Author: John Hawkins

If you’re looking for any evidence that the GOP learned something from the 2006 elections, you won’t find it in the results of today’s leadership elections. John Boehner absolutely crushed Mike Pence 168 to 27. Furthermore, Roy Blunt gave John Shadegg a thrashing that was almost as brutal, winning 147 to 57. Now Boehner, maybe […]

One of the points I’ve tried to hammer home is that even if you think mankind is causing global warming, at present, there’s no feasible way for us to cut greenhouse gas production enough to do anything about it. The latest UN climate Talks show you exactly why that’s the case: “Global talks to widen […]

Imagine what the United States could do with something like this: “Israel is using nanotechnology to try to create a robot no bigger than a hornet that would be able to chase, photograph and kill its targets, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday. The flying robot, nicknamed the “bionic hornet”, would be able to navigate […]

As you may have heard, a student at UCLA got tasered 4 times for resisting the campus police and there’s video: The video cuts in late, features lots of screaming, and this kid yelling about the Patriot Act after being tased, which, I found to be particularly hilarious. You can read all about it here […]

“At the same time John Edwards was ripping Wal-Mart, his staffer was trying to purchase a PS3 for Edwards there. Of course, Edwards is trying to shift the blame to his staffer: “Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards acknowledged Thursday that amid his criticism of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., a volunteer member of his staff asked […]

Democrats may not have told Americans a lot of what they wanted to do before the election, mainly because their agenda is unpopular and bad for America, but now they’re overconfident because of their victory and they’re out there talking about all these liberal goals that they want to get accomplished. On the other hand, […]

Make no mistake about it, with Nancy Pelosi running the show, liberal chairmen running the committees, and liberal activists demanding that liberal ideas be moved forward, the Democrats will definitely be pushing a liberal agenda over the next couple of years. However, having a liberal agenda is one thing and getting it through can sometimes […]

Domestic Abramoff Reports to Prison; Officials Focus on Reid, Others House Democrats Name Pelosi Speaker House Democrats Name Hoyer To No. 2 Over Murtha Post By A Wide Margin (149-86) Leadership Candidate Putnam Wants To Know: Where Were The Rednecks? A Man Was Arrested At Detroit Metropolitan Airport After Officials Say They Found Him Carrying […]

According to the Drudge Report, the great economist Milton Friedman, whom conservative bloggers ranked as the 15th greatest figure of the 20th century, has passed away. Back on Sept 16, 2003, I interviewed Milton Friedman about a variety of economic topics. You can read it here. Also see, RWN’s Favorite Quotes From Milton And Rose […]

It was disgusting enough that OJ Simpson murdered two people in cold blood and managed to beat the system without going to jail for it. But, to see him out there trying to turn a buck explaining how he did it is particularly disgusting. All I can say is that I hope no one will […]

Right now, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain are still running well ahead of the rest of the field for the Republican nomination in 2008. However, I still think both of them are going to eventually crater. My theory on how it will happen goes like so, At some point, a consensus conservative candidate will emerge […]

There hasn’t been a lot for conservatives to cheer over since the election, but I think Mitch McConnell becoming Minority Leader is one of them. I like Bill Frist, I think he’s a nice enough guy, but quite frankly, the Senate was a disaster area under his leadership. Hopefully the Republicans in the Senate will […]

From the New York Times: “So it was that Stan Greenberg, the Democratic pollster, and Mr. Carville used the forum of a Monitor Breakfast, a gathering of newsmakers and reporters, to say Mr. Dean wasted an opportunity to make historic gains by refusing to take resources out of his effort to build up parties in […]

Recently, I read Bill Bryson’s “A Short History Of Nearly Everything,” which is a book on scientific basics. Now keep in mind that Bryson’s book is no conservative tome. To prove that, he even got a favorable review from the New York Times Book Review, “Destined to become a modern classic of science writing.” However, […]

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) took exception with Abizaid’s talk of all the steps that the Iraqi government needs to take. “Hope is not a method,” she told him. “We’ve had testimony now for four years about what ‘must be done’ — and it doesn’t get done.” (Gen. John P. Abizaid, chief of the U.S. […]

