Author: John Hawkins

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Nolan Finley: Gore’s warming plan will blister U.S. Rachel Lucas: Next time I’ll just get a combo Pap smear/root canal while having my eyelids forced open to look at pictures of Michael Moore naked. Cracked: Closeted Badasses: 6 famous wusses that would […]

The Heritage Foundation has a new website, Omnibusting, up to look more closely at the Omnibus bill. You can find stories there such as they have already found over 11,000 earmarks in the bill and are still counting. And Senator Stevens is up to his old tricks, getting the federal government to fund rat control […]

In order to recognize the excellent work some of our fellow bloggers have been doing, RWN has put together the “6th Annual Right Wing News Conservative Blog Awards*”. More than 240 bloggers were invited to vote for their favorite blog in numerous categories and 45 responded. Here were the rules of the contest: 1) For […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Mark Steyn: Children? Not if you love the planet Max Bailey – Year 19: A realistic assessment of how many 12-year-olds I could beat up before they overtook me Cool Gadgets: The top 15 weird gadgets you never thought existed X17Online: Tara […]

“When the chips are down I think democracy is a less important goal than is the protection of the planet from the death of life, the end of life on it. This has got to be imposed on people whether they like it or not.” — Mayer Hillman, senior fellow emeritus at the Policy Studies […]

It wasn’t that long ago that people were pointing out that Drudge and Hillary seemed to be thick as thieves. For example, in the New York Times, they wrote, Mrs. Clinton is learning to play nice with the Drudge Report and the powerful, elusive and conservative-leaning man behind it. …Though liberals say the site’s ideological […]

When it comes to dirty politics, you have to go all the way back to “Tricky Dick” Nixon to find someone as adept at as the Clintons. For example, take the “Obama cocaine” flap. People are very mistaken to simply attribute this to some guy shooting off his mouth by mistake and the Clinton campaign […]

From Silent No More: I was 18 and a freshman at college when I got the test results. The nurse told me it was positive. Without any hesitation, I told her I wanted to schedule an abortion. She didn’t even blink an eye. There was nothing – no counseling, no cautions, nor any medical information […]

Here’s the Right Wing News Week-End guest blogger line-up this week-end. Saturday ——– Rob Port from Say Anything EM Zanotti from The American Princess and The Corner Kathy Shaidle Five Feet Of Fury Cassy Fiano, who also blogs at Wizbang Gina Cobb Sunday ——- Ron Coleman from Likelihood of Success Sister Toldjah William Teach from […]

Here’s a brutally honest (Oh boy, am I going to get a lot of angry emails) breakdown of all five of the top tier contenders (Full disclosure: I was a consultant for the Duncan Hunter campaign and he’s still my favorite candidate). John McCain: Johnny Mac is a fiscal conservative, has a lot of experience, […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Business & Media Institute: The media’s top 10 economic myths of 2007 Popular Mechanics: The top 10 worst gadgets of 2007 Listaholic: 7 biggest mistakes you can make on a first date Celeb Slam: Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard looks great in a […]

Question: “I’ve been meaning to do this for a while. You know how it is, long time reader, first time poster. Anyway: I have a hypothetical question for you in many parts. Suppose that a charismatic small-government conservative with a proven track record as such forms an exploratory committee for a run at the Presidency. […]

Question: “Why do people in the GOP always worry about not pissing off the “social conservatives,” but they seem less worried about pissing off the “fiscal/security conservatives” for whom the social issues are far further down the priority list?” — RtWingNtCase Answer: The basic problem with fiscal conservatism is that everyone favors it in the […]

Question: “The Northest is expecting some snow today. 2-4 inches in NY, (sarcastic GASP!) and people are freaking out. Get a grip, people, it’s not a big deal. Anyway, it got me thinking about REAL severe weather. What is the most instense weather event you’ve experienced?” — Tom_pinko_Delay Answer: I was in college, staying in […]

Question: “With the Republican candidates talking about completely scrapping the current tax system, what would it actually take to accomplish this? It seems to have the visibility, the public seems to be behind it, it’s reached the presidential level – what’s the hold up?” — jasamc Answer: What would it take to scrap the current […]

Question (Via Email): “If you’re looking for an interesting topic to write about, I hope you will consider: why did Gilchrist endorse Huckabee? I think Huckabee’s new immigration plan is disingenuous. It referred to the INS for Pete’s sake. Also, I have heard, but not verified, that it contains Pence’s touchback plan, which is basically […]

Question: “What do you think of Windows Vista?” — Dinglehoff Answer: I have toyed with the idea of getting a new desktop computer, but have avoided doing it because I’m not that excited about Vista. From what I have seen, it is much faster than XP, but it is also buggy and there are a […]

Question: “Any idea what is up with Rightthinking girl? I’ve noticed her site has been down for at least a few months.” — possum11 Answer: She took some time off to write a couple of novels and in the interim, there was some sort of horrible technical problem with her blog, which disappeared. However, she […]

Today is Q&A Friday #80 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, it […]

Today at 2 PM EST, I will be liveblogging the Democratic debate. It will be interesting to see if they put the Dems in that same tight format and have the same moderator that almost everyone seemed to hate. 2:00: Here we go. Same moderator. 2:01: No gravel. No Kucinich, by the way. 2:02: I […]

Comparing Fred Thompson’s “I’m not doing hand shows today” moment from the debate yesterday to Ronald Reagan’s “I am paying for this microphone” quip.

After looking around the blogosphere, the general consensus seemed to be that Fred Thompson won (although Mitt had a lot of fans, too), that Huckabee, McCain, and Giuliani were ho-hum, that Alan Keyes shouldn’t have been on the stage, and that pretty much everyone in the entire blogosphere, aside from me, seems to have utterly […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Heather Mac Donald: Time for the truth about black crime rates X17: British TV star Alicia Douvall thrashes a photog (W/pics) Cracked: The 6 most disappointing video game end bosses The Grumpiest: Lindsey Lohan is back in black and looking good. You […]

You just can’t make this stuff up…yes, believe it or not, the liberals at the Huffington post are actually hosting a symposium that tries to figure out whether the Democratic party should continue trying to appeal to white males or not. The general consensus seems to be against the idea, but not everyone that Team […]

I’ve been saying, over and over again, for a long time that, yes, Hillary Clinton is the candidate most likely to win, but she isn’t invincible in either the Democratic primaries or in the general election. So, let’s take a look at the first two primary states for the Democrats. Iowa is practically a toss-up […]

Can Iowa Caucuses be Polled? John Zogby asks, “Can the Iowa caucuses be polled accurately?” and then more-or-less answers the question. The premise is straightforward enough: The Iowa caucuses require voters to go to a local school, church basement, private home or similar meeting place to spend between 90 minutes and two hours to register […]

I’ll be liveblogging today’s debate starting at 2 PM EST. You can watch the debate on Fox and you should check it out if you have the opportunity because this will be the last one before the Iowa primary. 2:01: A debate run by the Des Moines register. Isn’t it almost a given that it […]

Matt Sanchez guest posts at Right Wing News and has been embedded in Afghanistan and Iraq. This interview with him was done via email. …(A)fter winning the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award at CPAC, (you had) liberal blogs reveal that you did gay porn and — they claimed — gay prostitution. You have admitted that […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ace of Spades: The UN Conference on Climate Control is not interested in hearing from anyone with conflicting evidence. Rush Limbaugh: PBS Analyzes the testicle lockbox LiveScience: Top 10 mysteries of the mind Hollywood Tuna: White hot Kate Hudson bikini pics You […]