Katie Kieffer is a columnist and political commentator. She runs KatieKieffer.com. Katie has a background in journalism, multimedia entrepreneurship and commercial real estate. Katie is a popular public speaker for college campuses and national professional conferences. Katie is a member of the Ladies of Liberty Alliance Speakers Bureau. Katie is also a guest commentator on radio and cable TV programs. She has been featured on CNBC and the FOX Business Network. Katie graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of St. Thomas. As a college freshman, she wrote an opinion column for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. During her sophomore year of college, Katie founded, edited and published a nationally recognized student newspaper called the St. Thomas Standard. Katie has over six years of experience in commercial real estate. 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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 20 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ American comedians are making a pile of cash with clean humor centered on guns, God and family. As scandals from Benghazigate to the IRS-targeting of conservative groups shake our country, I think it's important for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/05/20/guns-god-and-family-hitting-pop-culture-n1599604 cce70c86-5ce3-4d59-8dc6-c06cb121ae59 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT What happened to the bulldogs in the media? When it came to covering the Benghazi terrorist attack, the media sounded like a pack of Chihuahuas. The media is the last guardian of free speech in America. If the media... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/05/13/journalists-must-be-bulldogs-n1592710 7c712c30-eb52-4da9-98f8-c5b065d93bd2 Mon, 13 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Teach gun safety in classrooms and leave sex education to parents. Plan B won't save young people from incurable STDs, but guns will protect women and children from being raped or murdered. The more young people know... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/05/06/get-the-facts-and-save-lives-with-guns-n1586546 999f48b4-4911-4aa1-88f6-f1dabf03bcaf Mon, 06 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Liberals don't want honest Americans like you to have guns. Liberals just want to arm foreign rebels in crapshoot attempts to "end global violence." But liberals feign ignorance when the rebels they arm end up being... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/04/29/benghazigate-obamas-secret-gunrunning-program-n1580051 30f3a5ab-551e-4cac-969c-539d7ec81ba6 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT President Obama would make a terrible stand-up comedian. He would need a teleprompter to deliver his jokes. And he would need a traveling caravan of smiling children to serve as live props. Sen. Rand Paul was right... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/04/22/obama-uses-child-props-for-gun-control-propaganda-n1573118 e78804f8-3e9e-47e3-9c04-e99a61d7e80e Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Recycling is fine. Conservation is fine. But sometimes greenies cross the line. They expect you and me to go jobless and hungry so they can save a porcupine. President Obama has been pampering his radical greenie... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/04/15/blow-off-pampered-greenies-build-keystone-xl-n1566366 0ec6efe4-f2c8-4238-b1d4-7b8ae8cbc6e2 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Look out Sen. Al Franken; talk radio host Jason Lewis will soon replace you in the U.S. Senate. Conservative-libertarian talk radio host Jason Lewis is seriously entertaining a run against Minnesota Sen. Al Franken... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/04/08/4-reasons-jason-lewis-can-beat-al-franken-n1559441 0f065848-4f5a-4f95-b8c9-8cc82d71b8b1 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Pause and reflect on this hypocrisy: The Department of Justice prosecutes young hackers who use computers to promote free speech while highly educated adults within the DOJ threaten to use lethal drone force against... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/03/25/young-hacktivists-worse-than-doj-drone-killers-n1546633 cda468c7-e767-407e-83d2-e3130bf0e664 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT President Obama and Sandra Fluke both callthemselves lawyers and "reproductive rights activists" without giving you any indication that they understand the Constitution or basic biology. I'm not a lawyer, but I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/03/18/why-womens-issues-are-mens-issues-too-n1534622 49ae00fd-b551-475e-bb84-b3984681d317 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT Three brilliant black leaders are tuning out Obama and the black community needs to tune into these leaders. I'm surfing between the major news networks on a recent evening and I catch FOX News Channel's Sean Hannity... