Linda Chavez is chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a non-profit public policy research organization in Sterling, Va. She also writes a weekly syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country, is a political analyst for FOX News Channel, and hosts a syndicated, daily radio show on Liberty Broadcasting. Chavez authored "Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation" (Basic Books, 1991), which the Denver Post described as a book that "should explode the stereotypes about Hispanics that have clouded the minds of patronizing liberals and xenophobic conservatives alike." National Review describes Chavez's newest work, "An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal" (Basic Books 2002), as a "brilliant, provocative, and moving book." In 2000, Chavez was honored by the Library of Congress as a "Living Legend" for her contributions to America's cultural and historical legacy. In January 2001, Chavez was President George W. Bush's nominee for Secretary of Labor until she withdrew her name from consideration. Chavez has held a number of appointed positions, among them Chairman, National Commission on Migrant Education (1988-1992); White House Director of Public Liaison (1985); Staff Director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1983-1985); and she was a member of the Administrative Conference of the United States (1984-1986). Chavez was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Maryland in 1986. In 1992, she was elected by the United Nations' Human Rights Commission to serve a four-year term as U.S. Expert to the U.N. Sub-commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. Chavez was also editor of the prize-winning quarterly journal American Educator (1977-1983), published by the American Federation of Teachers, where she also served as assistant to AFT president Al Shanker (1982-1983) and assistant director of legislation (1975-1977). Chavez serves on the Board of Directors of ABM Industries Inc., as well as on boards of several non-profit organizations. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was Co-Chair of the Council's Committee on Diversity (1998-2000). Chavez was born in Albuquerque, N.M., on June 17, 1947, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado in 1970. She is married and is the mother of three sons. She currently lives in Reston, Va. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2008 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ There are few places in the world that beckon to those who share no common blood or history, but America has done so for centuries. It is one of the things that defines this great country. In celebrating... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/07/04/reagans_city_on_a_hill 7030029f-b120-468e-9aff-0df867ce5599 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT Washington, D.C., will become a safer place to live and work thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday against the city's absolute ban on handguns. The Court ruled that the Second Amendment's guarantee of the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/06/27/right_to_bear_arms 0cb2d1ab-4a14-4b36-8d64-7d91e43097b0 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT There is only one way to drive down the rising cost of gasoline for the long term: significantly increase the domestic supply of oil. We are the only nation in the world with access to known oil deposits on our own... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/06/20/oil_crisis_is_solvable 5610f8a4-89ed-4b27-8fa3-6130bea9ed47 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT It wasn't exactly the news the Obama campaign hoped to make this week: "Obama Aide Quits Under Fire for His Business Ties." But that was the headline in The New York Times, with variations in other major papers. The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/06/13/obama_flunks_another_test 3644c04e-d58e-432f-865e-f41207369981 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT Sen. Barack Obama is, finally, the presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party -- no mean achievement in this most hotly contested primary race in recent history. He deserves a day or two to bask in this... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/06/06/tough_questions 065341ec-37a3-45de-acba-39da577c4c21 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT If you ask Americans what issues matter most to them in choosing a president, the candidate's judicial philosophy is not likely to make it into the top 10. But a president's power to nominate judges is, in fact, one of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/05/30/picking_judges 590ede14-b3d3-46d1-be99-7fd144db9bec Fri, 30 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT Barack Obama must be too busy declaring victory to read a newspaper. How else can you explain the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's obliviousness to what is going on in Iraq at this very moment? Both The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/05/23/obamas_tired_old_formula 5aa59f31-ecb6-4a79-9d37-8aa1ba8a15ba Fri, 23 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT A new study out this week by the Manhattan Institute should dispel a few myths on immigrant assimilation. The study looked at a range of factors -- economic, cultural, and civic -- to assess whether today's immigrants... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/05/16/immigrants_assimilating_faster 3b94af29-5aef-4680-bd22-a48b9fa7ddbc Fri, 16 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT Remember when Mother's Day was a simple affair? The kids woke Mom up with breakfast in bed -- Froot Loops floating on a sea of slightly pink milk -- and handmade cards. Everyone was especially nice to one another so... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/05/09/the_real_meaning_of_mothers_day 351dde4b-4ca4-4c12-a213-8c1e6cc33235 Fri, 09 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT You could see the pain, anger and frustration in Sen. Barack Obama's face this week as, once again, he had to answer questions about his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. What you didn't see or hear from Obama... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/05/02/obama_too_little,_too_late b6f98c6a-eff6-444d-94a1-a345000a824a Fri, 02 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT Despite Hillary Clinton's impressive win in Pennsylvania Tuesday, there is virtually no scenario in which Clinton can win the Democratic nomination. Barack Obama is the almost-certain choice to become the Party's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/04/25/obamas_hurdle 8ec0c952-fea0-4450-b239-ddbca426412a Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT The Catholic Church in America has always been an immigrant church. No wonder that Pope Benedict XVI has given special attention in his first visit to the United States to the issue of immigrants. Immigrants are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/04/18/all_gods_children daaffdab-9703-4e1b-8187-727ba2c57087 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT Democrats' hypocrisy knows no bounds when it comes to free trade. The latest example of duplicity comes from the Clinton campaign, which was forced to announce on Sunday that chief strategist Mark Penn would be... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/04/11/democrats_trade_hypocrisy 734adfae-246c-4132-8a5a-64822ce98397 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT With the housing mess threatening to send the economy into a tailspin, politicians are scrambling to come up with a quick fix. Senate leaders this week announced they've come up with a housing bailout bill, including... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/04/04/a_better_solution_for_the_housing_mess 202e7399-90ef-499a-aebb-6adbe8773bfa Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT As if a housing crisis, rising energy costs and a soft labor market weren't enough to cause economic anxiety for the average American, now consumers are feeling the pinch of rapidly escalating food costs. The United... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LindaChavez/2008/03/28/a_government_engineered_food_crisis 39abd18c-37b0-4177-a9cc-87e62fbdb003 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:01:00 GMT