Author Archives: Tom Mach

A woman’s war should begin in the voting booth

“The fight must not cease; you must see that it does not stop.” Susan B. Anthony spoke these words 106 years ago, yet it looks as if the fight against inequality for women continues to this day. Examples of this abound. According to a recent Fox News report the scandal over members of the Secret Service soliciting prostitutes is drawing the ire of women who contend such alleged misconduct would not have happened if more women were agents. Director Mark Sullivan revealed that only 11 percent of Secret Services agents are women. In addition, women are still not allowed to be priests in the Catholic Church. College Times reported recently that women make less than 78 cents for every dollar than men earn in the workplace—and in 99% of all occupations, women earned less than men. Continue reading