It's not often that a reporter is given an opportunity to interview someone that wears many hats - an author of books, Fox News Commentator and syndicated columnist.  In a recent discussion with Ms. Malkin, she spoke about her balance of life style between family and profession.

"I have been the beneficiary of an incredible marital relationship.  My husband Jesse was a year ahead of me at Oberlin College and was the one who ignited my interest in journalism because he founded an alternative student newspaper that tried to bring diversity of views to Oberlin, a very ultra liberal campus.  I took over the publication that he founded and became editor, we touched on a lot of very controversial issues, like affirmative action - questioning whether or not it was doing more harm than good.  Jesse went off to Oxford and I got my first job in Los Angeles with the Daily News, he followed and we were married.  Then went to Seattle and later to Washington D.C. and it was there that I had an opportunity to do my work at home and my career took off.  I received book contracts, signed on with Fox News and all the while being able to have children, now a four year old and a one year old."

"Jesse was an economist and decided to take an indefinite leave so that the two of us could both be with our children."  {Especially since she travels.}  "My husband is home and supports my career.  He is my agent, my scheduler, and editor.  Certainly he is my best friend and it's really a blessing.  Politically, we are on the same page.  He challenges me at every point and he adds a lot.  I couldn't do this without him, so it's really incredible,  we really have a good relationship."

Ms. Malkin is a daughter of Philippine immigrants - her parents came over in the 1970's as legal immigrants and what is unique - is that it shaped her political outlook, work ethic, what she writes about and how she writes in the perspective her parents brought with them.  She says:  "They escaped poverty, came just before Dictator Marcus took over and her parents have always reminded she and her brother what a blessing it was to be able to come to this country, always expressing a sense of gratitude for all the things they have been able to have."  She has been back to the Philippines twice and visited the village where her parents grew up.  "I try to teach my daughter the language (Tocalow).  I'm a pretty awkward speaker myself, my parents would speak to us in (Tocalow) and we would answer in English.  I'm doing as much as I can to teach my children the language and of course the food,"  her parents stay with them for months so the children are exposed to their culture.

Michelle Malkin is full of energy that can be felt around her.  That energy was evident while she was speaking at the Downriver Town Hall Series in Southgate Michigan.  Her topic, not surprisingly, was border security and toughening up our country's enforcement immigration laws.  "Nothing matters more to me that the safety of our home and the survival of our homeland.  I believe in the right to defend myself, and I believe in this country's right to defend itself against its enemies."

Michelle spoke about the loop holes in our defense and the importance of safety to our nation.  She remains in some circles as a controversial and opinionated author, but her conservative values are shared by many in our nation.