Michelle Malkin makes news and waves with a unique combination of investigative journalism and incisive commentary. Michelle Malkin is not afraid to expose hypocritical environmentalists, needle pork-loving politicians or criticize the MTV generation's morally deprived icons. Most of all, Michelle Malkin is not afraid to hold up the Immigration and Naturalization Service to the relentless scrutiny it deserves post-Sept. 11. Michelle Malkin's ground-breaking research and reporting led to her first book, Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores (Regnery 2002), in which Michelle Malkin argues "immigration must be treated as a national-security issue." The book debuted on The New York Times' nonfiction best-seller list at No. 14 (week of Nov. 17, 2002). Michelle Malkin's second book, In Defense of Internment: The Case for "Racial Profiling" in World War II and the War on Terror, was released in August 2004. Michelle Malkin is releasing her third book, Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild, this fall. Michelle Malkin began her career in newspaper journalism with the Los Angeles Daily News, where she worked as an editorial writer and weekly columnist from 1992-94. In 1995, Michelle Malkin was named Warren Brookes Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. In 1996, Michelle Malkin joined the editorial board of the Seattle Times, where Michelle Malkin penned editorials and weekly columns for three and a half years. Today, Michelle Malkin's syndicated column appears in over 100 papers nationwide. Michelle Malkin's work has been cited in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Reader's Digest and U.S. News and World Report. Michelle Malkin's freelance work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard and Reason magazine. Michelle Malkin has appeared on "The O'Reilly Factor," "Hannity and Colmes," "The McLaughlin Group" and "20/20," and is currently a Fox News commentator. Michelle Malkin's hard-hitting -- and news-breaking -- commentary has been honored by several national organizations. Among the journalism awards Michelle Malkin has received: The 1998 Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) national award, for outstanding service for the cause of governmental ethics and leadership, for investigative columns that exposed campaign finance abuses by Washington state Democrats, Republicans and political organizations. The 1998 Second Amendment Foundation's James Madison Award, for excellence in journalism "promoting the individual right to keep and bear arms." The 1997 National Society of Newspaper Columnists writing award, for general interest columnists in newspapers with a circulation of at least 100,000 (2nd place). The 1997 Evert Clark Science Award for journalists under the age of 30, for commentary and analysis of environmental regulations and science policy (honorable mention). Michelle Malkin, the daughter of Filipino immigrants, was born in Philadelphia and raised in southern New Jersey. Michelle Malkin has worked as a press inserter, tax preparation aide and network news librarian;Michelle Malkin is also a lapsed classical pianist. Michelle Malkin hobbies include crocheting and pier fishing with her dad. A graduate of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, Malkin currently lives with her husband and daughter in Maryland. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin 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) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ How low can they go? The desperate Democratic peddlers of a government health care takeover have proclaimed an insurance "holocaust in America" (Fla. Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson), lambasted conservative health care... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/12/09/the_depths_of_demcare_demagoguery f8091cd2-65e0-4e26-bf3e-fa617ef040ab Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT The left's police-hating chickens are coming home to roost. While partisan liberals have gone out of their way to blame conservative media and the Tea Party movement for creating a "climate of hate," they are silent... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/12/04/the_war_on_cops 2dfd9506-a8a2-4d94-a840-7989a7dd6c8c Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT "The science is settled," we've been told for decades by zealous proponents of manmade global warming hysteria. Thanks to an earth-shaking hacking scandal across the pond, we now have mountains of documents from the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/12/02/all_the_presidents_climategate_deniers 106121fd-c78f-49ba-a0dc-cc1acf609952 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT As we gather round the Thanksgiving table, bow our heads in prayer and feast on the holiday bird, it is only fitting to take a moment to fete the unforgettable turkeys of 2009. 1. The stimulus. Back in February, I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/11/25/turkeys_of_the_year 9737ceca-852e-4a07-b550-8a172898ef95 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT The Boy Scouts' motto is: Be prepared. Who knew it meant preparing to defend themselves against purple-shirted union thuggery over community service? Kids, pay attention. This is a teachable moment for all of you on... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/11/20/when_big_labor_bullies_and_volunteers_collide b6b2c70c-35ee-44d4-a168-0da8d3d5b9d9 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT President Obama traveled all the way to China to praise the free flow of information. It's the only safe place he could do so without getting heckled. With a straight face, Obama lauded political dissent and told... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/11/18/obamas_doubletalk_on_political_dissent 3d4eec5b-2d5f-4831-9850-240465b4beb6 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT ACORN is doing what it does best: playing the victim, blaming everyone else for its self-inflicted wounds, perpetuating false narratives and defending the entitlement industry to the death. On Thursday, the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/11/13/another_bogus_acorn_lawsuit 32396c9d-f74e-4a1d-83b3-78b33114799e Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT The violence at Fort Hood, President Obama told mourners on Tuesday, was "incomprehensible." The "twisted logic that led to the tragedy," he reiterated, may be "too hard to comprehend." If the Bush administration... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/11/11/blind_diversity_equals_death fb987a79-5ef1-4c71-8d1b-d3f274c56e1d Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT In 2006, the minority party in Congress issued a dire report on the "unprecedented erosion of the democratic process." Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter, then the ranking member of the House Rules Committee, authored... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/11/06/the_death_of_deliberative_democracy 818d02ae-08d5-4fe5-a445-2b6c9a1cdcab Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Here is one of the loudest messages of the 2009 off-off-year elections: Conservatives in America will no longer let their opponents define them as outside of the mainstream. They will not submit to Democrats. Or to the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/11/04/who_are_you_calling_extremist 9d04536c-9e6a-4d0d-b78f-9c1dc841e806 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Like Capt. Renault in "Casablanca," I am shocked, shocked to discover that access peddling is going on in the Obama White House. Perks for deep-pocketed donors? Presidential meetings for sale? The stale Chicago odor... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/10/30/the_obama_white_house_bundlers_paradise 7e9fa427-6371-4d8a-80fa-70d54dce640f Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT The war on conservative speech has moved from the White House to your neighborhood pews. Left-wing church leaders want the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on "hate speech" over cable TV and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/10/28/how_the_fcc_and_liberal_churches_are_scheming_to_shut_you_up 17a477e3-4b2b-4dd5-9602-13b8bbbcd033 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:01:01 GMT Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida has found his calling: death demagogue. First, he accused Republicans of wanting sick patients to "die quickly." Next, he likened health insurance problems to a "holocaust in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/10/23/the_bogus_death_statistic_that_wont_die 3bf3893e-83c2-4691-b634-e27b9416f23f Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT Hollywood hearts Obama. Obama hearts government-directed national service. That is why you won't be able to change the TV channel all week without getting lectured about the need to get off the couch and Do Something.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/10/21/the_volunteerism_scandals_hollywood_won't_be_broadcasting 4b71999c-c5ee-46fe-8924-ea49bd96977e Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT Here's the dirty little secret about political candidates and officeholders labeled by the mainstream media as "moderate Republicans": There's usually nothing moderate about them. Consider the case of "moderate... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/10/16/an_acorn-friendly,_big_labor-backing,_tax-and-spend_radical_in_gop_clothing 8c26ff30-c94f-4cec-be5e-a709d2ed9d02 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT