Year: 2006

Question: “There are countless clips of Muslim leaders on Arab tv calling for death to Israel, Jews, United States and democracy. Why doesn’t the MSM take these threats seriously? Why don’t they take these radicals at their word?” — Anna_Venger Answer: They don’t take them at their word because if they did, they’d feel obligated […]

Tomorrow, my buddy Right Thinking Girl is going to be getting married. Congrats, monkey girl! I hope you have a lifelong, happy marriage and a house full of children!

Question: “Ok John,I know this has nothing to do with politics but I am in need of a man’s opinion: A good friend of mine that I went to high school with contacted me after 9 years through my fishing license here in Oregon he got my sister’s number in California and contacted her to […]

Question: Does anyone have an estimate of what fraction of Lebanese casualties are civilian? Given that terrorists, by definition, pose as civilians, how reliable are the estimates?” — Pete_E Answer: It’s impossible to estimate the number of civilian casualties vs. Hezbollah casualties in Lebanon because Hezbollah doesn’t wear uniforms, they regularly launch attacks from civilian […]

Foreign Ahmadinejad’s Mideast Solution: Destroy Israel Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei: ‘America Can Expect A Resounding Slap And A Devastating Fist-Blow From The Muslim Nation’ Hezbollah Kills 11 In Deadliest Day For Israel EU Enlists Syrian Help With Lebanon Crisis (How Pathetic) IDF: “We Are Continuing With Our Message That We Are Not Interested In Fighting […]

Today is Q&A Friday #46 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, it […]

Yesterday, I did an interview with David Siegel, the spokesman at the Israeli embassy in Washington. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation, including part of the pre-interview, which he agreed to allow me to include. Enjoy! John Hawkins: If you notice, in general, the right side of the blogosphere is extremely pro-Israeli. […]

If you’re thinking about investing in that new tinfoil hat manufacturing firm, this would seem to be a pretty good time to invest: “More than a third of the American public suspects that federal officials assisted in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks or took no action to stop them so the United States could […]

Jack Kingston challenged the conservative blogosphere to raise $26,000 by Friday at midnight and said that if we pulled it off, his PAC would give $14,000 to candidates of his choice from the list. Certainly, there were people who were skeptical that we could pull this off. For example, over at Blog P.I. (beta), William […]

A few excerpts from Ann Coulter’s latest column, which features questions and answers that were left out of a Baltimore Sun interview with her: SUN: The last time we spoke, you told me you’re routinely misquoted by newspaper reporters. What are a couple of the more egregious examples? Why does this happen? Ann Coulter: It […]

Oh boy, oh boy — it looks like the fun is about to really get started in Connecticut: “Millionaire businessman Ned Lamont opened a double-digit lead over veteran Sen. Joe Lieberman less than a week before Connecticut’s Democratic primary, according to a poll released Thursday. Lamont, a political novice, has support from 54 percent of […]

From last to first.. Currently Reading: R.A. Salvatore: The Lone Drow: The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, Book II (The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy) 50) R.A. Salvatore: The Thousand Orcs (Forgotten Realms: The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, Book 1) (B: Great characters, but the dialogue seems a little stilted at times.) 49) Donald Kagan: The Peloponnesian War (A: As […]

“The Senate did an abrupt about-face yesterday, voting overwhelmingly to begin paying for 370 miles of fencing and 500 miles of vehicle barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border, just three weeks after voting against the same spending. The amendment’s sponsor said senators were so embarrassed by that July 13 vote that most felt they had to […]

Foreign President Jalal Talabani Predicted Wednesday That Iraqi Troops Will Assume Security Duties For The Whole Country By The End Of The Year EU Won’t Label Hezbollah ‘Terrorist’ Group Claim: Iran Has Freed Osama Bin Laden’s Son To Fight With Hezbollah Israeli ‘Hackers’ Target Hezbollah TV Claim: Iran Working With N.Korea On Missiles Thousands Of […]

One of the hottest races in August features two Republicans going toe to toe in Michigan’s 7th District. The incumbent, establishment candidate Joe Schwartz, is facing off against conservative challenger Tim Walberg in a Republican primary that will be decided next week, on August 8th. Because there is no serious Democratic challenger in the district, […]

It’s seems that the sweaty hoi polloi visiting the Capitol have gone too far: now they’re even using the same elevators as members of Congress! The New York Times has the latest on this appalling development: In addition to lofty issues of war and peace, the Senate is grappling with another urgent matter: the senators-only […]

