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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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At last, a commitment for missile defense

by Jane Chastain -- In the wake of the China scandal, the American people finally got the message that the United States is defenseless against the greatest physical threat we face -- more…

The Clinton administration and missile defense

by Jane Chastain -- The Clinton administration has acknowledged that ours is an unsafe world. Back in January, Secretary of Defense William Cohen acknowledged that there is a growing threat of a more…

Does Mom matter?

by Jane Chastain -- Mom doesn't matter. That is the conclusion drawn by University of Massachusetts psychologist Elizabeth Harvey that was published in the March issue of the journal Developmental Psychology. Stay more…

Divided they fall

by Jane Chastain -- The Republican party forked over a lot of dough recently to run a full page ad in USA Today in order to tell the nation its members are more…

Another victim of Clinton justice

by Jane Chastain -- Now that Bill Clinton is free to get on with his presidency, it's time to allow a victim of Arkansas' politicized criminal justice system that existed during the more…

What to tell the children

by Jane Chastain -- Members of the Senate who voted to acquit William Jefferson Clinton rushed for platforms to justify their actions. Politicians never are at a loss for words. However, few more…

Pleeease, Mr. President!

by Jane Chastain -- The idea of Senate Republicans sending a letter to Bill Clinton asking him to interrupt his fundraising to come in and voluntarily testify in his impeachment trial would more…

The real U.S. economy

by Jane Chastain -- In the president's surreal State of the Union address, delivered only a few hours after senators were weighing his fate in the impeachment trial, Mr. Clinton told us, more…

Administration skirts law on killing embryos

by Jane Chastain -- Bill Clinton has shown no respect for the law. Neither do the leaders of his administration. Clinton's lawyers apologized to members of the United States Senate for all more…

The character of Thomas Jefferson

by Jane Chastain -- When you cut through all the legal gobbledygook and the bending of the English language, President Clinton's defense boils down to this: It's all about sex and everybody's more…