Author: John Hawkins

We keep getting reports like this one through the media, but we never seem to do anything about it, Five Britons kidnapped in Baghdad were abducted by a group “trained, equipped and advised” by Iran, America’s commander in Iraq said yesterday. Gen David Petraeus said he believed that the four security guards and civilian contractor […]

Over at Human Events, they’ve put together the “Top Ten Movies We’d Like to Screen in US Embassies” (part one & part two). The idea is supposed to be to give foreigners a little taste of what Americans are like and how we think via our movies and well, you know me, I’ve seldom met […]

Nancy Pelosi is being booed, “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) yesterday reaffirmed her commitment to end the war in Iraq, but her words were greeted with skepticism and some boos by anti-war liberal activists. Addressing the liberal pressure group Campaign for America’s Future, Pelosi called the war in Iraq a “tragedy” and a “grotesque mistake,” […]

Don’t these liberal claims that there is this huge untapped market for liberal talk radio that is being deliberately kept off the air by evil corporations sound particularly hollow after the failure of Air America? The Center for American Progress and Free Press today released the first-of-its-kind statistical analysis of the political make-up of talk […]

I know a lot of you are probably thinking, “Hawkins, you have up an ad for Michael Moore’s ‘Sicko,’ Glenn Greenwald’s book, and Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich merchandise. What is up with that?” The honest answer is, “I have no idea.” Still, I’m not complaining. If liberals want to give me money to run their ads, […]

A couple of weeks back, I interviewed Fark’s Drew Curtis. Since then, I’ve finished his new book, It’s Not News, It’s Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News. The book is outstanding; it’s light, funny, and it’s an extremely effective critique of the media from someone who’s apolitical. Here are my […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: The Daily Mail: Beyonce shows off her curves in St Tropez. Cassy Fiano: An excerpt from OJ’s book that explains how he killed Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman — “if he did it.” Kyle Smith: On Michael Moore’s “Sicko” (Outstanding) Xiaxue: 137 […]

Michael Bloomberg, the liberal mayor of New York, left the Republican party in what seems likely to be a prelude to a run at the presidency as an independent in 2008. Now, can Michael Bloomberg win the presidency? No. I’ve written about this in detail previously and you can see it here, if you want […]

Someone put the Goracle on a slow boat to China, China has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest producer of carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, figures released today show. The surprising announcement will increase anxiety about China’s growing role in driving man-made global warming and will pile pressure onto world politicians to […]

Here’s an email I received from RWN reader D. Giles, “Great interview (with Bernard Goldberg). I’d disagree with his analysis about conservatives sitting out elections. Even us poor rubes can add. Abstaining means one less vote for the Republican candidate. Voting Democrat means a net loss of two votes for the Republican. I didn’t do […]

673 RWN readers voted yesterday for their favorite Cable News Host/Cable Personalities. Here were the results, Brit Hume: 28% Dennis Miller: 13% Bill O’Reilly: 13% Glenn Beck: 11% Sean Hannity: 11% Neil Cavuto: 6% Lou Dobbs: 5% Jon Stewart: 3% Shep Smith: 2% Stephen Colbert: 2% John Gibson: 1% Tucker Carlson: 1% Greg Gutfeld: 1% […]

On Thursday of last week, I caught up with Bernard Goldberg and interviewed him via phone about his new book, Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How One Side Lost Its Mind and the Other Lost Its Nerve. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation. Enjoy! John Hawkins: Now, […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Jessica Alba is attacked by liberals for looking at herself as an American, not a Mexican-American The Daily Mail: The secret of Posh Spice’s 23-inch-waist (w/pic) Dennis Prager: You’re in a bad neighborhood and 10 men approach you… Alaska […]

Yesterday, I posted my favorite email from a Ron Paul fan in response to The Conservative Case Against Ron Paul, column of mine that ran at Townhall. I was going to leave it at that, but the email is still pouring in from the Pauliacs (the column must be posted on some of his fan […]

Over at MySpace, I’ve run across a group, with 402 members, called — believe it or not — F*** the Troops. I can’t say that I admire their attitude, but I do admire their honesty. Liberals usually don’t have the courage to write things like this, even though this is what most of them think… […]

Here’s a message I received in my MySpace account, “John I love your site but I noticed that you have Ronald Reagan as one of your heros. Haven’t you heard of the 1986 Big Treason of the American People? That was the year that RR sold out all of us who live under the flag […]

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On Friday, I got together for a phone interview with National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman, John Ensign. Unfortunately, we spent more time than I anticipated debating particular parts of the bill and there were a few questions I planned to ask him that we didn’t have time to hit. Still, I appreciate the time he […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Mark Steyn: The immigration bill is a fraud. X-17: Britney Spears has yet another wardrobe malfunction (w/pics) Guns and Ammo: What really happens in a gunfight? Little Green Football: Daily Kos Kids supporting Hamas (again). Cassy Fiano: Doo-doo found in the Senate. […]

This week-end, I received this email from RWN reader Rob Donavan, “Terry Jeffrey said something the other day that I found very puzzling: “However, when Fred Thompson was in the Unite States Senate, both times he ran for the Senate he ran as a pro-choice candidate. He was against the Republican pro-life plank in 1996, […]

I’m not the biggest Arnold Schwarzenegger fan, but when the man who could fairly be called the most successful living American immigrant gives other immigrants advice about how to succeed in America, it would seem wise to pay attention, Schwarzenegger, who immigrated to the U.S. from Austria, recently told a group of Hispanic journalists that […]

Last week, my Townhall column was called the The Conservative Case Against Ron Paul. The column did well, finishing 2nd for the day at Townhall on Friday. As expected, the Ron Paul crowd went absolutely insane in the Townhall comments section and via emails. The emails I received seemed to be roughly split between people […]

As we’re getting ready to start round 2 of the big immigration bill battle in the Senate, a crystal clear signal has just been sent that the comprehensive immigration bill will be probably be DOA even if it makes it to the House, “The U.S. House of Representatives this morning voted to withhold federal emergency […]

Hat tip to Redstate for the story.

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and contact your Senators! The Payback Project: If Republican Senators Sell Out Conservatives By Voting For Amnesty, We’re Going To Make Them Pay In 2008 VideoPile: Free Online Videos Geek Press I Can Has Cheezburger Patrick Ruffini Rush […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Podcast Fresh: The 5 hottest female podcasters of 2007 Charles Krauthammer: The jeopardy of comprehensive reform. Ankle Biting Pundits: Trent Lott: “Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.” — Ankle Biting Pundit: Republicans like Trent Lott are […]

Question: “Do you think there’s any tension between the widespread conservative desire to see Scooter Libby pardoned after his conviction for perjury and obstruction of justice, and the insistence that President Clinton should have been removed from office for those same crimes?” — maledicta Answer: That’s a tough question because obviously, there are some parallels. […]

Question: “What are the top movie sequels of all time?” — D-Vega Answer: Here’s a quickly thrown together list of some of my favorites, 20) Rocky 2 19) Final Destination 2 18) Saw 2 17) Land of the Dead 16) Rocky 3 15) LOTR II: Return of the King 14) Rush Hour 2 13) X2: […]