Category Archives: Publisher’s Pick

Only 28 Percent of Romney’s Donors Were Women

Mitt Romney lost women voters by 12 percentage points, but he lost women donors by way more. Just 28 percent of the donors to Romney's campaign were female, according to new data from the Center for Responsive Politics. Women gave less money than men during the election, so women weren't a majority of donations for either candidate. But President…

Big Idea 2013: Flexibility Without Shame

Sallie Krawcheck is the past President of Merrill Lynch and she writes today regarding how changing the corporate culture to allow women to better balance work and family will also spur U.S. economic growth. Numbers that shock us: "Fully engaging women in the economy can increase GDP by as much as 9%." "Women are different from…

Why Women Still Can’t Have It All

It’s time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed. If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here’s what has to change. Anne Marie Slaughter's article captures the dilemma of…

Paul Ryan Brings the GOP Back

With the announcement of Paul Ryan as the Vice Presidential nominee, Mitt Romney elevated his campaign to a level that the populace has been demanding for some time. Gone are the days of empty rhetoric and petty issues being blown out of proportion by the media. Paul Ryan’s addition to the ticket shows that Mitt…

Highlights from Tampa

The 2012 Republican National Convention was an unforgettable experience for Palladian View. We served as delegates, alternates, media, helped shape the Party’s platform and sponsored events such as Her New View’s Lashing Back at the Backlash: How Conservative Women Confront Media Bias panel (LIVE streamed on Fox), Blog Bash (with former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour) and a…

Arrival of Olympics Means the Conventions Are Just around the Corner

Once every four years, and right before the presidential conventions, billions of eyes are turned to the Olympics to watch women and men who have trained for years (in some cases their entire lives) for this one moment--one chance to bring home gold for their country. The opening ceremony sets the tone and the mood…

Is that the mouth you kiss your Mama with?

My mother reared me to be a lady – or at least, she attempted to. (And yes, one says “reared” when talking about children; “raise” is what you do with livestock. As the mother of a teenaged boy, I am willing to concede that the distinction between these processes blurs on occasion.) My mother taught…

Standing Room Only at CPAC

Palladian View’s women did what most women do every hour of every day—we multitasked. While part of our team was at the Catherine Templetonstate Senate committee confirmation hearing, the other part of the team was at CPAC 2012 (the Conservative Political Action Committee) presented by the American Conservative Union. Both occasions were important and historic for…