Author: John Hawkins

Question: “If you had to categorize Al Qaeda on the right or left, would you say they were leftist or rightist?” — D-Vega Answer: Since they tend to believe in total state control over every aspect of people’s lives from what kind of business they can run right down to how much facial hair they […]

Foreign Claim: N. Korea Missile Aimed At Area Off Hawaii Japan Wants Missile Defense ‘As Soon As Possible’: Defense Chief Calderon Wins Mexican Presidency By Razor-Thin Margin U.S. Calls Iraqi Rape-Murder ‘Inexcusable’ Domestic Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) And Jim Demint (R-S.C.) Are Blocking The Immigration Bill From Being Sent To Conference Ga. Top Court Reinstates Gay […]

Today will be Q&A Friday #44 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, […]

According to the The Christian Science Monitor, conservatives are more patriotic than liberals: “…In Monitor interviews conducted during the July 4 weekend, words such as “love” and “loyalty” toward America flow easily, as do expressions of belief in the ideals of freedom and democracy. Perhaps it should come as no surprise, then, that the latest […]

“Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean called the rationale used in a decision by the New York appeals court reaffirming a ban on gay marriage “bigoted and outdated,” RAW STORY has learned. …”Today’s decision by the New York Court of Appeals, which relies on outdated and bigoted notions about families, is deeply disappointing, but it […]

The two best blogger pics with Ann Coulter: Moxie via Cathy Seipp (2nd pic down) and Pam from Atlas Shrugs. The two funniest blogs you probably don’t already regularly read: Potfry & The Nose On Your Face. The two biggest masters of the sarcastic putdown: Hog On Ice & Tim Blair. The two bloggers who […]

My 4th and final attack on Jerome Corsi’s conspiracy theory series that claims George Bush is going to, “dissolve the United States of America into the North American Unio and “ merge our currency into a US/Canadian/Mexican “Amero,” is now up at Human Events. This time, I stopped pulling my punches. Here are a couple […]

“(The Illegal Immigration debate) is eerily reminiscent of the welfare debate, in which anti-welfare candidates sincerely bashed welfare and pro-welfare candidates insincerely bashed welfare. We know how that turned out.” — Mickey Kaus

The United Nations Security Council, outraged at this week’s missile tests by a nuclear capable North Korea, takes up debate today on a resolution to sanction that nation’s dictator with “one minute of time-out for each missile launched.” According to a draft resolution being circulated by the Russian ambassador to the U.N., the time-out sanction […]

Don Surber is pointing out that despite the fact that bloggers are being hired as consultants and blogs are being touted as “kingmaker(s),” they’re not really having as big of an impact as you might imagine. From Surber: “As fund-raisers, the blogs are pretty much a bust. Their top three fundraisers are $79K out of […]

During the last Governor’s race in California, porn star Mary Carey ran, as a Republican, and of course, couldn’t overcome the governator. Well apparently, the publicity must have worked really well because another porn star named Melody “Mimi Miyagi” Damayo is running for governor of Nevada, again, as a Republican. Here are some of her […]

Foreign US Interceptors Were Ready For North Korean Missile S.Korea Media: More N. Korea Rockets Ready Hamas Rocket Attack ‘Act Of War’. Missile Hits Strategic Town, Israelis Vow Major Response Mexico Conservative Leads in Mexico Vote Recount 2 Somalis Killed for Watching World Cup BBC Apologizes After Host Tells Listeners He Wanted George Bush “To […]

Sadly, Democrats have managed to trick a lot of black Americans into believing that the GOP is a racist party. But, in truth, the Democratic Party was, is, and will likely continue to be the home of far more racists than the GOP. Let me explain why I say that… To begin with, the Republican […]

I’ve fired a third salvo at Jerome Corsi’s kooky series of articles that claims George Bush is going to, “dissolve the United States of America into the North American Union,” merge our currency into a US/Canadian/Mexican “Amero,”…and then there’s the road. I have never seen someone try to make the expansion of a highway into […]

Hat tip to Atlas Shrugs for the graphic.

