Coast region's environment and local economies by the oil spill. Clearly, every measure needs to be taken to mitigate that damage and figure out what went... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/06/29/ecological_disaster_is_no_excuse_for_creating_an_economic_disaster 64fe90cf-8c34-4298-9dbe-c9af0148edc7 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:01:00 GMT Americans are frustrated with more than just Washington politicians. A recent ABC News poll found that a majority of Americans are "angry" at banks for their role in the recession and more than three-quarters feel... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/06/14/forget_the_populist_rhetoric_-_we_all_pay_for_big_government 4dcdc928-6149-4b2e-9cea-e79d6cb15249 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:29:20 GMT How much will the new health care law cost? That was a matter of particular dispute during the debate of the Patient Protection and Affordability Act. The bill's authors monkeyed around with the numbers, delaying... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/06/01/your_health_care_costs,_going_higher 0452ed7f-ecb7-455b-8f60-67603b6670bf Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:37:50 GMT You've heard the numbers. At the end of 2009, our national debt was $7.5 trillion. That means today, each American family's share of the debt is about $115,000. If this President's budget becomes law, in ten years our... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/05/18/americans_will_pay_for_worldwide_overspending 03983ce1-2673-4a28-9aa1-7b70ce7d1d0a Tue, 18 May 2010 04:01:00 GMT Parents want their teenagers engaged in positive extracurricular activities. If your kids are playing sports, acting in the school play, writing for a newspaper, or participating in student government, they are less li http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/05/11/inconvenient_facts_about_inconvenient_youth 9a63f59c-d552-4c16-8f3a-e12c0ebabafc Tue, 11 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT Supporters of the health care overhaul benefited from the bill's scope and the medical system's complexity. Who could know if they personally would be better or worse off in the short term from the law's passage? ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/05/03/social_securitys_straightforward_math 9a42b381-5397-4db8-ac53-bc11121b8767 Mon, 03 May 2010 15:24:10 GMT Few adults may know it, but kids across the country are about to celebrate a holiday: Earth Day, which is April 22. Schools will take a break from normal instruction to discuss the importance of preserving the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/04/05/pay_attention_parents_its_almost_earth_day! 8f8ae9e1-767c-4ff7-bfff-19e266f47391 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:01:00 GMT Spring is in the air. Americans are removing coats, walking into the sunshine, admiring budding flowers. Unfortunately, they'll have to return inside, descend into poorly lit basements or cramped home offices, and get http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/03/22/the_tax_man_cometh 1655dafa-ec7c-4d0a-a351-6b0ae1049384 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:44:43 GMT State power hardly seems in its heyday. The federal government controls nearly a quarter of the country's GDP. Washington is on the brink of passing health care legislation that would reorder one-sixth of the U.S.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/03/18/states_lead_the_way_in_rejecting_big_government 3a841806-c906-4489-b4fb-caf04d315600 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:23:09 GMT The American public has become familiar with many new political phrases since the start of the Obama administration: Jobs saved or created. Bending the cost curve. And, of course, green jobs. As with all political ca http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/02/23/green_jobs_obsession_distracts_from_real_economy_recovery f0d869da-6ac0-45a2-9a8c-385aeffc0c30 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT Americans make many resolutions at the start of a new year. The most common New Year's resolutions are about diet and exercise, but in 2010, many Americans pledged to focus on getting financially fit. The Boston Herald... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/01/26/uncle_sams_taken_out_a_mortgage_that_you_are_going_to_have_to_pay 695d1a65-0e9e-4758-9f42-1aa435edcd27 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:40:40 GMT 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