Year: 2003

In the last few weeks, overzealous bureaucrats with visions of Columbine dancing through their heads have suspended two students from school (here & here) for drawing violent pictures. One of the kids who drew a marine blowing away a member of the Taliban was apparently even told that his drawing was “highly inappropriate” & “not […]

Senator John Cornyn explains that what the Democrats are doing to Bush’s judges is not business as usual in Washington. To the contrary, it’s unprecendented and unconstitutional… “The Constitution expressly establishes supermajority voting requirements for authorizing treaties, proposing constitutional amendments, and other specific actions. To confirm judicial nominees, by contrast, the Constitution requires only a […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported today that hate crimes decreased in 2002, and so-called “crimes of indifference” surged during the same period. “We’re excited to report that criminals just don’t care who you are anymore,” said an unnamed FBI spokesman. “Today’s perps indiscriminately hurt people without a thought to the race, creed or […]

Democrat presidential candidate Howard Dean today asked President George Bush to push for more tax cuts for wealthy Americans so that when Mr. Dean is president he can repeal them. “I have proposed billions of dollars in new spending,” said Mr. Dean. “And I’m going to pay for it all by repealing the Bush tax […]

On Veterans Day, I noticed that more than a few left-wing websites decided it was an opportune time to break out the “chickenhawks” slur again. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the word or who associate it with its more vulgar meaning, when the left uses the term, they are generally referring to […]

Have you ever wondered how today’s mainstream press that seems to see every conflict as Vietnam would have covered D-Day? Well, wonder no more because William A. Mayer has it down to a T in this magnificent parody that you can read by clicking here.

“Ask your idiotic questions!” Rumsfeld yelled at the reporters impatiently. “What do you think of Gen. Abizaid’s statement about using harsher measures in Iraq if attacks don’t stop?” “I agree with him fully. Anyone who attacks American troops must suffer and die in the worst possible way!” Rumsfeld shouted, “Baby Jesus will cry when he […]

Like most other people, I have often heard stories about veterans who were spit on by revolting hippies when they came back from the Vietnam War. That’s why I was quite surprised to run across a recycled article in Slate that claims it didn’t happen. In part, Slate’s piece reads, “Although it’s impossible to disprove […]

If you want to see an excellent example of liberal media bias, just take a look at this article from Wolf Blitzer at CNN. It’s a story about Bush’s speech yesterday in front of the “conservative Heritage Foundation”. The article talks about how “the president showed absolutely no signs of retreat (in Iraq),” mentions a […]

Mark Dubbin, the author of “Shadow Patriot” bought a main page ad on RWN to get the word out about his book. Here’s the description of it from Amazon… “The events of 9/11 affected many things in New York and the Mafia was no exception. Business suffered for Don Remondini after the attack, but he […]

As FDR once said, “those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them”. Too often, far too often, we here in America have forgotten or have at least minimalized the sacrifices made by the valiant men and women in the armed forces. Our soldiers […]

I have been meaning to post the choices I made in the, “Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select The Books That Have Had The Biggest Impact On Their Thinking” and “Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select History’s Most Interesting Dinner Companions” polls and I thought I might as well do it one post. Here are my selections… The Books That Have […]

RWN reader Teller8 pontificated about anti-Americanism in the comments section of my “Envy & Anti-Americanism” post and what he had to say was so exceptional that I thought it was worth posting on the main page (after I cleaned it up and edited it down a bit). Do keep in mind that since this is […]

The government of Saudi Arabia today applied for a full refund from al Qaeda, the social services network, claiming bait-and-switch tactics had cheated it out of its investment. “The service is not performing as advertised,” said an unnamed spokesman for the Saudi government. “This is a breach of contract. Al Qaeda was not supposed to […]

RWN reader Kevin Hambidge writes, “Dear Mr. Hawkins: I think that if the devil himself came up from hell and ran for office as a republican, you would vote for him. Why? Cause he’s republican d@mmit!” Kevin’s email reminds me of a comment made by a friend of a friend that was passed on to […]