Right Wing News emailed more than 225 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to answer some questions about illegal immigration. Representatives from the following 52 blogs responded… Aaron’s CC, Absinthe & Cookies, AnalPhilosopher, Annika’s Journal, Atlas Shrugs, Barking Moonbat Early Warning System, Blue Crab Boulevard, Boi From Troy, BrothersJudd Blog, Cold Fury, Conservative Outpost, Cox & […]

This is a little scary: “A SIGNIFICANT minority of British Muslims believe they are at war with the rest of society, the largest poll of Muslims in this country suggests. The Populus survey for The Times and ITV News has found that more than one in ten thinks that the men who carried out the […]

Hat tip to Power Line via Tammy Bruce for the graphic.

In the past, to inspire people to suggest new music that I might be interested in and just for entertainment’s sake, I’ve posted the music I was currently listening to on RWN. Now, thanks to wonders of modern technology, I can tell you which songs I listened to the most over the last month. Here’s […]

Foreign North Korea Fired Taepodong Missile Which Failed Israeli Aircraft Attack Hamas Camp In Gaza Strip Olmert Issues Veiled Threat Against Syria Terrorists Cave In On Israeli Hostage Ultimatum Israel Warns Of “Long War” Over Soldier Leftist Demands Full Recount in Mexico Iraq Considers Arming Insurgents (Very Dumb Idea) Domestic House Gop Leaders Say Vote […]

A Message From The Citizens Of The ‘Great Satan’ To The Rest Of The World America, Superman, Liberia, & Magic Buttons Anti-Americanism Is Nothing New Envy & Anti-Americanism Great Patriotic Quotes Humor: The Guide to Anti-Americanism Patrick Henry & The Bookbag Massacre! Patriotism Litmus Test. America vs. the U.N Quotes from Reagan on America, Freedom, […]

First of all, thanks to all the guest bloggers for doing such a great job yesterday. They were: Betsy Newmark from Betsy’s Page. Sister Toldjah. Lorie Byrd from LorieByrd, Wizbang!, & Wizbang Politics. Patrick Hynes from Ankle Biting Pundits & The Channel Changer. Patrick is also the author of, In Defense of the Religious Right: […]

The values-don’t-matter caucus of politicians and pundits had better hope it is right that conservative Christian appeals to social issue voters have and will continue to fall on deaf ears. They have staked a great deal of their political fortunes and personal reputations on this dubious contention. Only a couple weeks after the U.S. Senate […]

The AP reports: On Monday, an Iraqi legislator said authorities found telephone numbers of senior officials in al-Zarqawi’s cell phone after his death. Waiel Abdul-Latif, a member of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s party, did not give names of the officials. But he said they included ministry employees and members of parliament. He called for […]

The unfolding train wreck at the New York Times continues. Executive Editor Bill Keller has demonstrated a truly impressive mastery of the flexible urban viewpoint for which the Times is justly renowned. He argues, at various times, that we should not allow governments to keep secrets, that the decision was “agonizing”, that our friends in […]

Charles Lane at the Washington Post, David G. Savage at the Los Angeles Times, and Dahlia Lithwick at Slate all wrote basically the same article this weekend. Analyzing the decisions that were decided by a five-justice majority, it is clear that Anthony Kennedy is the swing vote. Some days he swings to the right as […]

It seems fitting that so many news stories leading up to the 4th of July involve issues of patriotism. The question of whether or not newspapers should have published classified national security information raises the question, among others, of whether the American media should be patriotic and choose sides. For many years, this was not […]

Since Tuesday of next week is the 4th of July, I’m going to be vacationing on Monday and Tuesday. But, RWN will still be updated. On Monday, there will be guest bloggers and on Tuesday, Retro RWN posts will be up. The guest bloggers for RWN on Monday are: Betsy Newmark from Betsy’s Page. Sister […]

Every once in a while a news article comes along that contains a liberal bias in it so subtle that you’d miss it if you weren’t reading it carefully. Today’s example comes from Charles J. Hanley, writing for the Associated Press. See if you can spot the liberal media bias below: Some Republican lawmakers called […]