Author: John Hawkins

South America is known for unstable governments, coups, and loud mouthed strong men. With that in mind, when most people heard that the military had deposed the President of Honduras, it was just another sad chapter in that continent’s checkered history — but something very different is actually going on there, That (Deposed President Mel […]

Just about everyone acknowledges, inside the Republican Party and out, that the GOP needs to do a much better job of bringing minorities into the party. There’s a big problem, however, with doing that, one that is seldom discussed. You see, the issues preventing Republicans from bringing more minorities into the party are cultural as […]

Nancy Pelosi is trying, and for the moment at least, failing to ram through the Cap and Trade Bill, H.R. 2454, which is also called Waxman-Markey. This bill will drive up gas prices. It’ll drive up energy prices. It’s the biggest tax increase in American history and it will hurt American families and businesses across […]

Question: “What’s the funniest movie you’ve ever seen? Or if you’d prefer to go the opposite route, what’s the saddest?” — Good_Ol_Boy Answer: Ok, let’s do both. The 5 Funniest Movies I’ve Ever Seen. In no particular order, Something About Mary: Why was there never a Something About Mary 2? Animal House: This has inspired […]

Question: “Have you been paying any attention to Jerome Ersland case here in Oklahoma, and if so, do you have any thoughts about whether his actions crossed the line into murder or not?” — President_Friedman Answer: For those who are unfamiliar with it, here’s a succinct wrap-up of the Jerome Ersland case, Ersland, of Chickasha, […]

Question: “Did you ever expect Atlas Shrugged to really come true? How additionally disturbing do you find it that entitlement and sloth seem to have replaced “The Strike” as the sleeper hold on productivity that is accelerating the looter/moocher death spiral?” — Mike_M Answer: The actions the Bush Administration in its last days and Barack […]

Question: “Is The “Deadliest Warrior” the coolest concept for a television show ever?!” — Good_Ol_Boy Answer: I watched all the episodes from the first season of the Deadliest Warrior and I liked the show a lot. For those of you who haven’t seen it, the show pits different warriors from different eras against each other. […]

“Moreover, if the better part of valor is for America to stand neutral between freedom and Islamic oppression, why are liberals trying to credit Obama’s ridiculous Cairo speech for emboldening the Iranian protesters? The only reason that bald contradiction doesn’t smack you in the face is that it is utterly preposterous that Obama’s Cairo speech […]

I was reading through Mark Sanford’s emails to his mistress in Argentina and it’s hard to even imagine how humiliating it must be for everyone involved, including his wife, to see those emails in the paper. Furthermore, despite myself, I felt a twinge of pity for Mark Sanford after reading this passage, “While all the […]

Have you ever been frustrated because you needed something done and couldn’t get a person on the other line who had the authority, competence, or even just the human compassion to listen to your problem and try to fix it? Most of us have been there at one time or another and it’s extremely frustrating, […]

* Could the Iranian regime have been emboldened to murder the protesters by the wimpiness of Obama’s Cairo speech? * Incidentally, now would be a really great time for Mark Sanford to pull an Arlen Specter. Just saying. * The Iranian people are in desperate need of large numbers of guns and explosives. The CIA […]

The Right has taken the Mark Sanford affair particularly hard for at least three reasons. 1) News of John Ensign’s affair just broke. Having another affair hit the news so soon afterwards is frustrating to conservatives. 2) Unlike Ensign, Mark Sanford was a legitimate 2012 contender and was viewed as one of the biggest rising […]

Wow. When Mark Sanford originally was “missing” for five days, I defended him — at least to a certain extent. Yesterday, when the “Mark Sanford is Missing” story hit Drudge, I thought it was tremendously unfair to Sanford. Couldn’t the guy take a four day week-end without people proclaiming he is “missing?” …because he has […]

“Brave Sir Obama ran away. Bravely ran away, away! When danger reared its ugly head, He bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes, brave Sir Obama turned about And gallantly he chickened out. Bravely taking to his feet He beat a very brave retreat, Bravest of the brave, Sir Obama!” — A slightly edited version […]

