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Marybeth Hicks is a weekly columnist for the The Washington Times and editor of Family Events, a weekly e-newsletter and blog site for women from the publishers of Human Events. She is the author of Don't Let the Kids Drink the Kool-Aid: Confronting the Left's Assault on Our Families, Faith, and Freedom (Regnery Publishers, 2011). Mrs. Hicks began her career as a writer in the Reagan White House, and later was a communications specialist in the educational, healthcare and corporate sectors. A Michigan resident, she served as a gubernatorial appointee to the board of the Michigan Children’s Trust Fund. She currently serves on the national advisory boards of the Parents Television Council and Eduguide, a non-profit that promotes school success. Mrs. Hicks is a graduate of Michigan State University. She and her husband make their home in Michigan and are the parents of four children.
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Marybeth Hicks (May 17, 2012)
For as well as I know my only son, I never really understood him until I read John L. Parker Jr.’s “Once a Runner.”
Often called the “definitive running story,” “Once a... more
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Marybeth Hicks (May 09, 2012)
Last week, in an advertorial slideshow on ObamaForAmerica.com, the president’s re-election campaign introduced “The Life of Julia” about a fictional “everywoman” whose... more
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Marybeth Hicks (May 03, 2012)
I hate to say I told you so, but … well … I did.
In my book, “Don’t Let the Kids Drink the Kool-Aid,” I posited that radicals within the gay lobby are using the important... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Apr 25, 2012)
It’s official. Brad and Angelina are engaged, succumbing to pressure from family members to finally tie the knot.
Back in the day, that pressure would have come from a... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Apr 19, 2012)
The smell of pot roast escapes from the lid of the slow cooker and wafts down the hallway to my home office. My washer and dryer hum harmoniously in the distance while... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Apr 12, 2012)
In 1968, cigarette maker Philip Morris launched a brand of smokes just for women. Marketed with the provocative slogan, “You’ve come a long way, baby,” Virginia Slims offered... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Apr 05, 2012)
If there’s one way to determine whether an event has devolved into a circus maximus, surely it must be the entry into the public debate by Roseanne Barr.
The erstwhile... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Mar 29, 2012)
If there’s one thing liberals and conservatives generally have agreed upon with respect to President Obama, it’s that by all indications, he’s a good father to his daughters... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Mar 22, 2012)
This is a story with no good ending. There's not likely to be a peaceful reckoning, or a positive life lesson. It's just pointless and sad, no matter how you look at... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Mar 13, 2012)
Last week, amid the furor over Georgetown University law student and feminist activist Sandra Fluke’s now-famous congressional testimony about the “financial burden” of... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Feb 29, 2012)
If you get a text from your teenager in the middle of the school day, something’s wrong.
It might be something minor, like a paper forgotten on the printer at home or gym... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Feb 23, 2012)
In 2007, while still a member of the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama said, “I am absolutely convinced that culture wars are just so ‘90s. Their days are growing dark.”
Until... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Feb 15, 2012)
When it comes to 21st-century environmental and energy debates, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Especially when what little knowledge you may have is incorrect. And... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Feb 01, 2012)
Last week in his State of the Union address, President Obama claimed to share President Lincoln’s opinion “that government should do for people only what they cannot do... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Feb 01, 2012)
Last week in his State of the Union address, President Obama claimed to share President Lincoln’s opinion “that government should do for people only what they cannot do... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Jan 25, 2012)
That rumbling sound you hear isn’t a snow-removal truck, a low-flying plane or a train inadvertently chugging through your backyard.
No, it’s the low, slow churning of... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Jan 18, 2012)
The subject line of the email from my daughter read, “I shudder.”
The text said only, “You won’t believe this,” and included a link to a video that my 14-year-old... more
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Marybeth Hicks (Jan 11, 2012)
Just how frustrated are American parents with the leftist Kool Aid being passed off as curriculum in our nation’s public schools?
It’s come to this: Last week, the New... more