Here’s a rather tasteless photoshop of Lieberman from the liberal blogosphere’s favorite ultraharpy, Jane Hamsher: You know what the really weird thing is — well, besides the pic itself? There’s nothing about race, racism, or any related topic in her post. It was all just standard lefty boilerplate like: “Lieberman has been an integral part […]

Over at MyDD, Chris Bowers, one of the heavies in the netroots group, has weighed in on Rightroots. Here are some of the comments from Bowers, with mine following: “Now, is a less official capacity, a collection of right-wing blogs has created something called “Rightroots,” which, as Kung Fu quip tells us, was created to […]

Over the last few days, it has been fascinating to watch the whole Mel Gibson story unfold. Here you have a wildly popular actor, who has been unfairly accused of anti-Semitism in the past because of his magnificent movie, “The Passion of the Christ,” going on a drunken, anti-Semitic tirade against some police officers that […]

A while back, I moved over to my current blog host Dreamhost because my host at the time was having horrible, daily problems with their MySQL database. Dreamhost was cheap, they had a great back end, tons of features and they were reliable. Unfortunately, their service has slowly and steadily gotten worse. Now, we’re finally […]

Rightroots: The Kingston Challenge Jack Kingston must have really been happy to see some Republican bloggers finally out there raising money for the GOP because he has made us an offer we can’t refuse: “Dear Friends, I commend the efforts of the Rightroots movement for providing a forum which seeks to help the Republican Party […]

Foreign Israel Sends 10,000 Troops Into Southern Lebanon. Israeli Commandos Raid Hezbollah Hideout In Baalbek Hospital Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Said Tuesday That Israel Is “Winning The Battle” In Its 21-Day Offensive Against Hezbollah Guerillas In Southern Lebanon Hizbollah Bombards Northern Israel Israeli-Arab Objection To Fighting Puts Democracy To The Test U.N. Officials: No Cease-Fire […]

(This post will be on top of the page all day long. Scroll down for updates, Click here to see the slate of candidates and here to see their bios.) As you all probably know, the left-side of the blogosphere has endorsed a slate of Democratic candidates and as of last night about 11:59 PM, […]

Over at the Rantings of a Sandmonkey, which is a pro-American Egyptian blog, the Sandmonkey is asking “Some slightly uncomfortable questions,” to his co-workers and not liking the answers: “I asked him what he would’ve thought, if a Hezbollah rocket had attacked a building in Israel, killing 55 civillians, of which 30 were children. He […]

The folks over at One Jerusalem set up a teleconference today with Israel’s former Ambassador to the UN, Dore Gold, who was in Jerusalem. Interestingly enough, Pam, from Atlas Shrugs, was already there and in his hotel room when the conference started (although she swore up and down that they had a chaperone :) Dore […]

Jimmy Carter weighs in with his “solution” to the fighting in the Middle-East. Unsurprisingly, it amounts to little more than Israel caving in every way possible in return for vague promises that they may or may not get something in return: “The urgent need in Lebanon is that Israeli attacks stop, the nation’s regular military […]

Yesterday, we heard this from Democratic Congressman John Dingell of Michigan: “Yesterday, Representative John Dingell of Michigan appeared on a Detroit television program along with Republican Candice Miller. They discussed the crisis in Lebanon; Dingell proclaimed himself neutral. “I don’t take sides for or against Hezbollah; I don’t take sides for or against Israel.” Asked, […]

Juan Williams came to speak to my history teacher group yesterday about his biography of Thurgood Marshall. His anecdotes contrasting the middle class frat boy that Marshall was in college and the determined fighter for civil rights that Marshall became were fascinating. However, Williams is concerned that civil rights leaders like Marshall who battled death […]

Foreign Israel Approves Wider Ground Offensive Israel Says Hits 2/3 Of Hizbollah’s Heavy Missiles Hizbullah Has Only Few Launchers Left’ (Free Jerusalem Post Reg Req) President Bush Dismissed Any Idea Of Simply “Stopping For The Sake Of Stopping” Without A Plan For Lasting Peace. (Applause) Raise Readiness, Assad Tells Syrian Army (They Don’t Have A […]

National Security should always be put above politics, but that doesn’t mean national security decisions don’t have a political impact. Since that’s the case, let’s take a look at the implications of what’s going on between Israel and Lebanon for George Bush. The first thing of note is that Israel is getting very strong support […]