Author: John Hawkins

Too often during the Bush years, Republicans became enamored with the idea of compromising for compromise’s sake. Good idea, bad idea, it really didn’t matter because it wasn’t about doing what was right for the country, looking out for their constituents, or even helping the Republican Party. No, no, to the contrary, as long as […]

One of the great ironies of heavily over-regulated, overlawyered, and over-nannied society is that the makers of dietary supplements are allowed to make wild, completely unsupportable claims about their products while the government sits around with their thumbs up their behinds. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that people selling Yohimbe and […]

Folks, very rarely do I post press releases/emails from political operatives, but this one that I received today from Michael Steel, John Boehner’s press secretary, was so full of awesome that it just had to go up. Enjoy! Folks — Yesterday, after Press Secretary Robert Gibbs offered to post the Republican health care plan on […]

I caught Glenn Beck’s speech at CPAC live and enjoyed it immensely. However, amongst other bloggers, the reviews were decidedly mixed. No big deal — to each his own. But, there’s one particular criticism that has been aimed at Beck’s speech that I think is off the mark. First off, here’s what Beck said about […]