Author: John Hawkins

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: WorldNetDaily: Anti-Falwell venom flows on liberal blogs. Jerry Falwell: His last column: Boldly live your faith! Beltway Blogroll: The Republican Party stonewalls the Rightroots. Popular Science Blog: Video: How to survive a nine-meter kiddie-pool high dive You can check out all those […]

Who won the debate? Sam Brownback James Gilmore Rudy Giuliani Mike Huckabee Duncan Hunter I didn’t watch it John McCain Ron Paul Mitt Romney Tom Tancredo Tommy Thompson    Free polls from Pollhost.com

I’ll be liveblogging the 9 P.M. EST debate tonight, which will be on Fox News. So, if you’re watching and prowling the blogosphere at the same time, make sure to stop in and refresh constantly. 9:01: Let’s get reaaaady to rrrrruuuuuuummmmmmbbbbblllleee! 9:06: Tommy got a haircut. He looks sharper than at the first debate. 9:09: […]

I was sorry to hear that Jerry Falwell passed away today. I sometimes criticized him harshly, but he seemed like a decent man and he has certainly done a lot of good in the world. My condolences go out to his friends and family. PS: I’m keeping the comments closed to keep the liberal posters […]

Ok, first of all, take a look at this cartoon… Do you see the Nazi tie-in? Really, you don’t? Look closer! Keep looking, keep looking…ok, you give up? According to two members of the “reality based community”, Matt Kleiman and Matthew Yglesias, this is obviously meant to be a direct copy of this 1924 German […]

The WAPO’s “The Fix” blog is featuring some demographic information supplied by, “Third Way, a centrist Democratic group.” There’s a lot of good data in the post, starting with this, Let’s start with the overall shape of the electorate as laid out in the Third Way survey. “Compared to 2004, the 2006 electorate was wealthier […]

There have been rumors floating around for a while that New York’s faux Republican mayor, left-of-center Michael Bloomberg, and widely despised Senator (by Republicans anyway) Chuck Hagel were going to run as independents. Over the last couple of days, there have been stories breaking (See here & here) that speculated Bloomberg would run with Hagel […]

“CHRIS WALLACE: How close is the president to losing the support of his own party? And how nervous are Republicans getting about Iraq as they look forward to the 2008 election? BILL KRISTOL: Well, they’re plenty nervous, as elected officials often are. They’re being extremely stupid. I mean, the idea that they will get credit […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Flopping Aces: Bruce Willis tells Hollywood to shut up. Salon: How professional political operatives secretly control the news you read about the 2008 campaign. Hint: It involves the Drudge Report. Sports by Brooks: An index full of snaps of the incredibly hot […]

Here’s what RWN’s readers came up with when I polled them on the following question, “What is your favorite blog (RWN & CG are not eligible).” Little Green Footballs: 18% Michelle Malkin: 13% Captain’s Quarters: 8% Instapundit: 8% Ace of Spades HQ : 8% Other: 8% Wizbang!: 7% Hot Air: 7% IMAO: 4% The Corner: […]

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Last week, I put out a post called, “The Ten Best Manly Action Films Of All-Time.” Well, this week-end, Lorie Byrd from Wizbang suggested I do a post on the 10 least manly action films of all-time. This is a considerably harder task because if the movie looks really wimpy, I quite naturally avoid it […]

From the Hill, “A popular conservative blog will step up its efforts this week to force Republican leaders to pull Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) from the powerful Appropriations Committee. In addition, the website will begin a coordinated effort to target members of the GOP Steering Committee in order to save the party from electoral disaster […]

“When conservatives talk about supporting the troops, they mean doing everything possible to help them win the war they’re fighting. Liberals never seem to talk about victory, but rather see “support” as turning soldiers and veterans into another victim group, dependent on government health and welfare services. Will it work? So far, at least, I […]

At one time, Scott Ritter was a weapons inspector in Iraq with a tough guy reputation. After the weapons inspectors were pulled out in 1998, because the Iraqis wouldn’t cooperate, Ritter talked in blunt terms about the threat that Saddam and his WMDs posed, “Once effective inspection regimes have been terminated,” he warned in Senate […]

Every time a student does something that is the least bit suspicious these days, he ends up getting in hot water because they think he’s going to be the next school shooter. But, what happens when a group of teachers actually stages a fake school shooting to terrify their students? Maybe nothing, MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (AP) […]

My column at Townhall last week, Five Things You Can’t Say In America finished as the 6th most read column on Townhall last week. Neal Boortz and Ann Coulter are just in front of me on the list and Dick Morris and Thomas Sowell are right behind me.

Personally, I don’t get my news from the Big 3 because the news they dole out is incredibly slow, incomplete, and dull compared to the info you can get from the internet. However, the inordinate amount of hand wringing about Katie Couric bombing in the ratings has caught my eye, The numbers are stark. Eight […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Gawker: The top ten worst party pictures Redstate: California students go undercover: expose Planned Parenthood breaking law by encouraging a 15 year old to have an abortion. Power Line: To the DNC: Sue us. Alarming News: I grew up with 2 of […]

What is your favorite blog (RWN & CG are not eligible). Ace of Spades HQ Althouse Blackfive Captain’s Quarters Hot Air Hugh Hewitt Instapundit Little Green Footballs Mary Katharine Ham’s Blog Michelle Malkin Newsbusters IMAO Other Outside the Beltway Protein Wisdom Redstate The Corner Tim Blair The Other Side of Kim Wizbang    Free polls […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, consider this to be an open thread, enjoy the links below, and have a great week-end! Help RWN Out By Taking This Demographic Survey Carbon Debits – Increasing Your Carbon Footprint Cindy Sheehan is considering a run for US Congress in 2008 Michael Steele: An Open Letter To The […]

Question: “Can you name the ten most important trends in the world that will shape our lives in the coming half century?” — mannning2 Answer: This sort of question is almost impossible to answer because a technological advance that occurs tomorrow or some, as Donald Rumsfeld might put it, “unknown unknown” might blow everything out […]

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“Based on my current research, I estimate that if all the current adult illegal immigrants in the U.S. were granted amnesty the net retirement costs to government (benefits minus taxes) could be over $2.5 trillion.” — Robert Rector

Question: “As things currently stand, given technology, there’s relative strengths between the traditional media companies and the blogosphere. Traditional media companies, given their resources and training, tend to be better at gathering facts and information. The blogosphere, given the much wider skill set and experience level tends to be a lot better at analysis of […]

Question: “What are the top five (or ten) manly action movies of all time?” — D-Vega Answer: The most manly action movies of all-time? Ok, let’s see…how about, Rooster Cogburn: Because no list of manly action movies is complete without a John Wayne movie on it. Last Man Standing: A Bruce Willis gangster remake of […]

Question: “Given the Republican’s head-in-sand refusal to change their rhetoric about spending since their defeat last November (as evidenced by Tom Cole’s recent “spending wasn’t the problem” comment)… has your attitude about third parties changed at all? Could you see yourself ever voting for a third party Presidential candidate if he was clearly more aligned […]

Question: John, what is your take on the Republicans moderates meeting with Bush? Tom Davis seems to be suggesting a strategy of “declare victory and leave”. — blue-hog Answer: Politically, the GOP blue staters are caught between a rock and a hard place. The war is extremely unpopular with Democrats and Independents. However, if we […]

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The title of this column is taken from Larry Elder’s superb book Ten Things You Can’t Say In America, even though we don’t cover much of the same ground. Hopefully, Larry won’t mind because imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery. 1) The U.S. military should be far less concerned about civilian casualties. We’ve […]