So last night, I tuned into the local conservative talk radio station and Michael Savage’s show was on. Now, I’m not a fan of Savage, but a caller said something interesting. He said that he wished that Bush would resign so that Cheney could take over. Now of course, that’s not likely to happen, but […]

Domestic Trent Lott Wins Back Leadership Slot (Gag) Dennis Kucinich Calls for Cutting Off Iraq War Funds The Bush Administration Must Tell Iraq That U.S. Troops Will Begin Withdrawing In Four To Six Months, The Next Chairman Of The Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin (D-Mich) Said Wednesday The Top U.S. Commander In The Middle […]

Last night, a prominent conservative blogger was telling me that she “hates Republicans” and that she wants to vote independent. When I asked her why, she said, “Yeah, they’re totally gonna elect Boehner and Blunt. And then the Martinez thing. They’re killing me.” All I can say is that yeah, they’re killing me, too. Although […]

Carl Levin, the Democrat who’ll be the next chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is just itching to wave the white flag in Iraq: “The Bush administration must tell Iraq that U.S. troops will begin withdrawing in four to six months, the next chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday, as Congress […]

“And as the fish rots from the head, I propose we start by demanding that the criminal Bush administration be investigated and brought to justice for war crimes and crimes against humanity. It’s going to be just one more national humiliation if Germany has to do it for us. We owe it to the world […]

From Michael Totten, a guy who knows Lebanon: “The Lebanese government says Syria and Iran aim to overthrow the elected government in Beirut and reconquer the country. Whether they are actually trying to do this right now or not is unknown. There should be no doubt, though, that if they don’t have a plan to […]

From a RWN reader and advertiser: In one of your post-Nov 7 posts you mentioned that Republicans should be the party of free trade. I don’t know whether I support free trade or not. My conservatism is grounded in national security and a belief that economic competition usually produces the best results. However, it seems […]

Andrew Sullivan linked to the Mark Steyn interview on RWN with this quote, “[Sullivan] will be the official voice of conservatism for decades,” – Mark Steyn, voicing his deeper fears. It’s really sort of embarrassing that Andrew Sullivan, a man who actually wrote a book called, “The Conservative Soul,” which would sort of be like […]

I’m a big fan of Hugh Hewitt, but I think this theory he’s been plugging for quite a while about a wall being the key to ending the illegal immigration debate has already been proven wrong: “If the GOP avoids plainly inequitable proposals such as the grant of social security benefits for the wages earned […]

Foreign Iran Says Nuke Program Is Near Complete Plutonium Found in Iran Waste Facility (Free WAPO Reg Req) Netanyahu: It’s 1938 and Iran is Germany; Ahmadinejad is preparing another Holocaust Gunmen Kidnap Up to 150 in Baghdad International Lawyers File Suit Against Rumsfeld In Germany Blair – We Must Work With ‘Axis Of Evil’ States […]

I just got off of a Heritage Foundation teleconference with Mike Pence, who has been almost universally endorsed on the right side of the blogosphere for the Minority Leader position in the House. Pence started off with a short statement and then got into a Q&A session. My notes (not quotes) on what he said […]

Oddly, Neal Boortz was talking about these election results from Georgia as if they were good news for the Libertarian Party: Georgia LP Election Results November 7th, 2006 was an historic night for the Libertarian Party of Georgia! Garrett Michael Hayes received over 77,000 votes for Governor — more votes than any Georgia Libertarian gubernatorial […]

Hey Bruce Bartlett, Joe Scarborough, and you other Republicans who were rooting for a Republican loss in 2006, how do you like this agenda? Is it an improvement? Hillarycare/socialized medicine is back on the table, “(Hillary) also said Democrats would focus on improving the quality and affordability of health care _ a touchy matter for […]

The other night, I did an appearance on Kit Jarrell’s internet radio show and as always, Kit did a great job. You can listen to it here.

It’s hard to know how much credence to give to this story in the Daily Telegraph, but if it’s true, shouldn’t we be killing people and breaking things in Iran about now? “Iran is trying to form an unholy alliance with al-Qa’eda by grooming a new generation of leaders to take over from Osama bin […]