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Published: 11/9/09

Meghan McCain: Harsh Treatment Discourages Female Politicians

By  David Sessions - Politics Daily
Meghan McCain: Harsh Treatment Discourages Female Politicians

In a column on The Daily Beast, Meghan McCain argues that the steep price women pay for being in politics is a disincentive for trying to break barriers. "It's a dilemma that I and every woman of my generation face," McCain writes. "We want to be involved in politics -- perhaps even run for office -- but it's a steep price to pay. One day there will be a woman president, we are all told as little girls. You too can be a congresswoman or senator. But the reality of today is that to do so, you have to give up so much, in a way that is never asked of a man, and I believe running for office has ...

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Published: 01/12/09

The 'Gig Economy' Takes Hold in America

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
The 'Gig Economy' Takes Hold in America

Over at The Daily Beast, editor Tina Brown spots an ominous employment trend: Careers are becoming a thing of the past. In their place, the workforce is being forced to stitch together a combination of short-term, part-time gigs in order to make ends meet:My own anecdotal evidence among friends is now borne out by an exclusive poll conducted last week by The Daily Beast and Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates. Five hundred employed U.S. citizens aged 18 and over were interviewed via the Internet on January 8 and 9. A full one-third of our respondents are now working either freelance or in two ...

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Published: 10/10/08

William F. Buckley's Son for Obama

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
William F. Buckley's Son for Obama

Read all about it in Tina Brown's new juggernaut, The Daily Beast. Christopher Buckley, a successful author in his own right, started out this campaign as a McCain supporter. So what turned him away from the Arizona senator?This campaign has changed John McCain. It has made him inauthentic. A once-first class temperament has become irascible and snarly; his positions change, and lack coherence; he makes unrealistic promises, such as balancing the federal budget "by the end of my first term." Who, really, believes that? Then there was his self-dramatizing and feckless suspension of his campaign ...

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