Carrie L. Lukas
Managing Director
Carrie L. Lukas is the managing director of the Independent Women's Forum. Lukas is the author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex, and Feminism, which was published by Regnery Publishing in May 2006. She is also a contributor to National Review Online and a senior fellow at the Goldwater Institute.
Lukas appears frequently on television and the radio, on shows such as Fox News Channel's Your World with Neil Cavuto, Fox Report with Shepard Smith, The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes, CNBC's Kudlow and Company, and MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews. Lukas's commentaries have appeared in numerous newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, The New York Post, Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Arizona Republic, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Baltimore Sun.
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Recent Articles:
May 13 2013
The Working Families Flexibility Act Passes the House
May 9 2013
Can the President Convince Young Men to Buy Over-Priced Insurance?
May 7 2013
Do You Really Think The Economy Is Getting Better?
May 6 2013
Different Rules for the Ruling Class
April 25 2013
Who Knew About Title IX Abuse? We Did.
April 17 2013
Working Families Flexibility Act Would Give Workers More Options
April 16 2013
No, Education Advocates Aren’t All Cheering Obama’s Plans
April 11 2013
April 10 2013
Another Place to Cut: The MEADS Program
March 19 2013
Real Progress in Eliminating Government Waste and Redundancy?
March 14 2013
March 12 2013
Alarmism About Pesticides Can Be Dangerous
March 5 2013
Big Government Is Big Businesses Best Friend
February 25 2013
February 22 2013
February 12 2013
February 8 2013
Our Wasteful, Corrupt Tax Code
February 6 2013
The Federal Budget Is More than a Game
January 23 2013
January 22 2013
The 2nd Amendment for Non-Gun Lovers
January 16 2013
January 15 2013
Using “Equality for Women” As Cover for Bigger Government
January 9 2013
Who Pays for Free Breast Pumps?
January 8 2013
January 7 2013
December 24 2012
December 19 2012
December 17 2012
Why Won’t Democrats Consider Scaling Back Government Giveaways to the Hated “Rich”?
December 12 2012
November 26 2012
Salary Negotiations Are a Factor in the Wage Gap
November 19 2012
The 5 Percent ObamaCare Surcharge
November 15 2012
Katha Pollitt’s Go-It-Alone Fantasy
November 13 2012
Women Give Obama Four More Years
November 7 2012
November 5 2012
Valenti Tells Women Their Lady Parts Threatened by Romney--Women Aren't Buying It
November 1 2012
Sometimes Cutting Spending Shouldn’t Be Hard
October 31 2012
October 31 2012
Juvenile Isn’t a Good Quality for a President
October 26 2012
Equal Pay Was Law Long Before Ledbetter
October 24 2012
Confusing, Costly and Contentious
October 22 2012
Binders Full of Stupidity at CNN
October 22 2012
From the Debate: The Wage Gap and the Daughters v. Sons Myth
October 17 2012
Renewable Fuel Standards: No Relief Ahead
October 16 2012
October 11 2012
Big Bird Is a Critically Important Issue in 2012
October 10 2012
Obama's Record of Redistribution
September 25 2012
Killing Coal – One Promise Obama Is Working to Keep
September 24 2012
AARP Doesn’t Represent Seniors—Just Big Government
September 21 2012
The Administration is Sensitive to Some Religions... Not So Much to Others
September 13 2012
May 15 2013
May 13 2013
Carrie Lukas joins Live Local with Ben Sarro to talk about Equal Pay Day and the wage gap
April 9 2013
Carrie Lukas joins Ray Dunaway on CBS Mornings to talk about Margaret Thatcher's legacy
April 9 2013
March 27 2013
March 25 2013
Carrie Lukas discusses the third anniversary of ObamaCare on the Rusty Humphries Show
March 22 2013
September 25 2012
Carrie Lukas discussing government regulations and big sodas on Thom Hartmann Program
September 18 2012
Carrie Lukas discusses the 'wage gap' on AM Colorado
August 20 2012
Carrie Lukas on WSJ LIVE "Opinion Journal" (08.08.2012)
August 8 2012
Carrie Lukas discusses Mayor Bloomberg's new push for breastfeeding on The Neal Larson Show
August 1 2012
Carrie Lukas discusses women's retirement security and health care on The Dave Elswick Show
July 5 2012
July 2 2012
Carrie Lukas discusses specifics of the health care law on WTMA's Morning Buzz
June 20 2012
Carrie Lukas discusses Paycheck Fairness Act and "wage gap" on The Bill LuMaye Show
June 11 2012
Carrie Lukas discusses the Paycheck Fairness Act on The Bill Meyer Show
June 7 2012
Carrie Lukas discusses the Paycheck Fairness Act on Bulldog Live with Brian Tilton
June 6 2012
Carrie Lukas discusses the Paycheck Fairness Act and "wage gap" on Morning Beat with Chad Adams
May 25 2012
MPR News: What's the Road Forward for Conservatives?
August 4 2011
The Talk of Connecticut: Paid Sick Leave
June 23 2011
The Thom Hartmann Show: Are Single Working Moms to Blame for Fat Kids?
June 6 2011
The Thom Hartmann Show: Vermont Committee Approves Universal Healthcare
May 18 2011
IWF in the News: Critics Go After Sexual Violence Legislation
May 6 2011
IWF in the News: But Buttons That Say $1.08 Wouldn't Be Helpful
April 26 2011
Fox News: There Is No Male-Female Wage Gap
April 22 2011
Fox News: Have We Bridged The Gender Wage Gap?
April 21 2011
April 21 2011
IWF in the News: Lukas: There Is No Male-Female Wage Gap
April 20 2011
Fox and Friends: Study Shows Young Women Out-Earn Male Counterparts
April 19 2011
IWF in the News: Wage-Gap Myth
April 19 2011
IWF in the News: Carrie Lukas does the math on the male-female pay gap
April 19 2011
The Dave Rutherford Show: Women and the Wage Gap
April 18 2011
The Jerry Agar Show: Women and the Wage Gap
April 18 2011
American Radio News Network: There is No Male-Female Wage Gap
April 18 2011
IWF in the News: Time to Stop Mining for "Equal Pay" Grievances
April 17 2011
C-Span Washington Journal: Wage Gap Between Men and Women
April 16 2011
Chip Franklin Mornings: Wage Gap Issues
April 14 2011
The Steve Maltzberg Show: There is No Male-Female Wage Gap
April 13 2011
IWF in the News: Paycheck Fairness Act Reintroduced in Congress
April 13 2011
IWF in the News: Are Women Actually Paid More Than Men?
April 13 2011
IWF in the News: How Wide Is The Wage Gap?
April 13 2011
IWF in the News: Barack Obama's Paycheck Unfairness Act
April 12 2011
The Thom Hartmann Show: Equal Pay Day
April 12 2011
The Thom Hartmann Show: Welfare and Other Issues
March 28 2011
IWF in the News: Feminists Dislike Media Narrative About Women Pushing America into Libyan War
March 25 2011
IWF in the News: Wireless Tax Is A Tax on Women's Independence
March 24 2011
The Mike Schikman Show: Wireless Tax is a Tax on Women's Independence
March 23 2011
IWF in the News: Barack Obama's Paycheck Unfairness Act
March 18 2011
The Thom Hartmann Show: The White House Reports on the Status of Women
March 8 2011
Government Needs to Lean Out to Help Working Moms
May 14 2013
Young Workers Should Rest Uneasy When Politicians Make Big Promises
May 2 2013
Equal-Pay Day Debunked in Three Minutes
April 9 2013
April 8 2013
Warning! Headline Writers are Bad for Mental Health!
April 4 2013
Getting Men to ‘Lean Out’ Is Unlikely to Help Women Advance
April 4 2013
It Turns Out that Flexibility Requires, Well, Flexibility
April 1 2013
A Policy Area In Which Europe Has The U.S. Beat, And It's Not Even Close
March 26 2013
Conservatives' Big Challenge: Bringing Conservative Benefits to Life
March 1 2013
Why Are Environmentally-Conscious Senators Fighting For Junk Mail?
March 1 2013
Obama's Preschool Proposal Is The Magical Fantasy Of A Preschool Student
February 14 2013
Politics is Like a Box of Chocolates
February 10 2013
Using Children To Pass Gun Laws Is Grotesque And Childish
January 18 2013
How Conservatives Can Win Over Women
January 2 2013
December 20 2012
The Truth Behind Obamacare's 'Death Panels'
December 10 2012
Sandra Fluke Can Have 2012, Let's Celebrate Non-Coerced Giving In 2013
December 6 2012
Here's How The GOP Can Overcome Women's Trust Issues With Conservatives
November 8 2012
Women and the GOP Have Trust Issues
November 7 2012
Scare Tactics Distract from Finding a Cure
October 30 2012
The Real Story in the AAUW’s Wage-Gap Study
October 25 2012
Will Hillary Tell Fellow Democrats to Stop Whining?
October 19 2012
Demography Isn't Destiny When Voters Are Economically Informed
October 16 2012
October 3 2012
Yes America, Your Fellow Citizens DO Abuse Federal Aid Programs
October 2 2012
Don't Regulate Individual Decisions
October 1 2012
What About Social Security’s $190 Billion Disability Program?
September 17 2012
No, America Is Not Better Off Under Obama
September 14 2012
A Refinery Rescue Reconsidered
September 14 2012
Do Women Really Think a More Litigious Workplace Will Boost Their Prospects?
September 5 2012
Is A "War On Women" The Best That President Obama Can Do?
September 3 2012
Huge Victory for Women? Augusta National Accepts Women Members
August 20 2012
August 17 2012
Why Some Women Will Never Be Happy With Proof of Equality
August 16 2012
Let's Make Education Big Business, With Profit, Loss & High Pay For Top Performers
August 7 2012
The Nanny State Comes to the Nursery
August 6 2012
Secretary Sebelius Piles Women with a Free Lunch
July 31 2012
When Government Graft Is the Key to Business Success
July 24 2012
The Market, Not Government, Should Determine Who Gets Jobs
July 17 2012
More Government Isn't The Key To Women's Retirement Security
July 3 2012
Will “the Blade” Pop the Higher Education Bubble?
June 26 2012
June 22 2012
Wurtzel Doesn't Understand Stay-at-Home Moms
June 21 2012
One Way Government Makes Families Poorer
June 19 2012
A Good Day for Women's Equality
June 5 2012
Government Food Nannies Eat Away at Our Freedom and Prosperity
June 5 2012
Paycheck Fairness Act Proponents Are Only Playing Politics
May 30 2012
Free College: A Liberal Idea Worth Trying
May 8 2012
"Paycheck Fairness" Will Mean a Pay Cut for Men
May 7 2012
Julia’s Success Story Begins with Head Start?
May 4 2012
October 16 2012
June 11 2012
Policy Focus: Government Over-Spending
January 24 2011
Policy Brief #27: FMLA Benefits for Part-Time Workers Would Hurt Those They Are Supposed to Help
January 6 2010
Policy Brief #26: New FMLA Regulations Provided Needed Clarity to Law
October 10 2009
Policy Brief #24: National Health Care in Canada: Lessons in Rationing
July 23 2009
June 11 2009
Policy Brief #19: Hawaii's Lesson in the Perils of Universal Health Insurance
March 23 2009
Policy Brief #18: Mandated Paid Sick Leave: The Wrong Medicine for Workers
March 18 2009
Policy Brief #15: Expanding SCHIP Doesn't Fix Real Problems in U.S. Healthcare System
January 26 2009
January 22 2009
Position Paper No. 609: Excellence, Not Gender Parity, Should Be Priority for STEM Faculty
August 15 2008
IWF Policy Brief #13: Congress Should Commit to Restraining Spending
February 11 2008
February 5 2008
November 19 2007
October 26 2007
IWF Policy Brief #4: Eliminating the Wage Cap Won't Fix Social Security
October 6 2007
The Death Tax: Unfair, Inefficient, Bad for Women
November 9 2005
February 10 2005
Women's Economic Independence Report Card
October 22 2004
Taxing Independence: The Price of Feminists' Love Affair with High Taxes
August 24 2004
Recess from Reality: The Feminist Failure to Embrace School Choice
June 21 2004
Dependency Divas: How the Feminist Big Government Agenda Betrays Women
January 30 2004



