Author: John Hawkins

Question: “Who do you favor to win the 2006 Football world cup?” — surfside6 Answer: Like most Americans, I don’t pay much attention to sports that can end in 0-0 ties. Still, if the US is still in the hunt, I have to root for our country. If we’re not in, is Israel? They would […]

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Question: What do you make of the effort within the Democrat Party to knock off Lieberman? What does it mean if they succeed? How about if they beat him in the primary, but he comes back to win and keep his seat as in independent?” — Mike_M Answer: A lot of liberals are angry at […]

Question: “What would you define as “winning” the WOT?” — D-Vega Answer: Put simply, it would be dismantling terrorist organizations with international reach and overthrowing the governments of any nations that continue to support such groups.

Question: “And do you think Obama will be this country’s first African American president?” — huckupchuck Answer: I’m of the opinion that the first black President is likely to be a conservative Republican who pulls in a big chunk of the black vote without turning off the rest of the country by being in favor […]

Question: In the distant future, when George W. Bush writes his memoirs, what do you think some of the more interesting revelations will be about his presidency? Yes, it is wildly speculatory, but it can make for some interesting discussions.” — President_Friedman Answer: Presidential memoirs are boring because they’re written in politician speak and the […]

Question: “I have a question for you, that will make for a nice change of pace from the usual stuff.How’s Patton doing? I haven’t seen any posts on him for a good while now.” — SilentStorm Answer: He’s doing great! He’s been sleeping, eating, chewing on bones, chasing squirrels, playing with toys, and doing all […]

Question: “What Constitutional rights (if any) should be retained in times of national emergency? If none, how would you describe the purpose of the Constitution? Do you think this is consistent with the Founders’ intentions?” — cburst Answer: You wrote the question like you expected me to say, “none.” The answer is all constitutional rights […]

Domestic Supreme Court Blocks Trials at Guantanamo (Free New York Times Reg Req) An Amendment On “Internet Neutrality” Was Rejected By A Senate Committee Studying Telecommunications Reform The Bush Administration Has Been Unable To Muster Even Half Of The 2,500 National Guardsmen It Planned To Have On The Mexican Border By The End Of June […]

Today will be Q&A Friday #43 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, […]

So, back in May, I’m reading Human Events and I notice an article by Jerome Corsi of Swiftboat Veterans for Truth fame. It was called, North American Union to Replace USA?, and it was a hysterical overreaction to a run-of-the-mill report that talked about ways that America, Canada, and Mexico can increase our ties and […]

Over at the Huffington Post, left-wing conspiracy kook Mark Crispin Miller is trying to get an early start on the rest of the, “The election was stolen by the _____ (George Bush, Karl Rove, Ken Blackwell, Katherine Harris, Jeb Bush, VRWC, Diebold, etc., etc., etc., just fill in the blank) crowd: “Alright, let’s pretend, just […]

As most of you have no doubt heard, the Supreme Court has said that Bush doesn’t have the authority to make the terrorists at Gitmo face military Tribunals: “The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President George W. Bush lacks authority to try Guantanamo Bay inmates before military tribunals, a blow to the administration’s anti-terrorism strategy […]

From the Democratic Underground: Cyrano: If we lose this year’s elections, there may not be an election in 2008. Unless we can win either the house or senate this year, I don’t believe we will see a presidential election in 2008. For the past six years, the Bush/Cheney mob and their cohorts in congress have […]

The whole Astrologer Jerome/Ko$ola scandal is just the gift that keeps on giving and giving and giving. Today, over at MyDD, a frustrated Chris Bowers lashed out at Democrats and progressives in general for not supporting the liberal netroots. Here’s a quote about how netroots are treated on the left that gives you an idea […]

“Israeli warplanes buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President Bashar Assad early Wednesday, military officials said, in a message aimed at pressuring the Syrian leader to win the release of a captured Israeli soldier. The officials said on condition of anonymity that the fighter jets flew over Assad’s palace in a low-altitude overnight raid near […]

