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, 06 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ 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 White House interim communications director Anita Dunn assumed the role of lead Fox News Channel-basher this weekend. The attack was a dud. The left-leaning Nation magazine ridiculed President Obama's press shop for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/10/14/whos_behind_the_white_house_war_on_fox_news dfca3f40-5eb4-4f12-9e17-8668135898cc Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:28:23 GMT There are serious problems with the administration of the U.S. census. Americans have good reason to be wary of the stranger's knock on the door. Unfortunately, anything critics say about the federal census can and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/10/09/crime,_census_and_censorship 082b66ed-8ffe-4137-abe7-ba9df0dc1977 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT Lights, camera, agitprop! The curtains opened on yet another artfully staged performance of Obamacare Theater this week. One hundred and fifty doctors took their places on the plush lawn outside the West Wing -- many... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/10/07/spin_doctors_for_obamacare d087aedd-a217-42c9-9c91-746cadd1fc66 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT It's hard out there for a first lady of the United States. Take it from travel-weary Michelle Obama. On Tuesday night, she boarded a luxury 757 for Copenhagen. Think of the stairs she had to climb. Oh, the agony of the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/10/02/the_noble_sacrifice_of_michelle_obama 986d69ef-83bc-4b70-a752-8cb2df39385c Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT When government officials play the Olympic lottery, taxpayers lose. That has been the disastrous experience of host cities around the world. (Forbes magazine even dubbed the post-Olympic financial burden the "Host City... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/09/30/all_the_presidents_olympic_cronies 67b7315a-68ae-4dc9-a2b5-5069c15b2573 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT When the White House announced plans for the president's nationwide address to schoolchildren two weeks ago, worried parents were dismissed as "kooks." We pointed to the subtext of "social justice" activism rampant... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/09/25/the_three_rs_in_the_age_of_obama_rappin,_revolution_and_radicalism 31b9bc54-1add-47a1-9d4b-c2aa470f7ee7 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi has done us all a favor. But is it enough to rouse a nation in permanent snooze-button mode? The arrest of Zazi, a Colorado-based Afghan airport shuttle driver who counterterrorism... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/09/23/still_handling_homeland_security_with_a_910_attitude c3ceef62-aeb9-4b42-9524-4ffbb745a5e6 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT There's one thing more shocking than the illegal alien smuggling advice that an ACORN official in San Diego gave undercover journalists James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles. It's the illegal alien home loan racket that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/09/18/acorns_illegal_alien_home_loan_racket 1d9d87bc-69ad-4617-a914-3e382bfbbfac Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT