Year: 2009

In order to recognize the excellent work some of our fellow bloggers have been doing, RWN has put together the “7th Annual Right Wing News Conservative Blog Awards.”* More than 250 bloggers were invited to vote for their favorite blog in numerous categories and 46 responded. Here were the rules of the contest: 1) For […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Mark Steyn: The ‘Oldest Hatred’. It didn’t get that way without an ability to adapt. Cracked: 6 insane prison escapes that actually happened Toptenz: Top 10 strange competitions Stephen Moore: ‘Atlas Shrugged’: From fiction to fact in 52 years (fantastic) Egotastic!: Kelly […]

From RWN reader RtWingNtCase, Just thought I’d drop you a line from Iraq. I post on your site under RtWingNtCase, although, obviously, I haven’t had much of a chance to do so recently. I deployed here just over two months ago and “the busiest I’ve ever been” would be the phrase I’d use to describe […]

Isn’t this sweet? The story of Barack Obama’s journey to the presidency. This 144-page, hard-cover, full-color book collects the best writing and photographs from McClatchy’s Washington Bureau and its 30 newspapers. It presents one of the most compelling portraits ever of this unprecedented election. Reserve your copy today! The book’s title comes from Obama’s speech […]

If you’re wondering what’s up for Congress, this list of the first 10 Senate bills might give you a preview: * S.1 – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 A bill to create jobs, restore economic growth, and strengthen America’s middle class through measures that modernize the nation’s infrastructure, enhance America’s energy independence, expand […]

We’ve all heard the eco-warriors talk about the extinction of mankind as a benefit to the planet. Who cares about humans, Gaia must reign supreme! The latest reason to stop with the babymakin’, though, is because it is SEXIST!!!!!!!!!! While of course we’re used to the feminist argument that marriage is just legal slavery or […]

Rank antisemitism, of the “back into the ovens” variety, is now officially unremarkable in the streets of liberal Western democracies. Give Glenn Reynolds credit: Believe it or not, his running links to each publication of a column or blog item pointing out the gross Sturmer-ization of the world media about Israel — “It was the […]

It’s confirmed: the Internet is bad for global warming, er, climate change, or whateverthehell they are calling it nowadays. Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea, according to new […]

Crossposted from Stop the ACLU! Written by William Teach. Here’s one of those “I agree with the ACLU” stories, that occur around 1% of the time: ACLU protests force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wrote a letter to US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Friday protesting the “inhumane and unlawful practice” of […]

It was my nose: it found another book, and dived in. This time it’s Professor Sowell’s A Conflict of Visions, which encapsulates rather perfectly many of the philosophical differences behind what we call “liberalism” and “conservatism” today. There is, among progressives, a long and abiding belief in the perfectibility of human nature, which leads many […]

A friend informs me that today (Saturday) is the last day of the week in determining bestsellers, so if you want to make sure that Ann Coulter’s Guilty: Liberal ‘Victims’ and Their Assault on America debuts on the charts at No. 1, buy it today. (Cross-posted at The Other McCain.)

Hamas has been making much of its dead children. It had a field day with photos of those children who died when the IDF shot shells into a “UN school.” Most of the world (including, of course, a credulous and/or complicit media) managed to ignore the fact that it’s bizarre that, in the midst of […]

When Bill Richardson pulled out, MK Ham quipped, “The Obama transition train just keeps on chugging down the tracks to Smoothville, huh?” And the Smoothville Express just keeps on a-chugging: Eric H. Holder Jr. is facing increasing resistance to his bid to become the next attorney general, emerging from President-elect Barack Obama’s Cabinet nominees as […]

Considering our numbers, Canada has suffered big losses in Afghanistan, fighting an unpopular war (public support in Canada runs about 50/50). Now Canadian mil-blogger Damian Brooks is headed over to cover Afghanistan, on his own dime. He writes: It’s going to be a couple thousand bucks: insurance so my family’s covered if something goes wrong, […]

