Author: John Hawkins

It has been a while since I’ve read Les Giblin’s very short classic on people skills, “Skill With People,” and this time around, I decided to post a few of the best quotes from the book to RWN. Enjoy! “People are primarily interested in themselves, not you. Putting this same thought another way — the […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Hubpages: Top beer myths of the world busted! Nerve: The 50 greatest commercial parodies of all-time Thomas Sowell: The best way to lift people out of poverty Idontlikeyouinthatway: Jennifer Anniston is in a bikini again You can check out all those links […]

So yesterday, I head out to the shooting range to fire off a few rounds. The range I like to go to is about 25 minutes away in a desolate small town that I wouldn’t live in even if you gave me a dump truck full of money and replaced the entire town’s female population […]

As I was taking my daily stroll through the electronic corridors of the HuffPo, I ran across a post by Anita Sarah Jackson called “Maternal Profiling — People Are Talking About It.” My first thought was, “Hey, I can relate to that,” because “maternal profiling” has happened to me. My first job after college, in […]

Here’s Stephen King on the troops, which he would no doubt tell you that he supports, “I don’t want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don’t, then you’ve got, the Army, Iraq, […]

Daily Kos diarist schennessy wrote this, “I am one of those crazy chicks who sums up parts of your life with a song. But also, songs fire me up, make me cry, and get me inspired. Obviously, “City of Blinding Lights” is an automatic Obama song, but what other songs remind you of him?” Why […]

The website of the day is Betsy’s Page.

“Birds of a feather flock together.” — Anonymous Hat tip to The Jawa Report for the pic.

Just when you think that Europe’s far Left is almost beyond parody, they somehow manage to kick it up yet another notch, You just knew it was coming: At the request of the Swiss government, an ethics panel has weighed in on the “dignity” of plants and opined that the arbitrary killing of flora is […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Mark Steyn: To Obama, ‘we’ means ‘me’ Rachel Lucas: We need a “REAL WOMAN” manifesto. The New York Post: Barack’s Rev stole a wife. Ex-hubby: He counseled us, then wed her. Cracked: The 10 most sexually unappealing Craigslist postings Popoholic: Josie Maran […]

“If (Hillary) gave (Obama) one of her cojones, they’d both have two.” — James Carville

Frank Rich’s (Corrected) latest column futilely tries to make a case that the netroots has been making for weeks, BORED by those endless replays of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright? If so, go directly to YouTube, search for “John Hagee Roman Church Hitler,” and be recharged by a fresh jolt of clerical jive. What you’ll find […]

Ben Stein has been getting flogged mercilessly, on the left and right, for saying this, Stein: When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers [i.e. biologist P.Z. Myers], talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what […]

One of the reasons that many people have such an intense distrust of polling data is the little games that the mainstream media plays with them. For example, take the latest poll from CBS, which is titled, “CBS Poll: Support For Obama Rebounds. In Wake Of Controversy Over Former Pastor, Illinois Senator Builds Lead Over […]

Here’s a little context about the number of active duty soldiers we’re losing each year that you’re probably not going to see on the evening news tonight. Actually, less soldiers are being killed each year during the Bush Administration, during a war on terrorism, than we were losing during the Reagan or Bush Administration, Ronald […]

The website of the day is Blatherings.

In case you’re wondering how the dog is doing, he’s yippy-skippy. Here are some pics I took of him at the beach this Saturday. Here’s Patton getting jazzed up about hitting the sand. You, too, can now envision what it looks like to walk Patton on the beach. PS: Here’s a bonus shot and, yes, […]

First, thanks to the following guest bloggers for helping out at RWN on Friday of last week, Dr. Melissa Clouthier Cassy Fiano Sister Toldjah David All Karol Sheinin Now, thanks to the following bloggers who posted at RWN last week-end, MCQ from QandO Dr. Melissa Clouthier Sister Toldjah Ron Coleman from Likelihood of Success William […]

Here’s the Right Wing News guest blogger line-up this week-end. Saturday ——– Cassy Fiano Kathy Shaidle Five Feet Of Fury Gina Cobb John Stephenson from Stop The ACLU Sunday ——- Ron Coleman from Likelihood of Success Sister Toldjah William Teach from Pirate’s Cove Michael Illions from Polipundit MCQ from QandO Dr. Melissa Clouthier Make sure […]

Rather notably, the de facto general of the conservative movement’s 2008 battle strategy, Rush Limbaugh, called for a one day operational pause in Operation Chaos, his plan to make the Democratic slugfest between Obama and Clinton as long and as bloody as possible. Why the operational pause? Limbaugh said it was because of damage that […]

A couple of days ago, I had the misfortune of being on a BBC radio show with an American college professor who sounded like he had read one too many Noam Chomsky books. Let me give you a short impression of the guy: “Blah, blah, blah, racists! Blah, blah, blah, of course Jeremiah Wright was […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Political Radar: The top 10 surprising facts about Barack Obama Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Men need to butch up again Cracked: 25 rejected ideas from Grand Theft Auto IV Egotastic!: Jennifer Anniston bikini pics You can check out all those links and more […]

Tomorrow, RWN will be back to a regular schedule, but today, RWN will have guest bloggers in addition to a couple of columns from me that should be posted during the day. I hope you’ll give all my guest bloggers the warm welcome that they deserve for agreeing to help out at RWN today and […]

Question: Suppose you were elected Temporary Supreme Dictator of America. What are 10 laws you would pass/repeal or government programs you would create/tear down? (Assume that you are in office for however long it would take to do these five things and that any changes you make will remain in place after you leave office.) […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ann Coulter: Obama campaign gives up on finding ‘Mr. Wright’ Cracked: 6 things you didn’t know you could get addicted to S. Weasel: A fantastic Obama/Wright photoshop Telegraph: Top ten greatest experiments UseMyComputer: Jessica Biel bikini pics from GQ You can check […]

Question: “Mercilessly stolen from the previous such thread: what are some movies you hate but are ashamed to admit? I’ll start. The Godfather. All three. This happens, then that happens, then s**t happens, then some people die, and some quotable lines are said. These are supposed to be some of the best movies ever?” — […]

To get elected, conservatives have to keep the mainstream media from distorting what they really believe while liberals need the help of the mainstream media to keep the American people from realizing what they really believe.

Question: “What are top five favorite songs of Rev. Wright?” — D-Vega Answer: I can’t know for sure, but I’m guessing: 3 Days Grace: I hate everything about you. Smiths: Bigmouth strikes again The Fray: Over my head Public Enemy: Fear Of A Black Planet Gnarls Barkley: Crazy Bonus song: Eric Clapton: Cocaine — Oh […]

Question: “Do you do any writing other than political blogging? Your pedicure vignette was pretty funny and wonder if you have tried other types of writing like comedy? And as a segue to that above question do you have a favorite comedian?” –libliever Answer: Way back in the day, when I was in college, I […]

Question: “Please enlighten me because I’m certainly no expert in these matters. Why is it that people say that the US is the lone superpower in the world? Why isn’t China considered a superpower? Is a certain “superpower” criteria that they fail to meet? If they aren’t a superpower, then why does everybody tip-toe around […]