Lawrence M. Mead, author of Expanding Work Programs for Poor Men (AEI Press, 2011), argues that poor fathers, like welfare mothers, need "both help and hassle."

Women do not have an assigned place. In free societies, they choose where they wish to be. For at least five millon women in America, that happens to be in the home as full-time mothers. What is wrong with that?

In the 1990s, social expectations of single mothers shifted.

Republicans are choosing between a candidate from a Belmont that's doing just fine and one who claims ties with a Fishtown that isn't what it used to be. Not an ideal choice.

Linda Basch is certainly correct that the entry of so many women into the labour force has been good for the economy, good for society and good for women themselves (I would add that it has been good for men as well). But she is wrong when she implies that full-time mothers have made an unworthy choice.

Exposition and analysis of polling data on attitudes women hold about a number of societal issues.

It isn’t easy to attract 2,000 people to a conference on women’s rights. But Tina Brown, editor-in-chief of Newsweek and the Daily Beast, carried it off. On March 8, she filled an auditorium at Lincoln Center in New York City with mostly high-powered professional women and kept them enthralled for three days.

While difficult to achieve, fundamental disability reform is possible.