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Kay Steiger

Kay Steiger is managing editor at Raw Story and a former Prospect editorial assistant.

Recent Articles

DISNEY'S BABY EINSTEIN IS NO EINSTEIN.

Kay SteigerAug 14, 2007

DISNEY'S BABY EINSTEIN IS NO EINSTEIN. Via the Chronicle. The University of Washington sent out a press release on a study it conducted where it found that Baby Einstein products didn't work. In fact, the study found that overuse of such products can slow babies' development. You'll recall that Bush gave a shoutout to BE's creator, Julie Aigner-Clark, during his last State of the Union. Now Disney is in an uproar over the study.

FALLWELL'S WINDFALL.

Kay SteigerAug 13, 2007

FALLWELL'S WINDFALL. Via the Chronicle news blog, Jerry Falwell was stocking up on life insurance policies worth about $34 million prior to his death. Most of the money was willed to Falwell's own Liberty University. In 1992, the university had more than $82 million in debt. Today, Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. (seriously!) said they want to pay off the university's remaining debt and work on an endowment.

BLOGOSPHERE OVERWHELMINGLY MALE.

Kay SteigerAug 10, 2007

BLOGOSPHERE OVERWHELMINGLY MALE. Congrats to our own GFR and Addie Stan who got a shout out in Ellen Goodman's column today on how the political blogosphere is overwhelmingly male and white. This is something that's been talked about a lot, especially in the wake of YKos, after which the WaPo published a similar take.

SOLDIERS (WRONGLY) CRUSADE FOR CHRIST.

Kay SteigerAug 07, 2007

SOLDIERS (WRONGLY) CRUSADE FOR CHRIST. Related to Ezra's dispatch from the YKos military panel, last week a Pentagon investigation concluded that several generals and a former military chaplain wrongly appeared in uniform in a fundraising video for Christian Embassy, a group affiliated with Campus Crusade for Christ. These soldiers are not permitted to endorse a "non-federal" entities.

MOTHERS CAN'T HAVE CAREERS.

Kay SteigerAug 06, 2007

MOTHERS CAN'T HAVE CAREERS. The NYTimes has a story of women who struggle with their careers after they choose to have children:

Like other career-minded young women, she hoped the law would open doors. But her promising career at a department-store corporate office ended 15 years ago when she had a baby.

She was passed over for promotions after she started leaving work before 6:30 each evening to pick up her daughter from day care. Then, she was pushed into a dead-end clerical job. Finally, she quit.

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