Charlotte Hays
Senior Fellow
Charlotte Hays gets up most mornings and contributes to the Inkwell, the weblog of the Independent Women's Forum. Hays joined the Independent Women's Forum in 1999 as editor of The Women's Quarterly. When the quarterly evolved into our web operation, Hays became a senior editor.
Known for her quick and irreverent sense of humor, Hays has appeared on cable television programs such as Politically Incorrect, C-Span's Washington Journal, and PBS's To the Contrary. A former correspondent for the National Catholic Register and a feature writer at The Washington Times, Hays has been fascinated by politics since covering local politics for alternative weeklies in New Orleans. She is coauthor of three humorous books on southern culture, the first of which was the best-selling Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral. She is also author of Fortune Hunters, a book on what it takes to make a Midas marriage. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, the Washington Post’s “Book World,” and the Weekly Standard.
Hays has recently returned to IWF after several years of serving as editor of In Character, A Journal of Everyday Virtues, which was published by the John Templeton Foundation.mes, Hays has been fascinated by politics since covering local politics for alternative weeklies in New Orleans.
Recent Articles:
May 4 2012
May 3 2012
May 2 2012
Union Greed Vs. People In Need
May 2 2012
May 2 2012
Out Of The Shadows: Chen Guangcheng And Jose Rodriguez
May 1 2012
Osama bin Laden: One Year Later
May 1 2012
Oh, What A Lovely Economy! NOT
April 27 2012
Big Brother Blinks: Now Legal For Farm Kids To Do Chores
April 27 2012
An Argument Against Higher Taxes...By A Former Obama Economic Adviser
April 26 2012
The Bloom Is Off The (Desert) Rose...
April 26 2012
April 26 2012
Government Lays An Egg: DOL Plans To Regulate Kids' Chores On The Family Farm
April 25 2012
So You Think He's Only Going To Raise Taxes On The Rich?
April 25 2012
Is There Really "A Backlash" Over A Gay Romney Staffer?
April 25 2012
A Few Thoughts On The Once (And Future?) Buffett Rule
April 24 2012
Nation Editor: Of Course, There Is No Such Thing As Voter Fraud...
April 24 2012
Some Bad News For The Constitutional-Law-Professor-In-Chief?
April 24 2012
April 23 2012
So Much For A Serious Discussion Of The Violence Against Women Act...
April 19 2012
April 18 2012
April 18 2012
April 18 2012
Whatever Happened To Officers And Gentlemen?
April 17 2012
Should Ann Romney Be Off Limits?
April 17 2012
Big Spender Update: Panetta "Regrets" Billing Taxpayer $800,000 For Trips Home
April 17 2012
April 16 2012
Colombia: President Says He Is Scouting Out Vacation Spot For First Lady
April 16 2012
Oops! More Anti-Mom Democrats Not Getting White House Memo!
April 16 2012
Dirty Linen And The Secret Service
April 16 2012
April 13 2012
NOW Prez: She Didn't Get The White House Memo!
April 13 2012
April 13 2012
I Mean, Have You Ever Actually TALKED To A Conservative?
April 12 2012
Mr. Obama, Stop This War On Women!
April 12 2012
Round One: Stay-At-Home Mom Wins!
April 12 2012
Party In Vegas: Don't Let This Scandal Go To Waste!
April 11 2012
"Send Me Your Resume," Said POTUS
April 11 2012
April 11 2012
Fact Checker: Two Pinocchios For President Obama
April 10 2012
April 10 2012
SCOTUS: Suddenly The Robed Ones Are More Popular
April 9 2012
April 7 2012
Washington Post: Is There A "War on Women" Or A Battle For Their Votes?
April 6 2012
April 5 2012
Inside The White House: Liberal Columnist Is Unintentionally Damning
April 5 2012
Oh, The Outrage! Oh, The Faux Outrage!
April 5 2012
Professor Obama: Not A Marbury V. Madison Kinda Guy?
April 4 2012
April 4 2012
Your Tax Dollar At Work: Par-tay In Vegas!
April 3 2012
What's Up with Terry Lowry: Is President Obama an Economic Illiterate?
July 19 2011
The Mike Schikman Show: Is President Obama an Economic Illiterate?
