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#21 Kathleen Parker
The Washington Post
Kathleen Parker is an op-ed columnist for The Washington Post.
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Honing her own brand of modern social conservatism, Parker advocates traditional family and gender roles based on moral values rather than religion. She has called for a secularization of Republican politics. However, Parker is an ardent pro-lifer, and has attacked President Obama for waffling on the issue and also the Democratic Party for its health-care proposals allowing abortion funding.
Parker was criticized for arguing in her book, Save the Males, that certain aspects of feminism, like the idea that men ought to share an equal burden of housework, should be rolled back. “Allow me again to translate. There’s no way to make men into women,” she wrote. In 2008, she suggested that Sarah Palin withdraw from the Republican ticket, drawing fire from the right and building goodwill on the left. Recently, she broke ranks again to criticize right-wing reactions to President Obama's school speech.
Honing her own brand of modern social conservatism, Parker advocates traditional family and gender roles based on moral values rather than religion. She has called for a secularization of Republican politics. However, Parker is an ardent pro-lifer, and has attacked President Obama for waffling on the issue and also the Democratic Party for its health-care proposals allowing abortion funding.
Parker was criticized for arguing in her book, Save the Males, that certain aspects of feminism, like the idea that men ought to share an equal burden of housework, should be rolled back. “Allow me again to translate. There’s no way to make men into women,” she wrote. In 2008, she suggested that Sarah Palin withdraw from the Republican ticket, drawing fire from the right and building goodwill on the left. Recently, she broke ranks again to criticize right-wing reactions to President Obama's school speech.
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March 14, 2010
Afghanistan
Saving the World, One Woman at a Time
“When you think of an Afghan woman, don't think of an embroidered tapestry; think of a cop.”
March 10, 2010
Health Care Reform
The Candy Men Can
“All states now will get their own Cornhusker kickbacks. And everything is beautiful in its own way.”
February 24, 2010
Tea Parties
GOP's RINO Hunt
“True conservatives and RINO-hunters are, to put it mildly, a problem for any candidate or incumbent who tries to speak bipartisan, which translates into 'treason.'”
February 21, 2010
Tea Parties
Why Rubio Is on the Rise
“Rubio may be the Republican Party's Barack Obama.”
February 17, 2010
Africa
Uganda's Brutal Law
“A country where gays are routinely harassed, rounded up and incarcerated doesn't need stoking by American fundamentalists on a mission from God.”
February 14, 2010
Sarah Palin's Influence
Trig and Political Calculus
“Will we be hearing from Palin every time someone uses the R-word or makes a lame joke?”
February 7, 2010
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
The Only Good Reason to End 'Don't Ask'
“The military may be a microcosm of society in some ways, but it most definitely is not a democracy.”
February 3, 2010
Edwards Scandal
The Age of Oversharing
“The extent to which we feel entitled to another's private life, disregarding collateral damage to others, is a pox on all our houses.”
January 31, 2010
Abortion
Abortion's Reality Show
“Presenting such a profoundly personal and literally life-altering conflict as interactive entertainment is disturbing and slightly creepy.”
January 27, 2010
State Of The Union
The Faux Fighter
“The hope-and-change agent can hardly wear a sad face as he appraises his first year. But neither can he portray himself as a slugger in chief.”
January 24, 2010
Scott Brown's Rise
Hunting Metaphor Serves Republicans Well
“Real women may hunt moose, as the Palin sampler reads, but real leaders don't strut their kill.”
January 20, 2010
Kennedy's Replacement
A 'Massachusetts Man of the People'
“Democrats trying to paint Republicans as the 'Party of No' were simply being crushed by a candidate who was saying, 'Oh, yes we can, but not like this.'”