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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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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.'”
January 17, 2010
Haiti Earthquake
Rising Above Hurtful Remarks
“That some percentage of the 1 million daily viewers of 'The 700 Club' might pray and tithe to the speaker of such bile is far scarier than any voodoo curse.”
January 13, 2010
Gender
The White House's Glass Ceiling
“To the extent that we truly believe women ought to play a more vital role in American society, we have to wonder why any woman would submit to the punishments we've recently witnessed.”
January 10, 2010
Elections
A Republican Senate Upset?
“A Brown victory in one of the nation's bluest states would be as surprising as the rise of a young black senator to the presidency in 2008. It also would be a stunning referendum on the Obama administration.”
January 6, 2010
Media
Saying Goodbye to Ellen Goodman
“Even if one disagreed with her conclusions, Ellen offered reasoned arguments that often pierced the armor of our own defenses.”
January 3, 2010
National Security
In Obama's Court
“The cool detachment that was so attractive when political opponents were trying to rile Obama is suddenly becoming annoying.”
December 20, 2009
The President
Overreaching Leaves Obama With Few Friends
“Left and right finally have discovered a common foe. Too bad for the country that his name is Obama.”
December 16, 2009
Health Care Reform
The Anti-Feminist Attack
“The recent blog-inspired attack against her... has been a surreal mix of "McCarthyism" and a "snowball fight on the playground."”
December 16, 2009
War in Afghanistan
Doubts About Certitude
“It is the greatest example of the Law of Unintended Consequences. In a bit of unpoetic justice, Bob Gates helped create the mess in Afghanistan decades ago and now has to try to clean it up.”
December 11, 2009
War in Afghanistan
An American Triumph at Oslo
“Anyone still unconvinced that Obama is really an American committed to his nation's values, rather than an impostor who doesn't pledge allegiance to his critics' satisfaction, should probably surrender to the asylum.”