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/03/11/three-brilliant-black-leaders-tuning-out-obama-n1529376 98c8c5ab-e6e3-4cdf-add8-38e5b6185eb9 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT Ask Siri: "What is CPAC 2013? There is an app in the iTunes store called CPAC 2013. You must know something about this event!" Siri is a smart woman. She responds: "CPAC 2013 is the largest annual gathering of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/03/04/ask-siri-about-cpac-2013-n1523985 bc916cf5-8838-449e-b027-3f929a505a36 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 05:01:00 GMT El Chapo haunts the streets of Chicago. His ghost hoards cash in Los Angeles stash houses. His shadow darkens underground tunnels between Mexico and the U.S. His spirit drives his clan to bloodshed. The world's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/02/25/scaring-the-ghost-of-el-chapo-n1518446 d2a892e8-73af-4573-adc7-c10d856143ed Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT You are a reality star. You might think no one sees you in your fenced-in backyard grilling hamburgers in your boxer shorts. But government drones equipped with HD cameras are filming a new reality show starring you:... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/02/18/starring-in-drone-dynasty-n1513694 bb44886d-8a1d-4091-a8f9-6417b2de4c83 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Can you hear the humming of a lawnmower in the sky? It is a government drone. Your mission is to prevent this unmanned aircraft from droning out your freedom. Last week, NBC News turned the White House upside-down by... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/02/11/droning-out-freedom-cliffsnotes-on-doj-white-paper-n1508512 084fac40-713e-4789-b46d-c93c3191b351 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Gays can be leaders. Women can be leaders. Without realizing it, I think gays and women inadvertently work against their own objective of equality when they force private organizations to support gay and female... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/02/04/how-gays-and-women-get-in-their-own-way-n1503301 dc998a78-b57a-4010-9fc6-76054c8b1c07 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Who knew? My parents are cool. Homeschooling is becoming hipster. Celebrity parents like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie proudly discuss their homeschooling lifestyle. But pioneers like my parents set the trend of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/01/28/why-homeschooling-is-becoming-hipster-n1498009 d224c1dc-fa3a-4120-a5e5-3be6b5cd83db Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT The way to end abortion is to show women that abortion strips them of freedom. Abortion does not preserve choice; abortion pollutes choice. Not All Free Choices Are Beneficial Killing in the name of freedom does... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/01/21/abortion-strips-a-womans-free-choice-n1491555 35f7ece7-a348-44c5-a938-f0b9daf7faf0 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT Guns, guns, guns. Love, love, love. America needs guns and love. As humans, we have an inherent right to life. Our right to life (or self-defense) is a natural right and does not come from any document, even the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/01/14/guns-and-love-n1487452 cd83fb0a-e65a-4667-85f4-2e063fed1fb4 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT There are a few good men. And by "a few," I mean five. Certainly there are far more than five good men in America. But in the U.S. Senate, there are just five moral Republicans. Who am I referring to? Let me... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2013/01/07/five-good-men-n1479239 cb986cf0-78f8-4e22-813f-81779ddd924f Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT Here are twelve comical but true resolutions that every liberal should make for 2013: 1.) Resolve to spend time with gun-owners. I have a liberal friend who says she would rather be in the same room as a cobra snake... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/12/31/12-liberal-pledges-for-the-new-year-n1475480 cc22485e-d64a-4b1b-a1ea-126e1650fd2a Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT We wish each other "peace on earth." Wishing is not enough. We must act on this wish by promoting capitalism on earth. Too many people (including some religious leaders) are promoting the idea that re-distribution... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/12/17/wishing-you-capitalism-on-earth-n1467322 5eafe2b6-6578-4741-8d49-f721e50f144c Mon, 17 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT Superheroes often live double lives. But so do super-villains. For four years, the Obama administration has been living a double-life regarding drones. Publicly, the president and his leadership tell us they are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/12/10/true_drone_lies 849bd2f8-289f-4888-b4fe-a8c0e228b32a Mon, 10 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT Stop worrying about the 'fiscal cliff.' Spending cuts would feel therapeutic after watching Standard & Poor's and Egan-Jones downgrade our credit rating and seeing President Obama add $6 trillion to the national debt.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/12/03/push_the_fed_over_the_cliff 10bea43d-f49e-4633-94b8-94d869967c14 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT Ten, nine, eight. what do you appreciate? When life seems crazy or hopeless, count your blessings backwards-that is, find something to be thankful for in the midst of darkness. It is reverse psychology for adults.