Joining the Independent Women's Forum in 1999 as editor of The Women's Quarterly, Charlotte Hays now serves as director of cultural programs, where she blogs daily on The Inkwell. A former correspondent for the National Catholic Register and former 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. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays 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) Fri, 03 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Fri, 03 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ After the April 15 terrorist bombing in Boston, T-shirts bearing the slogan "Boston Strong-Wrong City to Mess With" began sprouting all over the city as a way of raising beleaguered spirits. One of the things that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2013/05/03/boston-strong-behind-the-bluster-n1585681 e07fbce9-c7ed-460a-b3f5-143e212b11b4 Fri, 03 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has his secretary-and Barack Obama has.me. 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... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2013/04/19/warren-buffett-has-his-secretaryand-barack-obama-hasme-n1572455 ec8b2e35-2097-40ec-b32b-ceaf75f63faa Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Stuart Stevens is the former chief strategist for the Romney campaign. He has just joined Tina Brown's stable of reasonably presentable conservatives as a columnist at Ms. Brown's The Daily Beast. I wish Stevens... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2013/04/05/stuart-stevens-quiet-moments-n1558978 702af75d-2f8c-436d-af4c-29d91bcd1d0d Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:32:00 GMT One might have thought the campaign season was over, but in fact a new campaign is beginning. This was made clear with the president's trip to what was billed as a "middle class family home" to talk fiscal cliff and tax... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2012/12/11/the-presidents-middle-class-head-fake-its-time-for-a-middle-class-wake-up-call-n1464533 cad15151-bf14-4ad5-adf1-9196e7eb3c7e Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:50:00 GMT While campaigning in Colorado with that pill, Sandra Fluke, at his side, President Obama eloquently summarized what he sees as the dilemma that confronts the typical coed: textbooks or contraception? The president... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2012/08/14/president_obamas_feminist_seduction_theyre_being_had_by_a_smooth_talker 2ba3f2ac-2501-4942-9a8a-8386c2c8b162 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT President Obama's self-revealing "You didn't build that" speech in Roanoke, Va., is turning out to be the gift that keeps on giving. The speech was delivered July 13, and the New York Times last week dubbed it "the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2012/07/31/why_you_didnt_build_that_wont_go_away a5959c34-369b-4d37-9b4a-80842341db1e Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT Although Ralph Lauren got rich selling the American Wasp image, Mr. Lauren's vaguely creepy uniforms for the U.S. Olympic team are more suggestive of Paris's Left Bank Maoists than hearty American athletes. The berets... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2012/07/17/olympic_rage_the_uniforms_were_manufactured_in_china_the_outrage_was_manufactured_on_capitol_hill ca955316-2c37-4ec3-9bcb-71f990efba88 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT You've probably already seen it-but just in case you missed the most curious campaign fundraising pitch in the annals of American politics, here it is: Got a birthday, anniversary, or wedding coming up? Let yo http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2012/07/03/americans_shouldnt_give_up_on_lives_as_usual be59450e-d22a-40c7-bfbc-1b9401d00775 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:22:00 GMT A chorus of right-thinking columnists is emerging to advise the Romney campaign that it's time to get back to the real issues. Don't get bogged down in these imaginary gender issues, they urge. Do not listen to this... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2012/04/24/dont_wave_the_white_flag_in_the_gender_wars 562d79b4-41af-4c7d-a1fd-5f9fb8eb9a44 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT Conservatives should not be lulled into a false sense of security by the questions asked during the Supreme Court's oral arguments over the Affordable Care Act. But we can savor the shock and horror spreading through... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2012/04/03/crestfallen_liberals_failed_to_take_constitution_seriously ad863236-e297-4811-b169-bc066d3a3de2 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT As mascot for Mississippi State University, poor old Bully XX, the cherished English bulldog, must be casting down his soulful, brown eyes in gentle bulldog shame. You see the former aggie college, alma mater of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2012/03/20/taxpayer_cry_not_one_penny_for_drag_shows ebfcb81a-7fed-4843-a02f-05f388637ce6 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT That Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke's congressional testimony has come to dominate our national conversation about the government's unprecedented insurance mandate shows just how easily the media can become... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2012/03/06/obamacares_unconstitutionality_is_the_issue_democrats_want_to_avoid 5aa9862d-136c-41d5-b892-d1525402131e Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:01:00 GMT A noble band of Republicans legislators on Capitol Hill is doing something almost unheard of in the annals of courage: not jumping through hoops to placate the nation's feminist minority. For the first time in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2012/02/14/wanted_an_honest_discussion_about_the_violence_against_women_act a7d9ad5b-fef9-408c-aa6f-08c7eca99a8d Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:01:00 GMT When the National Education Association-the nation's largest teachers' union-addresses the problem of high school dropout rates, you can bet your bottom dollar that their proposals will be more beneficial to the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2012/01/31/the_neas_plan_keep_your_kids_captive_longer 12e88e96-e09d-4eab-8628-a511418a7f7e Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT Although I nightly hang upon every word Bill O'Reilly spews forth in his "Talking Points Memo," I must take issue with Mr. O's dour, pre-Iowa assessment of the magnificent legislative achievements of Rep. Ron... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlotteHays/2012/01/17/ron_paul_legislative_hero feef1257-5b46-4161-a811-b9169cf4a106 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT