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:

Arizona Governor Signs Sweeping School Choice ESA Bill

May 15 2012


The Fight for the Soul of the Single Woman

May 15 2012


Keeping Politics Out of Mother’s Day

May 14 2012


Attacks on Job Creators

May 11 2012


Government Name-Calling

May 11 2012


Political Correctness’s Casualties

May 10 2012


Add Government-Worker Retirement to Your Taxpayer Tab

May 10 2012


We Don't Need More Government Subsidies to Bring College Costs Down

May 8 2012


How To Make College Cost Much, Much More

May 3 2012


Where Is the Study on the Health Impact of Perpetually Terrifying the Pregnant?

April 26 2012


More Government Bureaucracy Isn't Part of All-of-the-Above Energy Strategy

April 24 2012


Maureen Dowd's Phony Column

April 18 2012


Happy Tax Day?

April 16 2012


The DNC’s War on Stay-at-Home Moms

April 12 2012


Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Isn’t a War on Women

April 11 2012


EU Cracks Down on Hair Dressers' High Heel Shoes

April 10 2012


More on Augusta and the Demonization of All Things Male-Only

April 5 2012


Title IX in High Schools—We Must Wait for the Harm

April 2 2012


How Will President Obama Feel About Gas Prices Post-Election?

March 29 2012


Women Earning More Patents and Trademarks

March 22 2012


Wouldn’t You Like to Know Where Your Money Goes?

March 20 2012


The Cultural War on Women

March 16 2012


Paul Krugman Hates the Poor

March 9 2012


When Environmental Laws Backfire

March 8 2012


Name Calling About Name Calling

March 7 2012


Do Most Young Women Really Want Bigger Breasts Rather than a High IQ?

March 5 2012


Downplaying High Gas Prices

March 2 2012


A Little Health Care Good News?

March 1 2012


Could Food Mandates Be Next for ObamaCare?

February 29 2012


Is America Coming Apart?

February 28 2012


Costs Have to Count in Medical Decisions

February 23 2012


Mandates Are Anything But Pro-Choice

February 16 2012


High Gas Prices Need Long-term Policy Solution

February 15 2012


The Valentine's Day Budget

February 14 2012


We Need Honest Conversations About Cultural Issues

February 10 2012


You Don't “Insure” Against the Predictable

February 9 2012


We All Deserve the Freedom to Exercise Our Consciences

February 8 2012


Minimum Wage Laws Are A Recipe for Higher Unemployment

February 7 2012


From the Super Bowl on to Valentine's Day

February 6 2012


Senators Shouldn't Harass Private Charities About Their Funding Decisions

February 3 2012


We Do Need to Care About the Very Poor

February 2 2012


Massachusetts' Lesson for the Nation

January 31 2012


RomneyCare and ObamaCare—Both Are Fundamentally Wrong

January 30 2012


The Post-State of the Union Age

January 25 2012


The Evidence Is In In Wisconsin.... Are Taxpayers Paying Attention?

January 24 2012


Making Taxpayers Pay

January 17 2012


Is It Such a Bad Thing to Want to Protect Girls From the Worst of Our Culture?

January 13 2012


Real Capitalism Isn't the Problem

January 12 2012


A Decade of No Child Left Behind

January 11 2012


Warning: Don't Set Yourself on Fire!!!

January 3 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


The David and Heath Show: White House Report on Women

March 5 2011


The Thom Hartmann Show: Policymakers Can Learn from Wisconsin

February 28 2011


IWF in the News America Last Among Peers With No Paid Maternity Leave for Federal Workers

February 22 2011


IWF in the News: Are Conservative Women like Sarah Palin Feminists?

February 14 2011


The Thom Hartmann Show: Obama's New Budget Proposal

February 14 2011


IWF in the News: College Sports Council Urges High Schools Fight Use of Gender Quotas

February 8 2011


IWF in the News: Arizona State Dean Calls Rumors of Bristol Palin's Enrollment 'Pure Fiction'

December 28 2010


The Randy Tobler Show: Obamacare Shouldn't be Advanced in a Continuing Resolution

December 18 2010


RT TV: Should Americans have to Buy Health Insurance?

December 14 2010


The Thom Hartmann Show: Clinton-era Tax Rates

December 13 2010


Minnesota Public Radio: The Republican Agenda

November 8 2010


IWF in the News: Major Conservative Wins in the US

November 3 2010


CBN Newswatch: Conservative Women Make Waves in Midterm Elections

November 3 2010


The Dana Show: Five Myths about Female Candidates

November 2 2010


The Kudlow Report: Ignoring the Great "Mancession?"

October 22 2010


What's Up with Terry Lowry: A New Agenda for Women

October 22 2010


The Thom Hartmann Show: More than One Reason to Oppose the Paycheck Fairness Act

October 5 2010


The Other Side with Charles Butler: Cash for Clunkers

September 20 2010


The Thom Hartmann Show: Big Government Threatens Women's Progress

September 14 2010


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


Is America Up To Solving The Coming Fiscal Crisis?

May 3 2012


It's Time That We End the Equal Pay Myth

April 17 2012


Ledbetter Is about Lawsuits — Not Equal Pay

April 12 2012


Is the White House Wage Gap a War on Women?

April 12 2012


Ending Augusta National’s Male-Only Membership Policy

April 3 2012


Parents Deserve to Know the Facts About Head Start

March 5 2012


Women’s Health Always Hangs in the Balance

February 7 2012


The Real Price of Free Pills? Our Core Freedoms

February 7 2012


The Perennial SOTU Canard of Equal Pay

January 25 2012


Misplaced Priorities: Environmentalists, Junk Mail and the Keystone Pipeline

January 24 2012


School Choice Can End the Battle Over Sex Ed

January 10 2012


In 2012, We Should Finally Reform Depression-Era Workplace Rules

January 10 2012


Happy 2012! A Look Back at the Best and Worst of 2011

January 1 2012


Pro-Male Affirmative Action?

December 15 2011


Realistic Expectations: A Gift for the Holidays

December 13 2011


Who Decides Someone’s Real Value?

December 7 2011


Americans Don't Want Washington to Fail at Reform

November 22 2011


Ball Bans Are Bad for Kids

November 21 2011


Super Committee's Real Challenge Isn't the Budget

November 8 2011


Saving Social Security for Those in Need

October 27 2011


Apply The CLASS Test to the Rest of Government

October 25 2011


If We Can Change the Way We Communicate, We Can Change the Way We Educate

October 18 2011


High Schools Don’t Need Athletic Quotas

October 17 2011


Don't Give Cover to the Women-As-Victim Crowd

October 12 2011


Technology for Worse, and Sometimes for Much, Much Better

October 12 2011


Is Men's Stagnation Good News for Women?

September 28 2011


Political posturing or real progress? That's the debate about the Keystone Pipeline

September 28 2011


Bringing the Budget Numbers Down to Size

September 21 2011


Election in New York Shows Big Government Losing Support

September 14 2011


The Free Markets--Not Government or Unions--Will Create the Jobs of Tomorrow

September 13 2011


Losing Women: Obama Support Sinks to New Lows

September 6 2011


Just What the Economy Doesn't Need, Another Major Address By the President

September 1 2011


Krueger's Faulty Minimum-Wage Study

August 30 2011


Snobbery Isn't Smart

August 29 2011


Don't Miss This Video!

August 22 2011


Our Long-Term Debt--Not the Tea Party--Is the Reason for the Downgrade

August 10 2011


NOW Stands Up for Women, But Shouldn't Be Surprised by Newsweek's Tactic

August 8 2011


Rick Perry Leads the Way on Higher-Ed Reform

August 8 2011


Who Says Work Life Is More Rewarding Than Family Life?

August 4 2011


MPR News: What's the Road Forward for Conservatives?

August 4 2011


Maureen Dowd Rivals Nocera for Most Ridiculous Op-ed

August 3 2011


Desperate New York Times Sinks to Pathetic Lows

August 2 2011


A Woman Can Take Her Marriage (and Husband) Seriously And Still Be An Independent Politician

July 20 2011


Maybe Not This Time, But Social Security Reform Has to Be on the Table

July 18 2011


Beyond This Debt Ceiling Debate

July 5 2011


Wal-Mart Decision is Good News for Our Economy

June 21 2011


A Supreme Court Win for Wal-Mart, and Workers

June 20 2011


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