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States Lead the Way in Rejecting Big Government
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. economy and give bureaucrats vast new powers to regulate and micromanage American medicine. The EPA toys with regulating carbon emissions under the auspice of the Clean Air Act, which could lead to new regulations not only of energy-intensive industries, but also of schools, hospitals and restaurants.
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IWF in the News: Biting the Hand that Bites Unions Back
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by Carrie L. Lukas March 10, 2010
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH 2010
- Human Rights Kabuki By Nicole Kurokawa
- International Women's Day--Good News in Africa By Julie Gunlock
- Celebrate This Divorce by Megan Carl
- Women's History Month: Thinking About Women Around the World by Julie Gunlock
CAMPUS
IWF 2009-2010 ESSAY CONTEST
The deadline has now passed for the Independent Women's Forum's R. Gaull Silberman Center for Collegiate Studies fifth annual college essay contest. IWF is currently reviewing all the entries and the winners will be announced this spring
Advancing Women's Rights: Two Years in Iraq
Between 2004 and 2006, IWEI had the honor of working with numerous Iraqi women through our project, which was supported by the U.S. State Department. The report details the compil
ed projects conducted by IWEI in Iraq. Read more here.
ISSUE SPOTLIGHT
What Are Bad Government Policies Going to Cost You?
- Would You Let the N.Y. Times Teach Your Kids About Global Warming by Carrie Lukas
- Washington Is More Likely to Shrink Wallets than Waistlines by Julie Gunlock
- Green Jobs Obsession Distracts from Real Economy Recovery by Carrie Lukas
- Busted Budgeting by Nicole Kurokawa
- Uncle Sam's Taken Out a Mortgage That You Are Going to Have to Pay by Carrie Lukas
- Failing Public Schools Costs Us All by Carrie Lukas
- How Much Will You Pay for Health Care? You'll Pay Plenty by Carrie Lukas
- Exploiting Kids is Old Hat in Washington by Carrie Lukas
- Families Will Suffer Under Cap-and-Trade by Nicole Kurokawa
- Oil, Oil Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Pump by Nicole Kurokawa
TV APPEARANCES
MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews: Rough Patch of U.S./ Israel Relations
IWF President and CEO, Michelle Bernard, on Hardball with Chris Matthews
RADIO APPEARANCES
The Thom Hartmann Show: Green Jobs and Economic Recovery
Senior IWF fellow Carrie Lukas joins The Thom Hartmann Show to discuss green jobs and economic recovery issues.