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/11/19/counting_your_blessings_backwards ae42aa8b-6027-4c2f-981b-9688cab3b14e Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT Soul-searching is not in the GOP's blood. Many Republicans see themselves as stoic, rugged and hardworking individuals. But after twice losing the White House to an ex-community organizer and failing to mobilize the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/11/12/how_republicans_can_find_themselves 6224c5e3-c54f-4d78-ae7a-f7f318a1cdf8 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT Blood is staining the globe. Not the blood of terrorists (enemies of America), but the blood of innocent Americans. We cannot resuscitate our loved ones. We can only attempt to clean President Obama's bloodstains by... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/11/05/cleaning_obamas_bloodstains bd2748a2-8a9f-414a-8b69-98b2d087bda1 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT Pop star Lady Gaga and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano both attract 'little monsters.' But whereas Lady Gaga attracts innocuous albeit freakishly dressed teenagers, Lady Napolitano literally... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/10/29/lady_napolitanos_little_monsters 6d305cc4-b7f4-4ba7-b9ac-007b89ac0b18 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT I'm reading the Constitution and I do not see a "Grope or Scan" clause. The TSA is unconstitutional. Let's eliminate the TSA. If you read my columns regularly, you know that I consider the TSA to be a carcinogenic... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/10/22/eliminate_the_tsa 9feef2eb-66ab-4a9f-aaac-a69e8ac61a29 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT Dagny Taggart is not just the entrepreneurial heroine of Ayn Rand's magnum opus novel, Atlas Shrugged. She is the inspiration of real women everywhere who are taking up her shield and fighting her battle for freedom... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/10/15/dagny_taggart_goes_to_war 506839f0-d3ff-42d5-b470-8935beee2b82 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT Hit the gym; grab dinner with friends; build a bonfire. These are three evening activities I prefer to watching presidential debates-and I am a political commentator. Few young people watch presidential debates and I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/10/08/motivating_youth_to_watch_presidential_debates 0a35ade1-a949-4dd9-a4f2-85695ec98a75 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When Washington gives you lemons, make lemonade and don't forget the rum. D.C. lemons make it challenging to remain upbeat. "Lemon legislation" coming out of Washington, D.C.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/10/01/grab_a_glass_of_bacardi aac87123-7e57-4d22-a811-9f2bd535638c Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT How would a free market entrepreneur approach Afghan foreign policy? After all, our politicians seem incompetent on foreign policy given the soaring suicide rate among active duty U.S. military personnel, increasing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/09/24/economics_of_peace 4b5d6f61-3457-43ae-8f4b-52e406c9120f Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT Step aside, Justin Timberlake. Let's bring selfish back, y'all! Last week, I wrote that if you are a Christian, you must embrace Ayn Rand's economic philosophy (capitalism). Today, I will explore this further. To... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/09/17/bringing_selfish_back 9edfcf79-cb75-4653-92ff-f15c512b103a Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT Increasingly, priests and pastors are preaching that socialism (in the name of "social justice") is Christ-like. In truth, capitalism, not socialism, reflects Christian values. I think Christians would be less likely to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/09/10/christianity_is_compatible_with_ayn_rand 11e26761-de57-4b9c-a78e-d648f901755c Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT Farming is a game to RINOS (Republicans In Name Only). But farming is not a game. Not in America. We are the world's No. 1 exporter of wheat, corn and soybeans. If we mess up, global food prices soar, livestock die, and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/08/27/rinos_play_farmville 53714544-974f-419a-9e78-df0be77e757a Mon, 27 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT Government worker: "Do you have a disability?" Man: "No." Man's wife: "What does he get if he's disabled?" Government worker: "His monthly payments will [double]." Man's wife: "Well, then he's disabled." ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/08/20/stressed_are_you_disabled fc88040c-9a78-471c-84c3-c1fd456a3a78 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT The TSA is effectively an unconstitutional, carcinogenic petting zoo. Deep down, we all feel that the airport security system is an FDA-approved rubdown and radiation parlor. But we are busy, rushing to catch flights,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/08/13/tsa_carcinogenic_petting_zoo f1f9f64d-ba88-43a3-a2a0-426bed98b43a Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT Entrepreneurs must take action. Now. And by 'action,' I mean protesting the federal government's unconstitutional taxes and regulations. Or, the guilt is theirs if the economy tanks. Luckily, entrepreneurs have two... