Author: John Hawkins

David Petraeus, the general responsible for turning Iraq around with the surge, is putting out the word that a timeline is a bad idea, The top U.S. military commander in Iraq isn’t buying the increasingly popular idea of a publicly stated timetable for American troop withdrawal. Gen. David Petraeus, the Iraq commander, said in an […]

I just got a fundraising call from the McCain campaign. After the lady gave me her pitch, I told her that I would not give him another dime as long as he supported a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants (I would have just said amnesty, but then I would have gotten the, “No, no, […]

A few weeks back, NHK, which is a Japanese public television network, got in touch with me and invited me to participate in a panel on nuclear weapons issues in New York. That panel, which featured 15 Americans and 15 people from Hiroshima, Japan discussing nuclear weapons for a few hours happened last week-end and […]

On Friday, I wrote the following about evil, At the RightOnline summit at Austin, we actually discussed the nature of “evil” for a while. While most people think of “evil” as a greasy character, twirling his mustache while planning to hurt the innocent for the sheer joy of it, that’s not an accurate description of […]

Senator Jim DeMint is again one of the last defenders of conservatism and common sense in the face of a massive taxpayer bailout of the corrupt Democrat enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: For proof of how powerful they remain, even in their straitened circumstances, look no further than Majority Leader Harry Reid’s refusal even […]

Over at the Smirking Chimp, Ernest Partridge is riffing about evil, In words consistent with what I have read of, and about, Gustav Gilbert, he is portrayed in the 2000 TV film “Nuremberg,” as telling the Head Prosecutor Robert Jackson (Alex Baldwin), “I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. […]

The enormous improvement in Iraq’s security situation caused by the surge has been so undeniable that even the mainstream press has started alternating between ignoring Iraq completely and acknowledging, albeit reluctantly, that the surge has put victory within reach in Iraq. So with that in mind, it’s worth taking the time to look back at […]

Over the last few years, we’ve heard endless comparisons between George Bush and Hitler, but let’s face it: Obama has a lot more in common with Hitler than Bush ever did. Obama is toweringly arrogant, uses messianic, fascistic rhetoric, seems to have ambitions that stretch past his own country to the world, and has legions […]

“Asked about the National Enquirer story, Edwards says: “That’s tabloid trash. They’re full of lies. I’m here to talk about helping people.” Translation: The story is 100% take-it-to-the-bank true. As Byron York notes, the Enquirer probably paid sources to get the story, but the reporting looks solid. If the account of him being caught in […]

Everywhere you look these days, you see billionaire oil magnate T. Boone Pickens promoting wind power as the answer to America’s energy problems. For example, here’s a story that ran yesterday in the San Antonio Business Journal, Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens told lawmakers that a switch to American-produced energy resources within the next 10 […]

Don’t these Orthodox Jews know who the ObamaMessiah is? They’re supposed to be fainting for him, not heckling him for using their holy site as a mere political prop, Barack Obama completed his trip to the Middle East with a pre-dawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism where he received a mixed reaction from […]

As things have steadily improved in Iraq, cough, cough, coincidentally, cough, cough, the press has steadily gotten less interested in reporting what’s happening. Take a look at the numbers, “The number of embedded reporters in Iraq has plummeted 74 percent over the past nine months, from 219 in September 2007 to a low of 58 […]

Yesterday, the “Prince of Darkness” Robert Novak clipped a pedestrian while he was toodling around town in his Corvette. That, in and of itself would have drawn some attention, but what has really got the blogosphere’s juices flowing is that Novak didn’t stop after the accident, Syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak was cited by police […]

Last week, I interviewed Kathleen Parker about her new book, Save the Males: Why Men Matter Why Women Should Care. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation: Now, the average left-wing feminist response to your book is probably akin to, “Ah, men have the advantage in every way. Why would anyone need to […]

Most people on the right side of the blogosphere don’t pay attention to the tabloids, but because I do, those of you who regularly read Right Wing News heard the name Rielle Hunter way back in October of 2007. Here’s what I was saying back then while commenting on the National Enquirer story, It seems […]

Just when you thought the liberals in Hollywood couldn’t come up with a dumber, less popular form of film than the string of anti-war bombs that have been stinking up theaters of late, along comes this, The Media Mob has learned that a team of Hollywood insiders is currently working on a screen adaptation of […]

When liberals thought it was politically expedient to declare Iraq lost, that was what they did. Liberal after liberal after liberal told us that we could not win in Iraq, that the surge was a waste of time, and that we should leave ASAP. For example, there’s Time’s Joe Klein. Klein, like Hillary Clinton and […]

One thing that is too often forgotten in the illegal immigration debate is that there have been enormous numbers of American citizens who have been raped, robbed, and murdered by illegal immigrants who shouldn’t be in this country in the first place. How must that feel, to have someone you love murdered by a person […]

Yesterday, I wrote a post that explained, among other things, that people have a lot of trouble telling the difference between radical Islamists and moderate Muslims because the radicals hide what they believe. Today, this story comes out of New York, Allah board! An Islamic group plans to blitz 1,000 subway cars with advertisements this […]

Ironically, one of the reasons George Bush’s approval rating is so low is that he has done such a fantastic job of protecting America from terrorist attacks since 9/11. After 9/11, if you had told people that Bush would prevent another major terrorist attack against the US for nearly seven years and would have an […]

This quote from the ObamaMessiah’s wife, whom the Obama campaign says we’re not allowed to discuss, is a real eye catcher. It starts with a little burst of fascism, lapses into sadness and despair, and ends with a messianic promise of paradise for the world is Obama is elected, “I wish we had time to […]

As regular readers of RWN know, I spent this week-end in Austin, Texas at the Defending The American Dream Summit AKA the RightOnline Summit. I’ve already done a few posts about what was happening at the Summit (which I’ll link at the end of this post), but I wanted to do one more big blow-off […]

Here’s an email I received this morning from one Ayman Abdalla, that was so great, that I just had to share it with you, “listen you biatch you guys are a.s.s. holes why da fouk do you make muslims out to be extremists and murderers? Please consider the environment – do you really need to […]

One of the biggest problems we have in this country is that people think the government needs to be involved in every little thing. For example, Be careful if you have saggy pants in the south Chicago suburb of Lynwood. Village leaders have passed an ordinance that would levy $25 fines against anyone showing three […]

Currently Reading: YOU: The Owner’s Manual, Updated and Expanded Edition: An Insider’s Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger 15) Scott Peck: People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (B: The first half was riveting, A+ material, but the 2nd half of the book was kind of lame. […]

I caught Bob Novak’s speech at CPAC and was wondering if he would do a very similar speech for this event. As it turns out, he didn’t. He also did a great speech and was extremely well received for anyone considering booking him for a speech. Here are a few nuggets he fed to us […]

So, poor Bob Novak walks down to the reception and of course, at an event like this, he can get 2 seconds of peace and as he’s trying to get away, I grab him, remind him that I interviewed him once, and ask for a pic. He looks slightly pained, but generously agrees to take […]

So, I arrived in Austin, Texas yesterday for the American Dream Summit. It was a long, strange trip. I’ve never been a big flyer and believe it or not, this was my first post-9/11 plane flight. It encompassed three flights. One, from the Myrtle Beach Airport to Charlotte. The 2nd from Charlotte to Houston and […]