Author: John Hawkins

RWN’s David Horowitz Interview #2

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I’m a big fan of David Horowitz’s work and I was very pleased to get an opportunity to interview him about his new book, Reforming Our Universities: The Campaign For An Academic Bill Of Rights. What follows is the transcript of our conversation, edited significantly for brevity’s sake (The conversation went a full 27 minutes, […]

 

This Week In Quotes: 10/15 – 10/21

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Washington is borrowing 37 cents of every dollar it spends from our kids and grandkids. Given that, I think it’s reasonable to ask why Congress is spending taxpayers’ money to support a left-wing radio network – and in the wake of Juan Williams’ firing, it’s clearer than ever that’s what NPR is. — John Boehner […]

 

Vroom, Vroom, Clunk! It Seems Government Motors’ Volt Is A Fraud

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Even if the pitch Government Motors had been making were true, the Volt was not a terribly appealing car. Here was my summary of the Volt from a post back in July: Replacing a gas powered car with the best electric cars on the market, the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf, would be like […]

 

In Defense Of….Sigh, Justin Bieber.

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It goes without saying that I’m not a fan of Justin Bieber. He’s annoying, his music sucks, and he has a hairstyle better left to young lesbians. That being said, the alleged “assault” he suffered undoubtedly has more to do with some sleazebag trying to make money playing lawsuit lottery than it does with anything […]

 

Jonathan Martin’s Crappy, Unsourced, Third Rate, Amateur Hour Hit Piece On Sarah Palin

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Are you surprised that Sarah Palin’s busy? No? Then you’re apparently sharper than Jonathan Martin at the Politico, who wrote an extraordinarily mediocre hit piece on Sarah Palin that would never, in a hundred years, have seen the light of day had it been aimed at say, Barack Obama. First off, the allegations in it […]

 

The Billboard That Steve Driehaus (D-Abortion) Doesn’t Want You To See

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In what was one of the biggest sell-outs of recent memory, Bart Stupak’s pro-life faction in the Democratic Party signed on to a bill that federally funds abortions. Stupak himself had previously admitted that’s what it did, but of course, he changed his tune after he tossed millions of babies into an abattoir to please […]

 

“At This Pace, We’re Headed Toward A 65-70-Seat Democratic Majority In The Senate By The End Of 2010.” — Kos

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On election day, as you happily float down a river of Democratic tears, you can take a little extra pleasure as you think back to this Oct 7, 2008 post by Kos, Republicans lament 2008, but they profess hope for 2010… ….Boy, delusional to the end. As I’ve written before, the 2010 map looks even […]

 

Quote Of The Day: Why Character Is Dying In America

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RWN doesn’t generally do quotes of the day anymore, but last night, as I read James Davison Hunter’s The Death of Character: On the Moral Education of America’s Children, there was an extraordinary paragraph that jumped out at me so much that I thought it deserved its own post: We say we want a renewal […]

 

Are We Making It Impossible For Our Own Troops To Beat The Taliban?

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It has been clear since the Bush years that there’s a contingent in the military that’s a lot more concerned about promotions and bad press than they are about the lives of the troops or winning wars, but it seems to be getting worse under the Obama administration: To the U.S. Army soldiers and Marines […]

 

Latinos For Reform: Latinos Shouldn’t Vote?

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So have you heard? There’s a group called Latinos for Reform urging Hispanic voters not to vote in Nevada because the Democrats lied about amnesty. Here’s a spot they’ve done: The Left is painting these guys as a bunch of Bushies trying to suppress the Latino vote — and they do have some strong Republican […]

 

The Return Of Black Republicans To The House: 3 Races To Watch

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There are a lot of “themes” to this election. The year of the Republican woman. The Tea Party vs. the elitists. The conservative grassroots vs. the establishment Republicans. Small government conservatives vs. big government Democrats. The American people vs. liberalism. However, there’s one mini-trend that has been largely overlooked: There were a surprising number of […]

 

There Are Practical Problems With Ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? You Don’t Say.

