On the Mother’s Day Front
Andrea Caumont and Wendy Wang of Pew Research dug up all kinds of facts and figures about motherhood in our nation. According to a U.S. Census report in 2012:
There are more than ...
The Social Mobility of Baby Boom Women
One of the latest political footballs is how women are faring in the workplace, particularly their wages. A report from Pew’s Economic Mobility Project has six key facts that Brookings found ...
An Extra Special Contestant on Wheel of Fortune
Props to Wheel of Fortune for having their first special-needs contestant. Other contestants have been accommodated in the past, including a few contestants unable to spin the wheel for themselves ...
The Mixed Messages Radical Feminists Send about Sex
The “women are empowered when they control their sex lives . . . as we see fit” message from radical feminists has produced a contradictory gem from PolicyMic, a website for twenty-somethings (? not sure, since ...
On the School Front
When sufficient amounts are offered to better teachers, merit pay works.
Should financing college degrees be similar to mortgages, with appraisals and determination of future earnings to repay?
“High Schools Increasingly Worried about Immodest Moms”… ...
The World’s Toughest Job Pays No Taxes
I think you’ll agree no one holding this position should pay taxes (though it’s a wonder anyone signs up given this job ...
Women Having Fewer Children Than Their Hearts Desire
. . . and it isn’t just here in the States. The Pew Research Center came out with a report today in which they asked women in more than 30 countries, aged 40-54, what was ...
More Pinocchios for White House Wage Gap Claims
The Fact Checker at the Washington Post had previously examined the claim reiterated by President Obama that women only make 77 cents on the dollar compared to men, and awarded it one ...
Number of Stay-at-Home-Moms Continues to Rise
In the good news/bad news department, fewer American mothers are working outside the home — but many are doing so not by their own choosing. The Pew Research Center released ...
The Bright Side of Prenatal Screening
Over on the Corner Andrew Johnson posted about Planned Parenthood’s president being pressed on when she personally felt life began. I hope the video goes viral, so that people will begin ...