Millions of American women are busy with July 4th preparations. They are dusting off picnic blankets, preparing potato salad, and making arrangements with friends and family for firework displays. Few have time to thinking about the meaning of our country's founding and how events today may change our country in important ways.
It is a strange image: a woman wears dark glasses and holds a scarf to her mouth to shield her identity. She walks, head up, left arm stretched high in the air, her hand in a peace sign. Behind her is a row of men holding a green banner followed by thousands of Iranians marching in Tehran.
If you have never seen a stoning (and chances are you haven't), the award-winning film, "The Stoning of Soraya M.," showing in Washington, D.C. and New York on June 26, will turn your stomach upside down.
How do our elected officials sleep at night when the country is on a path to become the biggest spender and borrower of all time? We are drowning in red ink and it appears that no one with any legislative authority seems to recognize there's no Noah's Ark to save us from this flood of debt.
Remarks of Michelle D. Bernard at the Hodges University Class of 2009 Commencement.
This week marks the 65th anniversary of the Servicemembers' Readjustment Act of 1944, today known as known as the Montgomery G.I. Bill of Rights. By putting a college education within reach of veterans, the G.I. Bill is credited with growing the American middle class and ushering in one of the longest economic expansions in U.S. history. Government analyses also indicate that for every $1 spent on the G.I. Bill, the country receives between $5 and $12 in new economic activity and tax revenue.
The Employee Free Choice Act would do just the opposite of what its name implies. Rather than giving workers the choice to unionize freely, EFCA-or "card check"-is an attempt to impose no-vote unionizing on America's workers.
President Obama has laid out an ambitious domestic policy agenda, but his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court may be one of the most important actions of his presidency.
Twenty-six years ago this May, the National Commission on Excellence in Education published A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform. It warned that "the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people."
As the school year winds to a close, students and professors alike are ready for summer vacation, long days at the pool, and a break from academics. Unfortunately, when many students return to school in the fall, the campus landscape will be radically different.
Awful ideas circulate on Capitol Hill in good times and bad. But they really take flight during an economic crisis. Take the "Cash for Clunkers" proposal which would have the government pay you to get rid of your old car. Congress is preparing to give up to $4,500 to people who trade in their current vehicle and buy a new, more fuel-efficient model.
Our country’s focus has rightly been on the economy in recent months. Given that the economic situation remains precarious, you might assume Congress would be focused on measures that would encourage growth.
While many small business owners lack information about EFCA, what they do understand they do not like. In March 2009, commissioned by the Independent Women’s Forum, Lombardo Consulting Group (LCG) conducted a survey testing the understanding of small business owners of the bill.
Athletics help develop a variety of positive character traits in children, including teamwork, leadership, and discipline, just to name a few. So, it’s hard to imagine a piece of legislation that would rob students of the opportunity to compete in high school sports. Unfortunately, the High School Information Collection Act, recently introduced by Senators Olympia Snowe of Maine and Patty Murray of Washington, has the potential to do just that.
Few classes of people are more sympathetic than pregnant women. Pregnant women are physically vulnerable and need the support of their families and the larger community. While gestating and giving birth to a child is among the most personal processes that can be experienced, it is also the foundation of mankind.
IWF's Carrie Lukas appeared on John Stossel's special on Friday night, detailing the effects of new pregnancy discrimination laws in the workplace.
Send a clear message to Mayor Fenty, the D.C. City Council, and Congressional leaders that it's not where a child is educated but whether a child is educated that matters most.
An international outcry greeted Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's decision to approve a new family law that sanctions marital rape for the Shia minority in Afghanistan.
Happy Equal Pay Day! You'll have to forgive your friends for not sending a card-Hallmark has yet to recognize fabricated feminist holidays based on misleading data.
Congress will soon shift its attention to health care. As our nation's policymakers prepare to play doctor-in-chief, they must remember the Hippocratic Oath: First do no harm. We cannot afford to sacrifice the strengths of our current system, which delivers unparalleled quality care to most Americans. Unfortunately, it appears that Congressional efforts will do just that. It seems clear that their plan to push for “affordable health care” won’t really mean less expensive health care; it will mean lower quality health care. This lower quality care and potential rationing will particularly affect women, children, and their families.
President Obama wants to expand government’s role in everything from providing healthcare and preschool to dictating executive pay and our energy use. To pass this ambitious agenda, he needs to convince the public that government is capable of delivering results.
The country witnessed a level of political engagement last week that we haven't seen in decades. Thousands of Americans turned out in cities across the country to demonstrate their frustration and dissatisfaction with the current tax and spend policies of both political parties.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai recently created a new family law that sanctions rape within marital confines. This law befits the brutal Taliban era, not the democratic Afghanistan that we hoped would be the country's future.
Michelle Bernard sits down with wOw's Andrew Belonsky to discuss the state of the Republican Party, Sarah Palin, the evolution of her career and what she's learned along the way.
When most people hear the term "culture wars," they think of big political debates and hot button issues. Abortion. Gay marriage. What should be taught in public schools? What role, if any, can religion play in the public square? Yet the real terrain of the culture wars lies far away from the political sphere: It's in the homes of families across the country who are struggling to impart their morals and values to their children.
Recently, the High School Sports Information Collection Act of 2009 was introduced by Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Patty Murray (D-WA). The bill...