Charles Krauthammer nails what anti-Americanism is all about at the end of this brilliant editorial entitled, “To Hell With Sympathy”… “The fact is that the world hates us for our wealth, our success, our power. They hate us into incoherence. The Europeans, Ajami astutely observes, disdain us for our excessive religiosity (manifest, they imagine, by […]

The United Nations today announced it had found no evidence that Iran is producing nuclear weapons or crude oil. “We have been told this by Iranian government officials,” said a U.N. spokesman, “and if anyone ought to know, it’s them. They’ve been cooperating with us in a most congenial manner.” After an exhaustive inspection process, […]

Let me be up front with you; “The Matrix: Revolutions” was a terrible movie. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that it was easily the worst film I’ve seen at the theater this year. Just in case you’re not getting my meaning, I’m saying that you shouldn’t go see this movie. But […]

Right Wing News emailed more than a 150 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of who they considered to be “History’s Most Interesting Dinner Companions”. Representatives from 39 blogs responded. All bloggers were allowed to make anywhere from 1-20 selections. Rank was determined simply by the number of votes received. The […]

Just for the heck of it, a few comments about blogs & bloggers around the net… — Where oh where has Rachel Lucas gone, where oh where can she be? Come on Rachel, you’re too talented to let your blog waste away. — Et tu The Lemon, et tu? — I have always loved Dawn […]

France today lodged a formal complaint at the United Nations over the new design of the U.S. Nickel. The reverse of the new nickel commemorates the bicentennial of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, when the U.S. bought 800,000 square miles of French territory for four cents an acre. “The government of the United States is taunting […]

As we all know, Gray Davis set California on fire in vengeance for people recalling him. It could happen again, and thus I set my crack research team to find out all they can about brush fires so people can be more prepared in the future. FUN FACTS ABOUT BRUSH FIRES * Brush fires are […]

Here are the two money paragraphs from New York Times cartoonist & popular left-wing columnist Ted Rall’s latest screed that I think illustrates the childlike approach to the issues that many people on the left take today… “It’s high time that victorious Democrats stop being suckered by reckless Republicans into cleaning up their messes. Walking […]

I currently have 27 interviews up on RWN and I thought it was about time that I put together a selection of quotes from them. So I sorted through every interview and picked out my faves from Coulter, Tancredo, Steyn, and the rest. Hope you find the quotes to be enlightening and entertaining! (Cont)

After the disastrous 2002 elections, I followed the debate on the left about what went wrong with great interest. What I noticed was that two schools of thought emerged. On the one hand, you had Democrats saying that the party was coming across as too shrill & too far out of the mainstream. They were […]

I knew the Germans were more than a little nutty, but this has got to be off the charts on the wackymeter… “Children will be allowed to vote in Germany if some leading members of the country’s parliament have their way. The proposal, seen as a counter-balance to an aging population resistant to welfare cuts, […]

The New York Times revealed today that Saddam Hussein desperately tried to avert the Coalition attack on Iraq in March but could not find the phone number to the White House, or No. 10 Downing Street. The Iraqi dictator reportedly wanted to offer sweeping concessions, and even “unconditional terms”, but his intelligence officers could not […]

There are some things that you really shouldn’t have to explain to people. You know, like don’t put your hand on a hot stove, don’t spit into the wind, and don’t buy into the notion that Jews “rule the world by proxy”. Of course, that’s a reference to the now infamous speech that ex-Malaysian Prime […]

The numbers you’re about to see are the changes in party identification since 9/11 in key swing states for the 2004 election. Although I have often said that I believed 9/11 moved America a couple of steps to the right, even my jaw dropped when I saw this… “Arkansas: current — GOP, 33 percent; Democrats […]

New York – Continuing with their successful “Re-Imagining History” series, CBS network today announced that it will broadcast “Betsy Ross: Crack Whore” during the upcoming Fall sweeps period. “Yeah, we know we’ll probably catch some flak from the nit-pickers,” said CBS VP Leslie Moonves. “But, like, is everyone so anal these days that we always […]