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) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The White House sure likes to put on a show. Fresh off its joint stage production with ABC News, the Obama administration broadcast another health-care propaganda play this week under the guise of a citizen "town... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/07/03/welcome_to_obamacare_theater 249f3ed3-a95e-4bfb-a453-08e037d55f5b Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT Watchdogs are an endangered species in the Age of Obama. The latest government ombudsman to get the muzzle: Amtrak Inspector General Fred Weiderhold. The longtime veteran employee was abruptly "retired" this month... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/07/01/who_railroaded_the_amtrak_inspector_general 6a851f0e-fc06-4fff-a190-551da0f6c58f Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT The Obama administration doesn't want to hear inconvenient truths about global warming. And they don't want you to hear them, either. As Democrats rush on Friday to pass a $4 trillion, thousand-page "cap and trade"... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/06/26/epas_game_of_global_warming_hide-and-seek 838b76da-1939-4b1d-b611-9b5d39438652 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT If you believe the White House, there are 30 million Americans who support a government health care takeover. But if you look at the funding behind the Obamacare campaign, it's the same few leftist billionaires,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/06/24/whos_funding_the_obamacare_campaign 8a29914b-944b-40fc-8763-d90ec03d04ef Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT The White House, Democrats and MoveOn liberals are spreading health care sob stories to sell a government takeover. But there's one health care policy nightmare you won't hear the Obamas hyping. It's a tale of poor... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/06/19/the_obamacare_horror_story_you_wont_hear 620ce80f-2da7-49cf-b92a-fac1bb9e5958 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT President Obama promised he would end "Washington games." But his abrupt firing of the AmeriCorps inspector general is more of the same. The brewing scandal smells like the Beltway cronyism of the Bush years. And the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/06/17/obamas_americrooks_and_cronies_scandal 2bacda68-83d9-422e-9b85-88b47f163473 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT Will you teach your son to talk about women and girls the way you talk about Sarah Palin and her daughters? You called the married 45-year-old mother, grandmother and Alaska governor a "slutty flight attendant" on... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/06/12/dear_david_letterman e4f6d5db-0dc8-419c-8029-c8cfe9dba938 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT Remember William "Cold Cash" Jefferson? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Clean-Up Crew hope you've forgotten. Jefferson is the former Louisiana congressman caught with gobs of money in his freezer nearly four... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/06/10/cold_cash,_hot_democratic_mess ec4e550f-668d-4784-83f3-9a164222e7e8 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT The U.S. Department of Justice seal bears a Latin phrase: "Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur." The motto refers to the attorney general, "who prosecutes on behalf of Lady Justice." But under President Barack Obama's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/06/05/the_us_department_of_injustice ad8b871e-2dc2-4526-8398-8ae68a20041e Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT When a right-wing Christian vigilante kills, millions of fingers pull the trigger. When a left-wing Muslim vigilante kills, he kills alone. These are the instantly ossifying narratives in the Sunday shooting death of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/06/03/climate_of_hate,_world_of_double_standards e249d9f9-ccf8-4e37-bff5-5c871b4a4703 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT Left-wing groups in Washington, D.C., are panicked. The New York Times and other Team Obama whitewashers are downplaying the connection between the Obama presidential campaign, the Association of Community... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/05/29/the_truth_about_obamacorn 4a7a03b7-ac25-40e9-aa30-5a577834c1d7 Fri, 29 May 2009 04:01:00 GMT Since when did securing a Supreme Court seat become a high hurdles contest? The White House and Democrats have turned Second Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination into a personal Olympic event. Pay no attention to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/05/27/not_all_compelling_personal_stories_are_equal be3dd0d2-5cd3-4757-a00f-0ca68466547d Wed, 27 May 2009 04:01:00 GMT President Obama's speech on homeland security was 6,072 words long. Curiously, he chose not to spare an "a," "and" or "uh" on the New York City terror bust that dominated headlines the morning of his Thursday... