Author: John Hawkins

Arianna Huffington’s massive blog The Huffington Post is, I have to admit, getting better and better. Granted, the blog posts are still generally left-wing Koo-koo-ka-crap, but the page does break some news and occasionally has some intriguing off-the-wall posts. In fact, I think it’s fair to say that the HuffPo is now almost as generally […]

“In October, Obama’s former pastor, Wright, will publish a new book and hit the road to promote it, an occasion that might well place the topic of Obama’s blackness (along with his patriotism and his candor about what he heard in the pews in all those years at Trinity Church) squarely at the center of […]

I’ve deliberately refrained from commenting on Russia’s assault on Georgia in the last few days because it seemed difficult to add anything beyond the obvious… * Russia engineered this entire conflict and was waging a war of aggression against a small, democratic state and ally of the US in hopes of intimidating them and the […]

One of the biggest problems with our government today is there are so many people, who want to do so many things that defy all common sense, that incredibly stupid ideas can become law without ever hitting the public’s radar. For example, After more than two decades on the books, a little-known yet strictly enforced […]

Last week, I did a phone interview with my RWN co-blogger, Ron Coleman of Likelihood of Confusion and Likelihood of Success. Ron is one the premier internet lawyers out there and has represented numerous bloggers, myself included, in court and/or against legal bullying. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation. What’s the most […]

1) Did the affair begin before Hunter began working with the campaign? If nothing was going on, why did Edwards pay a novice $114,000 to shoot a handful of videos for his campaign? 2) If Edwards’ loyalist Andrew Young is really the father of Rielle Hunter’s baby, why did his wife consent to having Hunter […]

Part of my duty, as a professional blogger, is to read the tabloid stories that most of you are too classy to touch with a 10 ft. pole so that I can let you know whether we have another John Edwards/Rielle Hunter scandal or merely the political version of Batboy. So, when I saw this […]

Yesterday, I finally got around to seeing The Dark Knight, which looks like it’s on pace to crack the $500 million dollar mark domestically. To be honest, I went in wondering if the movie would live up to the hype and for the first 30 minutes of this 2 1/2 hour long flick, things seemed […]

“Taking in my opponent’s performances is a little like watching a big summer blockbuster, and an hour in, realizing that all the best scenes were in the trailer you saw last fall.” — John McCain

Yesterday, a day when the Olympics began and Russia may have started a war with Georgia, the hot story of the day actually turned out to be John Edwards’ affair with Rielle Hunter. If you’ve been reading the New York Times, Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune, you first heard about the John Edwards affair yesterday. […]

Even though the LA Times, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, etc., etc., did their absolute best to protect him, John Edwards, a man who was reputed to be in the running for Barack Obama’s VP slot, was battered so heavily by the National Enquirer, the blogosphere, and talk radio that he felt compelled […]

Question: “Compromise on Drilling: In today’s “Drill and Conserve“, Charles Krauthammer called for both drilling, conservation and pursuing alternative energy sources. Although I usually find a lack of reason with the Democrats, I think in this case they are very reasonably concerned that drill-now really will provide short term relief on oil prices. This, in […]

Question: “For either Melissa or John: The State of Louisiana is enacting for the first time what is essentially a school voucher program in the greater New Orleans area. It’s called a “scholarship” program. In essence, only those Louisiana residents who fall below a certain income threshold are eligible to apply for these “scholarships” and, […]

Question: Could you explain to me why conservatives who believe abortion is murder make an exception for rape? I recognize the trauma of raising a baby that was produced through rape but that doesn’t justify murdering a child. Thank you.” — McCain-Obama08 Answer: I don’t want to speak for all conservatives on rape and abortion, […]

Question: “What do you think about the contention being thrown around by the left that Obama’s lead in the polls is understated because the polls use turnout assumptions that understate black and young-voter turnout this time. Conservatives are used to left-leaning bias in political polls. Usually a 3% to 4% “lead” for the Dem translates […]

Question: “I have noticed that, over the past year, there seems to have been a precipitous drop in the number of comments posted at RWN. What is the reason for that? Is it due to more aggressive comment moderating? Is it due to restricted RWN user account registration? Is it because of the existence of […]

“I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions.” — Barack Obama Liberals are almost always insufferably arrogant. It sort of goes with the territory. After all, if you believe that we have to throw religious customs, hundreds of years’ worth of societal traditions, and the parts of the […]

Bizarrely, the McCain campaign is encouraging people to spam the comment sections of blogs with John McCain talking points in return for “McCain Online Action Center” points. What a great idea, right? I mean, everybody loves spammers on the net! Oh, wait…no, they don’t. Also, what exactly is accomplished by posting off topic talking points […]

One of things that liberals often say, but don’t believe (There’s a lot of that going on with the left) is that we need to get out of Iraq so we can focus all of our attention on Afghanistan. However, once you understand liberals, you come to realize that they believe in talking with America’s […]

Back on July 30th, I wrote, ……..Which brings us to the Democratic National Convention next month. Certainly John Edwards would have been expected to speak prior to the Rielle Hunter affair breaking publicly and with Edwards denying it, the MSM covering it up, and the lefty bloggers defending him, you’ve got to wonder if he’ll […]

I have to give Doubleplusundead some credit because he found a silly piece in USA Today that could have been, I kid you not, published “as is” in the the Onion as a parody piece. It’s called, “The Final Word: The key to saving money? Just don’t spend it” and it begins like so, With […]

As you may already know, the House Republicans are raising hell on the floor of the House and demanding that Congress take action to drive down gas prices, while Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats are taking a month off on vacation. Think about who’s looking out for you and who isn’t the next time you […]

“Democratic candidate Barack Obama criticized Republican John McCain on Tuesday for taking a page out of “the Cheney playbook” on energy, overlooking his own support of oil-friendly policies that the unpopular vice president helped to craft. Vice President Dick Cheney, a former oilman, early in the Bush administration helped draft an energy policy that Obama […]

Over at the Atlantic, faux conservative Andrew Sullivan says a nuclear Iran is fine with him and that the people who are concerned about it are really just doing the bidding of those sneaky Jews! On the Iran question, there can be little doubt that waging a pre-emptive war on the Persian regime is now […]

Thaddeus McCotter is one of my favorite guys in the House and not just because he actually understands the blogosphere and the concerns that regular conservatives have about the GOP in DC. He’s also a scrapper, which is exactly what the Republican Party needs in DC right now. Take a look at the memo he […]

Since I am a capitalist who generally has no problem with letting liberals waste their money on ads at RWN, I generally approve just about every ad that comes down the pike. However, there have been several exceptions over the years. For example, a few weeks back I declined a t-shirt ad that pictured Barack […]

Paris Hilton did a response — a really funny one, actually (“Thanks for the endorsement, white haired dude!”)– to McCain’s Celebrity ad, See Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad and more funny videos on FunnyOrDie.comSee more funny videos at Funny or Die Whatever you think of Paris Hilton, she deserves some style points for that […]

Last night, I was doing an hour long interview for a podcast show called Skewz (I will link when it’s up), and I was asked what I thought was a particularly interesting question. I had remarked that the public wanted to put a Democrat in the White House because the GOP hadn’t done a particularly […]

…you’re dodging urine and feces in the streets of Denver later this month. Poo and pee dominated a public hearing Monday on a new law that prohibits people from carrying certain items if they intend to use them for nefarious purposes. The law, crafted in advance of the Democratic National Convention, was adopted unanimously by […]