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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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Two faces of child abuse: Toogood and too bad

by Jane Chastain -- Last Saturday, the country applauded as Madelyn Toogood turned herself in to authorities after being caught on videotape abusing her 4-year-old daughter in the parking lot of an more…

Steamed over global warming

by Jane Chastain -- I'm steamed over global warming. It's not because the earth is heating up. Quite the contrary. Just last week, U.S. scientists based at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station more…

Simon says …

by Jane Chastain -- "Simon Says" is a game in which participants are commanded to perform a series of unrelated actions in rapid succession. The key to winning this game is to more…

Abortion is still unsafe!

by Jane Chastain -- Abortion was not safe before Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized the procedure, and the dirty little secret is, it may be even less more…

Hijacking America

by Jane Chastain -- If you want to hijack an airplane, you have to catch the passengers off guard. When you show your hand, you must be in a position to overpower more…

Women's rights vs. responsibilities

by Jane Chastain -- Luzerne County (Pennsylvania) Common Pleas Judge Michael Conahan was right when he ruled that John Stachokus had no right to interfere in matters concerning an unborn child he more…

Watergate: The Sequel (Part II – The Money)

by Jane Chastain -- "When positive imagery about your own candidate proves insufficient, negative ads about your opponent are the only alternative."–Dick Gephardt, "An Even Better Place" Watergate II, like the original, more…

Watergate: The sequel

by Jane Chastain -- The media elite, that buries its head in the sand when it comes to the scandals involving William Jefferson Clinton, considers Watergate the biggest political scandal in United more…

The most important hearing never reported

by Jane Chastain -- The most important hearing of the year was held on Capitol Hill last week on a critical issue this country faces today. No, you didn't hear about it more…

Mr. President, where art thou?

by Jane Chastain -- Would you ask a doctor to operate on you who had never performed surgery? Of course not, but every day, we are sending our troops into harm's way more…