Author: John Hawkins

Question: “Here’s your chance to help me turn a vote our way. Recently, I learned that a non-political friend of mine has bought into Obama’s “non-partisan” image. (She was a McCain supporter in 2000 for the same reason, but later turned on him, with help from me). When I proceeded to tell her that Obama […]

Question: “Do you think Fred Thompson is making a mistake by waiting until after Labor Day to officially enter the race? Also, is there a possibility in your mind, of a Thompson-Hunter ticket?” — jewells45 Answer: There are two ways of thinking about this: the first is that it makes sense for Fred to take […]

Question: “Your post titled ‘Has Someone Got Pics Of The Big Dog Without His Pants?’ raises a question in my mind that I really need an answer to. What has Bill Clinton done that commands such loyalty, such syncophantal adoration? I’m not talking about the people that have benefited from any personal connection to him. […]

Question: “What TV shows are you currently following/set to DVR?” — Good_Ol_Boy Answer: Here’s my current TiVo listing, in order, skipping dupes and shows that have no upcoming episodes, Aqua Teen Hungerforce Supernatural Painkiller Jane Pride Fighting Championships House Metalocalypse The Venture Brothers The Dead Zone The Pick Up Artist The Half Hour News Hour […]

Question: “Will you encourage people to stay home or vote third party on election day 2008 if Rudy or Mitt is the nominee?” — WSOwen02 Answer: If there is a decision to be made about a Supreme Court nominee, taxes, foreign policy, international treaties, etc., etc., I want a Republican making that decision, not an […]

Today is Q&A Friday #71 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 […]

Now this nugget from Howie Kurtz’s latest column sounds like a lot of fun, “Dan Moldea has been beaten up by thugs, trashed in the press, accused of chilling free speech and threatened with prosecution. And yet after an improbable, colorful career in journalism, he remains a historical footnote for one cameo role: as a […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Egotastic!: Charlize Theron hangs out by the water in a bikini Ion Mihai Pacepa: Take it from this old KGB hand: The left is abetting America’s enemies with its intemperate attacks on President Bush. Walter Williams: Silencing dissent on global warming. Hot […]

I’ve wrestled with making this post, based upon a tip. I have no real connection to the people involved on either side of the issue. But given that this is linked to a radical feminist the Lefty blogs, including Amanda Marcotte, Majikthise, Feministing and others raised up to suit their purposes, I wonder, has any […]

You can tell it’s August, the low ebb in the yearly news cycle, when the press tends to push all sorts of ridiculous stories — because the spin on Mitt Romney’s comments yesterday is so wacky that saying that he was taken out of context is giving it way too much credit. The spin that’s […]

Over at Slate, I ran across this bizarre, yet all too typical of the thinking on the Left, comment about the New Republic being burned by Jayson Blair imitator Scott Beauchamp, “Last night, the Weekly Standard declared victory by claiming that Beauchamp had recanted, quoting an anonymous military source claiming his reports “were exaggerations and […]

The reactions of “moderate” Muslims and America’s most prominent Muslim front group, CAIR, to extremely disturbing behavior from other Muslims isn’t going to reassure many Americans, “Two men found with several pipe bombs in their car near a Navy base were charged Monday with possession of an explosive device, authorities said. …Ahmed Abda Sherf Mohamed, […]

“Equality between men and women is no longer the real issue with many “feminists”–it is more about special rights for women without responsibilities (like trying to get rid of the word b*tch but not pr*ck etc.), “empowerment” without the work that comes with actually doing anything, and allowing women to do things to men that […]

Here’s an idea: suggest a new blog for me to check out. One you haven’t ever seen linked on RWN or CG before — and please make it something good. In other words, don’t suggest I check out your blog that you’ve updated twice in the last month.