July 14 2011
The Alana Burke Show: Drawdown of Troops in Afghanistan
June 29 2011
What's Up with Terry Lowry: ObamaNEYcare
June 20 2011
The Dana Show: Wal-Mart Case Decision
June 20 2011
IWF in the News: Barack Hearts Debbie's 'Cute Smile'
June 18 2011
The Mike Schikman Show: GOP Debate Winners and Losers
June 16 2011
The Dave Rutherford Show: The 2012 Race
June 15 2011
The Alana Burke Show: GOP Debate Winners and Losers
June 15 2011
The Amy Oliver Show: GOP Debate Winners and Losers
June 14 2011
The Alana Burke Show: Abandoning Six Soldiers and Nanny Cams on Lunch Trays
May 17 2011
The Alana Burke Show: Bin Laden's Death
May 3 2011
The Amy Oliver Show: Bin Laden's Death
May 2 2011
The John McConnell Show: Bin Laden's Death
May 2 2011
The Mike Schikman Show: AARP Betrayal
April 12 2011
The Dana Show: There is No Male Female Wage Gap
April 12 2011
The Andy Caldwell Show: AARP Betrayal
April 4 2011
Nothing But The Truth: Our New Durga Foreign Policy
March 28 2011
The Raffelle Report: Our New Durga Foreign Policy
March 25 2011
Viewpoints with Lockwood Phillips: Moms Know Government Unions Aren't Fair
March 22 2011
The Other Side with Charles Butler: U.S. Muslims Should Welcome Pete King's Hearings
March 14 2011
The Andy Caldwell Show: ObamaCare's March Madness
March 14 2011
The Alana Burke Show: U.S. Muslims Should Welcome Rep. King's Hearings
March 10 2011
The Dana Show: Why U.S. Muslims Should Welcome Pete King's Hearings
March 9 2011
The Troy Derengowski Show: President Obama's Kitchen Table: His New Budget is Not Serious
February 17 2011
The Andy Caldwell Show: All Aboard for More Government Waste
February 15 2011
IWF in the News: Michelle Obama: 'I Will do Whatever I'm Asked to Do' to Help Get Obama Reelected
February 9 2011
The Alana Burke Show: Obama's State of the Union Speech
January 26 2011
The Andy Caldwell Show: Predictions for the State of The Union Speech
January 25 2011
The Raffelle Report: State of the Union Speech Predictions
January 24 2011
The Martha Zoller Show: Health Care Repeal
January 19 2011
Nothing but the Truth: The Real Vote is Today: It Matters
January 19 2011
The Raffelle Report: The Repeal Vote is Tomorrow: It Matters
January 19 2011
January 13 2011
The Mike Schikman Show: Lame Duck Congress
December 15 2010
The Andy Caldwell Show: The New Tax Deal
December 14 2010
The Dana Show: Paycheck Fairness Act Defeated
November 18 2010
The Andy Caldwell Show: The Repeal Pledge
November 8 2010
Rapid Fire with Michael Raffaele: Women and the Election
November 2 2010
The Mike Schikman Show: Election Coverage
November 2 2010
The Alana Burke Show: Maureen Dowd: The Ultimate Mean Girl
October 23 2010
What's Up with Terry Lowry: Ignoring the Great "Mancession?"
October 22 2010
IWF in the News: The 2010 Forbes World's Most Powerful Women List: Empowering or Embarrassing?
October 7 2010
The Mike Shickman Show: Unemployment Numbers
August 12 2010
The Michael Dyson Show: Unemployment Numbers
August 11 2010
The Andy Caldwell Show: Bad Unemployment Numbers
August 9 2010
The Andy Caldwell Show: The Health Care "Tempest" Could be a Big Deal for Small Business
June 22 2010
KINF's The Andy Caldwell Show: The Coming Matriarch?
January 25 2008
January 4 2008
Blogging Heads: Is the surge working? Is George Bush a Grown-up?
January 3 2008
Don't Wave the White Flag in the Gender Wars
April 24 2012
Crestfallen Liberals Failed to Take Constitution Seriously
April 3 2012
Taxpayer Cry: Not One Penny for Drag Shows!
March 20 2012
Obamacare's Unconstitutionality
March 6 2012
March 1 2012
Wanted: An Honest Discussion About the Violence Against Women Act
February 14 2012
The NEA's Plan: Keep Your "Kids" Captive Longer
January 31 2012
Chivalry Sinks under Equality's Murky Waters
January 20 2012
January 17 2012
President Obama: Champion or Enemy of the Middle Class?
January 3 2012
Time Glorifies Protestors, Regardless of Their Cause
December 20 2011
Barack Obama's America, In His Own Words
December 6 2011
November 15 2011
About the Republican Primary Debate
October 12 2011
October 12 2011
Memo to Republican Voters: Don't Succumb to Your Inner Democrat
August 16 2011
August 12 2011
The Mike Schikman Show: Is President Obama an Economic Illiterate?
July 14 2011
What's Up with Terry Lowry: ObamaNEYcare
June 20 2011
IWF in the News: Barack Hearts Debbie's 'Cute Smile'
June 18 2011
The Mike Schikman Show: GOP Debate Winners and Losers
June 16 2011
The Alana Burke Show: GOP Debate Winners and Losers
June 15 2011
The Amy Oliver Show: GOP Debate Winners and Losers
June 14 2011
May 23 2011
The Amy Oliver Show: Bin Laden's Death
May 2 2011
The John McConnell Show: Bin Laden's Death
May 2 2011
End of the Road for Hillary Clinton
March 30 2011
Nothing But The Truth: Our New Durga Foreign Policy
March 28 2011
The Raffelle Report: Our New Durga Foreign Policy
March 25 2011
The Other Side with Charles Butler: U.S. Muslims Should Welcome Pete King's Hearings
March 14 2011
A 51-Vote Strategy for Repeal?
February 10 2011
IWF in the News: Michelle Obama: 'I Will do Whatever I'm Asked to Do' to Help Get Obama Reelected
February 9 2011
Not Clueless: Senate Democrats Seek Distance From Obamacare
February 8 2011
February 4 2011
February 3 2011
The Alana Burke Show: Obama's State of the Union Speech
January 26 2011
The Andy Caldwell Show: Predictions for the State of The Union Speech
January 25 2011
The Raffelle Report: State of the Union Speech Predictions
January 24 2011
January 13 2011
November 24 2010
Pence: Pensive on the Presidency
November 21 2010
November 18 2010
Stiletto Nation: A Tale of Two Sisters
November 17 2010
How Bad Will the Lame-Duck Session Be?
November 15 2010
November 12 2010
November 10 2010
Stiletto Nation: Don't tell Nancy
November 10 2010
Repeal: It Looks Quite Possible Now
November 5 2010
November 4 2010
November 4 2010
