Author: John Hawkins

Larry Kudlow has gone completely off the rails in an effort to defend the port deal, which is strongly opposed by the American people, Congress, and a majority of members of both political parties. Rather than being content to just defend the port deal on its merits, in his latest column, Kudlow has chosen to […]

Despite the fact Amnesty International does some good around the world, they’re also a far left-wing group that is implacably hostile to America That’s why I don’t think conservatives should support AI in any way. That’s where I stand. But, interestingly enough, the reverse doesn’t seem to be true because Amnesty International has bought an […]

“If the 24 counties along the nation’s Southwest border were a 51st state, it would rank first in federal crimes, second in tuberculosis and near the bottom in education, per capita income and access to health care. …The study found the region ranks last in access to health care compared with the rest of the […]

Domestic Bush To Sign Renewal Of USA Patriot Act (Applause) House Panel Votes To Block Ports Deal 62-2 Bush Looks To Senate To Save Ports Deal (Not Going To Happen) Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano On Wednesday Ordered More National Guardsmen Posted At The Mexican Border To Help Stop Illegal Immigrants And Curb Related Crimes (Applause) […]

Judging by what you’re about to read from the commenters at the Daily Kos, a lot of liberals seem to have come to the conclusion that the VRWC has gotten so good at rigging Presidential elections that they’ve actually decided to branch out and start stuffing the ballot boxes in Democratic primaries. In this case, […]

Apparently the Palestinians’ bloodlust is really starting to catch up with them: “Israel’s security closure of Gaza’s main cargo crossing has hit the coastal strip hard: milk and cheese have virtually disappeared, fruit is hard to find, and flour is running out. The shortages could get worse for the 1.3 million residents of Gaza once […]

I just wanted to take this opportunity to say that I disagree with Merrill Keiser Jr., a Democrat running for the Senate in Ohio, who favors the death penalty for gays. “A Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Ohio wants to make homosexual behavior a capital crime punishable by the death penalty. Merrill Keiser […]

One of my all-time favorite TV shows — and perhaps surprisingly, one of the most influential television shows of all-time — is the Twilight Zone. Although not every show was fantastic and more than a few of them were just standard horror schlock, many of the best shows are better than most Hollywood fare today. […]

“From what I’ve seen thus far, much of the reporting in the U.S. and abroad has exaggerated the situation, according to General Casey. The number of attacks on mosques, as he pointed out, had been exaggerated. The number of Iraqi deaths had been exaggerated. The behavior of the Iraqi security forces had been mischaracterized in […]

Domestic House Agrees To Vote On Ports (Free WAPO Reg Req) Support Builds For Spy Program Proposal Liberals Seek $60b In Cuts To Defense Pew Study: 12M Illegal Immigrants in U.S. Bird Flu A Bigger Challenge Than AIDS, Warns WHO CIA Fights Libby’s Request For Information DeLay Wins GOP Nomination Foreign Dick Cheney: We Will […]

“The idea that it is brave to stand up for gays in Hollywood, to stand up against Joe McCarthy in Hollywood (fifty years after his death), to say that rich white people are bad, that oil companies are evil — this is nonsense. All of these are mainstream ideas in Hollywood, always have been, always […]

My local ISP is having problems and my DSL is down. Because of that, updates may be slower and less frequent than normal today. Hopefully, it’ll be back up and running soon. *** Update #1: *** It has been 19 hours since my DSL originally went down and I’m still stuck in dial-up hell. I […]

One of the big problems with government is that the “cures” often proposed to fix whatever the issue du jour happens to be are often considerably worse than the “disease” they’re trying to prevent. For example, one “problem” on the net is that innuendo, rumors, and outright lies are sometimes spread by anonymous posters who […]

Mike Pence and his pals over at the Republican Study Committee don’t just talk the talk on deficit like almost all the Democrats, and most of the other Republicans on the Hill, they walk the walk: “With Congress heading into a politically perilous budget season, influential House conservatives plan this week to propose an austere […]

Howard Fineman over at MSNBC has a piece on Rudy Giuliani’s upcoming run for the presidency in 2008. Here’s a little taste: “(T)hose who say (Giuliani will) fold may not know the man, his history—or what he is really up to. Decades of jousting with the New York press have left him with a hide […]