Yesterday, David Petraeus did the Alan Colmes show and he had good news for America, which of course, is bad news for the Democrats. Here’s a little foretaste of what he’ll probably be telling Congress next month, COLMES: “Can the Iraqi security forces and police be trained? … Are you confident that the time will […]

It sure is great to see the Left starting to act just as self-destructively as the Right has over the last couple of years, Progressive and liberal groups and left-leaning blogs are furious, tossing around fighting words like “spineless,” “craven” and “weak.” …”Democratic leaders in Congress didn’t put up much of a fight and they […]

In a way, this is sort of ironic because you have Mitt Romney, who has a really weak record on illegal immigration, attacking Rudy Giuliani, who has an even worse record on the issue. In other words, this is like Lindsey Graham launching a salvo at Ted Kennedy for not being serious about securing the […]

I’m not sure which of these stories about Roseanne Barr is more disturbing. Let’s start with a post on her blog that may be some drunken attempt at humor (but somehow, I doubt it)… Via Cassy Fiano, “The fired intern from Myspace (not Joey) has also stolen my private sex tape. I am offering $25,000 […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Cracked: 8 important lessons learned from ’80s cartoons. Cassy Fiano: Now this is scary: Is there a Roseanne sex tape out there? Egotastic!: Jessica Biel flashes her underwear and shows some leg. Michael Medved: Why not bomb Mecca You can check out […]

“According to a February 2007 survey of MyDD, and to demographic Tuesday polls on Dailykos, the GLBT community represent a large, 14-18% of the readership of those blogs, while “non-Christians,” make up an eye-popping 70-75% of the two communities. As such, at least when it comes to Dailykos and MyDD, the demographics of the readership […]

After the grim “abandon all hope ye who enter here” meme we’ve been getting from the MSM and Democrats on Iraq, this article from the Associated Press’s Robert Burns was almost shocking to read. I say that not because it’s all good news — it certainly isn’t — but because Burns is clearly and unambigiously […]

Every so often in the blogosphere, somebody notices that most of the bigger blogs tend to be run by white guys and then there is a big dust-up where words like “diversity” and “good old boys’ club” are tossed around with gusto to explain why more women aren’t at the tippy tippy top on the […]

“I spent a lifetime working in mainstream media – book publishing, Hollywood movies, newspapers and magazines. Fact-checking, in my experience, is a big lie. It barely exists in the mainstream media.” — Roger L. Simon

Admittedly, I’ve been lukewarm on Mitt and downright bearish on Rudy and certainly, neither of them would be at the top of my list as a candidate for the GOP in 2008. However, to be fair, there is one potential advantage that both men would likely have over the other two top tier contenders, Thompson […]

Here’s part of what I wrote about the New York Times decision to put their columnists behind a subscription wall back in May of 2005, “This decision may lead to more short term dollars for the New York Times, but it’s a mistake that will cost them money and influence in the long-term… The problem […]

Someone just reminded me that there is a Democratic debate tonight and asked if I would be liveblogging it….oh, man. On the one hand, I feel duty-bound to do it, but on the other hand, listening to the Democrats drone on and on about the same things they asked them about in the last debate, […]

The “forgotten war” or the one that should have been remembered, Afghanistan is a place that looks suspiciously like Palm Springs except the women wear Burkas instead of bathing suits. Logically, this is the “good war”, the legal and justified war, but like the sibling to the prodigal son, the son who did everything right, […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Constitutionally Right: Walking does more than driving to cause global warming, a leading environmentalist has calculated. Rachel Lucas: There are so many things wrong with this story that I don’t know where to begin The Weekly Standard: Beauchamp recants. Hollywood Tuna: More […]

“I have been called Anti-Military. My response is this: Who on earth could be Pro-Military!” — Daily Kos Diarist, AWhitneyBrown

Many of you have no doubt heard of Scott Thomas Beauchamp, a writer for the New Republic who made, anonymously, some rather outrageous accusations about the behavior of his fellow troops. His claims didn’t smell right, conservative bloggers started looking into them, and the next thing you know, it all started falling apart for him […]