Author: John Hawkins

There are a lot of conservatives blogs upset that Google appears to be “purging” conservative websites. Here’s the Newsbusters coverage of the story: “Something frighteningly ominous has been happening on the Internet lately: Google, without any prior explanation or notice, has been terminating its News relationship with conservative e-zines and web journals. ….As reported by […]

Last night, I was talking to my buddy Right Thinking Girl and she suggested that I write a post about the 10 most datable Senators….which was just wrong! But, I decided to meet her halfway and pick the hottest woman in the Senate and the House because…well, there’s no good reason, except that I don’t […]

Last week, in an exclusive interview with Right Wing News, Congressman Jack Kingston said that you wouldn’t see a bill that supports amnesty come out of the House because 180 out of 231 Republicans oppose it. If the numbers are really that high, then it may very well mean that we’re going to get a […]

This story from The Guardian seems to back up the Raw Story article yesterday about a coming American withdrawal from Iraq: The new Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, today said Iraqis could be in control of security by the end of the year in all of the country apart from Baghdad and Anbar province. Mr […]

Welcome to the thoughtless world of contemporary liberalism. Beginning in the 1960s, liberalism, once the home of many deep thinkers, began to substitute feeling for thought and descended into superficiality. …This is easy to demonstrate. Here is a list of terms liberals apply to virtually every idea or action with which they differ: Racist Sexist […]

Domestic Immigration Bill Expected To Pass Senate This Week. Hastert May Block Version That Divides House GOP (Free WAPO Reg Req) Senate Bill Protects Employers Of Illegal Aliens From Penalties Rep. Peter King: Senate Bill is ‘Amnesty Former President Clinton Agrees With Bush Immigration Plan Call Your Senators And Let Them Know What You Think […]

“The Rasmussen Reports national opinion survey taken the night after the President’s nationally televised address also highlighted a common misconception about the immigration debate. Media commentaries often suggest that support for an enforcement first policy is an option supported primarily by conservatives. In fact, 67% of political moderates support such an approach. That’s virtually indistinguishable […]

It’s hard to know how much credence to give to this story, but if it’s true, it’s really good news: “Tony Blair and George Bush will announce that they are to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq at a summit in Washington as early as this week, RAW STORY has learned. The process has already been […]

This sounds like a real classy show: Later on, (Madonna) donned a crown of thorns and suspended herself from a giant mirrored cross to deliver the ballad “Live to Tell.” Video screens showed images of third-world poverty and reeled off grim statistics. During one of her half-dozen costume changes, another video montage juxtaposed images of […]

This does not strike me as healthy for the United States. “Roughly 10 percent of Mexico’s population of about 107 million is now living in the United States, estimates show. About 15 percent of Mexico’s labor force is working in the United States. One in every 7 Mexican workers migrates to the United States.” From […]

Over at the Daily Kos, someone named DarkSyde is riffing about how he doesn’t like the religious right. Here’s how he started things off: “I’m not religious. I don’t see religious belief as inherently evil or fundamentally good. Martin Luther King Jr. based much of his objection to institutionalized racism on his religious convictions. Osama […]

An elementary school decided to put a patriotic symbol on the cover of its yearbook.. Fine. But there was one little problem. It was that pesky “In God We Trust” saying on the coin. So, they airbrushed it out. But, any kid who missed it could get a little sticker to put on the yearbook. […]

Foreign Iran Is Just A Few Months Away From Acquiring The Technological Know- How That Will Allow It To Build An Atomic Bomb, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Said In An Interview Broadcast Sunday (If That’s True, They Need To Be Bombed Soon) Iraqi Premier, Cabinet Sworn In (Free WAPO Reg Req) An Apparent Attempt […]

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This afternoon, I did an exclusive mini-interview with Congressman Jack Kingston on illegal immigration. What you’ll see below is an edited, partial transcript of our conversation. Enjoy! John Hawkins: Do you think the House approach to illegal immigration is better or is the Senate’s comprehensive approach better? I think that some conservatives are worried that […]

Question: “If, God forbid, the Republicans lose control of Congress in Nov, would Pres. Bush really be impeached?” — Anna_Venger Answer: If the Democrats took over, you can be almost 100% sure that they’d try to impeach Bush. They desperately want payback for Clinton and the lefty Kos crowd, which is in the final stages […]

Last night, via email, I spoke to Jon Henke from QandO and he wanted to know what I thought about a piece he wrote for Tech Central Station called Immigration’s Fifteen Minutes: Why Now?. So, in the spirit of Q&A Friday, I thought I’d do a post answering the main question of the column. Here’s […]

Question: What’s the difference between a casual blog for fun and a blog as a business? How does a blogger focus on business rather than simply a casual effort?” — Christopher_Taylor Answer: I’m toying with the idea of writing a more detailed post about this, but here are 4 of the basic concepts: Would you […]

I’m scheduled to be on the Tammy Bruce show today at 12:30 PM EST for 10-20 minutes and I’m scheduled to talk about the Tackling a Handful of Immigration Myths, Misnomers and Red Herrings column that I wrote for Human Events. You can listen to it for free, here. Update #1: Tammy’s show is always […]

Question: “I haven’t heard anyone else, anywhere, bring this point up, so here goes: If an illegal immigrant uses a forged Social Security Card to get a job, the number on the card receives the tax money that the employer is legally obligated to send, right? So, if that SS number is fake, who gets […]

Question: “The football (that’s Soccer to most readers here) world cup will kick off in 4 weeks time. The USA have a fairly good team and have a good chance of doing well. (Quarter finals at least) Does anyone in the US (except Latinos and expat Europeans) actually give a toss?” — Simon_Begg Answer: Oh, […]

Question: “Did the way Jimmy Carter handled the Iranian hostage situation have any influence on the events that are happening today in the Mid East?” — jcl Answer: Maybe a small part. His decision to stand by while an American ally, the Shah of Iran, was overthrown by Islamofasicsts had a bigger impact. If what […]

Domestic The Senate Votes To Give Illegal Immigrants Social Security Benefits They Accrued While Here Illegally Contact Your Senators Today And Tell Them What You Think About Illegal Immigration Mexico Will Complain To The U.S. Government About Plans To Build Security Fences And Deploy National Guard Troops Along The Border To Curb Illegal Immigration, The […]

Today will be Q&A Friday #40 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, […]

Most of you have heard about the incredible number of immigrants the Senate bill was orginally going to allow into the United States. By some counts, the Senate Bill would have had the potential to bring in 217 million new immigrants over 20 years time. Well, fortunately, Jeff Sessions pushed an Amendment to the bill […]

You have absolutely got to go see this incredibly cheesy campaign commercial for Joe Lieberman’s primary opponent, Ned Lamont. It features Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos leading a gaggle of liberals into Lamont’s living room. What’s it like? Here’s Jim Geraghty’s spot-on description: “It seems to me to be a form of a Public […]

The focus group data on impeachment must be really bad, because one of the biggest advocates of impeachment in the House, John Conyers, has written a weaselly column that tries to convince people that the Democrats aren’t going to push impeachment at every opportunity if they get back into power. Here’s a sample: “As Republicans […]

It seems the Democratic netroots community has finally won an enormous victory and America will never be the same again! From Chris Bowers over at MyDD: Today, in just three divisions (precincts) available to me, Kevin and I pulled over 100 votes. With only 27-01, 27-02, and 27-23 reporting, we have reached roughly 110 votes. […]

“I continue to believe the administration’s problem is not that the base lately doesn’t like it, but that the White House has decided it actually doesn’t like the base. That’s a worse problem. It’s hard to fire a base. Hard to get a new one.” — Peggy Noonan