Author: John Hawkins

“A measure of hypocrisy is necessary to a functioning society. It’s quite possible, on the one hand, to be opposed to the legalization of prostitution yet, on the other, to pull your hat down over your brow every other Tuesday and sneak off to the cat house on the other side of town. Your inability […]

The nanny state will get that much bigger under a President Edwards. He would require everyone to get preventative checkups. Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said on Sunday that his universal health care proposal would require that Americans go to the doctor for preventive care. “It requires that everybody be covered. It requires that everybody […]

RWN returns to a regular schedule on Tuesday. Until then, enjoy the retro links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end! If Compassion Is Not Tempered With Reason, It Can Be A Destructive Force Would The Founding Fathers Be Proud Of America? How Do We Get To A Balanced […]

Week-End Links There will be retro-RWN on Monday, but then RWN will be back to a regular schedule on Tuesday. Have a great Labor Day week-end, consider this to be an open thread, enjoy the links below, and I’ll see you on Tuesday. Euphoric Reality Atlas Shrugs mountaineer musings Cassy Fiano Wizbang Sister Toldjah The […]

Two years after Katrina, everywhere you turn, there are people carping, whining, and kvetching. Just why hasn’t the pity party for the citizens of New Orleans run out of booze and chips yet? It’s not as if hurricanes are a once a millennium event in the United States. In fact, residents of Florida have so […]

Today, RWN will have guest bloggers filling in for me (Monday, on Labor Day, it’ll be retro RWN). They are, Sister Toldjah EM Zanotti from The American Princess Cassandra from Villainous Company La Shawn Barber David All Make sure to give them a warm welcome!

“Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America.” — Rosie O’Donnell A lot of liberals and anti-Christian left-wingers like Christopher Hitchens and Andrew Sullivan seem to come from the same place as Rosie on this issue, so since that’s the case, why aren’t we hearing more about this? THE […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ann Coulter: Reno 911 Egotastic!: Elle MacPherson bikini pictures. Cracked: The 8 most embarrassing musical performances by non-musicians The Diplomad: In order to save the world from global warming, Bullwinkle must die You can check out all those links and more by […]

Looks like someone came across one of my posts mocking white supremicists, An email I received today, ThurmanJ Subject: You are the idiot You are the idiot! And you know it. White power will prevail. Some hate mail, it’s just a joy to receive…

Here’s the slant from USA Today on 3 Palestinian kids being accidentally killed by the Israelis, Three young Palestinian cousins were killed Wednesday in northern Gaza in what the Israeli army said was an attack on rocket launchers aimed at southern Israel. The incident could set back peace efforts, just a day after Palestinian President […]

There are enough of these incidents now that I’ve actually created a “blue-on-blue” category to keep up with them all, Rep. Brian Baird’s (D-Wash.) recent conversion on the Iraq war is beginning to affect more than the national dialogue. On Wednesday, liberal group MoveOn.org announced an ad campaign against the congressman in his own district. […]

The GOP Straw Polls are my favorite online polls because of the cross tabs, the wide cross section of conservative blogs that participate, and because they allow people to pick their top choices and their “acceptable choices.” Here’s a breakdown of the results of the latest poll, First Choice Gilmore (0.1%) Brownback (1%) McCain (1.4%) […]

If you want to see how simultaneously overreaching and simultaneously toothless our campaign finance laws are, this article does a good job of showing you, The Federal Election Commission has fined one of the last cycle’s biggest liberal political action committees $775,000 for using unregulated soft money to boost John Kerry and other Democratic candidates […]

Amazingly, Larry Craig’s arrest has prompted more than a few people to come out and imply or outright say that you should be able to legally use public bathrooms like a gay pick-up bar. For example, here’s Garance Franke-Ruta A lot of people are asking, “Is solicitation a crime?” That is: Was there anything criminal […]

Yesterday, I spent an hour on Ed Morrissey’s BlogTalkRadio show talking about Alberto Gonzales, Larry Craig, and South Park. You can listen to it here.

Over at the Democratic Underground Forums, there’s a thread asking, “Why are people still joining the military?” Now, not every response ripped on the troops, but I think you’ll find that there were several responses that confirm the worst stereotypes about liberal attitudes towards the military. For example, here’s why some of the libs at […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: GOP Bloggers: Ron Paul’s campaign trying to find out how to cheat in online poll? The Superficial: Amy Winehouse hits the beach in a bikini The Daily Mail: Are these the pictures that drove Owen Wilson to attempt suicide? Cassy Fiano: Valedictorian […]

Courtesy of Sheldon Drobny at the Huffington Post, here’s a particularly wacky commutation suggestion for President Bush, Bush Should Commute Michael Vick’s Sentence I am a dog lover and have adopted and rescued abused dogs. I believe that inhumane treatment to animals is counter to the best interests of our society. On the other hand, […]

Over the last couple of days, I’ve had two different people ask me why everyone’s leaving the Bush Administration: Karl Rove, Tony Snow, and Alberto Gonzales all one right after the other. So, since this is apparently on some people’s minds, let me point you to this, “Rove, who has a home in Ingram, Texas, […]

In the past, to inspire people to suggest new music that I might be interested in and just for entertainment’s sake, I’ve posted the music I was currently listening to on RWN. Now, thanks to wonders of modern technology, I can tell you which songs I listened to the most over the last six months. […]

Honorable Mention) Episode Title: Lice Capades Season: 11 Summary: When a breakout of headlice hits South Park Elementary, Ms. Garrison refuses to say which child brought the plague to the school. So, Cartman takes it upon himself to find out who it is so the kids can make fun of them. Meanwhile, a louse Travis, […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Cassy Fiano: The shortage of real men. X17 Online: Hilary Swank hits the beach in a bikini. Cracked: The 5 most absurd moments in the history of MTV’s Video Music Awards. Emily Yoffe: Unbearably trampy back-to-school clothes. Thomas Sowell: No trade-offs? You […]

Every time I read about a Republican politician like David Vitter, Mark Foley, Jack Ryan, & now Larry Craig letting his libido endanger his career, I just scratch my head. Setting aside the whole hypocrisy issue (personally, I am at least glad Republican pols have morals to potentially be hypocritical about as opposed to Democratic […]

Originally, there was talk that Fred Thompson would get into the 2008 race as early as July 4. But, now? There’s talk that Fred may not get in until October, Indianapolis is an important stop this weekend for many frontrunners for the 2008 presidential nomination. The Midwest Republican Leadership Conference continued Saturday with former Tennessee […]

From an email I received, Mr., Hawkins, I was just handed an article from the website globalresearch.ca by a friend who is a left wing conspiracy theorist. The article “Bush to be Dictator in a Catastrophic Emergency” by Lee Rogers says that a directive called the National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive gives President […]

So, the entire Dem presidential slate and seemingly at least a third of presumptive Republican nominees believe we need to model our health care system on foreign systems. Because, y’know, you get better health care in places like the UK, Austria, Germany, Italy, Norway and Sweden. The state just does these things better. Well. Read […]

So those uppity blacks are casting off the yokes of city-machine politics and liberal programs designed for their betterment, and are leaving the city of San Francisco in droves. Yeah. That’s what happens when you promise everything in return for votes, and return nothing. No single cause explains the continuing exodus, according to city officials, […]

There should be no doubt, the so-called surge is working, but, in September, I am afraid General Petraeus will downplay the positive effect for fear of appearing too partisan. It is sad that in today’s society and political environment it is unacceptable for a general to be…well, a general. Even worse is an ambivalent public […]