Author: John Hawkins

“Columns will survive or not as the market dictates…” — Kathleen Parker * These column rankings from snide, juvenile, whiny Sarah Palin/social conservative foe Kathleen Parker come from Townhall.

Courtesy of the nation’s top cutting edge, online paper, the Weekly World News, there is huge news out of Illinois! Apparently, in a surprise move, Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich is appointing a Republican to fill Barack Obama’s Senate Seat, At a press conference this morning, Governor Rod Blagojevich unveiled a resurrected Abraham Lincoln as the […]

As bizarre and surreal as this story may seem, it’s oddly typical of the attitude on the left here in America and across the world, On the evening of Nov. 26, the biggest names in Bollywood walked the red carpet at the Bombay premiere of “The President Is Coming,” a comedy about six 20-somethings vying […]

“This domestic troop deployment looks at best to be part of the Bush Administration’s last-minute plans to leave its fascist mark on this country in perpetuity before leaving. At worst it’s a sign that the current Administration has no intention of leaving at all.” — Brilliant at Breakfast There seems to be –ahem — a […]

Via The Corner, we get a story about a blatantly discriminatory practice that doesn’t belong in this century, The Oregon Department of Transportation is facing criticism over an effort to give more work to specific groups of minority contractors. A $30 million project to add a lane to Highway 217 in Washington County is the […]

“The One” has caused some controversy by contradicting the Bible on who can get into heaven, The impetus was an interview conducted four years by Cathleen Falsani of the Chicago Sun Times. She’d already published a column based on the interview but Beliefnet published the full transcript after the election. That interview included the following […]

Tomorrow, Saxby Chambliss has his run-off election with Jim Martin and given that it’s a close race and holding on to his seat is incredibly important, he could have just about any Republican he wants on the campaign trail for him today. He could have John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Bush, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, […]

“At least two senior Indian officials have now resigned over their failure to thwart the horrific attacks in Mumbai last week, as further evidence emerged Monday of the possible links to Pakistan of the gunmen who went on a 60-hour rampage in India’s financial capital. How many people resigned over 9/11? Over the immigration disaster? […]

There are a lot of valid complaints about conservative messaging on illegal immigration. Unfortunately, those of us who are in favor of securing the border and against amnesty can come across, falsely, as being hostile to Hispanic Americans. With that in mind, here are points that may deserve to get a little more attention when […]

Score 1 for the good guys, That is just the point. Fueled by technology and a powerful victims’ rights movement, “victim impact videos” are becoming staples in criminal trials nationwide. The increasingly sophisticated multimedia presentations depict victims from cradle to grave, often with soft music in the background, tugging on the heartstrings of jurors. Defense […]

As a student of human nature, I was absolutely FASCINATED by this story, Lois Feldman of Carroll, Iowa was enjoying a one sided college football game (55-0) between her beloved Iowa Hawkeyes and the Minnesota Gophers last weekend when she suddenly opted to engage in a quickie sex romp with a stranger in the Minneapolis […]

Via Dr. Helen comes the latest trend in feminizing men: Mantyhose — no, seriously! My first thought after looking at these guys was Silence of the Lambs. Ya know, Buffalo Bill: “It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again!” Dr. Helen had a different take on it, “Are they […]

After a GOP beating, there is always a debate between the people who want the party to become more principled and those who want to turn the GOP into a poll-driven pile of mush that they believe will be more appealing to centrists. The problem with this whole discussion is that the “we need to […]

Making The Case For A Federal Marriage Amendment. The Problem With Our Education System Is Not Money. How I Became A Conservative. Answering 20 Frequently Asked Questions About Conservatism. On Anti-Intellectualism. Tackling a Handful of Immigration Myths, Misnomers and Red Herrings. Don’t Go Ga-Ga Over Global Warming. Seven Don’ts For Our Modern World. Hard Truths […]

Over at Instapundit, Glenn Reynolds is expressing a sentiment I’ve been hearing semi-regularly behind the scenes, HAPPY THANKSGIVING: Leaving the Bush tax cuts alone. Putting Iraq-war supporters in as Vice President and Secretary of State. And now keeping Bush’s Defense Secretary on. I’m beginning to feel like I won this election! Obama is not a […]

Mort Kondracke says the Republican Party can be as popular as he is if they’ll simply stop listening to those darn conservatives, How can the Republican Party rebound? The first step would be to quit letting Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham set its agenda. …But step 1 is to fire Limbaugh and his […]

Late last week, I was pleased to have an opportunity to once again interview Senator Jim DeMint (Previous interviews here and here, on the bailout crisis). What follows is a slightly edited transcript of our phone conversation. The GOP has taken a tremendous beating, two elections in a row now, and I hate to say […]

“Jim Bianco of Bianco Research crunched the inflation adjusted numbers. The bailout has cost more than all of these big budget government expenditures – combined: * Marshall Plan: Cost: $12.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $115.3 billion * Louisiana Purchase: Cost: $15 million, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $217 billion * Race to the Moon: Cost: $36.4 billion, […]

From my email last night, “Just wondering why you refuse to have any articles any longer on the topic of Obama’s eligibility and citizenship, especially in light of the fact that this will be before the full Supreme Court on December 5th?…” — rrobin There’s a simple reason that I haven’t spent much time on […]

“Washington is a city that glories in Wall Street’s misfortunes. …On Wall Street, financial crisis destroys jobs. Here in Washington, it creates them. The rest is just details.” — Timothy Noah

Via the Scotsman, THOUSANDS of Icelanders have demonstrated in Reykjavik to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Geir Haarde and Central Bank governor David Oddsson, for failing to stop the country’s financial meltdown. It was the latest in a series of protests in the capital since October’s banking collapse crippled the island’s economy. At least […]

Over at the Wall Street Journal, Brett Stephens asks a relevant question, “Why Don’t We Hang Pirates Anymore?” It’s a safe bet, dear reader, that the title of this column has caused you to either (a) roll your eyes and wonder, What century do you think we’re living in? or (b) scratch your head and […]

The words “too big to fail” are often bandied about these days as an excuse to use billions more of our tax dollars to bail out yet another company. It seems to me that if a company is “too big to fail,” then perhaps it should be treated as a monopoly and broken up into […]

Edmund Burke once said, “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” The corollary to that statement here in the United States could be, “All that was necessary for the Democrats to triumph was for conservatives to do nothing.” It’s fashionable to blame George W. Bush, the Republicans […]

The U.S. government is prepared to lend more than $7.4 trillion on behalf of American taxpayers, or half the value of everything produced in the nation last year, to rescue the financial system since the credit markets seized up 15 months ago. …The worst financial crisis in two generations has erased $23 trillion, or 38 […]

Noted anti-Semitic lunatic, Louis Farrakhan had some kind words for Barack Obama and his former spiritual mentor, Jeremiah Wright, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday called President-elect Barack Obama “America’s blessing,” and said he believes Obama’s election came about by intervention from God. …”Barack Obama has lifted all of us. We can never […]

During tough economic times, when Americans are struggling, it makes even less sense than normal to cater to illegal immigrants who take jobs from American workers, drive down wages, and soak up government services via the children whom they have on American soil. That being said, the way the Bush Administration has handled immigrant widows […]

Unsurprisingly, since Obama has been elected, the Klan and other hate groups have been more active, Barely three weeks since America elected its first black president, noose hangings, racist graffiti and death threats have struck dozens of towns across the country. More than 200 such incidents — including cross burnings, assassination betting pools and effigies […]

As you’re reading this story, you’re going to be tempted to laugh, but you might want to hold your chuckles for a few minutes, A college student in southern China was bitten by a panda after he broke into the bear’s enclosure hoping to get a hug, state media and a park employee said Saturday. […]

Right Wing News emailed almost 260 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of whom they considered to be their “Least Favorite People On The Left.” Representatives from the following 48 blogs responded… All American Blogger, Argghhhh!, AtlanticBlog, Baldilocks, The Baseball Crank, Bookworm Room, Bright & Early, Bull Moose Strikes Back, The […]