Author: John Hawkins

Dave Johnson over at Seeing The Forest wasn’t pleased with my post that referred to the Federal government ordering businesses to provide paid sick days to their employees as socialism: There is a move to require companies to pay for sick days. Conservatives say this is “Socialism.” If basic human rights is “Socialism” then I […]

Foreign Robert Gates: Iran Wants Nuclear Weapons For Deterrence. We Should Let Them Have Them (Bush Should Fire Gates Before He Takes Office) Iraq To Command Own Forces By Spring: US General Al Qaida An Active Partner In Somalia’s New Government Fiji Military Stages Coup, Fourth In 20 Years Italian Prosecutors On Tuesday Asked A […]

From Kos at the Daily Kos: “Standard caveats aside (it’s early, we don’t have a set field, blah blah blah), it’s hard to see how Barack Obama loses the nomination barring scandal or the mother-of-all gaffes. I’ve been working up a few scenarios given the primary calendar (which isn’t set in stone, with states like […]

If you want a symbol of how mediocre, weak, and morally bankrupt Western Europe and the United Nations has become, this one will do as well as any: “Survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre have criticised the Dutch government for giving an insignia to UN peacekeepers who served in the city. They said honouring Dutch […]

At the very liberal SF State University, the Associated Students board is very upset with the College Republicans because they stomped on the Hamas and Hezbollah flags — No, it’s not a Saturday Night Live sketch parodying liberals for being pro-terrorist, this is really happening! “Preceding an ongoing investigation into SF State College Republican behavior, […]

“One good test as to whether folks are doing interesting work is, Can they surprise me? And increasingly, when I read Daily Kos, it doesn’t surprise me. It’s all just exactly what I would expect.” — Barrack Obama

The business hating socialists that have taken over Congress are planning to try to force all companies to pay for sick days: “With the Democratic Congress expected to move quickly to raise the minimum wage, many Democrats, women’s organizations and liberal groups are gearing up for a fight on another workplace issue: paid sick days. […]

Daniel Glover of Beltway Blogroll wrote an article for MSNBC and the New York Times about bloggers who end up on the payrolls of politicians. Glover caught a lot of flack from bloggers about his piece, especially because of a chart that accompanied the New York Times article that featured obsequious quotes from the bloggers […]

Framing this discussion in the context of Klein’s radio stunt gives the impression, which no doubt is just what Bernd Debusmann wanted to do, that any distrust of any Muslims in the U.S. is an exercise in crypto-Nazism. And of course, “ignorance” is the problem. Efforts will be stepped up, as if they weren’t already […]

Just in case you’re wondering how Patton is doing, he’s great!

Domestic Bush Accepts Bolton’s U.N. Resignation Man Gets 30 Years In Congressional Chemical Bomb Plot With the Democratic Congress, Groups Gear Up for Fight Over Paid Sick Days (Free New York Times Reg Req) Muslim-American Group Targets Dennis Prager Over Koran Oath Comments (Prager Rules & Cair Drools) Michael Bloomberg Seriously Contemplating Independent Presidential Bid […]

In the latter part of 2005, I ran Right Wing News and a blog called Conservative Grapevine. Conservative Grapevine was a link blog dedicated to highlighting the best posts from around the right side of the blogosphere as well as covering articles about blogging. Unfortunately, the work load got to be too much for me […]

Now normally, I don’t bother with video reviews. However, after seeing Superman Returns, which at 300 million dollars, could fairly be called the world’s most expensive pile of crap, I felt that I had a duty as a blogger to write a spoiler ridden review that describes, in nauseating detail, how gut rippingly awful this […]

This sort of warped thought process is exactly what’s wrong with liberal judges: Justice Stephen G. Breyer says the Supreme Court must promote the political rights of minorities and look beyond the Constitution’s text when necessary to ensure that “no one gets too powerful.” It’s not the job of the Supreme Court to, “promote the […]

One thing that you may have heard about this week-end was a hoax that radio host Jerry Klein played on his audience to expose their anti-Muslim prejudice: “When radio host Jerry Klein suggested that all Muslims in the United States should be identified with a crescent-shape tattoo or a distinctive arm band, the phone lines […]

