That's not a convincing argument. Public sector jobs are cyclical. Teachers get fired when money is tight, then rehired when things get better. Manufacturing jobs, on the other hand, aren't coming back. They're relics of a past age.

Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.

Fixing things around the house was the last bastion of manliness. But now, even that is getting taken away. As women become more economically independent, they are starting to fix things around the house for themselves.

One way the Tea Party has benefited female candidates - and the conservative movement generally - is by consciously steering clear of social issues.

Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.

In my mother's day, she didn't go to college. Not a lot of women did. Now for every two men who get a college degree, three women will do the same.

In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.