Michelle Malkin makes news and waves with a unique combination of investigative journalism and incisive commentary. She's not afraid to expose hypocritical environmentalists, needle pork-loving politicians or criticize the MTV generation's morally deprived icons. Most of all, she's not afraid to hold up the Immigration and Naturalization Service to the relentless scrutiny it deserves post-Sept. 11. Her 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 she 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). 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. She is releasing her third book, Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild, this fall. 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, she was named Warren Brookes Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. In 1996, she joined the editorial board of the Seattle Times, where she penned editorials and weekly columns for three and a half years. Today, her syndicated column appears in over 100 papers nationwide. 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. Her freelance work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard and Reason magazine. She has appeared on "The O'Reilly Factor," "Hannity and Colmes," "The McLaughlin Group" and "20/20," and is currently a Fox News commentator. Her hard-hitting -- and news-breaking -- commentary has been honored by several national organizations. Among the journalism awards 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). Malkin, the daughter of Filipino immigrants, was born in Philadelphia and raised in southern New Jersey. She has worked as a press inserter, tax preparation aide and network news librarian; she is also a lapsed classical pianist. Malkin's 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) 2008 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Let us not, on this Independence Day weekend, dwell on the political pretenders to patriotism rushing to out-proclaim their love of country. Nor let us pay heed to the sneering movie directors and journalism pooh-bahs... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/07/02/interview_with_a_hollywood_patriot 96990056-2849-496d-b750-340a769e750c Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT If you don't know what ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) is all about, you better bone up. This left-wing group takes in 40 percent of its revenues from American taxpayers -- you and me... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/06/25/the_acorn_obama_knows 40ac2b5b-a65e-4269-9339-bf82737e0cd2 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT Yet another U.S. Marine, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani, had charges dropped Tuesday in the so-called Haditha massacre -- bringing the total number of Marines who've been cleared or won case dismissals in the Iraq war... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/06/18/the_marines_vs_haditha_smear_merchants fa6753e9-890a-4c3c-a956-a3e188226110 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT If you're going to promise "new politics," it would probably be wise to eschew the same old Beltway cronies and insiders who have served presidential nominees of yore. And if you're going to attack political... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/06/11/doh-bamas_mortgage_industry_mess c33845eb-56a8-4e7f-828b-af86e693aea8 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT GOP presidential candidate John McCain sounded more like a Democratic presidential candidate (a recurring trend) when he joined the Left's oil industry bashers a few weeks ago. Asked by a North Carolina voter whether... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/06/04/planned_parenthoods_obscene_profits b844c616-481a-4f01-a32f-ac9164cfd259 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT I've been a fan of Dunkin' Donuts for years. Their Munchkins are heaven. Their coffee is better and cheaper than Starbucks. And the company's management has taken a brave and lonely stand in support of immigration... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/05/28/rachael_ray,_dunkin_donuts_and_the_keffiyeh_kerfuffle d6bed21e-b3e5-48ca-adab-84d56145b18e Wed, 28 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT All it takes is one gaffe to taint a Republican for life. The political establishment never let Dan Quayle live down his fateful misspelling of "potatoe." The New York Times distorted and misreported the first... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/05/21/barack_obama_gaffe_machine c041f252-3cca-4e54-bb19-82ed69f34d15 Wed, 21 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT If you thought the soft-porn image of Disney teen queen Miley Cyrus -- wearing nothing but ruby-stained lips and a bedsheet -- in Vanity Fair magazine was disturbing, you ain't seen nothing yet. Pop diva Beyonce... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/05/14/beyonces_new_brand_of_pedophilia_chic 0d716558-a6a1-458b-88c0-9f96e1b28a8a Wed, 14 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT Are you ready for hope and change? Barack Obama better hope his bitter half has a change of attitude if she expects to assume the title of first lady in November. She's been likened to John F. Kennedy's wife, what... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/05/07/barack_obamas_bitter_half 9d75251e-7dc2-4b20-9440-176e8903dc99 Wed, 07 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT Barack Obama looked pale and wan at what he called his "big press conference" about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright on Tuesday afternoon. Numb. Chastened. Defeated. Extolled for his eloquence, Obama stuttered and stammered... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/04/30/obamas_un-disownable_preacher_of_hate a46358b3-a2bc-413b-a6d8-632b46260dfa Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT So much for Jimmy Carter's triumphal peace mission in the Middle East. Like everything else he has done on foreign policy, the world's biggest tool for jihad propaganda created yet another bloody mess. Quick... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/04/23/the_democrats_jimmy_carter_problem 530a341a-b743-4a3c-921a-08db0c05f8ff Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:01:01 GMT The odor of elitism is like onion breath: It's quick to acquire, hard to mask. Try as he might, Barack Obama cannot camouflage the political stink he exhaled when he dissed small-town Americans as "bitter"... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/04/16/snob-ama_is_not_alone aea522b9-f76e-460c-bddb-15fd22dd06e9 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT Is it wise for a global beverage company to pander to radical politics while alienating a much wider consumer base? Absolut, the Swedish-owned vodka maker, apparently drinks to that. Last week, my e-mailbox lit up... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/04/09/absoluts_left-wing_liquor 4934e45c-5c41-47f9-861a-390aa6977b36 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Last week, a mob of screeching protesters invaded the Bear Stearns headquarters in Manhattan demanding more aid for homeowners. As you know, I oppose federal bailouts of every make and model -- and that includes both... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/04/02/meet_a_left-wing_housing_thug 5ae624eb-fc8c-456f-9364-457559a135bb Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT Seinfeld's George Costanza famously quipped: "It's not a lie if you believe it." This is how a Clinton -- take your pick, Hillary, Bill or Chelsea -- makes it through the day. Better living through... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/03/26/the_clintons_truth_deficit_disorder bedbba00-b366-4cfa-a366-2c7b206c2cfa Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:01:00 GMT