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Over at the New York Times, they’re outrageously OUTRAGED that there might be any sort of real world consequences to ending the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy: Although President Obama and the Pentagon’s top leaders have all said they want the law repealed, the Justice Department on Thursday asked Judge Phillips to stay her injunction […]

 

Everything You Need To Know About Why This Nation Has So Many Problems In One Poll

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Courtesy of Gallup, here’s a trend we see turning up again and again in politics: In other words, Americans recognize that we can’t pay for these programs as is, but they don’t want to raise taxes or cut benefits so that we can cover the cost. This is the schizophrenic nature of democracy in this […]

 

This Will Be The GOP’s Best Chance To Reach Black Americans For A Generation

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That title runs directly counter to conventional wisdom, doesn’t it? After all, the Democrats just elected a black President who has a 90% approval rating with black Americans. Moreover, the false cries of racism are ever present these days. So how in the world could this be the GOP’s best chance in a generation to […]

 

Another Nail In The Coffin Of Liberal Feminism

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Q: So, what do you get when someone calls a female politician a whore? A: A National Organization for Women endorsement. That’s not a joke, it happened. Last week, the National Organization for Women and the PAC of the California NOW chapter took heat for their endorsement of state Attorney General Jerry Brown (D) over […]

 

Exclusive To RWN: Dan Benishek Responds to Barack Obama on “Shovel Ready Projects”

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Remember Bart Stupak? Yes, that’s the very same Democrat who claimed to be pro-life, yet signed on to a health care bill that funds abortion with your tax dollars. Well happily, that turned out to be a career-ending move for Stupak. Now, a conservative doctor, Dan Benishek, is actually fighting to put a real pro-life […]

 

Science vs. Scientific Consensus On Global Warming

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Over at the New York Times, Ross Douthat, who’s a true believer in global warming, wrote a surprisingly intriguing piece called, “Why Don’t Republicans Believe in Climate Change?” The reason I say, “surprisingly intriguing” is because most pieces of the sort that Douthat’s writing are tedious, insult-laden borefests. Pieces like that are so common and […]

 

Two Democratic Ads Show You Just How Bad It Has Gotten For The Democrats Out There

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How bad is it for Democrats out there? So bad that pretend moderates like Bobby Bright and Jim Marshall are out there trumpeting how much they don’t like Nancy Pelosi. Here’s Bobby Bright’s new ad pledging not to vote for Nancy Pelosi as speaker…again. Of course, as the NRCC has pointed out, Bobby Bright votes […]

 

Every Obama Promise Has A Shelf Life: The Shovel Ready Edition

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The image is positively retro. Picture a sweaty brow, rolled-up sleeves, knotty forearms, calloused hands. Picture virgin land, just waiting to be transformed. Shovel-ready land. This is America on the eve of the Obama era. Shovel-ready. He keeps telling us so. On “Meet the Press,” fill-in host Tom Brokaw wants to know how quickly Barack […]

 

Swastikas Painted On A Jewish Candidate’s Sign: Why Isn’t This A Front Page Story?

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If a noose is found on a college campus, it can be front page news all across the country. If some local Republican official in nowhereville, South Dakota says something racist, there’s a decent chance it’ll make the New York Times. If there’s a racist sign at a Tea Party in the backwaters of Louisiana, […]

 

The David Frum/Alex Knepper vs. NewsReal Child Sex Fight – Exclusive: Alex Knepper Comments

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The beginning of the David Frum/Alex Knepper vs. NewsReal child sex fight in a nutshell: Alex Knepper is a young blogger who has written for a number of different conservative blogs including Newsreal, The Daily Caller, Newsbusters, and Frum Forum. Knepper wrote some pieces for Newsreal that they found objectionable, primarily because they believed Knepper […]

 

The Network Neutrality Issue In A Nutshell

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Network Neutrality is an extraordinarily complex subject. Even explaining it in a way that people can understand is difficult to do. That problem is compounded by the fact that a lot of what you read about net neutrality is just plain old wrong. Perhaps worse yet, given the complexity involved, the government is looking to […]

 

Amsterdam Shows The Futility Of Legalizing Drugs

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There’s a contingent out there in American politics that argues we should legalize drugs. The reasons why this isn’t a good idea are legion and arguments in favor of it tend to be rather flimsy once they’re examined. One of them that we often hear is that cannabis is legal in Amsterdam and it’s working […]

 

The P.J. O’Rourke Interview

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P.J. O’Rourke is not only knowledgable, he’s one of the best writers the Right has ever produced. Additionally, he’s the single best foreign affairs reporter I’ve ever read. Nobody makes another country come alive like P.J. O’Rourke. I can also tell you from personal experience that P.J.’s new book Don’t Vote It Just Encourages the […]