American Maggie

This week The Atlantic Monthly's latest web venture, The Atlantic Wire released its list of the top 50 influential American journalists. The results are based on three criteria: online presence, affect on Washington insiders, and general reach. There are some unexpected conclusions (Paul Krugman is more influential than Rush Limbaugh), but the biggest surprise of ...

Our Founding Fathers created the perfect form of government when they established the United States Constitution and the ensuing Bill of Rights.  After the American Revolution, the states organized a confederate form of government through the establishment of the Articles of Confederation.  A convention was organized to consider ways to deal more effectively with interstate ...

Last night, President Obama compared the insurance pool he proposes as akin to private colleges versus state universities. Seems to me that the private colleges cost far more than state schools and that without private endowments, they would ultimately fail. Sounds like what will happen to his health care plan…ultimately, he’ll put the private insurance ...

It’s that time of year again when students trade in their summer jobs and sandy beaches for classrooms and textbooks, and when teachers worry most about summer learning loss. The New York Times recently asked experts to weigh in on the potential of summer homework assignments. While many experts agreed that homework can help minimize ...

To all of you who are anxiously awaiting President Obama's address to the Joint Session of Congress -  is anyone interested in writing an analysis to be featured tomorrow on the site?  This is the make or break of his domestic agenda, and would be a great way for any writer to share their voice on ...

I am pleased to announce today's launch of AmericanMaggie.com. American Maggie is an interactive website for conservative and Republican women to share their views online about politics and public policy. By balancing writings from well established women in politics with fresh, new voices of young women, the ideas and commentary on the site ...