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Carrie Lukas (Dec 13, 2011)
Christmas isn't about presents, it's about getting to love people. That's how my four-year-old put it, after watching How The Grinch Stole Christmas the other night. She... more
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Carrie Lukas (Nov 22, 2011)
Is anyone really surprised that the Super Committee is failing to reach a deal to cut $1.2 trillion over ten years from the federal budget?
Surely, the answer is no. This... more
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Carrie Lukas (Nov 08, 2011)
Cutting $1.5 trillion from the federal budget, supposedly the goal of the Super Committee, sounds daunting. When you put those numbers into the context of the total federal... more
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Carrie Lukas (Oct 25, 2011)
Senator Judd Gregg's thirty years in public office—as a member of the House of Representatives, then governor of New Hampshire, and then, from 1992 through early this year,... more
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Carrie Lukas (Sep 13, 2011)
Talk about jobs dominates our national conversation. How can we get our economy to generate employment opportunities again?
It's also worth... more
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Carrie Lukas (Sep 06, 2011)
President Obama's had a rough summer, from his weak performance in the debt ceiling debate to the daily deluge of bad economic news. Polls show his approval numbers falling.... more
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Carrie Lukas (Aug 02, 2011)
It's hard to keep up with the drumbeat of bad economic news these days. Attention has been focused on the debt ceiling debate, and for good reason. No one knows exactly how... more
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Carrie Lukas (Jul 05, 2011)
For the eleventh time in the last ten years, Washington is debating raising the federal debt ceiling. It's been an uncomfortable vote in the past: Congress is much... more
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Carrie Lukas (May 31, 2011)
In January, the assassination attempt on Representative Gabrielle Giffords by a mentally ill assailant became an occasion for media elites to preen about the need for more... more
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Carrie Lukas (May 17, 2011)
Hopeful politicians describe the current economic climate as a “recovery,” but it sure doesn't feel like one for too many Americans.
Take what's happened in Connecticut. ... more
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Carrie Lukas (May 03, 2011)
Mother's Day is supposed to give moms a break from their regular routine of feeding kids, cleaning up spills, helping with homework, chauffeuring to activities, and—for a... more
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Carrie Lukas (Mar 22, 2011)
Motherhood requires many virtues. It takes patience to spoon food into a baby's mouth and to teach a child how to sound out words. Moms need endurance to wipe up... more
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Carrie Lukas (Mar 15, 2011)
What invention most improved women's lives during the past century? The birth control pill for granting women greater control over child bearing, and modern, electric... more
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Carrie Lukas (Feb 14, 2011)
Cynics sneer at Valentine's Day as a Hallmark-designed holiday, designed to compel the purchase of frivolous gifts. Boyfriends dutifully buy flowers and husbands pay extra... more
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Carrie Lukas (Feb 01, 2011)
Back in the days before the State of the Union was used to showcase Congress's bipartisan spirit and parties still sat on opposite sides of the aisle, the American people... more