I’ve been saying all along that barring some sort of unforeseen mishap, if Sarah Palin decides to run in 2012, she will start out as the favorite to take the nomination. There are two reasons for that. First off, as I have been saying for quite a while, she has a very strong, enthusiastic base […]

You’ve heard of Perez Hilton, right? The obnoxious bully who insults people all day long on his huge gossip blog and draws semen dribbling out of their mouths on their photos? Well, after picking a fight with Carrie Prejean on gay marriage at the Miss USA (Nobody has yet been able to explain why a […]

Last week-end, I got together with Texas Governor Rick Perry for an interview. I found him to be an extremely impressive guy over the phone. He has a great personality and is a terrific ambassador for the state of Texas. What follows is a slightly edited transcript of our conversation. Enjoy! Now you actually wrote […]

Personally, I am not a big fan of tattoos — especially for women. In fact, in my entire life, I can think of exactly two women who had tats that I liked. One of was some chick I passed in Wal-Mart, who was heavily tattooed up and down her arm and neck and I just […]

In politics, it’s not about where the poll numbers are today, it’s about where they’re going to be by the next election. Some Republicans have said that it’s foolish for the GOP to lay down a marker on fiscal issues because Americans love big government now and aren’t going to make decisions in the voting […]

Yesterday, when the “Mark Sanford is Missing” story hit Drudge, I thought it was tremendously unfair to Sanford. Couldn’t the guy take a four day week-end without people proclaiming he is “missing?” Moreover, as Redstate has noted, the story isn’t nearly as troubling when you know all the facts, First, we need to be clear […]

Liberals care about the poor: Almost every program the Left supports to “help” the poor in this country is surreptitiously designed to de-motivate them and keep them dependent on the government. The Left saps their will to work with welfare and food stamps, the Left reduces their income and puts them out of jobs by […]

Back on April 10th, I ran a story called, “An Indication At Walgreens That Obama’s Honeymoon May Be Just About Over.” That indication was that Obama collectible plates had plunged in price, Notice what we have there: loads of Obama kitsch, discounted down from $19.99 to $5.19. Let me tell you something, folks: You don’t […]

My co-blogger Melissa Clouthier tweeted out an article called The Dark Side of Twittering a Revolution. The alarmism of it intrigued me enough to write about it. From the author, Jamais Cascio, The emergence of Twitter as a heroic enabling technology for the pro-democracy demonstrators in Iran this past week has been a thrilling reminder […]

From the New York Times, David Rohde, a New York Times reporter who was kidnapped by the Taliban, escaped Friday night and made his way to freedom after more than seven months of captivity in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mr. Rohde, along with a local reporter, Tahir Ludin, and their driver, Asadullah Mangal, […]

A lot of people think China is destined to be the world’s next great super power. They have the world’s largest population, a thriving economy, a huge cash surplus, a large manufacturing base, and one of the world’s strongest militaries. China certainly does have plenty of advantages — but, and this is a huge but […]

Over at Time, Kevin O’Leary asks, “Can the U.S. Afford to Let California Fail?,” States across the nation are suffering the effects of lost tax revenue in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. California’s woes are similar and different in kind, played out on a grand scale in a state that boasts the […]

Rarely do I get an opportunity to compliment Barack Obama, but if he actually stops this North Korean ship, he can at least count on a round of applause from me, The U.S. military is planning to intercept a flagged North Korean ship suspected of proliferating weapons material in violation of a U.N. Security Council […]

There have been more twists and turns to the saga of the kittens that were born under my house — starting with the fact that they apparently weren’t born under my house. A neighbor told me that the mother had kittens under his out-building, then his dog started nosing around, and she moved them. Since […]

The great thing about government health care is … you can start denying coverage for demographics that don’t vote for you. — Borris While Mr. von Brunn is currently being made out to be the poster child of the Republican Party, even a cursory look at his professed views shows he is the avowed enemy […]

From CQ Politics, Early in his presidency, Barack Obama had a grace period when the public saw the nation’s problems as ones he inherited, but two new polls — by New York Times/CBS News and Wall Street Journal/NBC News – make clear that there are rising concerns about his policies The biggest public concern is […]