Receive Updates from Mary Katharine Ham
Mary Katharine Ham is a contributor to Townhall Magazine and writes for the Weekly Standard. Her name is often misspelled Mary Katherine Ham and she hates that. If you can't spell her name correctly then use MKH instead.
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Nov 27, 2007)
Republican candidates are gearing up for a fight in St. Petersburg at Wednesday night’s CNN/YouTube debate, as critical mailers and rhetorical punches have begun to fly with... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Nov 12, 2007)
To donate to the VALOUR-IT project, please click below and make a convenient PayPal contribution in any amount you can. Every little bit helps!
“I got... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Oct 31, 2007)
Well, this election season is certainly offering plenty of chances to watch stages full of middle-aged rich men take shots at Hillary for hours on end. And, then there are... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Oct 16, 2007)
So, it’s fall again, and you find yourself, remote in hand, convinced that the television landscape is nothing but one giant View couch populated by Sally Fields, Rosie... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Oct 09, 2007)
“Russians don’t take a dump, son, without a plan.” -- Adm. Painter, "The Hunt for Red October"But does Fred Thompson do a debate without one? Fred’s long-awaited debate debut... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Oct 02, 2007)
It’s the opening day of the Supreme Court term and Justice Clarence Thomas has snuck away from the Supreme Court press corps, citing the old adage about teaching a pig to... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Sep 25, 2007)
Different decade, same idiots, just as useful as ever. Why is it that at our vaunted Ivy League schools, being Ivy-League-smart precludes the ability to recognize scum when... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Sep 18, 2007)
It’s a canard of the hard anti-war Left that they all, without exception, hate the war, but support the troops. Loathe the president but love the country. In fact, it’s a... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Sep 11, 2007)
Six years later, and it’s still hard to believe it was real. Giant airplanes slamming into the sides of high-rise office buildings at 500 mph, leaving vaguely wing-shaped... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Aug 28, 2007)
I must admit my outrage trigger is not as sensitive as some people’s. But, you would think, when it comes to child abuse, I’d get upset pretty quickly, right?
And yet,... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Jul 31, 2007)
Imagine, if you will, sitting around your radio, circa 1942.
Radio Announcer: “Chesterfield brings you the “Moonlight Serenade” with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. The... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Jul 17, 2007)
This Sunday, I made a mistake on national TV. Ain’t that just the absolute worst kind to make?
During a discussion on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” about Michael Moore’s... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Jun 19, 2007)
Hablas Espanol?
Jessica Alba doesn’t. Is there anything wrong with that? Apparently so.
The third-generation American and actress is under fire this week from fellow... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Jun 14, 2007)
You want the perfect argument for the death tax? It’s blonde and sitting in a California jail cell.After all, had Conrad Hilton been unable to pass down his enormous wealth,... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Jun 05, 2007)
I’ve always been skeptical of the Hillary juggernaut.
Skeptical of the idea that the Clinton machine could stomp its way to the Democratic nomination, crushing all comers... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (May 20, 2007)
At 5:10 p.m. Wednesday, the celebrity gossip web site TMZ put up a simple picture. Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby, smiled and waved to the site’s celeb-salivating readers... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (May 13, 2007)
I’m about the blow the top off of a dark family secret, here, so if y’all see my mom, please distract her by telling a quirky anecdote or waving your arms wildly in front of... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Apr 20, 2007)
MKH: Thanks, Gov. Romney, for taking some time to hang out with us at Townhall today. I’m in D.C. Where are you today?
MR: I’m in Iowa City, IA, which is the home of the... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Apr 13, 2007)
So, I’m set to meet the Secretary of Education, right? What should I expect? Stern school-marm? Sugar-sweet Texan teacher? I find a combination of southern style and Condi’s... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Apr 05, 2007)
If you listened closely this week, you might have heard Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign crack. Like the hard smack of a pebble against a car windshield, Rudy’s... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Apr 02, 2007)
Well, it’s been just a few short months since Grandmadame Speaker began her unique tenure as caretaker of both the country and the children. On the day of her swearing in,... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Mar 09, 2007)
I learned long ago that if you want to hear the talk among veterans, you gotta go to the bar at the VFW Post. That’s where you’ll find men who’ve gone from the Halls of... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Mar 03, 2007)
I just got back from CPAC. During these three days--just a little less than two years out of a presidential election-- prognosticators, pundits, and plain old people have... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Feb 22, 2007)
There's another Duke lacrosse story, one you won't hear as much about as the one that involves a party, a stripper, and a rape that never happened.There's another Duke... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Feb 09, 2007)
As you know, you go into a campaign with the electorate you have. They're not the electorate you might want or wish to have at a later time.
Democrats have a really hard... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Feb 03, 2007)
This week, the political world is on fire with the news that the first tolerably clean, well-spoken, and non-threatening black man ever has stormed onto the American... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Jan 26, 2007)
HamNation is a 5-minute Townhall video production hosted by Townhall's Mary Katharine Ham. Enjoy!
In Rosia Montana, Romania, George grew up in a one-bedroom apartment with... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Jan 19, 2007)
An unseasonable freeze wiped out 75 percent of California’s orange crop this week, but Congress is planning to wipe out any “price gouging” Big Orange executives have in... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Jan 08, 2007)
It's official. "Nifong" is now a verb. The journey from mere person to Urban Dictionary verb is always an ignominious one, and Durham D.A. Mike Nifong's lexical fall from... more
By
Mary Katharine Ham (Jan 05, 2007)
This three-minute video is a weekly Townhall.com production featuring columnist and blogger Mary Katharine Ham. We hope you enjoy!
I was reading the President's Wall... more