Mike Gallagher is a nationally syndicated radio host, Fox News Channel contributor and guest host, and author of the book "Surrounded by Idiots: Fighting Liberal Lunacy in America." http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 20 May 2010 12:32:50 GMT Thu, 20 May 2010 12:32:50 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Arlen Specter is a scoundrel. It really doesn't take much digging or deep analysis to come to this conclusion. His decision to abandon the GOP and switch to the Democrat Party left everyone mad at him. Democrats... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2010/05/20/scoundrel_specter_should_have_stayed_put 381115f7-893d-4523-8ba5-5f9ad23ee8a0 Thu, 20 May 2010 12:32:50 GMT Has anybody noticed? Nashville seems to be "the forgotten city." The iconic home of country music, that uniquely American genre, has been devastated by floodwaters. Everywhere you turn, there is loss and damage and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2010/05/13/a_great_american_city_has_been_devastated_by_flooding b161951d-4791-4843-a303-6415bde6e500 Thu, 13 May 2010 12:22:52 GMT Several students at a high school in California wore tee-shirts with American flags on them during Cinco de Mayo day and a vice-principal ordered them to turn the shirts inside out, remove them or make the walk of shame... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2010/05/10/respect_and_american_flag_tee-shirts 4e46a6fa-778b-4c39-85f3-fa803cc99c48 Mon, 10 May 2010 13:38:31 GMT I never thought being called an "ass" on national TV could be so much fun. It happened the other night on Fox News Channel's "O'Reilly Factor." I was a guest with substitute host Juan Williams, and I was brought on... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2010/05/03/happy_meal_insanity_in_the_new_nanny_state ee1fc734-ba60-4df1-a524-6aea438e3c3c Mon, 03 May 2010 04:00:46 GMT The ink hadn't even dried from Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's signature on the anti-illegal immigration law written by the state legislature before the shrieks and howls and wailing and gnashing of teeth began in earnest in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2010/04/27/liberals_want_to_ignore_immigration_law 4549256e-57e4-4ffc-805d-1c10916a4f19 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:32:58 GMT I just finished reading Frank Rich's column in the New York Times. I don't know why I read his weekly rants against conservatism in the Sunday Times. I mean, I often wonder why liberals who don't like my radio show,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2010/04/20/frank_rich_demonizer-in-chief e97fe5f0-6641-490f-bf10-169c88131ab6 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT The local TV anchors had grim looks on their faces as they dutifully read viewer email about the big story of the morning. I was watching the local morning newscast on the NBC affiliate in Chicago where I was in town... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2009/05/15/excusing_evil ca984ab4-1829-4df6-b676-dc855c6e859a Fri, 15 May 2009 11:33:28 GMT I've been touring the country with my friends and fellow radio hosts (and Townhall contributors) Michael Medved, Hugh Hewitt, Dennis Prager and Bill Bennett. The subject of the tour is, "Obama: The First 100 Days", a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2009/05/08/free_speech_is_uniquely_america 9a1768c6-f866-4c4d-a213-5da4cfc25b0f Fri, 08 May 2009 04:00:47 GMT When I had the nerve to suggest that since people from Mexico were bringing a deadly swine flu virus into the United States that it might be a good idea to tell them to stop coming by closing the southern border, it... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2009/05/01/why_bother 3d825091-0754-4d2a-81b7-a9119baa5541 Fri, 01 May 2009 12:09:40 GMT We continue to live smack dab in the middle of a "Twilight Zone" episode. Every new revelation about the Obama Administration comes with the familiar musical notes of the Rod Serling TV classic ringing in my head: ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2009/04/24/100_days 27efe941-6876-4d2a-afef-bfcfd133160d Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:01:19 GMT A few years ago, I was introduced to an international relief organization called "Food for the Poor." I traveled to Jamaica to see in person what this wonderful agency does for the world's poorest of the poor. For... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2009/02/13/a_little_kindness_lasts_a_lifetime c2fe831f-1bf3-43d0-b72d-6af53bc2b15b Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT I am so angry at the government right now I could spit. I know that many of my fellow conservatives are upset about the economic stimulus package. And rightfully so. When President Obama said that "now is not the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2009/02/06/fired_up_about_the_tv b39d15e5-c4db-46ac-9699-9f45371e3818 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT The headline in USA Today gave me a sinking feeling: "US Airways Gives Passengers On Flight $5000.00 Each -- Passengers Wonder, Is it Enough?" Is it enough? Is anything ever enough anymore? It is absolutely,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2009/01/30/ungrateful_flyers a3646e23-bf76-49ca-bc10-5943702bdefb Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:49:31 GMT After the cultural explosion in America that celebrated this week's presidential inauguration, could there be any doubt that this would have been the most-watched inaugural ceremony in history? It wasn't. Despite... