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Lawrence O’Donnell unwittingly signals the End Times

by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 25, 2011 | Luke Historians, Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views

What is newsworthy about Lawrence O’Donnell scoffing at “the end of the world”? Last week, Lawrence O’Donnell attempted to live up (or arguably down) to his Beck-bashing maestro predecessor Keith Olbermann by unleashing a litany about Bill O’Reilly,...

International Women’s Day and the post-feminist era

by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 12, 2011 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views

March 8th was International Women’s Day. In fact, this month marks the 100th anniversary of the international feminist celebration initiated by Clara Zetkin, a socialist German politician who took the last name of her Russian lover, eventually married a fellow...

Defunding Planned Parenthood: A cultural debate

by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 28, 2011 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views

Although people have the right and liberty to access it, Planned Parenthood is yet another item on the list that doesn’t need or deserve government funding – and has a whole lot of baggage. Planned Parenthood, which currently receives more than $360...

S.E. Cupp and Amanda Read on The Rick Amato Show

by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 15, 2011 | Appearances, Journal

Gabriella Hoffman invited me to be Young Con of the Week on The Rick Amato Show on February 14th. That just so happened to be the same night that the sharp and lovely S.E. Cupp was was to appear on the show. Listen to the podcast here:...

Out Educate: School and the State of the Union (PART II)

by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 13, 2011 | Literary Projects, Politics, The Washington Times Communities

During the rather miserable halftime show of Super Bowl XLV, Will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas ad-libbed the following message to President Obama in the middle of “Where is the Love?” lyrics: “In America we need to get things straight / Obama, let’s get...
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