Author: John Hawkins

“The convergence of an economic crisis and complete Democratic control of Washington should alarm even those conservatives eager to wash their hands of the GOP. The best reason for even the most disaffected right-winger to root for a McCain victory is simple: To the extent that much of the progressive agenda is a program in […]

Folks, I’d like to take a moment to encourage you to chip in a few bucks to Andy Harris. Harris is a conservative Navy vet running in a very Republican district, but he’s in jeopardy for the same reason you should particularly want to support him: he beat Chafeesque RINO Wayne Gilchrist in the primary […]

Question: “I have heard attacks against CEO’s getting “golden parachutes” lately, because the economic downturn and the fact that we are paying for some of these in the numerous bailouts. This policy of awarding money upon firing is becoming standard practice, but can’t be good for the future of our corporations. Although I realize that […]

Question: Will America ever stop subsidizing bad decision ie, will we ever get back the small fed that the founders envisioned, and we lived under until the New Deal?” — bthewolf Answer: That is highly doubtful, my friend, because only a teeny, tiny percentage of Americans genuinely wants to do that today and explaining why […]

Question: “Why is there a PETA ad linked from the right-hand frame of RWN?” — jimb123 Answer: I’ve actually been meaning to write a post about this, so now is as good a time as any to do it. First off, long time readers of RWN know that if people are willing to pay me […]

Question: “If you could enact a single piece of legislation, for the sole purpose of streamlining/improving the way Congress as a whole functions, what would it be?” — Good_Ol_Boy Answer: Term limits, term limits, and term limits. It’s more important than a balanced budget amendment, a fair tax, or any other piece of legislation you […]

Question: “Is healthcare a “right” or a “responsibility”? — rrobin Answer: There is no such thing as a “right” that other people have to pay for. That’s why food, shelter, education, and healthcare aren’t “rights.” If we are foolish enough as a society to ever start treating healthcare as a “right,” there will be no […]

Looking at the last 10 national polls or so, the real numbers are probably something very close to Obama 48 vs. McCain 43. The undecided voters will probably break towards McCain at a better than even rate, but to have a chance, McCain needs to close that gap significantly in October. In other words, he […]

Conservatives, liberals, and independents tend to have a different view of the world and all too often, pundits on the right and left end up preaching to the choir instead of putting out columns that make good sense to people who don’t necessarily share our political views. So today, I’d like to do something a […]

From the Horse’s Mouth “You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these […]

Wackjob ultra-liberal Naomi Wolf is still on her fantastically silly “Bush is turning America into a fascist society” kick. Here’s Wolf at Alternet, Background: the First Brigade of the Third Infantry Division, three to four thousand soldiers, has been deployed in the United States as of October 1. Their stated mission is the form of […]

A while back, The Anchoress had up a post called “What’s Wrong With the World?” It started like so, I’m feeling a bit punk – feverish and swollen glands – so I’m just going to throw this question out and invite answers from readers and from other bloggers: In 100 words or less: What’s Wrong […]

My buddy Amanda Carpenter sent me the calendar I’ll be using for 2009: Pretty in Mink from the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute (They’re still displaying the 2008 calendar at the moment. Not sure why). This calendar brings two great things together: beautiful conservative women and furs that absolutely infuriate animal rights nuts. Just to […]

The right side of the blogosphere was all over the map on this debate — which is out of the ordinary. Normally, you see most bloggers going in the same direction, but after looking through the blogosphere, the opinions seem to be roughly split between… * McCain barely squeaked out a victory in a dull […]

Who do you think won the debate? John McCain Barack Obama I missed it, but voted so I could feel included    Free polls from Pollhost.com

Last night on my radio show (which you should definitely listen to right now), I said that McCain should turn the bailout into an opportunity to play to his strength: fiscal conservatism. I suggested that he… #1) Call for a freeze on federal spending, which is something Obama says he won’t do. So, hit him […]

First off, I have no complaints about Brokaw as a moderator — besides his incessant carping about the candidates going overtime. He has continued a surprising trend: pretty good moderators for all the debates. Unfortunately, this debate was very similar to the first debate. On foreign policy, McCain sounds much more confident, knowledgable, and compelling […]