“Karl, yesterday Ted Kennedy gave a passionate speech on the Senate floor supporting President Bush’s proposal. If you get in bed with Ted Kennedy, you’re going to get more than sleep.” — Congressman Rick Keller’s remark to Karl Rove PS: I know this is actually from May, but I just heard it today and it […]

“There are no bad guys on the left. There are only people who’ve been driven to desperation by conservative evil.” — Allahpundit

Now that it has been revealed that Jerome Armstrong of MyDD fame used to give advice about politics and stocks based on astrology, a lot of people have been relentlessly mocking him for it — as well they should. But, some of his compatriots on the left are rising to his defense. Digby claims that […]

This week-end, a book by Reginald Bohannon called, Coming Out Of The Republican Closet: Coming To Terms With Being Black, Patriotic, And Conservative, caught my eye. So, I contacted Mr. Bohannon and set up a phone interview with him. What you’re about to see is an edited transcript of our conversation: John Hawkins: I found […]

Ready for part 2 of Dani Cutler’s interview with me for her podcast show, Truth Seekers? Well today, Dani put up the 2nd part of the interview and you can listen to it here. As per usual, Dani was extremely nice, and we had talked about Ohio in 2004, the candidates in 2008, whether America […]

One of the oddest things about a lot of liberals is that simple displays of support for the troops or patriotism actually irritates them. For example, consider this recommended diary at the Daily Kos called, “Please take the magnets off your cars.” “I’ve just finished reading clammyc’s diary (Okay wingnut troop supporters – try to […]

Last night, John Jacob was defeated by Chris Cannon. Cannon took 55.8% of the vote and Jacob pulled 44.2%. Combine the very low turnout with the final two polls that had Cannon up 49-42 and Jacob up 45-44 and I have to say that I’m a little surprised that Jacob didn’t do better. My expectation […]

Foreign Israeli Troops Enter Gaza; Bridges Hit (Give ‘Em Hell Israel) Olmert: Military Strike Will Continue New Hamas-Fatah plan recognizes Israel Iraqi Says Attacks on U.S. Won’t Be Pardoned (Free New York Times Reg Req) Domestic House Republican Leaders Are Expected To Introduce A Resolution Today Condemning The New York Times For Publishing A Story […]

Look who made the Salt Lake Tribune today for something I wrote in the comments section at Human Events’ Right Angle Blog: “Utah Republican Party Chairman Joe Cannon says he’s trying to stay neutral in his brother Rep. Chris Cannon’s primary battle, but it didn’t come across that way in comments he posted online last […]

Rick Santorum is up for re-election in 2006 and he’ll be going head to head with Bob Casey. Santorum is generally considered to be the most vulnerable Republican in the Senate and he’s polling well behind Bob Casey right now. However, Santorum is an excellent campaigner with the advantages of incumbency and Casey seems to […]

Over at the very liberal blog, Whiskey Bar, Billmon wrote a long, interesting, albeit unsurprisingly slanted to the left, post about the motivations of the publications on the left in pursuing the Ko$ola scandal: “The real question in my mind is what the attack puppies are trying to accomplish. Surely they must understand that in […]

The The Top 8 Reasons Why Hillary Clinton Is a Weaker Candidate Than People Think column I wrote for Human Events inspired at least one…uh, let’s call it a creative response that was just forwarded over to me today. Enjoy the paranoia from one Mr. Timothy Willis: “Last month it was “Can she be stopped?” […]

Despite all the global warming hysteria that people on the left try to whip up, there is one major problem that gets very little attention: even if you believe global warming exists and that man is causing it, there is no practical solution to the problem. Even most of the hard core “true believer” environmentalists […]

Jason Furman argues in Slate that, contrary to what organized labor would have you believe, Wal-Mart is actually good for the working class. A range of studies has found that Wal-Mart’s prices are 8 percent to 39 percent below the prices of its competitors. The single most careful economic study, co-authored by the well-respected MIT […]