I really don’t care much for this sort of mentality: “As to whether the United States has made mistakes: of course, I’m sure we have,” Rice told interviewer Saad Sillawi of the Arabic satellite television station Al-Arabiya. “You can’t be involved in something as big as the liberation of a country like Iraq, and all […]

This is a natural outgrowth of treating people with severe mental disorders like they’re simply making a lifestyle choice: “Until recently, many children who did not conform to gender norms in their clothing or behavior and identified intensely with the opposite sex were steered to psychoanalysis or behavior modification. But as advocates gain ground for […]

The following is an excerpt from the new book How The Left Was Won: An In-Depth Analysis of the Tools and Methodologies Used by Liberals to Undermine Society and Disrupt the Social Order by Richard Mgrdechian. Let’s face it, when you get right down to it, all of liberalism is fueled by a singular strategy-a […]

If you’ve ever been around a South Park aficionado, you’ve probably heard of the Underpants Gnomes. Since it’s one of the most discussed South Park clips and I happened to TiVo it, I thought you might want to take a look: Incidentally, that business plan may sound a little crazy, but it’s essentially the same […]

Foreign Rumsfeld’s Memo of Options for Iraq War (Free New York Times Reg Req) Ahmadinejad: Israel Will Disappear Iranian Parliament Votes To Cut Ahmadinejad’s Term Short Saudis Lead Israel Peace Bid Over 1,000 Now Feared Dead In Philippines. Red Cross Raises Estimated Death Toll From Typhoon Devastation Sectarian Clashes In West Beirut Kill 1 Venezuelan […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end! The 10 Most Viral Videos Of All-Time 2000-Year-Old Greek Device Is ‘First Computer’ The ABC PAC Presidential Challenge Book By Frank J.: The Chronicles Of Dubya Volume 1: The Defeat Of Saddam. The […]

Question: “What’s your take on this 2008 hopeful? Duncan Hunter.” — hos9911 Answer: I think Duncan Hunter is a very intriguing candidate who could fulfill the role that George Allen was growing into before his untimely political demise a few weeks back. Hunter is the current Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and he’s […]

Question: If Iran manages to acquire nuclear weapons, which is looking more and more likely, what do you think the US response will be?” — Ben89 Answer: I wouldn’t say it’s a given that Iran will be allowed to acquire nukes. Bush does not strike me as the sort of guy who would willingly let […]

Question: “Keith Ellison, the first American Muslim elected to Congress, has said that he will only take his oath of office on the Qur’an, not on the Bible. Do you have a problem with this?” — maledicta Answer: Yes, I do, but it’s a moot point since the Democrats are going to allow it. Moreover, […]

Question: “Love your blog, I read it often. I have a question for you, though. You have mentioned in the fact that you are a Christian and a southern Baptist. If you are indeed a Bible believing Christian, why do make comments such as “Most species that have existed on earth at one point or […]

Question: “In light of Chucky Shumer’s recent remarks: Is Reaganism truly dead?” — Good_Ol_Boy Answer: The American people loved Reagan and most members of the conservative base consider themselves to be Reaganites, but if you look around Washington, you’ll find few Republicans in power who live by the same principles as Reagan. The last Republican […]

Question: “Best movie bad guys ever. Go.” — maledicta Answer: Here are my faves: Thulsa Doom from Conan: The evil, sword swinging sorcerer/cult leader who was Conan’s nemesis in the movie. William ‘D-Fens’ Foster from Falling Down: The reason this villain was so brilliant was because you could sympathize with him, even as he went […]

Question: “Do we have to colonize other planets in order to survive extinction, as Stephen Hawkings has said?” — D-Vega Answer: Most species that have existed on earth at one point or another have gone extinct, sometimes even after thriving for millions of years. Chances are that eventually, at some point in the future, the […]

Question: “Critical race theorists are a very outspoken group that really seem to get almost no coverage whatsoever among the MSM, the blogosphere, or much of anywhere other than liberal academia fawning over them. A typical CRT essay will read something like this: “Whites tend not to recognize that race has little meaning without reference […]

Question: John, my question is about your work with Human Events. You have a weekly column (usually on wednesdays, apparently thursday this week), that much I know. What I am curious about is what kind of constraints do you have on your writing? Do you choose the subject of each column completely on your own? […]