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/05/22/the_jihadi_virus_in_our_jails d93d6f16-a0dd-4997-a1d6-41b975a30117 Fri, 22 May 2009 04:01:00 GMT Conflict of interest stories make great front-page headlines -- except when the newspaper that revels in breaking them is itself in the middle of an ethical morass. Take The New York Times. Jennifer 8. Lee, one... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/05/20/all_the_news_thats_fit_to_suppress 30bf904d-9842-4ba4-9f6c-48c1a9e4bde8 Wed, 20 May 2009 04:01:00 GMT I think it's time we applied the same advertising standards to Washington's legislative products that the feds apply to breakfast foods. The Food and Drug Administration rapped General Mills this week for making... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/05/15/washington_cant_meet_the_cheerios_standard 06ec6c57-5c05-4bb5-8182-b77f1fb538c2 Fri, 15 May 2009 04:01:00 GMT "We spent a fortune to elect Barack Obama -- $60.7 million to be exact -- and we're proud of it," boasted Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, to the Las Vegas Sun this week. The behemoth... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/05/13/big_labors_investment_in_obama_pays_off 90c977fa-7699-4eb7-889c-cc0580eb6ea2 Wed, 13 May 2009 04:01:00 GMT Greed is good -- until it gets in the way of a union-friendly restructuring deal. President Obama, generous recipient of Wall Street largesse, angrily derided a group of hedge fund managers this week as "speculators."... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/05/08/battered_hedge_fund_managers_syndrome fa26d9a4-72ed-420a-b17c-4b26712a10cf Fri, 08 May 2009 04:01:00 GMT Sunlight is for suckers. The New York Post reported on Tuesday that the White House will not release the $328,835 snapshots taken of the president's Boeing VC-25A that buzzed lower Manhattan. The entire world has seen... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/05/06/the_selective_transparency_of_barack_obama 9d8dca90-6f72-42be-afc5-d7b222fdba17 Wed, 06 May 2009 04:01:00 GMT Michelle Obama was stylin' in her $540 French sneakers during a volunteering photo-op at a Washington, D.C., food bank this week. Her suede and patent trainers from the house of Lanvin are apparently all the rage among... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/05/01/double_standard_couture 5cd5d8a5-04e1-4c61-a83d-3268e116a1c5 Fri, 01 May 2009 21:51:52 GMT Come on, who's surprised? The White House-engineered photo-op of low-flying Air Force aircraft that caused terror in New York City this week epitomizes the Age of Obama. What better way to mark 100 days in office than... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/04/29/100_days_of_reckless_photo-op_hubris f541e105-6678-4f76-8821-77ddc362da97 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:02:00 GMT They told us if Barack Obama were elected, the nation would come together. Souls would be fixed. Spirits would be healed. Public discourse would be elevated. Welcome to civility and tolerance in the Age of Obama: --... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/04/22/civility_and_tolerance_in_the_age_of_obama abbdffd2-fd2f-496b-8e14-0ce3ec1518aa Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT Let's use liberal math to calculate attendance at this week's nationwide Tax Day Tea Party protests. When left-wing activists make crowd estimates, the algorithm is: six figures = one million. An incomplete survey of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/04/17/million_taxpayer_march 96c3b2c0-d6df-49d5-a559-79ab971ecdb8 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT What and who exactly are President Obama's homeland security officials afraid of these days? If you are a member of an active conservative group that opposes abortion, favors strict immigration enforcement, lobbies to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/04/15/you_might_be_a_radicalized_right-wing_extremist_if. 09dd5244-ffc0-47f3-baf0-31f711b1f4b1 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT Congressional Black Caucus Democrats went to Cuba to see what they wanted to see. Not since The New York Times reporter Walter Duranty traipsed around Stalin's Russia, filing cheery travelogues whitewashing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/04/10/cbc_congressional_bootlickers_for_castro 7c86089b-a619-4381-b807-ad0301ead5b4 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT If you need a shining example of the utter disingenuousness of Barack Obama's commitment to government transparency, I have two words for you: Ron Sims. This lifelong political hack is to transparency what sunlight is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/04/08/transparency_killer_at_hud_another_disastrous_obama_nominee 9abbf85e-ecba-4526-8521-9b1aa32f4b7c Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT I have seen the electoral future, and it is rigged. With fraud-prone, ideologically driven interest groups swarming the census-gathering process, the left is solidifying its chances of a permanent ruling majority. Lax... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/04/03/obama_census_plan_no_illegal_alien_left_behind 4f11dea2-205a-4325-a7e3-a0afa6f7fb09 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:00:11 GMT Deliberation in Washington is dead. We don't have legislators. We have lemmings. We don't have debates. We have high-speed hysteria sessions. After ramming through stimulus legislation that no one read and bailout... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/04/01/the_shut_up_and_swallow_congress acd27210-d1da-4672-8747-00089ed144ba Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT If you think there are no consequences to hysterical, anti-corporate grandstanding in Washington, pay attention to what's happening across the pond: "This is just the beginning." So warned a public letter signed... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/03/27/the_new_vigilantes_and_their_unaccountable_enablers 93fbff7c-fb3d-4cd3-91ba-b73d2de7407f Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:01:00 GMT Maybe it's just me, but I find federal legislation titled "The GIVE Act" and "The SERVE Act" downright creepy. Even more troubling: the $6 billion price tag on these bipartisan bills to expand government-funded... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/03/25/to_give_and_to_serve_the_$6_billion_national_service_boondoggle 53f959cc-260e-432e-9ec7-0044e4fa8aa3 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:00:23 GMT "We will hunt you down!" thundered Colorado Democratic Rep. Jared Polis during the AIG bonus demagogue-a-thon on the House floor Thursday. "If they're not going to give [the bonuses] back, we're going to take them... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/03/20/look_beyond_the_bogus_bonus_smokescreen 554bbb4a-ed28-481d-979b-77188870c80d Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:01:00 GMT All the world's a stage, wrote Shakespeare, and in the world of Washington, the curtains have opened on the most elaborate farce of the year. Welcome, taxpayers, to the Kabuki Theater of AIG Outrage -- where D.C.'s... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/03/18/the_kabuki_theater_of_aig_outrage a52eb1db-92fd-4544-88a8-f6616c85a6b9 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:01:00 GMT At a flail-and-wail House hearing last month, California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters melted down in front of big banking CEOs. "Raise your hand! Raise your hand!" she shrieked as she harangued the executives on... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/03/13/maxine_waters_banking_on_hypocrisy 55307af9-e217-4a53-b1f8-640ef196d328 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:01:00 GMT Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is the Jennifer Lopez of congressional travel -- fickle, demanding and notoriously insensitive to the time, costs and energy needed to accommodate her endless demands. On... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/03/11/queen_nancy_fly_as_i_say,_not_as_i_fly 2f9995b9-aa8d-4570-93ff-c7a5d302a463 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:01:00 GMT Maybe thrift isn't dead after all. The Year of the Bottomless Bailout has yielded a much needed correction in the lives of ordinary Americans. While fiscal restraint is AWOL in Washington, individual frugality has made... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/03/06/cube-steak_americans_vs_the_wagyu-beef_white_house 2a4a2421-52e6-47d6-951a-6c9e7eac5218 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:01:00 GMT Enough. In a word, that is the message of disgusted taxpayers fed up with the confiscatory policies of both parties in Washington. George Bush pre-socialized the economy with billion-dollar bailouts of the financial... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/03/04/going_galt_americas_wealth_producers_vs_wealth_redistributors fe16c03d-2402-4f70-94d9-08ddb897edda Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:01:00 GMT Liberal media outlets are doing their best to boost former Washington Gov. Gary Locke, President Obama's third pick for the beleaguered Commerce Secretary job. "Obama's New Commerce Pick Has Clean Reputation,"... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/02/27/obamas_new_commerce_secretary_nominee_not_so_squeaky_clean 8673d802-1d1e-4d7f-b14c-6630cf8e1b3e Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT It shouldn't be long before ACORN recruits "Octomom" Nadya Suleman to serve as the radical left-wing group's foreclosure poster child. The jobless, unmarried mother of 14 faces eviction from her home in two weeks.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/02/25/those_foreclosure_victims_deserve_no_sympathy 96027d8d-3e8a-44f5-8d2a-435d90bc9c85 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT There's something in the air. It's the smell of roasted pork. President Obama heralded the signing of the trillion-dollar "stimulus" bill in Denver and promoted his massive mortgage entitlement expansion in Mesa,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/02/20/rebel_yell_taxpayers_revolt_against_gimme-mania f642f9a9-a771-4a6c-b9dc-7a861dd3eaf3 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT Fresh off the trillion-dollar porkulus bill signing in Denver, President Obama immediately launched into his next New Raw Deal expansion: a massive mortgage entitlement program forcing lenders to refinance at an... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/02/18/acorn_and_obama_together_again 0cb0ab22-28db-461f-a092-166d1b983a42 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT N.Y. Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer took to the floor on Tuesday to sneer at public outrage over the trillion-dollar porkulus. "The American people really don't care," he said, about those "little tiny, yes, porky... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/02/13/the_tiny_trillion-dollar_turbaconducken_you_dont_care_about bb0b8764-e251-4fed-b880-92d0119cb8a0 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT President Obama is back in messianic campaign mode. It is unbecoming. When he's not snarling at conservative opponents of his endless spending programs, he's pandering to supporters as the nation's community... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/02/11/barack_obamas_savior-based_economy 8c3968d8-c40b-402e-b323-7c2f22adf151 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT Actress Ashley Judd has finally earned her Hollywood stripes and provided award-winning comic relief. With Washington poised to shove a trillion-dollar "stimulus" pork pie down our throats, we need all the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/02/06/ashley_judd_clown_in_wolf_guardians_clothing 812cd8d0-3954-4ccf-bc65-f7fda1a04ea3 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT You never get a second chance to make a first post-inaugural impression. Less than three weeks into his first 100 days, Barack Obama has left an indelible mark on his nascent presidency: the mark of incompetence and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/02/04/all_the_presidents_tax_cheats 99987cf2-83f2-4e5c-aa78-337d7f8ce4d6 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT From tiny acorns, mighty government debacles grow. House GOP Leader John Boehner on Monday rightly sounded the alarm over billions in stimulus tax dollars that could potentially go to the Association of Community... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/01/30/stimulus_slush_fund_for_housing_entitlement_thugs 9b19e0db-d698-4aef-afa2-d0c2692da5a9 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:01:00 GMT President Obama thinks he knows what the primary objective of Republicans in Washington should be: to "get things done." Bashing Rush Limbaugh last week, Obama urged GOP lawmakers to ignore the voices of obstructionism... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/01/28/gop_time_to_get_things_undone 5bf6bd07-d9da-4f51-b31c-7c4cd2725edb Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:01:00 GMT Get this: King of Pork John Murtha, the 19-term Democratic congressman from western Pennsylvania, now wants to welcome a flood of Guantanamo Bay jihadists into his district. I don't want to hear a single word of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/01/23/the_john_murtha_jihadist_correctional_facility 5f4a7c51-1919-40c8-8a92-1c594eebafb1 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:01:00 GMT "The time has come," President Barack Obama told us in his inaugural address, "to set aside childish things." He borrowed the line from Corinthians. With the Beltway bread-and-circus show over, President Obama will now... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/01/21/and_now,_back_to_our_regularly_scheduled_spending_orgy 2142d95a-6d5f-43b2-846e-042c65f250db Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:00:22 GMT There's an old saying from the bowels of the Beltway bureaucracy: "Screw up, move up." Rewarding failure is an immutable trait of the bipartisan Washington political culture. Just ask Barack Obama's Treasury Secretary... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/01/16/a_government_of_the_goofs,_by_the_goofs,_for_the_goofs 050c361f-ba5b-4238-ac11-1cd0d14f83dd Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:01:00 GMT "Everybody's going to have to give," President-elect Barack Obama warned over the weekend. And some people will have to give more than others -- starting with low-income smokers. Democrats are rushing this week to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/01/14/obamas_recession_remedy_tax_the_poor! 7b07f90e-9ee2-4b86-964f-7804be3a3b7c Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:01:00 GMT If a community organizer can be president and a Saturday Night Live comedian can be a U.S. senator, why can't a plumber be a reporter? Joe Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. Joe the Plumber, is headed to Israel to interview... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/01/09/whos_afraid_of_joe_the_journalist fd28b4b5-35a3-4422-8eb1-69ad57a2be8c Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:01:00 GMT