Amy Alkon
Are Privileged Western Women Being Crushed into Silence?
According to an op-ed by Rebecca Solnit in the Los Angeles Times, it's not only Muslim women who are fighting a war for their rights. Someone forgot to tell Amy Alkon.
Rich Litter: Is a Big Family the New Luxury Item?
There's a baby boom among the rich and fabulous, and Amy Alkon wants to know whether it represents a new family values trend, or if a brood is simply the latest chic fashion accessory.
Daddy Nobucks: When Involuntary Fathers Are Forced to Foot The Bill
Men who make it clear they don't want kids shouldn't be forced to pay child support, writes Amy Alkon, who has no patience for unscrupulous women luring unwitting partners into checkbook daddyhood.
I’ll Have Murder With Fries
PJM Faceoff: It's nobody's business if Amy Alkon decides to order a cheeseburger. And none of their concern if she has an abortion. "There's no definitive answer on whether it's right or wrong to eat meat or on when a fertilized egg becomes a person. There's only my opinion and your opinion." [For an opposing viewpoint, read 'Unborn Activists?' by Julia Gorin]
 | IT’S A DUMB IDEA, OFFERED AS A DISTRACTION BY A PRESIDENT WHO FUNDAMENTALLY DOESN’T LIKE CRITICISM: Roll Call: Old Objections Hang Over New Push for Media Shield Law. ... |
| JAMES TARANTO: Why Did Lois Lerner Take The Fifth? “The American people have a right to know both how deep and how high the corruption of our government runs. The White House has an interest in minimizing the scandal, and surely that is Obama’s objective if he is trying to throw Lerner under the bus. Let’s reserve judgment on her and make sure not to let off the hook the man whose re-election the IRS’s abuse of power helped to advance.” ... |