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...
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...
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...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 5, 2011 | The Washington Times Communities, World Views
Is it offensive for a Super Bowl ad to invite viewers to look up a reference familiar to football culture? FOX Sports might be unintentionally insulting the intelligence of its viewers. Super Bowl XLV is around the corner, meaning ‘tis the season to see industries...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 30, 2011 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views
The 2011 State of the Union address doesn’t appear to have left many viewers enamored with President Obama’s plans for the country. Perhaps it’s no surprise that the rumored “Sputnik moment” fell flat. After all, the “clean green” mantra lit up with squiggly bulbs...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 21, 2011 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views
As a citizen of Alabama, I’m always on the lookout for news from my state that would interest a national audience enough to highlight in a column. Thus, the other day I was at first excited to see that our new governor had made broad headlines. Disappointingly,...
