Description http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog.aspx http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog.aspx TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:13:53 GMT Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:13:53 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ What thrilling news: the White House just announced that the President will, indeed, commute the prison sentences of border patrol agents Ramos and Compean. Last week, I shared the fact that during my meeting in... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/bcf439fe-5370-4420-aae1-cf2153981431 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/bcf439fe-5370-4420-aae1-cf2153981431 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:13:53 GMT History has taught us that when John Kennedy and Richard Nixon squared off in their presidential debate, Nixon actually won the debate but Kennedy looked better. Seemed JFK understood the power of TV and looking good... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/9101e7a9-6283-47e2-ab1a-a3357311365d http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/9101e7a9-6283-47e2-ab1a-a3357311365d Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:26:10 GMT I have never been prouder of John McCain.This economic crisis puts the leadership qualities of both Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama on full display for all the world to see.John McCain made a decision to do his job. After... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/e5982302-547a-45db-83a7-23295c3b4dfe http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/e5982302-547a-45db-83a7-23295c3b4dfe Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:22:27 GMT Ordinarily, I would never recommend MSNBC viewing to anyone. After all, when I'm not hosting my radio show or writing for Townhall.com, I work at Fox News Channel as a contributor. But if you happened to be Tivo'ing... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/9dc05eea-3f54-4d40-a39a-c001573ff9c9 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/9dc05eea-3f54-4d40-a39a-c001573ff9c9 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:03:24 GMT She did it. Gov. Palin did everything she needed to do tonight from the podium of the Xcel Center here in St. Paul. All night long, I've been soaking up the excitement and anticipation for her speech from the... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/e95e261d-c5bf-4c72-ad3f-2b9267f8a956 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/e95e261d-c5bf-4c72-ad3f-2b9267f8a956 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:59:34 GMT Everyone likes to talk about "the latest buzz" at an event like this week's GOP Convention here in St. Paul. Obviously, the buzz has been over the revelation that Sarah Palin's 17 year old daughter is pregnant. I... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/12e53abf-06ff-4843-b9fc-53443b7814d2 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/12e53abf-06ff-4843-b9fc-53443b7814d2 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:46:41 GMT Dear Keith Olbermann: When I publicly challenged you to include me in your nightly list of "Worst Persons" on your TV show, I doubted you would actually take the bait. Last night, I learned that you had. Thank... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/fa6f9654-ef6d-42c0-9a4b-ff99dbcae0d8 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/fa6f9654-ef6d-42c0-9a4b-ff99dbcae0d8 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:49:28 GMT I am feeling very smug today. It turns out that I may be one of the brilliant manipulators of Democrats on the airwaves today.Rush Limbaugh, one of my heroes, started a movement called, "Operation Chaos." The... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/0bb26ead-12ea-4d1f-9676-0a65938e2732 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/0bb26ead-12ea-4d1f-9676-0a65938e2732 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:15:42 GMT Ok, I've got a pretty decenty track record in predicting primary victories. While many were expecting Sen. Barack Obama to beat Sen. Clinton in Texas, I boldly (well, maybe not boldly) predicted Clinton would win,... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/53faee46-86b2-4dd3-b4be-06b3a10204a4 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/53faee46-86b2-4dd3-b4be-06b3a10204a4 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:21:48 GMT Dear Sen. Obama,I thought it was pretty fascinating how you threw radio host Don Imus under the wheels of the bus by promising never to re-appear on his radio show after his "nappy-headed ho's" comment got him fired... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/ccfbd88a-df8b-4b11-b191-66677701123c http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/ccfbd88a-df8b-4b11-b191-66677701123c Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:03:02 GMT To all my fellow conservatives, I have a six-word warning before you get too excited or satisfied over Eliot Spitzer's downfall: Mark-Foley-Larry-Craig-David-Vitter.There's actually nothing political about a man's... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/3daf087a-f731-414a-9db0-efa42f17659a http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/3daf087a-f731-414a-9db0-efa42f17659a Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:00:56 GMT As I brilliantly predicted, Hillary took Texas -- and Ohioans decided to go for her as well. Throw in Rhode Island and you have a big night for Madame Hillary.We should know better than to ever count out a Clinton in... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/adcf820b-3bcb-45ae-9147-c66ab57fb2b9 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/adcf820b-3bcb-45ae-9147-c66ab57fb2b9 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:22:08 GMT I'm really a lousy prognosticator. In fact, my track record suggests that I should really just keep my mouth shut, analyze election results and be satisfied to leave it at that.I'm still in shock that my Dallas Cowboys... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/b5133d76-b7be-4fa5-aa9f-1df923213c22 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/b5133d76-b7be-4fa5-aa9f-1df923213c22 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:08:04 GMT One of my guilty pleasures is enjoying the Oscars. I wouldn't agree with 99% of the artists on display there, but as a pretty typical movie buff, I always get a kick out of the annual love-fest in Hollywood.This year,... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/d117fe32-c4a9-4ee5-a7df-cf023d3545a5 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/d117fe32-c4a9-4ee5-a7df-cf023d3545a5 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:21:14 GMT So 6 big mortgage lenders -- Bank of America, Citigroup, Countrywide, JPMorgan Chase, Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo -- have announced efforts to help borrowers of all loans receive a "mortgage time-out."These... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/1066ee45-3a0c-43d5-be10-fed42ef0b49f http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/1066ee45-3a0c-43d5-be10-fed42ef0b49f Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:19:13 GMT So riddle me this, Batman: how does MSNBC justify suspending that loose cannon of a political reporter, David Shuster, for asking if Chelsea Clinton is being "pimped out" by the Clinton campaign while completely... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/30741531-3ba9-4e05-8d05-ab6223eb68c9 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/30741531-3ba9-4e05-8d05-ab6223eb68c9 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:33:09 GMT Gov. Mike Huckabee's folks tell us that the withdrawal of Mitt Romney is a "blessing" for them and that they are "in it for the long haul", which will make the next few weeks quite interesting, eh?I can't say that I... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/4cf7dc20-263f-4765-8adb-00c4c53bf71e http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/4cf7dc20-263f-4765-8adb-00c4c53bf71e Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:46:18 GMT So now the new tactic from the McCain haters is to bash his actions as a prisoner of war.Wow. I'm starting to get overwhelmed by this anger and contempt towards the likely Republican nominee for president. Some of the... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/a9cd992b-0c42-4c42-a0b3-f370361627c8 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/a9cd992b-0c42-4c42-a0b3-f370361627c8 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:55:31 GMT Boy, have I been getting walloped these days. The McCain haters are angry that the "maverick" senator from Arizona is about to become the GOP nominee.And I can't blame them.John McCain has created all kinds of... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/129023c5-bd63-4dd4-9b1d-c71e2443f127 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/129023c5-bd63-4dd4-9b1d-c71e2443f127 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:21:55 GMT My wife had a worried expression on her face this morning as I was leaving for work. "I'm really sad that I think i'm starting to forget how 9/11 felt", she said. She went on to express a deep concern that like many... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/c1d2ae66-7dc8-4325-bfd4-1bb89d72a77f http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/c1d2ae66-7dc8-4325-bfd4-1bb89d72a77f Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:53:27 GMT Jerry Lewis is in some hot water -- evidently, during the waning moments of the 2007 MD Telethon, he tried to joke around with a cameraman and called the cameraman's son, "an illiterate fag." The invevitable reaction... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/6806404b-766d-4b72-bf24-4c767b67cd86 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/6806404b-766d-4b72-bf24-4c767b67cd86 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:25:35 GMT Sounds like the Mormons are getting a bit testy over all these questions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and how Mitt Romney's religious practices could impact his quest for the presidency.This... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/3365d29d-ba9b-4f6d-a6e4-7707a5d3b0df http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/3365d29d-ba9b-4f6d-a6e4-7707a5d3b0df Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:12:13 GMT The hits just keep coming when it comes to the thorny issue of illegal immigrants. Now comes a report that illegals are contracting HIV when they come to the United States, and are spreading the disease when they... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/b8a30267-ab79-4fd2-92b0-02b9eaed5fbe http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/b8a30267-ab79-4fd2-92b0-02b9eaed5fbe Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:53:57 GMT So the New York Times wants to know if "America is ready for a presidential candidate with a trophy wife." Evidently, the summer months are proving to be so slow for the brilliant writers of the Times that they've... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/fd5e21fc-fb02-4ebe-b271-134ab7ea480f http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/fd5e21fc-fb02-4ebe-b271-134ab7ea480f Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:05:26 GMT I'm absolutely shocked that Democrats like Bill Clinton are carping about President Bush's decision to commute the ridiculous prison sentence of "Scooter" Libby. I can't believe there's actually gambling going on in... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/6464f8b2-a8d3-4499-ba5f-fc6930cc2740 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/6464f8b2-a8d3-4499-ba5f-fc6930cc2740 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:00:31 GMT After about a week and a half in 'The Twilight Zone', having gone through the news that my wife Denise has cancer, it's good to be back to work. My wife, who has practically never been sick a single day in her life,... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/ec28740a-9e06-4f53-b34c-9321e4d53afc http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/ec28740a-9e06-4f53-b34c-9321e4d53afc Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:57:15 GMT In reading Michael Medved's typical thoughtful, reasonable, and compelling article today at Townhall.com about the ongoing dialogue regarding a Mormon in the White House, I was surprised to see him write that I had... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/b680a088-2a88-4114-818c-cfdb7add994e http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/b680a088-2a88-4114-818c-cfdb7add994e Thu, 31 May 2007 00:44:37 GMT The Republican debate last night in South Carolina seemed to prop up one of the candidates and say good-bye to another. When Texas Congressman Ron Paul suggested that our foreign policy is the reason we were attacked... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/6762e281-dbf3-4d20-9251-35cae4fed8c9 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/6762e281-dbf3-4d20-9251-35cae4fed8c9 Wed, 16 May 2007 18:42:53 GMT Democrats thought they were so clever to wait until today to present the 'cut and run' military spending bill to the President for his inevitable veto. Evidently, they're so fixated on the infamous "Mission... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/ee6d4ebe-982c-494d-8dcf-5eb5106213ac http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/ee6d4ebe-982c-494d-8dcf-5eb5106213ac Tue, 01 May 2007 10:58:36 GMT No Content http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/830e2a3e-e7d3-49fb-8262-0f0f4f1c500f http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/830e2a3e-e7d3-49fb-8262-0f0f4f1c500f Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:43:13 GMT We get so caught up in the rhetoric and passion of politics that I fear we often forget the human beings behind the headlines. The announcement today that Elizabeth Edwards' cancer has returned has made me particularly... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/d6135757-f19b-400b-b608-5132df9ec641 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/d6135757-f19b-400b-b608-5132df9ec641 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:05:55 GMT It was so refreshing to see President Bush lash out at his critics by defending Alberto Gonzales. Finally, Mr. Bush is standing up for one of his own. Forget the partisan attacks by rabid Democrats -- Gonzales has... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/107e2b61-d43a-4512-ad5a-012c322f902d http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/107e2b61-d43a-4512-ad5a-012c322f902d Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:34:00 GMT Many callers to my radio show are constantly asking, "What is wrong with Republicans? Why are so many of them afraid to stand up to the Demcrats and fight?" I wish I knew the answer to that question. The Alberto... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/bbfe3fff-a9fb-41f3-83b4-7840e0f46a39 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/bbfe3fff-a9fb-41f3-83b4-7840e0f46a39 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:08:14 GMT I'm positively amazed at all the serious American conservative voices who are throwing right-wing flamethrower Ann Coulter under the bus for her schoolyard joke about political correctness and the word "faggot." The... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/b3fcfd39-2ffa-43cd-9b51-b6aa82b0ed1b http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/b3fcfd39-2ffa-43cd-9b51-b6aa82b0ed1b Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:55:19 GMT I've been on vacation for the past week or so -- this was one of those times where my wife and I didn't go anywhere: we moved into a new house we've been building for the past 7-8 months or so. Moving is an amazingly... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/1f59f18d-df1b-4c4f-963d-c45f19a54829 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/1f59f18d-df1b-4c4f-963d-c45f19a54829 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:57:27 GMT Thanks to modern technology and gadgetry, I'm sitting here in my seat on an airplane waiting to take off for the New York City area. Literally as I type these words, an irate woman is yelling at a flight attendant... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/d3b9acb0-1791-49d6-b607-7d7fa14e8859 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/d3b9acb0-1791-49d6-b607-7d7fa14e8859 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:58:33 GMT Growing up, how many times did we hear "well, son, life's not fair" from Mom or Dad? There are a number of stories today that seem to fall into that category. Like Barack Obama calling the thousands of Americans... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/a1ad4c91-99ba-4cb5-bb3e-b15d0d6e6518 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/a1ad4c91-99ba-4cb5-bb3e-b15d0d6e6518 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:33:51 GMT You know the old expression that when someone says "it's not really about the money" it's ALWAYS about the money? I keep hearing from the Barack Obama camp that his campaign won't really be about race. You know what's... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/17e87b5d-e2e3-4f00-a293-7dfd17df1844 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/17e87b5d-e2e3-4f00-a293-7dfd17df1844 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:51:14 GMT I find it amazingly creepy that when I heard the news on the radio today that Anna Nicole Smith had suddenly died at the age of 39, it didn't surprise me one bit. There seemed to be so much tragedy and drama and... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/d0046614-3553-406a-a927-a6f8aacff2a1 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/d0046614-3553-406a-a927-a6f8aacff2a1 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:14:54 GMT I'm sitting here in my radio studios with a sense of dread. I'm minutes away from going on the air, hosting a radio show that's heard by millions of weekly listeners. Like all of us, I continue to shake my head and... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/71fbe98b-cc7f-4fc2-bca8-82bdf1833ba1 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/71fbe98b-cc7f-4fc2-bca8-82bdf1833ba1 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:02:18 GMT I was listening to my colleague Hugh Hewitt's radio show the other when he was interviewing Republican Sen. Norm Coleman from Minnesota. It was nice to hear Sen. Coleman's apparent disdain for the idiotic,... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/a2ddd32c-27ab-4ace-8e77-ec8c43cc9bd7 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/a2ddd32c-27ab-4ace-8e77-ec8c43cc9bd7 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:56:51 GMT I never mind eating my words when it's appropriate to do so. None of us who make our living espousing conservative views and opinions at a place like townhall.com or on talk radio have any reluctance to point out the... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/3aaadd0c-b01c-4cb4-b55a-409d6ca2e642 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/3aaadd0c-b01c-4cb4-b55a-409d6ca2e642 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:37:13 GMT I have been paid to express my opinion for 29 years. Never before have I been driven to the bathroom, becoming violently ill, over something somebody said. Not until now. My wife and I were enjoying a little getaway... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/84e0a183-df0e-47dd-a833-4a2011da123c http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/84e0a183-df0e-47dd-a833-4a2011da123c Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:50:01 GMT After a couple of days in bed warding off a nasty cold, I'm ready to get back in the saddle today in a big way: I'm scheduled to interview one of the Southern Methodist University professors who is leading a drive to... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/13143c2d-c2b4-436c-88c5-6b3280438e87 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/13143c2d-c2b4-436c-88c5-6b3280438e87 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:36:19 GMT I'm sitting in my radio studios fielding phone calls from people who are positively hysterical over the hand-wringing going on over the execution of a couple of Saddam's henchmen in Baghdad. Apparently, when Barzan... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/70b99994-974e-496f-9fab-e2d1b26256dd http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/70b99994-974e-496f-9fab-e2d1b26256dd Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:21:31 GMT When I moved to the Dallas area a number of years ago, I did so for a variety of reasons. After having lived in the New York City area for a number of years, I suppose I was ready for a somewhat calmer, slower pace. ... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/6ecd0f3c-67d7-4abd-86c2-44d45b696cad http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/6ecd0f3c-67d7-4abd-86c2-44d45b696cad Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:56:22 GMT Have you heard about the case of the 9 year old girl who has been butchered surgically in order to have her growth stunted? This is about a sick a story as you'll hear. It basically involves a family who tragically... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/bbeb1d11-b894-41a1-8267-7b1242644109 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/bbeb1d11-b894-41a1-8267-7b1242644109 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:51:07 GMT Every time I watch Bill O'Reilly on the Fox News Channel, I'm reminded of how terrific he is. Last night, he brilliantly compared the two huge news stories of the new year: the death of President Gerald Ford and the... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/9ef4fa03-7a50-4060-b83f-746bd750a203 http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/9ef4fa03-7a50-4060-b83f-746bd750a203 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:18:12 GMT Boy, the execution of Angel "Daddy Death" Diaz in Florida must have really been botched badly last week, eh? After all, it had to be pretty gruesome for Gov. Jeb Bush to order a halt to all executions for the time... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/ff9a4f9a-3c97-4f9d-808a-9c48a8a9972b http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/ff9a4f9a-3c97-4f9d-808a-9c48a8a9972b Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:52:25 GMT As I'm thumbing through the newspapers and browsing online to get ready for my radio show, with Fox News Channel on the TV in my office, I hear news anchor Lauren Green report that some Islamic activist group is... http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/ddba5c8d-2d4d-403e-b0a8-50a730308ace http://mikegallagher.townhall.com/blog/g/ddba5c8d-2d4d-403e-b0a8-50a730308ace Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:50:28 GMT