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Hilary Hinton “Zig” Ziglar, the man of a million motivational maxims who bucked up and cheered on three generations of Willy Lomans over a 40-year international speaking career, died near his home in Plano, Texas, on Wednesday after a brief battle with pneumonia. He was 86. His son, Tom Ziglar, announced Mr. Ziglar’s death in an email to the corporate mailing list of the family’s motivational business. A onetime cookware salesman who boasted he was “born in L.A. — Lower Alabama,” Mr. Ziglar wrote the 1975 motivational book, “See You At The Top,” but it was rejected by 30 firms...

Renowned Christian motivational speaker Zig Ziglar passed away in a Texas hospital Wednesday morning after battling pneumonia. The Associated Press confirmed with Ziglar's executive assistant, Laurie Magers, that the influential speaker known for "The Ziglar Way" died at a hospital in Plano, Texas, located in the suburb of Dallas. Dr. Tony Evans, Senior Pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, issued a joint statement with his wife, Lois Evans, regarding the passing of the motivational speaker and author. Read more at http://global.christianpost.com/news/motivational-speaker-zig-ziglar-passes-away-at-86-85732/#fv09iJOPWopSaPl4.99

Former Arkansas Governor and Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee announced today that Zig Ziglar and Jerry Jenkins have joined the growing list of endorsements from members of the faith community. “These two men are giants in their field and I’m proud to have their support,” Huckabee said. “Zig has taught me a great deal about effective leadership and Jerry’s writings have truly inspired me and deepened my faith.” Zig Ziglar is an internationally acclaimed motivational speaker/ teacher who has written 26 books. He is founder of Ziglar, Inc, which is built upon the same philosophy he expounds to his audiences –...

How many American lives has John Ashcroft saved? Plenty. Across our nation, enemy terrorists have been apprehended since 9/11 — in Portland, Seattle, Detroit, Chicago, Peoria, Columbus, Buffalo, Baltimore, Alexandria, and elsewhere. Thanks to Mr. Ashcroft and the Bush Justice Department, terrorist cells have been disrupted and prevented from launching attacks (and from killing both Americans and non-Americans who live here), and more than 2,000 illegal aliens from the Middle East have been deported. Meanwhile, opponents led by the ACLU have instigated a vicious campaign of slander against the Bush-administration efforts to protect American lives. Reluctant until very recently to...

WASHINGTON (AP) - James Ziglar, who is stepping down as Immigration and Naturalization Commissioner, said Thursday the agency has made progress with post-Sept. 11 security measures, but the improvements often are hampered by criticism of the agency. "At some point the fingerpointing and the bashing needs to stop and the atmosphere needs to be one of trying to make progress and not just assigning blame," Ziglar said in a speech sponsored by the Cato Institute, a libertarian Washington think tank. Ziglar has said he would leave his volatile job by the end of the year to work in the private...

Zig: The Autobiography of Zig Ziglar is the featured work on tonight's Booknotes on C-Span. Ziglar is a "motivational speaker" who says that he "loved" Ronald Reagan and that Clinton was a "tragedy". An odd choice for Booknotes perhaps, but interesting because of such strong stands by Ziglar in being willing to put his politics and religious beliefs on the line as part of his exhortations to others. On now and later at 11:00 pm edt.

Jewish World Review August 21, 2002 / 13 Elul, 5762 Michelle Malkin Please, President Bush, another soft-on-crime Beltway back-slapper won't do http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | Good riddance to James Ziglar, the hopeless head of the Immigration and Naturalization Service who announced his resignation last week. This is a man whose main qualifications for the nation's top immigration enforcement job were his boyhood friendship with Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott and his effortless ability to suck up to Sen. Ted Kennedy. This is a man whose law enforcement background consisted of less than three years as the U.S. Senate's sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper,...

<p>According to sources close to the review, investigators have discovered that one Chinese national was "writing sensitive computer code on NRC computers" even though his visa was in violation. Furthermore, sources said he had never had a background check.</p> <p>Though NRC headquarters, located in suburban Maryland outside Washington, D.C., is now off limits to the Chinese national, sources said he continues to work for the agency from his nearby home.</p>