Year: 2005

Want to know the favorite blogs of the biggest bloggers on the right? Well, RWN wanted to know as well, which is why we emailed them and asked them to send us their 10 favorite blogs, in no particular order. Those who responded have their lists posted below. No comments were requested, but any commentary […]

Question: “As a side note, do you think that the republicans are not taking Hillary seriously enough?” — liberty “Why do you think Republicans fear Hillary Clinton so much, given her long list of baggage and drawbacks?” — Christopher_Taylor Answer: Like any other candidate, Hillary Clinton has strengths and weaknesses. In her favor, she seems […]

Question: “The subject of animosity between the Palestinians and Israel is something that has been weighing on my mind for some time now. The land that was given to the Jews in 1948 had been promised to the Palestinians twice before by the British, who they fought beside. Why should the land have been given […]

Question: “In the past, you wrote that you support school vouchers. Won’t private schools that accept federal money have to face government regulation? The way I imagine it would play out is this: Private schools that choose not to accept voucher money, (because of fears of regulation) would have to close their doors. Why would […]

Question: :If you could choose, would you make a court up of 9 Scalia’s, 9 Thomas’s, or would you keep the current court?: — jayd42 Answer: I only support judges who view the role of the court the same way the Founding Fathers did and there are only three judges on the Supreme Court who […]

Question: “What do you think about the president not dipping into the national reserve to lower gas prices? With gas prices cheaper than they were 20 years ago (inflation corrected), I don’t see the big problem. I also believe that the reserve should be saved for a true emergency, not to lower prices. I do, […]

Question: In two parts: A) Do you trust polls that say that only about 50% of Americans would vote for a female president? (one recent poll showed more than 80% saying they would but only 50% thought their friend/family would). B) If this is true, what does it mean? Is it because a woman might […]

If you’re wondering why there’s no daily news today, it’s because I’m on vacation. However, before I left (on Thursday), I did prepare some answers for today’s Q&A Friday. While you’re waiting for me to get back, feel free to check out my advertisers along with the brand spanking new RWN T-Shirts…oh, and have a […]

After reading the latest column from Helen Thomas, I had to double check the calender to make sure it wasn’t April 1st because it’s hard to believe anyone could stoop to this level of self-parody. Here we have a blatantly partisan liberal columnist — who goes to White House press conferences and asks ridiculous questions […]

Taxes are due Friday. I still haven’t done mine, but I have my CPA fiancée to help me get it done and submitted online. Others aren’t so lucky, and thus I sent my crack research team to find out as much as they can about taxes. FUN FACTS ABOUT TAXES * Taxes strike violently without […]

“Debate over judicial appointments used to be more decorous, largely because the stakes were lower. If we empowered the head of the U.S. Postal Service to rule vast swaths of our lives, we’d have huge confirmation battles over the postmaster general. For good or ill — and I certainly think for ill — the days […]

I am inclined to support the new proposed amendment to McCain/Feingold, exempting the Internet from any regulation whatsoever under campaign finance reform laws. The language is very straightforward: Paragraph (22) of section 301 of the Federal Election Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(22)) is amended by adding at the end of the following new sentence: […]

Want to know why so many conservatives would be thrilled if the National Endowment of the Arts were disbanded? Because this is what passes for “art” these days: “Organizers of a politically charged art exhibit at Columbia College’s Glass Curtain Gallery thought their show might draw controversy. But they didn’t expect two U.S. Secret Service […]

D@mn, this was a hell of an email. RCL just put me some knowlege in a big way, dropping hot links like rappers name-check fast-food joints. I just formatted it and added a little here and there. The rest is his. The Passion of Justice Ginsberg …”[U.S. Supreme Court Justice] Ruth Bader Ginsberg gave a […]

The hypocrisy on the left about gay marriage is as deep as the Marianas Trench as evidenced by Bill Clinton’s comments about Republican strategist Arthur Finkelstein: “NEW YORK Former President Bill Clinton unleashed an attack against a gay Republican strategist who plans to work against the re-election of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, suggesting that, to […]