Here’s the Right Wing News guest blogger line-up this week-end. Saturday ——– Bookworm from Bookworm Room Cassy Fiano Kathy Shaidle Five Feet Of Fury Morgan from House of Eratosthenes Gina Cobb John Stephenson from Stop The ACLU Little Miss Attila Cassandra from Villainous Company Sunday ——- Ron Coleman from Likelihood of Success Sister Toldjah William […]

Jimmy Carter starts his article in the Washington Post this way: I know from personal involvement that the devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided. After visiting Sderot last April and seeing the serious psychological damage caused by the rockets that had fallen in that area, my wife, Rosalynn, and I […]

MSNBC hack: 65% of Americans believe Palin to be unqualified Hmmmm…..could that be because the media, over and over, portrayed her as unqualified? This becomes a chicken-egg thing. The media quotes an image of a person they created as evidence the person is the image. Palin’s home state had an over 80% approval rating of […]

Newsflash, people, Jesus was a Jew, The Guardian’s Howard Jacobson informs us. His real message seems to explain why Jews still fear Christians (and I might add, ignore all the evidence to the contrary and vote for people who actually aren’t pro-Israel and pro-Jew). He says: It is a question of the deepest interest, how […]

Here‘s where your money may go next, after the State has moved on from bailing out bankers, brokers, and Detroit: Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis and “Hustler” magazine publisher Larry Flynt have said they will petition Congress for financial aid along the lines of what the Big Three auto makers are getting. Francis said […]

PETA’s quest to make the world safe for seafood has inspired a new extreme of guffaw-inducing self-parody: Radical international animal rights group PETA has launched its most bizarre campaign yet, demanding fish be renamed “sea kittens”. PETA – People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals – believes calling fish sea kittens will make sea food […]

Somebody at Ann Coulter’s publicist told me that I’m actually referenced in her new book, Guilty, and they’re supposed to be sending me a copy. In the meantime, Lisa De Pasquale has a review at Human Events: In the chapter, “Victim of a Crime? Thank a Single Mother,” Coulter writes, “The most worshipped figure in […]

It’s been days now, but I keep hoping that if I wait long enough, someone will wake me up and tell me that this was just a joke. I mean, Al Franken couldn’t have won Norm Coleman’s Senate seat in real life – at least not in any rational, just world. And not in America, […]

In 2007, it seemed that every toy that came out of China was covered in lead based paint.  There were other concerns, like the pet food they exported made with deadly chemicals.  That was devastating to some pet owners. In response to this, Congress swiftly leapt into action and passed the “Consumer Product Safety Improvement […]

Apparently, Barack Obama is appearing in the comic book of my favorite childhood super-hero, Spider-Man. I don’t know every detail of the issue, but my guess is that it goes something like this, PS: I look forward to next month’s edition of the X-Men where Obama convinces Wolverine to turn to non-violence and starts unconditional […]

I’m sure a lot of people will claim that bloggers will miss these papers when they’re gone, but every time a liberal paper or journalist loses his job, it puts a little smile on my face, The future of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer appeared uncertain tonight after a local television station reported the newspaper is setting […]

Unsurprisingly, Bambi’s administration is going to have talks with Hamas, The incoming Obama administration is prepared to abandon George Bush’s :­doctrine of isolating Hamas by establishing a channel to the Islamist organisation, sources close to the transition team say. The move to open contacts with Hamas, which could be initiated through the US intelligence services, […]

* Note that all of the quotes you are about to read come from the writers at the Daily Kos, not the commenters. 10) “You Americans Aren’t Selfish Enough “You pay all these taxes but you don’t want anything in return for it. You don’t want free health care. You don’t want time off of […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: The Shark Guys: Top 5 moments in junk science, 2008. The Corner: A breakdown of illegitimacy by ethnic group in the United States Right Wing Sparkle: Obama supporter mug shots Egotastic!: Mischa Barton bikini pics Also, you’ll want to see these vids […]

I regularly poll right-of-center bloggers on a variety of different issues and if you are a right-of-center blogger, aren’t on my email list. and would like to be — please shoot me an email at the following address johnhawkins -at- rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com. One caveat: there are a few qualifications to make sure that I don’t add […]