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2009/01/23/gipper_1,_race-baiters_0 89593f8b-0c61-4e90-90dc-7586e73a8377 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:00:49 GMT There is a number of ways to describe how it feels to sit a few feet from the leader of the free world in the Oval Office at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in an informal, free-wheeling meeting with the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2009/01/16/farewell_to_a_leader b9b1269b-6e27-4f6a-b61b-80239bfd7919 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:00:49 GMT I'll never forget the time my wife came screaming into our bedroom late at night. I was sound asleep; she usually stayed up later than me watching TV. "Wake up! Wake up! You made the Daily Show!!" she... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2009/01/09/hamas,_israel_and_the_american_media e4d4b114-8968-4a40-8873-cf7653f77cc0 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:09:14 GMT When governors are being arrested and the economy is in the tank, we tend to forget that this is a great nation made up of the greatest people in the world. Dong Yun Yoon's words came along at precisely the right... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/12/12/inspiration_to_us_all c53d215b-1ab8-4245-a5ca-a663e75c3223 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:01:00 GMT It was just an ordinary Wednesday evening for me. Run to the bank, grab some groceries, and head home. As I approached a busy intersection, I watched as a pick-up truck made a crazy, unexpected left turn directly... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/11/21/hard-working,_decent,_honest_people_right 11d3094f-8d65-4d0c-b73c-54527cf1949a Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:00:55 GMT I want you to meet a priest from Greenville, South Carolina named Rev. Jay Scott Newman. He is the pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church in downtown Greenville. And he has become my personal hero. In a nutshell, Fr.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/11/14/finally,_a_religious_leader_with_guts caaf8c35-0a84-4f07-af0d-8139f2e17a18 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:01:00 GMT Just how strange has this week been? Real strange. Thursday morning, I appeared on Fox & Friends, the morning talk show on Fox News Channel. I was to "debate" Lanny Davis, the longtime Clinton loyalist. Obviously,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/11/07/mourning_in_america e1d8a671-15ac-4bf6-a1d2-b9ddd8d5257b Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:00:08 GMT This is it. On Tuesday, this prolonged, tedious, volatile, bitter, complicated, controversy-filled election season will finally be over. The finger-pointing and shouting will subside. One side will be... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/10/31/the_battle_for_america_is_only_just_beginning 9a7256ac-d693-475e-bdc1-9add52f3b916 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:44:34 GMT The headline on the front page of most of America's newspapers this week screamed the latest Republican "scandal": $150,000 spent on Gov. Sarah Palin's wardrobe!" Get ready for a stream of complaints from Democrats... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/10/24/democrats_phony_plans e2ce4047-e7d4-4f90-8ef0-bc14456f6120 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT I understand what it means to fight hard, but fight fair. After a lifetime of making my living offering opinions on the radio, I try and follow that philosophy each and every day. Many of us wear our beliefs on our... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/10/17/the_audacity_of_lies 57f892d7-a07d-4de6-8bcf-2706210574a4 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Salem radio talk show host Mike Gallagher interviewed Republican vice presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today on "The Mike Gallagher Show." Gallagher: Let's talk, governor, for just a moment about... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/10/15/sarah_palin_a_wide_gap_between_what_obama_says_and_what_he_does 16591756-8dc1-4845-994a-cbd20ebd8f96 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:53:27 GMT MIKE GALLAGHER: It's an honor and a privilege to welcome to our show U.S. Senator and Republican Presidential Candidate, a man I hope we can call President Elect in a couple of months, John McCain joins us here on the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/10/03/mike_gallaghers_exclusive_interview_with_john_mccain fdd7faa8-51c5-432c-b982-1615420c3d6d Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:31:54 GMT Sitting here watching Sarah Palin debate Joe Biden, the words of columnist Kathleen Parker are ringing in my ears: "(Palin) can't string two sentences together." Boy, now that Gov. Palin has finally appeared in the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/10/03/dont_underestimate_palin 1c7eaac4-916d-47fb-88a6-1c672dfb73f5 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:01:19 GMT The Democrats sure have been busy this week. They have now dropped any pretense of civility or decency in this remarkable 2008 election season. Evidently, the selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/09/19/its_gettin_ugly_out_there 5f238f0b-2470-474b-9948-0dd55e94bf89 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:00:31 GMT I flew from New York City to Dallas, Texas this week on Sept. 11th. Come to think of it, this is about the third or fourth time I've flown on the anniversary of 9/11. And each time I've done so, the reaction to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/09/12/have_you_forgotten 8ba15a61-4f01-4030-9f17-2b53042bde82 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:00:04 GMT After a week in Denver surrounded by Democrats, it sure is fun to be back with Republicans again. Just sitting on the airplane getting ready to take off for the Republican National Convention, I've been talking to a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/09/01/unhinged 2f109c03-a945-4de0-8d04-3aff2806266a Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:00:49 GMT Doing a radio show from a political convention's "radio row" is always an amazing experience. My visit here this week to Denver for the DNC is the 11th political convention I've been privileged to attend. And there is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/08/27/riding_with_rudy_into_the_pepsi_center 49ced6d1-f10c-4441-9d80-701c6e245b26 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:28:05 GMT The words came dripping out of Bill Maher's mouth on CNN's Larry King Live. He was mocking the question that Saddleback Pastor Rick Warren asked Barack Obama and John McCain about the presence of evil in a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/08/22/the_battle_has_begun 4e901c68-5dc1-4d5a-96c6-95c2b236d8bc Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:59:01 GMT My wife used to say that I'm like a dog with a bone, I just won't let certain things go. I'm beginning to believe her. I simply cannot get the prospect of Sen. Barack Obama removing huge American flags from the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/08/08/audacity cc03e688-06f5-4ac0-8e09-185690120b10 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:00:32 GMT The failure to readily identify the battle between good and evil is a nagging, ongoing, dangerous pattern that shows no sign of easing up any time soon. This week on Fox News Channel, I appeared on a show and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/07/25/moral_relativism_is_killing_our_country 052cea00-e639-451d-a9d3-b6bcb2820715 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:00:32 GMT It was fun interviewing Sen. John McCain this week on my radio show. Sen. McCain isn't someone who strikes you as a particularly dynamic speaker. He doesn't seem to like the formality of giving speeches. He... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/07/17/a_president_for_america,_not_for_hollywood 6d75e3af-2973-4a0b-b365-f9e19fd243c2 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:39:36 GMT Tony Snow's death packed a particularly hard punch to my gut this week. Because during the past year, Tony had been warmly and graciously corresponding with my precious wife Denise, who had also been battling cancer. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/07/14/good-bye_to_tony_snow_and_denise_gallagher f96a2d1f-e0e4-423e-aa82-a1ca84b6ce60 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:20 GMT I've been giving Rev. Jesse Jackson's crude comments about wanting to rip Sen. Barack Obama's private parts off because he's been "talking down to black people" a lot of thought. It's not that I enjoy paying much... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/07/11/jesse_jackson_takes_one_for_the_team 435dd273-cb54-47d7-b487-2efd9c00c04c Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:30:12 GMT When I was told I'd be on the Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" debating Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. about the contentious issue of oil consumption and Barack Obama's refusal to consider offshore drilling or nuclear energy,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/06/20/global_warming_hypocrites c0faedb6-0753-4542-a7b5-7b3ba3712740 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT Now that the anointed one, Barack Obama, will be the Democrat nominee for President, I'd like to submit just one more chapter to the painful book that is part of what defines him, his close-knit circle of radical... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/06/06/another_chapter_in_obamas_book 6261a439-6d8a-4ba5-8998-2ab8d974b933 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT It was a pretty eventful week in the world of all things political. And as expected, the mainstream news media honed in on the wrong story. Instead of amplifying an astounding example of one of the key differences... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/05/30/john_mccain_finds_his_voice 8b678ba8-4b84-4bb9-b083-99b467aeb8c1 Fri, 30 May 2008 04:00:12 GMT I'm not sure that I have ever been so relieved to see a headline. "Court Rules Removal of Children From FLDS Compound was Illegal." Halleluiah. A court finally got one right. The mass abduction of hundreds of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/05/23/whose_kids_are_they_anyway 33d848ae-8d48-4945-93ac-d64cdbff663b Fri, 23 May 2008 11:19:29 GMT It had to be one of the single dumbest questions ever asked in the history of network television. Diane Sawyer was chatting up James Carville, the irascible Clinton loyalist, about the West Virginia Democrat... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/05/16/racial_politics_inside_the_democratic_ranks 85080bd4-e70d-4c47-9bbc-5c25cbaaa5ee Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:02 GMT I consider it a banner day when I can render my friend Ann Coulter speechless. The wonderful conservative warrior was a guest on my radio show this week (Ann is one of the best guests in the business) and I hit her... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/05/09/the_ultimate_conservative_nightmare 01603b93-f750-4d9d-9961-5d17cd5bfc12 Fri, 09 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT Just how deep in the tank is the powerful media machine for Sen. Barack Obama? Funny you should ask. Let me give you a couple of glaring examples. And these happened all in one 24 hour period. On the evening of the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/04/25/media_jumps_the_gun_for_barack 8602b866-aaa9-4458-a2e4-c4de43d4c0e1 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT Imagine what it would be like to feel safe and secure in your home. Suddenly, armed law enforcement officials, carrying assault weapons and wearing body armor, come roaring into your house saying that an allegation of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/04/18/something_pretty_ugly_cults_and_bill_maher cccda71a-7b2b-44d1-9c86-7f3033740344 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT A radical in the White House. Is it really possible? When all the sniping and dust-ups of the 2008 presidential campaign are over, it sure is going to be fascinating to see if "the anointed one" - Barack Obama -... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/04/04/a_radical_in_the_white_house 0e4cf111-4ced-41cf-aa80-be9facb58dc5 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:00:22 GMT I suppose I'm the only person in America who isn't fawning over Kate Hanni, the godmother of the airline "passenger's bill of rights" movement. When I interviewed her on my radio show yesterday to get her reaction... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/03/28/so_sue_me 33e09cba-d141-4304-ae42-3be370107f93 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:02:30 GMT There was a scene in the NBC-TV sitcom "The Office" (possibly the funniest show on television) where the dunderheaded boss, Michael Scott, accepts advice that he must declare bankruptcy. The buffoon boss, doing what he... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/03/14/playing_the_identity_politics_game ff34410f-8b7a-4bf1-b52c-ff9de4b61293 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:01:00 GMT This week, a lot of people I admire and respect have scolded me for my frequent on-air use of Barack Hussein Obama's full name. These good folks all have solid reasons, I suppose, for disagreeing with the recitation... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/03/07/barack_hussein_obama 22bce876-b801-48e2-8680-4c4f7dd6c96d Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:00:55 GMT Dear Senator McCain: Before you completely disregard my letter because I'm one of those annoying conservative radio talk show hosts, I hope you'll consider the fact that over the past few weeks, I've been getting a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/02/29/an_open_letter_to_sen_john_mccain e7d0d20d-5554-49ba-a0e9-060974341a62 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:00:21 GMT I have two sources, both of whom wish to remain anonymous, that report to me that New York Times Editor Bill Keller was spotted in a dumpster last weekend in the Hamptons snorting crack cocaine and smothering a pair of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeGallagher/2008/02/22/the_new_york_slimes 882c8fb7-04e9-4331-aae1-59ec70beffe5 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:00:01 GMT