Author: John Hawkins

Over at USAToday, Phillip Longman worries that liberals are slowly breeding themselves into extinction. Incidentally, he’s probably right to be worried: “Today, fertility correlates strongly with a wide range of political, cultural and religious attitudes. In the USA, for example, 47% of people who attend church weekly say their ideal family size is three or […]

Many Republicans, with good reason, are worried about the elections in November of this year. But, never fear, because James D. Miller has the ultimate solution. An idea so powerful, so — let’s call it what it is — unbelievably awesome — that voters will flock to the GOP banner by the millions in order […]

“My enemies say my career would have gone nowhere without affirmative action. I don’t think that’s true, but because there is affirmative action, they can say that. There are no blacks who are free from that stigma, and that’s a terrible thing to do to people who are trying to succeed on their own. I […]

Foreign Reprisal Killings Leave At Least 85 Dead In Baghdad (Free New York Times Reg Req) Palestinians Surrender After 10-Hour Siege Abbas Group Threatens To Kill Israeli PM. Also Warns It May Murder Israeli President, 2 Kidnapped British Citizens N.Korea Army Threatens Pre-Emptive Attack Iran’s Supreme Leader: No Retreat on Nukes (Let’s Bomb) Milosevic’s Son […]

The Democrats have been putting politics ahead of national security for roughly four years now, but it looks like Russ Feingold’s partisan and ridiculous attempt to call for the President to be censured has finally been judged by Republicans up on the Hill as going beyond all bounds of decency. Here we have George Bush […]

I’ve put together the best quotes from Larry Elder’s The Ten Things You Can’t Say In America and you can read them here.

The New York Times’ editorial board has come out in favor of a proposal to do away with the electoral college. Here’s their basic argument: “The Electoral College is an antidemocratic relic. Everyone who remembers 2000 knows that it can lead to the election of the candidate who loses the popular vote as president. But […]

“Arlen Specter apparently has been reading a little too much of Tom DeLay’s press releases. He told the press that Congress is now “beyond cutting the fat and beyond the bone. We’re down to the marrow.” Specter wants to introduce more expansion in health care, education, and worker safety (by “billions of dollars above the […]

“The US has lost 12 soldiers so far this month in Iraq. In the month of February, the US lost 58 of its finest in the War in Iraq. As sad as these numbers are, we are seeing a low number of US fatalities since the media declared a Civil War in Iraq. The average […]

“In the last five months alone, the Border Patrol has arrested 42,722 aliens with criminal records attempting to cross the border. Among them were 6,770 felons; 148 persons wanted in connection with a homicide; 42 associated with a kidnapping; 164 associated with a sexual assault; 298 associated with a robbery, 1,957 wanted for assault, and […]

“A couple of years back, I began some generalization or other by saying, “The difference between America and Canada is . . .” And the American I was imparting this insight to interrupted me with: “The difference between America and Canada is that Americans don’t care what the difference between America and Canada is.” — […]

Domestic The White House Response To Feingold’s Call For Censure Of The President: “If Democrats Want To Argue That We Shouldn’t Be Listening To Al Qaeda Communications, It’s Their Right And We Welcome The Debate. We Are A Nation At War.” Dems Object To Censure Resolution Vote Feingold Draws Little Support for Censure (We Need […]

Do you realize how mind bogglingly disingenuous the pro-illegal immigration position in this country has become? Unless you absolutely pin them down, the pro-illegals crowd refuses to make any distinction whatsoever between immigrants who come here legally and those who don’t. They’ll tell you that we SHOULD police the border, that we SHOULDN’T let criminals […]

Russ Feingold, who looks to be sucking up to the Kos crowd on the net in order to build momentum for a run at the presidency in 2008, is calling for the censure of President Bush because he had the audacity to order warrantless wiretaps of people in the United States who were conversing with […]

This week-end in Memphis, there was a much anticipated 2008 straw poll at the Southern Leadership Conference. Here are the results, courtesy of the fine folks at the Hotline (Out of 1311 non-spoiled votes): Bill Frist: 526 Mitt Romney: 205 George Allen: 147 Pres. Bush (write in): 147 John McCain: 66 Mike Huckabee: 54 Write […]

If you’re wondering why Hillary is talked about as if she’s a lock to win the Democratic nomination in 2008, despite the fact that a lot of Democrats seem to doubt whether she can win, then take a look at these behind-the-scenes details from an article on Mark Warner in the New York Times and […]

American peace activist Tom Fox was taken hostage in Iraq a few months ago, and this week he was murdered by his captors. He seems to have been shot execution-style, a single shot to the head, with his hands tied behind him. He was also tortured, and not the faux Abu Ghraib kind, but real, […]

Domestic Democratic Senator Russ Feingold Calls For Bush’s Censure Frist: Feingold Censure Talk ‘Dead Wrong’. Gives Aid And Comfort To America’s Enemies 30 Democrats In The House For Bush Impeachment Inquiry Arrest of Ex-Bush Aide, Claude Allen, Shocks Associates (Free WAPO Reg) Southern Leadership Conference Straw Poll Results The Army National Guard Is Reeling In […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, have a great week-end and consider this to be an open thread. Blogs4Bauer bRight And Early Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha: CAIR — Islamists Fooling the Establishment Eckernet Iowa Voice Tim Kane: How Zogby Slanted His Poll Of The Troops Representative Jack Kingston’s Blog PunditDrome RNC Video: Who’s The […]

Question: “We’ve seen who everyone LIKES for the Republican presidential nominee, but who do you think will actually be on the ticket? And who do you think will be the VP? Remember, no dream ticket (Thompson – Rice) but the people who will, in all likelihood, be on the ballot. (I realize that it is […]

Question: “Many on the right are fond of saying that the fact we haven’t had a terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11 is proof of the success of America’s foreign policy. John, what do you say to the claim that this is evidence that the Bush Administration has exaggerated the threat of terrorism?” — […]

Question: “We discuss many positions of liberals and conservatives on this blog in terms of Dem vs. Rep. However, within the political spectrum there are many different kins of conservative, as well as liberals and those who are a combination of both. What are the descriptions of those many kinds? It would seem to me […]

Question: “What is a true solution to the illegal immigration problem in the United States? By true solution, I mean something the majority of Americans could support. At one point, it seemed it was a con vs. lib issue. Now, even liberals admit it is indeed a problem and cons (or Reps) do little or […]

Question: In 1877, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indian tribe spoke some of the most noble and heartbreaking words a human being has ever put together in and about defeat: “I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed. Looking Glass is dead. Toohoolhoolzote is dead. The old men are all dead. It is […]

Question: “If another seat were to open up on the Supreme Court, how would you feel about an Alberto Gonzales nomination? I know you’ve made it clear in the past that you wouldn’t be thrilled with the prospect, but would you be so outraged at the choice that you would want the nomination withdrawn, or […]

Domestic Dubai Firm Backs Out of U.S. Ports Deal 2 U.S. Firms On Short List To Operate Terminals Senators Writing An Immigration Reform Bill Are Debating Whether An Actual Or “Virtual” Fence Should Be Built Along Parts Of The U.S.-Mexico Border Texas: Illegal Alien Accused of Stabbing Couple with a Pitchfork Murder Indictment Of FBI […]

Today is Q&A Friday #35 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, it […]

“So ports…..it’ll be dead by the hand of UAE. it’s the only way the Admin can save face. Call it the Harriet Miers Heisman Move. HMHM.” — From a person who wishes to remain anonymous, to me on instant messenger yesterday. My position on the port deal has been that it’s fine on its merits, […]

“The Democratic Party can never be an adult party; they buy votes to get elected and it’s the only way they get elected. If Republicans won’t be an adult party, America won’t have one.” — Republican Congressman Tom Feeney Hat tip to the The QandO Blog for pointing out the quote.

Have you ever wondered whether anyone in Congress actually reads blogs? Well, wonder no more, because that question has now been definitively answered. Below you’ll find a list of nine members of Congress and the blogs that they regularly read and/or have their staffs monitor for them. (A special thanks goes out to Jack Kingston’s […]