Author: John Hawkins

John Hawkins:: Do you believe that Gulf War Syndrome exists? If not, can you elaborate on why you say that? Michael Fumento:: It means no more than saying that everybody in Florida who contracts an illness has “Florida Illness Syndrome.” The only thing sick Gulf vets have in common is that they all served in the Gulf […]

John Hawkins:: Just because I know people will claim that you’re conservative because you’re criticizing the media, could you tell us what your ideology is? Bernard Goldberg:: The reason they do that John is so I’ll be automatically marginalized. I wrote in “Bias” that I would make racial discrimination a criminal offense, not just a civil offense. […]

John Hawkins:: To begin with, Eric Alterman has been the champion of people on the left who claim that the media is now dominated by Conservatives. In your opinion, does the media on the whole slant to the left, to the right, or are does the media seem to be “fair and balanced?” David Horowitz:: Eric Alterman […]

John Hawkins:: Why do you think the left hasn’t made it in talk radio yet? Michael Medved:: Because of the nature of successful talk radio stations. One of the factors in radio is that you have stations that occupy very clearly defined niches. For instance, people wouldn’t enjoy it if a country station was suddenly playing Mozart […]

I recently had an opportunity to do a phone interview with Middle Eastern expert Daniel Pipes. He’s the author of 11 books, has lectured in twenty-five countries, and has appeared on shows like ABC World News, CBS Reports, Crossfire, Good Morning America, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, O’Reilly Factor, and The Today Show. John Hawkins:: Almost […]

John Hawkins:: We’re now hearing that Saddam Hussein skimmed $21 billion off the top from the Oil For Food program, some of which was paid to Palestinian suicide bombers, and the UN doesn’t seem too anxious to get to the bottom of it. What should be the end result of all this in your opinion? Jed […]

John Hawkins:: Why did you create: ifeminists.com: and what is the purpose of the page? Wendy McElroy:: Ifeminists.com fills a void for information on individualist feminism. It offers a database of over two thousand URLs that lead to news items, commentary, organizations, etc. It provides a nexus where a community can grow on the Bulletin Board and the email […]

John Hawkins:: What’s your opinion of how things are going in post-war Iraq? Compared to other similar operations throughout history, how do you think we’ve done so far overall? Victor Davis Hanson:: I think that if we look at it in the longer historical expanse from the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime and not concentrate on […]

Charles Johnson’s “Little Green Footballs” web page is one of the most popular political blogs on the net. Recently, I had a chance to interview him by email and we discussed several things including the content management system he’s creating, how the Israel/Palestine conflict can be solved, and Europe’s reasons for being so stridently anti-Israel. […]

John Hawkins:: To begin with, I’m not sure there is any word in politics that has been more distorted or misused than the word neocon. So, since you’re generally thought to be a prominent neocon, I’m sure you can clear things up for us. In your opinion, what is a neocon? David Frum:: It beats the hell […]

John Hawkins:: Why did you decide to start “Overlawyered.com?” Walter Olson:: I launched it in July 1999, at a time when there were few if any policy weblogs. It had its origin as an overgrown bookmark file for clips I hoped to use in my future writing about the American legal system — noteworthy cases, op-ed columns, […]