Here’s Glenn Reynolds on religion in politics: “Likewise, I think there’s a lot of sentiment in favor of people being able to practice their religion, and talk about their religion, without discrimination or ridicule. And I think there’s some support (though less so) for efforts to inform legislation with religious values. There’s also a commonsense […]

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA, continued her verbal assault on President Bush’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. today — this time questioning the source of Undersecretary of State John Bolton’s mustache. During a withering barrage of rhetorical questions, Sen. Boxer told Mr. Bolton that he needs anger therapy and virtually accused him of stealing […]

*** I’m going on vacation this Thursday and instead of doing retro-RWN posts for Friday, I thought I’d just do a Q&A Friday instead. All questions will be answered by Wed night at midnight, so if you want to submit a question, make sure you do it by then. *** This Friday will be the […]

There has been a lot of talk about a “Conservative crack-up” of late. The Libertarians are squabbling with the Social Conservatives, the Fiscal Conservatives are duking it out with the Rockefeller Republicans, the Paleocons are railing against the Neocons, & there are dogfights going on about immigration, deficits, and all manner of issues related to […]

From Newsmax: “For Ann Coulter, the failure of Pima County authorities to charge her attackers undoubtedly led to the other attacks on conservatives. “I’m not a victim,” she told NewsMax.com in an e-mail. “Neither of the pies hit me and one guy ended up with a broken shoulder and the other with a broken nose. […]

Once again, it’s time to post some of the deranged, semi-coherent hate mail that has come to my very inbox (although their email addresses have been removed). Enjoy!: — From: Christy Bley Subject: your hate Dear John, Your hate makes all hate. I’m so sorry for you. Anything anybody can do? Your desire to backhand […]

From ex-warblogger Michelle Catalano who laments the state of the political blogosphere: “Sometimes people ask me, how do you become a popular blogger? How do you make a name for yourself and get readers? I’ll tell you. Controversy. Raging anger. Venom and spitfire. That’s what sells, for the most part. If you aren’t a forerunner […]

One phrase you often hear tossed around during immigration debates is, “Illegal immigrants do jobs Americans won’t do.” However, that’s totally untrue. There is no such thing as a “job Americans won’t do;” there are only “jobs Americans won’t do at a certain price.” For example, how many people out there would be interested in […]

On April 1, hundreds of American descended on the Arizona-Mexico border to highlight the vast national security problem at the southern border. Their president, in conjunction with the liberal media, called them vigilantes. The “patriots” of the American Civil Liberties Union, which purports to protect the rights of Americans, are “monitoring” their countrymen to make […]

Remember Jonathan Klein’s famous quote? “…(Y)ou couldn’t have a starker contrast between the multiple layers of checks and balances [at ’60 Minutes’], and a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas writing what he thinks.” Of course, Klein’s quote was in defense of the forged CBS memos…oops! But, let’s face it — Klein […]

Do you think people who disagree with you have a right to speak at all? Apparently there are more than a few people who think not including Dadahead, a blogger who had his fascistic rantings actually linked by Salon’s Daou Report. Here’s Dadahead’s take on why conservatives should have food flung at them when they […]

News that Virginia has banned the use of red light cameras reminded me of the minor stir kicked up a couple of years ago when my friend and colleague Eugene Volokh surprised his fellow libertarians by defending their use (see his op-ed and blog post). In contrast, I hate the d@mn things, but I figured […]

This is no big deal, but have you seen the newest Burger King commercial? No, not the one featuring Hootie singing the almost hypnotically appealing cowboy song about having a “Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch” while hot women wander around playing with food…the other one. You know, this guy turns around and there’s a creepy looking […]

After U.S. troops this week arrested a cameraman employed by CBS who apparently also worked for the Iraqi insurgency, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) asked CBS News president Andrew Heyward for “some tips on infiltrating enemy organizations,” according to an unnamed source. “The CIA has not been able to get any reliable human intelligence […]