The L.A. Times discovers economics. Apparently, the town of Santa Barbara is discovering some of the consequences of their slow growth policies that put limits on development. But now this bastion of “slow growth” is learning that it comes with some steep economic, social and even environmental costs: • Soaring housing prices. With the supply […]

Domestic Bush To Propose Line-Item Veto Legislation (Applause) Military Wins At U.S. High Court On Campus Recruiting Cindy Sheehan Arrested Near U.N. Foreign Company Runs Indianapolis Airport; Responsible For Law Enforcement Foreign Iraq Weapons Made In Iran (Let’s Bomb ‘Em) Separately, More Than 300 Tribal Chiefs, Politicians, Clerics, Security Officials And Other Community Leaders Met […]

From the Drudge Report… ” Barbra Streisand has launched a new spelling error-ridden dispatch on the Internet — a dispatch that mocks President Bush for being a “C student!” In her February 28th, 2006 essay, Streisand flubs 11 words, a personal record. • Irag • curruption • dictatoriship • crediblity • Adminstration • warrented • […]

Not long ago, a Pew Research study came out that showed conservatives tend to be happier people than liberals. Here’s George Will on the “happiness gap:” “A survey by the Pew Research Center shows that conservatives are happier than liberals. While 34 percent call themselves “very happy,” only 28 percent of liberal Democrats (and 31 […]

Over at the New York Times, Adam Nagourney writes on the Democrats’ inability to put together a coherent party platform. Here’s a key passage from Nagourney’s piece: “Democrats pointed out that Republicans did not offer their Contract With America until the final weeks of the 1994 campaign and said that they were planning to offer […]

Since when did the US military get into the business of taking down the American flag? “…(S)oldiers (from all Coaliton nations) in southern Afghanistan have been ordered, under a directive from a U.S. general, to lower (their nation’s flag) from flagpoles at their… bases, from over their tents and even from the aerials atop their […]

Apparently, some liberals are shocked, shocked I tell you, that Samuel Alito wrote a thank you note to James Dobson for supporting him during his confirmation hearings and sending him a congratulatory letter. The best reaction that I’ve seen so far came from lefty blogger Media girl: “…(R)eally, should we be surprised that Samuel Alito […]

“The press have been insisting Iraq is teetering on the brink of civil war for three years and yet, despite the urgings of CNN and the BBC, those layabout Iraqis stubbornly refuse to get on with it. They’re happy to teeter for another three years, no matter how many “experts” stamp their foot and pout […]

Domestic Jihad In North Carolina: Muslim Attempts To Commit Vehicular Homicide Against Random Students Because Of “Treatment Of Muslims Around The World” Bush Team Urges Dubai Ports World To Get A U.S. Partner (Good Idea) Former Congressman Duke Cunningham Gets Eight-Plus Years (Good) White House Trains Efforts on Media Leaks Sources, Reporters Could Be Prosecuted […]

RWN Returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below and consider this an open thread. A Certain Slant Of Light Andrew C. McCarthy Vs. Mansoor Ijaz: Debating Can Islam Reform Itself? Basil’s Blog ESR’s Musings Free Online Pregnancy Test Generation Why? Gina Cobb Irish Pennants MC Hammer Blog Ralph Peters From Iraq: There Is […]

Although we can debate whether the polls out there now are accurately reflecting Bush’s approval rating, there’s no question that W. needs some improvement on that score. Here are 5 suggestions that would help out. 1) Splitting His Illegal Immigration Plan In Two: Bush should split his illegal immigration policy into two parts. Then he […]

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Jim Geraghty over at TKS, along with Glenn Reynolds, have been the two leading proponents of an idea that’s gaining some traction in the blogosphere: that the port sale represents a tipping point in American politics because for the first time, Americans are no longer willing to trust Muslims. Moreover, oddly enough, they both seem […]

So, when does that civil war in Iraq the media has been talking about since the Golden Dome bombing actually start? Today, tomorrow, next week? Maybe the imaginary civil war will happen right after the imaginary draft that the Democrats were claiming was right around the corner all during the 2004 elections. Think that’s it? […]

This drawing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg actually going to sleep during oral arguments has to be the funniest pic of a Supreme Court Justice in action that I’ve ever seen: To me, this is a very bold move, to just put your head down for 15 minutes and zonk out. I mean personally, when I […]