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Jane Chastain is a Southern California-based broadcaster, author and political commentator. Despite her present emphasis on politics, Jane always will be remembered as the nation's first female TV sportscaster, spending 17 years on the sports beat. Jane blogs at JaneChastain.com. She is a pilot who lives on a private runway.
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Young refugees: Send 'em to fight in Syria

by Jane Chastain -- "Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motive." – Oscar Wilde, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" President Obama still is refusing more…

GOP establishment: Kentucky fried

by Jane Chastain -- Let's get real: There is a lot of angst among the GOP establishment over the outcome of the Kentucky governor's race. You would think that they would be more…

Boehner's gone -- who's crying now?

by Jane Chastain -- "It stinks!" That was how incoming Speaker of the House Paul Ryan explained the back-room deal hatched by outgoing Speaker John Boehner and Democratic leaders that raised the more…

America on slavery's slippery slope

by Jane Chastain -- The average life of a democracy is 200 years. Our country has outlived its expiration date largely because it is a democratic republic with a constitution that guarantees more…

What is democratic socialism?

by Jane Chastain -- Bernie Sanders, a socialist, has achieved quite a following in the race for the Democratic nomination for president. How many of his followers really know what he stands more…

Free your congressman from the House monarchy

by Jane Chastain -- Last week, our republic dodged a bullet when, at the 11th hour, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that he was removing himself from consideration for speaker of more…

We don't need a Boehner clone!

by Jane Chastain -- There's an old saying that should be heeded by members of the House of Representatives: "Things that are urgent are rarely important, and things that are important are more…

The case for Carson

by Jane Chastain -- From the very beginning, Ben Carson has been discounted by the political pundits. As others in this crowded GOP field went up and down in the early polls, more…

The Titanium Lady

by Jane Chastain -- In the last GOP debate, there is a reason Jeb Bush, searching for a suitable woman to put on the $10 bill, came up with Margaret Thatcher, Ronald more…

Immigration solution: A 4-legged stool

by Jane Chastain -- Our nation's problem with illegal immigration can be compared to a four-legged stool. If one of those legs is cut off or wobbly, it isn't going to stand, more…