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#21 Kathleen Parker

The Washington Post

Kathleen Parker is an op-ed columnist for The Washington Post. More information


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.

Kathleen Parker on All Topics

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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.'
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.
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