April Archive

‘Working mothers’ is a redundant term

Sheila Liaugminas | 17 April 2012

I remember being very impressed many years ago hearing a man of celebrity status earnestly credit his wife in an interview with having the toughest job in the world. She worked in the home raising their children, and he marveled at it, saying it was far more demanding than what he did.

A “game-changer in the fight for female voters”

Sheila Liaugminas | 13 April 2012

Just when liberal women were angrily trumpeting their bogus claim that the GOP has a ‘war on women,’ a high-profile liberal female Democrat lobs a grenade at the wife of Gov. Mitt Romney.

Sen. Santorum bows out

Sheila Liaugminas | 11 April 2012

Going into Easter weekend, this seemed inevitable, and not for purely political cost/benefit calculations. Pundits who reckoned that way didn’t figure in the human factor.

The bogus ‘war on women’

Sheila Liaugminas | 10 April 2012

Some people are getting a lot of traction out of this. In spite of its contrivance as an election year strategy.

Obama’s court challenge

Sheila Liaugminas | 07 April 2012

The question is not whether President Obama keeps making gaffes and mis-steps lately in public policy or public statements. My question, instead, is…are they calculated and to what end?

The future of Obamacare

Sheila Liaugminas | 03 April 2012

The individual mandate requring citizens to purchase something was challenged from the beginning in state and appellate courts, and opening argument were just heard before the US Supreme Court. The HHS mandate requiring citizens to purchase something that violates their conscience is being challenged in a first round of lawsuits with more joining by the week.

The Trayvon Martin tragedy

Sheila Liaugminas | 03 April 2012

There is already too much hyperbolic coverage of the very sad case of a shooting that ended the life of a teenager in Florida, and dangerously escalating reaction to it, without restraint or recourse to facts.

March Archive

HHS mandate remains unchanged

Sheila Liaugminas | 30 March 2012

On the morning of the religious freedom rallies across America last Friday, organizer Eric Scheidler was questioned by a network television news anchor about the goal of the event. “Since the administraiton already provided an ‘accommodation’ for religious objection” said the newsman, ”are you looking for another accommodation?” It was a fundamentally flawed premise, widely held by major media still.

Religious freedom rallies

Sheila Liaugminas | 27 March 2012

They launched big, in 140 cities, coast to coast.

Rally across America

Sheila Liaugminas | 23 March 2012

Friday at noon, in many major cities throughout the country, coast to coast.

Another way to occupy Wall Street

Sheila Liaugminas | 22 March 2012

How about a movement of moral reform?

“The human rights of women”

Sheila Liaugminas | 22 March 2012

As declared, or addressed, by the 56th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Obama expands contraception mandate

Sheila Liaugminas | 19 March 2012

Late last Friday when many Americans and certainly church leaders and were preparing for St. Patrick’s Day ceremonies and the fourth Sunday of Lent, the White House dropped a surprise announcement. As if no one would notice.

‘Not even Jesus’ ministry would qualify for the exemption’

Sheila Liaugminas | 16 March 2012

Since the administration keeps insisting it made an “exemption” or “accommodation” for religious objection to the Obama contraceptive mandate, let’s take a closer look at what exactly that is.

Women’s health and HHS

Sheila Liaugminas | 13 March 2012

How oddly sci-fi that perceived connection has become.

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