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/08/06/where_is_john_galt_part_two 11297b45-ed3c-4da3-9cb6-f550e1e12a9a Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT Where is a man who can save us? A man of virtue and action who can rebuild our economy and culture? We must find a true-to-life John Galt. I think America's best shot at economic recovery and restoring constitutional... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/07/30/where_is_john_galt e9a2a32d-9540-4cf6-a12b-1312ce191d4d Mon, 30 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT President Obama is mass-texting me although I never opted into his texts. I feel like he controls my phone remotely. So, I'm texting him back: HEY PREZ, WILL U PLS STOP TXTING ME?! AND WHILE UR AT IT, STOP SPYING ON ME... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/07/16/gr8_obama_is_texting_me 6da69c6a-e2b2-4f6c-8329-f80903d1509e Mon, 16 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT Strip poker is one of Attorney General Eric Holder's favorite games. As in, he evidently enjoys stripping online poker entrepreneurs of their Fourth Amendment rights. Holder is the head of the U.S. Department of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/07/09/holder_plays_strip_poker 46628805-01c9-4a5e-b43a-206f98cbe887 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT Pixar just released its 13th number one opening movie in a row, Brave . Most people associate Pixar with blockbuster animations. Most people don't realize, however, that two of the secrets behind Pixar's success are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/07/02/why_pixar_is_1 b9ea5445-1170-49b2-86ed-3db751bbcb8a Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT Drones are a smart way to start a trend on Twitter; D.C.-area drivers tweeted feverishly when they mistook the Navy's X-47B drone traveling on a flatbed truck for a UFO. But the way President Obama employs drones is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/06/25/dumb_and_dumber_drones af32c98a-08c9-4514-8c32-01ed3afe9167 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT Bullfighting is a dangerous sport; the bull wins by lethally plowing into the matador. Nevertheless, President Obama is trying his hand at bullfighting and he's using unconstitutional trickery to shield himself from a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/06/18/toro_toro_obama_bullfights_using_stuntmen__scapegoats a3224af3-60e7-4e4c-9bff-224fa7dc2dd6 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT If you're tracking the economy, start tracking women's lips. If they're red, plump and glossy, then you know that the economy is heading into a recession. With the possible exception of Kim Kardashian, who has... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/06/11/read_my_red_lips_recession 0adfcc38-aebd-4ca6-946a-5709edfae007 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT If you love freedom, cheer up. For, Catholics are marching into the game, fighting the fight for you! Catholic leaders like the University of Notre Dame are battling an unconstitutional health care mandate. Rah! Rah!... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/06/04/catholics_fight_fight_fight df436f4e-5caa-4780-9647-1c03f6987835 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT Let's make foreign policy like it's 2000. I think we will support our troops and vets by revisiting the foreign policy that former President Bush expressed in 2000. Otherwise, we will send brave hearts into vain... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/05/28/bush_was_right_in_2000 2939312c-8e6b-4718-9f1d-b588ceb4699f Mon, 28 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Never trust politicians to negotiate with jocks; the jocks will win millions of taxpayer dollars and embarrass fans by losing games. I didn't always feel opposition to public stadiums; I enjoy attending live sporting... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/05/21/stop_subsidizing_stadiums 3c2eb238-9d73-4201-9d45-ba46df002e0b Mon, 21 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Some like it hot. Some like it cold. And the Tea Party likes it red-hot, as in, red states. Three energetic Tea Party candidates are heating up to beat RINOs and help return the U.S. Senate to a true conservative... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/05/14/3_electable_tea_party_hotties cc5c805a-9bf9-49a7-8467-6718a336a50b Mon, 14 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Stealing from babies is easy and low. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates makes himself feel powerful while negligently ripping off babies. I am a capitalist. I defend entrepreneurs. However, I think young people and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KatieKieffer/2012/05/07/how_bill_gates_rips_off_babies 4f2d2a44-6dc7-4005-9967-c90372265e5f Mon, 07 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT