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:

America the Cynical

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


ObamaCare’s Casualties

April 10 2013


Another Place to Cut: The MEADS Program

March 19 2013


Real Progress in Eliminating Government Waste and Redundancy?

March 14 2013


CPAC Needs a Bigger Tent

March 12 2013


Alarmism About Pesticides Can Be Dangerous

March 5 2013


Big Government Is Big Businesses Best Friend

February 25 2013


Loving the Sequester

February 22 2013


State of the Economy

February 12 2013


Interest Payment Avalanche

February 8 2013


Our Wasteful, Corrupt Tax Code

February 6 2013


The Federal Budget Is More than a Game

January 23 2013


The Infrastructure Myth

January 22 2013


The 2nd Amendment for Non-Gun Lovers

January 16 2013


About That Payroll Tax...

January 15 2013


Using “Equality for Women” As Cover for Bigger Government

January 9 2013


Who Pays for Free Breast Pumps?

January 8 2013


Exploiting Girlhood

January 7 2013


GM Salmon

December 24 2012


Time to Go Over the Cliff

December 19 2012


Sorrow

December 17 2012


Why Won’t Democrats Consider Scaling Back Government Giveaways to the Hated “Rich”?

December 12 2012


ObamaCare’s Casualties Mount

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


The President's Job

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


Ed Crane and Cato’s Legacy

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


Dana Milbank’s Snuffleupagus

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


Carrie Lukas discusses a new petition that will "save entitlements" but shaft young workers on the Diane Jones Morning Show

May 15 2013


Carris Lukas discusses big entitlement promises from politicians and why young workers should pay attention on Health, Wealth & Wisdom

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


Carrie Lukas joins the Neal Larson show to discuss new census data that shows women are the new breadwinners

March 27 2013


Carrie Lukas discusses Congress's decision to force to the USPS to continue to make Saturday deliveries on the Thom Hartmann Show

March 25 2013


Carrie Lukas discusses the third anniversary of ObamaCare on the Rusty Humphries Show

March 22 2013


Carrie Lukas discusses the Morning After Pill now available to NYC high schoolers on WTMA's Morning Buzz

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


Carrie Lukas discusses the individual mandate tax and health care reform on The Thom Hartmann Radio Program

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


CEI: Wage Gap Issues

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


A True Leader Passes

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


About That Wage Gap

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


Where’s the Feminist Outrage?

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


The Bumbo Hubbub

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


Title IX's Dark Legacy

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


Dependency on Government

October 16 2012


Paycheck Fairness Act

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


Policy Brief #22: Keep Uncle Sam Away from Toddlers:The Case Against Government Funding for Preschool

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


Policy Brief #14: Expanding the Family and Medical Leave Act and Other Government-mandated Leave Benefits: A Preview of the 111th Congress

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


Position Paper No. 606 Who Pays for My Time Off? The Costs and Consequences of Government-Mandated Leave

February 5 2008


IWF Policy Brief #8: SCHIP Debate Isn't About the Children: It's About Our Healthcare System's Future

November 19 2007


IWF Policy Brief #7: Chairman Charles Rangel's Plan to Penalize Marriage and Discourage Women from Working

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


Sex (Ms.) Education

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