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Thursday, April 20, 2006

It may be hard for working women to focus on their families, but New Yorker writer Caitlin Flanagan says they should channel their “inner house wife.” Flanagan talks to guest host Sree Sreenavasan about her new book “To Hell With All That”. Also: the White House staff reshuffle continues. Who will take over Scott McLellan’s job as White House press secretary?

They All Rolled Over And One Fell Out

Clarence Page, columnist for the Chicago Tribune
and
Scott Johnson, an attorney and senior vice president of TCF National Bank in Minneapolis, fellow at the conservative Claremont Institute, and co-writer of the blog Powerline.com
and
Sidney Blumenthal, former senior advisor to President Clinton, columnist for the Guardian and Salon.com, Senior Fellow at ...

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You Got Compuserved

Dan Carnevale, the technology correspondent for The Chronicle of Higher Education
- on laptops in the classroom

» The Chronicle of Higher Education website

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It's All Ova Now, Baby Blue

Caitlin Flanagan, staff writer for The New Yorker, contributing editor of The Atlantic Monthly and author, To Hell with All That : Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife (Little, Brown 2006)
- on the state of motherhood and the politics of parenting

» Caitlin Flanagan's

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Open Phones: In a Jamb

-listeners' calls on the looming doorman strike.

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Photo File: Caitlin on Mic


Author Flanagan: Housework becomes her

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Feedback: Cailtin Flanagan

Subject: happy housewife
No wonder Brian took the day off! I'd say Ms. Flanagan may be channeling her inner housewife, but she sure isn't a happy housewife.

Did she forget to take her meds? I've never heard such anger from a guest! Has her pandering to the right failed to produce the book sales she'd anticipated?
-KC

Subject: Hurrah for Caitlin Flanagan
I am an unabashed liberal, and more positively disposed to the Democrats than the Republicans (who I think lack the milk of human kindness).

As a father of a 23 year old daughter Alana and a 33 year old
step-daughter Ann, we made do for a number of years on a single income
so my wife, Mary, could be at home and focus on raising our children.
When they were old enough, she went back to work. The family should never take second place to work. Hurrah for Caitlin Flanagan for reminding us of this.
-AvdM

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Required Reading: April 20, 2006

In which...Slate's Dickerson declares "the generals aimed at Donald Rumsfeld and hit Scott McClellan", New York sheds residents fastest in the nation, the Iraq & Afghan war bills double over three years, the PA tells Silverstein to choose option A or option B, Spitzer says curbing development will boost the ...

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