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One thing I greatly admire about Michelle Malkin is her fierceness in defying the edicts of political correctness, and she has done so in a big way with her new book, "In Defense of Internment: The Case for 'Racial Profiling' in World War II and the War on Terror." For her book, Michelle didn't randomly pick a historical subject that happened to greatly interest her. She chose the World War II internment issue, I think, because she believes our national perception of it shapes our current attitude toward important security measures in the War on Terror.Michelle is one of the...

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“Congress shall have the power to…declare war…”-- US Constitution, Article I, Section 8 In her book, In Defense of Internment, Michelle Malkin makes a case for the interning of American citizens of Japanese descent during World War II on grounds of national security, i.e. among those interned were many genuine Japanese spies. Ms. Malkin’s intent is to explore the possibility of racial and religious profiling during America’s war with the Islamunists. The purpose of this essay is not to enter the fray on either side as to the appropriateness of what happened during World War II, but to explore the...

I recently spoke with a group of bright, young law students and undergrads from the best schools in the country, including Yale, Georgetown, the University of Chicago and William and Mary. We discussed my new book, "In Defense of Internment: The Case for 'Racial Profiling' in World War II and the War on Terror." When I mentioned that a large number of those interned in U.S. Department of Justice camps were of European descent, the students showed surprise. "I didn't know that," someone said aloud. Thanks to a left-wing monopoly on the teaching of World War II history, not many...