Author: John Hawkins

From last to first.. Currently Reading: R.A. Salvatore: The Lone Drow: The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, Book II (The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy) 50) R.A. Salvatore: The Thousand Orcs (Forgotten Realms: The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, Book 1) (B: Great characters, but the dialogue seems a little stilted at times.) 49) Donald Kagan: The Peloponnesian War (A: As […]

“The Senate did an abrupt about-face yesterday, voting overwhelmingly to begin paying for 370 miles of fencing and 500 miles of vehicle barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border, just three weeks after voting against the same spending. The amendment’s sponsor said senators were so embarrassed by that July 13 vote that most felt they had to […]

Foreign President Jalal Talabani Predicted Wednesday That Iraqi Troops Will Assume Security Duties For The Whole Country By The End Of The Year EU Won’t Label Hezbollah ‘Terrorist’ Group Claim: Iran Has Freed Osama Bin Laden’s Son To Fight With Hezbollah Israeli ‘Hackers’ Target Hezbollah TV Claim: Iran Working With N.Korea On Missiles Thousands Of […]

One of the hottest races in August features two Republicans going toe to toe in Michigan’s 7th District. The incumbent, establishment candidate Joe Schwartz, is facing off against conservative challenger Tim Walberg in a Republican primary that will be decided next week, on August 8th. Because there is no serious Democratic challenger in the district, […]

It’s seems that the sweaty hoi polloi visiting the Capitol have gone too far: now they’re even using the same elevators as members of Congress! The New York Times has the latest on this appalling development: In addition to lofty issues of war and peace, the Senate is grappling with another urgent matter: the senators-only […]

Here’s a rather tasteless photoshop of Lieberman from the liberal blogosphere’s favorite ultraharpy, Jane Hamsher: You know what the really weird thing is — well, besides the pic itself? There’s nothing about race, racism, or any related topic in her post. It was all just standard lefty boilerplate like: “Lieberman has been an integral part […]

Over at MyDD, Chris Bowers, one of the heavies in the netroots group, has weighed in on Rightroots. Here are some of the comments from Bowers, with mine following: “Now, is a less official capacity, a collection of right-wing blogs has created something called “Rightroots,” which, as Kung Fu quip tells us, was created to […]

Over the last few days, it has been fascinating to watch the whole Mel Gibson story unfold. Here you have a wildly popular actor, who has been unfairly accused of anti-Semitism in the past because of his magnificent movie, “The Passion of the Christ,” going on a drunken, anti-Semitic tirade against some police officers that […]

A while back, I moved over to my current blog host Dreamhost because my host at the time was having horrible, daily problems with their MySQL database. Dreamhost was cheap, they had a great back end, tons of features and they were reliable. Unfortunately, their service has slowly and steadily gotten worse. Now, we’re finally […]

Rightroots: The Kingston Challenge Jack Kingston must have really been happy to see some Republican bloggers finally out there raising money for the GOP because he has made us an offer we can’t refuse: “Dear Friends, I commend the efforts of the Rightroots movement for providing a forum which seeks to help the Republican Party […]

Foreign Israel Sends 10,000 Troops Into Southern Lebanon. Israeli Commandos Raid Hezbollah Hideout In Baalbek Hospital Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Said Tuesday That Israel Is “Winning The Battle” In Its 21-Day Offensive Against Hezbollah Guerillas In Southern Lebanon Hizbollah Bombards Northern Israel Israeli-Arab Objection To Fighting Puts Democracy To The Test U.N. Officials: No Cease-Fire […]

(This post will be on top of the page all day long. Scroll down for updates, Click here to see the slate of candidates and here to see their bios.) As you all probably know, the left-side of the blogosphere has endorsed a slate of Democratic candidates and as of last night about 11:59 PM, […]

Over at the Rantings of a Sandmonkey, which is a pro-American Egyptian blog, the Sandmonkey is asking “Some slightly uncomfortable questions,” to his co-workers and not liking the answers: “I asked him what he would’ve thought, if a Hezbollah rocket had attacked a building in Israel, killing 55 civillians, of which 30 were children. He […]

The folks over at One Jerusalem set up a teleconference today with Israel’s former Ambassador to the UN, Dore Gold, who was in Jerusalem. Interestingly enough, Pam, from Atlas Shrugs, was already there and in his hotel room when the conference started (although she swore up and down that they had a chaperone :) Dore […]

