Author: John Hawkins

“I would defy anyone to label Maureen Dowd by party affiliation or ideology. I’ve known her and worked closely with her for 20 years and I can’t tell you the answer to either one.” — Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor of The New York Times

5) Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: The Book of the Dead (C: This was a mystery/crime novel with some interesting elements, but there were several people who were so super-humanly competent that it made it impossible to suspend disbelief and just enjoy the story). 4) Atul Gawande: Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science […]

This week-end, I caught 3:10 to Yuma, the new Western starring Russell Crowe. How was it? There wasn’t quite enough action and the very end of the movie (Let me speak in code here so as not to spoil the movie for people who haven’t seen it), after you-know-who has you-know-what done to him by […]

“He says his critics — the people who question whether he is smart or qualified to be on the Court or who suggest he merely does what a white Supreme Court colleague dictates — are as also as bigoted as the whites of his childhood in the deep South. “People feel free to say about […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end! Next Stop: Rushville — Mainstream Media’s Smear Train Chugs Along Video: HamNation… Not Vegetarian! Or Alternately, Mary Katharine Ham Goes Swimming Google Trends Liv Films Truemors Snark Raving Mad! Grand Old Partisans Bwah-Ha-Ha! […]

How about clicking on just a few of these ads? It helps support Right Wing News and it rewards advertisers for spending money on conservative blogs. So, hope you’ll help out! Link #1 Link #2 Link #3 Link #4 Link #5 Link #6 Link #7 Link #8 Link #9 Link #10

Only in today’s political climate, where so much of the “civil rights movement” is comprised of bottom-feeding race hustlers and shameless liberals who deliberately exploit racial tensions for their own political benefit — could anyone demean the real civil rights movement that occurred during the sixties by comparing the struggles those brave people faced — […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Pick the Brain: 7 life lessons I learned playing Halo Insider Politics Blog: Scientist tells Senate: Fix global warming. Cheap Jack Wheeler: Silence in Syria, panic in Iran Egotastic!: Kristen Bell bikini pictures You can check out all those links and more […]

(*** For this post, I’m going to cover a variety of different topics in three sentences or less ***) * It’s very disheartening to see the Bush administration supporting the Law of the Sea Treaty, which is widely opposed by conservatives because it dangerously erodes our sovereignty. Quite frankly, nobody trusts George Bush’s judgment on […]

Back in May, I wrote about a bunch of animal rights wackos in Austria who were “trying to get a chimp declared to be a human being in Austrian courts.” Well, after another Austrian court has blown them off, they’re planning to take their monkey’s case to the Supreme Court, He’s now got a human […]

Have you heard about the latest “controversy” involving Rush Limbaugh that has been made up from scratch by Media Matters and relentlessly promoted by the left side of the blogosphere? Well, no worries, I’ll tell you all about it. Here’s what Media Matters is claiming Rush Limbaugh said, Limbaugh: Service members who support U.S. withdrawal […]

My pal Lorie Byrd had a nice excerpt from a post I wrote at RWN in her latest Townhall column, At Right Wing News, John Hawkins makes a good point with the following question: “So, if Hillary, Barack, and Edwards now have the same position as Rudy, Fred, Mitt, & McCain, you have to ask, […]

Since it’s Friday, it’s a little more casual, and I thought I’d do something a little out of the ordinary. So, here are the last 10 movies I’ve rented from Netflix, in reverse order, and, along with a very short review of each… Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007): I liked the more playful, older Teenage […]

The leftosphere is erupting in predictable outrage after the publishing of a transcript of a conversation between the President and then-Prime Minister of Spain José María Aznar, a conversation which took place about a month before the war in Iraq began. Spain’s El País daily newspaper published it, and the Editor and Publisher has a […]

If Hillary were to get the Democratic nomination — and that’s still a big “if” at this point — who would her vice-presidential nominee be? Here are some thoughts on some of the choices she may take a look at: Bill Clinton: There was some talk early on about whether Bill could run as Hill’s […]

This shows you how much David Petraeus’ testimony has changed the political climate, The leading Democratic White House hopefuls conceded Wednesday night they cannot guarantee to pull all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of the next presidential term in 2013. “I think it’s hard to project four years from now,” said Sen. […]

Right Wing News on April 9, 2007 The Edwards campaign has already gotten a boost at the polls from Elizabeth’s cancer and they’re now cynically using her illness to get fund raising emails, so don’t be surprised if they go whole hog and use it in a “win one for the Gipper speech.” Something like, […]

Katie Couric explained her mediocre performance at CBS with this quip, On Americans’ reactions to a woman anchoring the evening news: “I think there probably remains an underlying discomfort in this country with women in power.” This is obviously sour grapes because, #1) If Katie had really believed this beforehand, she would have turned down […]

Two bits of good news on immigration. The NIGHTMARE Act is out of the picture for now. But, like all immigration amnesties, it’s not really dead, it’s just resting: The prospects for immediate Senate action on the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants, disappeared Wednesday amid […]

Rumor has it that President Bush has been quietly giving advice to Hillary about not making stupid promises regarding Iraq that she’ll regret if she gets elected. I’m sure the advice also encompasses other topics, and I’ll speculate thusly about what he might have said: 10) “Choose a running mate that’s in favor of gun […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ann Coulter: Tase him bro Michael Medved: Six inconvenient truths about the U.S. and slavery Walter Williams: Global warming hysteria Hollywood Tuna: Kristin Cavallari bikini pictures You can check out all those links and more by clicking here. Don’t forget to bookmark […]

Yesterday, I touched on the fact that the Big 3 Republican contenders for the Presidency are all currently behind Hillary by at least 6 points in New Mexico, Virginia, & Iowa — all of which are states that the GOP won in 2004. These Gallup Poll numbers are even more disturbing, According to Gallup’s annual […]

Since I’m not a regular viewer of Oprah (scratch that, I’m not ever a viewer of Oprah), I was unaware that her show yesterday put a positive spin on open marriages. Here’s Family Fragments recounting the story, Next, Oprah trots out the best of the breed Greg and Hollie, married with two children enjoying all […]

In 2004, various Democrats kept suggesting a draft while the Republicans kept saying over and over again that they opposed it. Then, as the election drew closer, the Democrats used their own calls for a draft as evidence that if George Bush won, he would implement a draft — and that undoubtedly helped spike the […]

Over at the Smirking Chimp, there’s a fascinating window into the mind of the average liberal — and, no, that’s not hyperbole — called “When America Went Fascist” by Chris Rowthorn. Now, I know a lot of you are rolling your eyes already because what could be more common than an America liberal calling America […]

Now this is an eye catching headline, taterguy: Soccer is the most warlike, environmentally destructive sport around The “sport” originated when a conquering army starting kicking around the head of a decapitated enemy. The fields require constant maintenance. Even during times of water shortage they get watered constantly and the fields get mowed three times […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: IMAO: It’s time to legalize beating up white people Popholic: Smallville’s Erica Durance does Maxim Cracked: The wisdom of Wesley Snipes: 7 quotes to live by Dr. Helen: Kill your husband–get a house and car You can check out all those links […]

Oh wow, just when you think you’ve read it all from the Globe’s James Carroll, he goes one step further. Now it’s George W. Bush’s fault that Iran isn’t with us any more. That’s right, Iran, because everyone knows their regime’s sincere empathy for us after 9/11 had them supporting us until the president overstepped: […]

Over at the Democratic Underground, someone called “Zandor” wrote a sensible post called, “Can We Stop Calling America a Terrorist Nation?” Here’s a little sample, “I’ve seen this numerous times in my relatively short stay. This rhetoric is disturbing and completely outside accepted political discourse in either party. No Democratic party candidate for President would […]