Jimmy Carter weighs in with his “solution” to the fighting in the Middle-East. Unsurprisingly, it amounts to little more than Israel caving in every way possible in return for vague promises that they may or may not get something in return: “The urgent need in Lebanon is that Israeli attacks stop, the nation’s regular military […]

Yesterday, we heard this from Democratic Congressman John Dingell of Michigan: “Yesterday, Representative John Dingell of Michigan appeared on a Detroit television program along with Republican Candice Miller. They discussed the crisis in Lebanon; Dingell proclaimed himself neutral. “I don’t take sides for or against Hezbollah; I don’t take sides for or against Israel.” Asked, […]

Juan Williams came to speak to my history teacher group yesterday about his biography of Thurgood Marshall. His anecdotes contrasting the middle class frat boy that Marshall was in college and the determined fighter for civil rights that Marshall became were fascinating. However, Williams is concerned that civil rights leaders like Marshall who battled death […]

Foreign Israel Approves Wider Ground Offensive Israel Says Hits 2/3 Of Hizbollah’s Heavy Missiles Hizbullah Has Only Few Launchers Left’ (Free Jerusalem Post Reg Req) President Bush Dismissed Any Idea Of Simply “Stopping For The Sake Of Stopping” Without A Plan For Lasting Peace. (Applause) Raise Readiness, Assad Tells Syrian Army (They Don’t Have A […]

National Security should always be put above politics, but that doesn’t mean national security decisions don’t have a political impact. Since that’s the case, let’s take a look at the implications of what’s going on between Israel and Lebanon for George Bush. The first thing of note is that Israel is getting very strong support […]

A revealing Billboard in Tehran, Iran that features Sheik Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah. “No matter how this conflict is resolved, Iranian officials already see their strategic military strength diminished, said the policy experts, former officials and one official with close ties to the highest levels of government. Even if a cease-fire takes hold, and Hezbollah […]

Right Wing News emailed more than 225 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of whom they considered to be their “Least Favorite People On The Right.” Representatives from the following 45 blogs responded… Aaron’s CC, The Anchoress, And Rightly So, Argghhhh!, Atlas Shrugs, Bad Example, La Shawn Barber, Betsy’s Page, Bit’s […]

— There’s a lot of talk about what Israel is trying to accomplish with these attacks on Lebanon. My original assumption was that they simply wanted to kill Hezbollah fighters, destroy and degrade their infrastructure, and punish the civilians in Lebanon that are supporting them. That’s a worthy mission and one that Israel has been […]

Over at Outside the Beltway talks about his comments section: “My least favorite part of the “blog job,” though, is the incivility in comment threads and the occasional cross-blog flamewar. While OTB’s comment threads are quite civil compared to most blogs of comparable traffic, there are a handful of regulars who forget the number one […]

Bloggasm did a short interview with me via email. You can read it here.

“If a drunken Mel Gibson did indeed call out, “Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world,” then there can be only one possible place for a man who believes such things: as the next Secretary General of the United Nations.” — David Frum

Foreign 48 Hour Bombing Halt In Lebanon Hezbollah Was Using UN Post As ‘Shield’ Lebanese Mob Trashes UN Headquarters 34 Youths Among 56 Dead In Israeli Attack (Hezbollah Got Some Kids Killed) IDF: Qana building fell hours after strike Hezbollah Stagecraft At Qana George Bush: Lebanon Crisis Is Part Of Broader Struggle (Applause) Blair Says […]

RWN will return on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end! A Call To Action: Taking Down Liberal Republican Joe Schwarz Is Critical! Abusing Kids For “Art” Annavenger ChicagoRay Dr. Melissa Clouthier Israel Matzav Right Truth Yoni The Blogger Seattle: Man Shoots 6, […]

As you may have heard, Cindy Sheehan has bought property in Crawford, Texas with Casey Sheehan’s insurance money, and some details about that purchase have come to light. So, let’s take a moment and see how “The Rosa Parks of the Anti-War movement,” Cindy Sheehan, treats people when the cameras aren’t rolling. First of all, […]

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These comments from Mike Castle about a minimum wage hike give you a lot of insight into what’s wrong with the GOP’s thinking in a nutshell: “Whether people like it or not, we need to go ahead with it,” said Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del., who supports the idea. “There’s a general agreement among Republicans (opposing […]