Author: John Hawkins

Domestic Republican Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham Pleaded Guilty Monday To Conspiracy And Tax Charges And Tearfully Resigned From Office, Admitting He Took $2.4 Million In Bribes To Steer Defense Contracts To Conspirators Bush Defends Immigration Record, Touts New Measures To Stem Human Tide (Not Impressed) Cindy Sheehan Book-Signing A Very ‘Lonely Affair’. Photos By Associated […]

Soon, it’ll be time for the 4th annual warblogger awards here at RWN. More than 225 bloggers will be asked to select their favorite bloggers in a number of different categories. Here’s the current list of categories the bloggers will be voting on: The Funniest Blog Best Looking Blog Most Missed (The best blog that’s […]

Sen. John McCain may be the most cynical politician in American history. I explain why at the JunkYardBlog.

To my way of thinking, rightwingers like you and me should take a great deal of interest in the state-to-state battles between the cable companies and the so-called “Baby Bells” over who controls the airwaves. It started in Texas. And now various levels of government in New Jersey and New York are taking up the […]

I’ve been writing about postmodern warfare for about a year and a half now on the JYB. To put it as succinctly as I can, in postmodern warfare the illusion of defeat is as good as the real thing. Our first postmodern war was Vietnam, and during that war the press continually spun victories–during Operation […]

Nestled in the folds of this Sunday’s WaPo was a remarkable essay. It contained a quote that should be required reading for the clueless panderers who currently infest Capitol Hill. Viewing the hijinks up there, I frequently find myself searching for glimpses of the Yellow Brick Road. I just know it must be there, because […]

I don’t agree with everything in Polipundit’s excellent post about what the Republicans are doing wrong and what they need to be doing differently, but I agree with almost everything in it. I differ in that I think the President and Vice President’s speeches on Iraq have been a necessary and very welcome addition to […]

Everybody’s talking about it, but nobody in public at least seems to realize how exquisite a maneuver drawing down U.S forces in Iraq is unless you just want to cut and run and let the country collapse as Pennsylvania Dem. John Murtha does. It isn’t a simple mathematical formula of being able to withdraw X […]

In Iraq, the trial of Saddam Hussein will recommence today. The former president of Iraq is to face a series of trials for his crimes against humanity. Meanwhile, here in the United States, the manner in which Hussein was brought to justice – the U.S. led invasion of 2003 – faces a trial of its […]

Just because a former Democrat Attorney General is defending Saddam Hussein in his trial on charges of committing crimes against humanity, that’s no reason to question anyone’s patriotism. Just because former President Jimmy Carter, who by the way is a Democrat, is lying to the country about the war in Iraq, and most Democrats agree […]

The President has spent a good bit of time the past month setting the record straight on the way we went into Iraq and those efforts appear to be bearing some fruit. There is now a poll showing that 70 percent of Americans believe the criticism of the war by Democratic Senators hurts troop morale […]

Over the years, this Marine wife has seen attitudes towards the military undergo many changes, but I never thought I’d see the day when the United States military finally got the respect it deserves in Washington. What a welcome change of pace! As our Democratic Brethren-in-Christ constantly remind us, it’s time to heal the bitter […]

This week has been a particularly up and down week for me, ending on a note of despair so deep I didn’t think I’d ever recover. As I moped to my living room sofa and collapsed like a sack of sugar, I shut my eyes and wearily thought: this is such a 9/11 day. And […]

Well, folks, Thanksgiving is almost here and that means that almost everyone, myself included, is getting ready to take a little vacation. So, let me give you the holiday schedule for RWN: Thursday: Best of RWN links go up Friday: More best of RWN links go up. Monday: For only the second time in RWN’s […]

Columns Part 3 Take My Word For It, Jews Don’t Rule The World The Chickenhawk Slur Making The Case For A Federal Marriage Amendment Get Your Antennae Up! Answering 20 Frequently Asked Questions About Conservatism Blogosphere How Long Did It Take To Build An Audience? 25 Pieces Of Advice For Bloggers The ‘Very, Very’ Rule […]

Columns Part 1 If The World Treated WW2 Like the War On Terrorism Confessions Of An Isolationist Wannabe What’s So Great About America? The Questions Conspiracy Theorists Need To Ask Themselves Rules Of Thumb Columns Part 2 Is America Better Off Being Feared Or Loved? The Two Year Old’s Tantrum That Never Ends The Conservative […]

Sometimes, the quotes from the left are so good, that you don’t have to do much more than let them speak for themselves. This is one of those times. So, enjoy these excerpts from a column called No Thanks to Thanksgiving by (big suprise here) journalism professor Robert Jensen at AlterNet: “One indication of moral […]

My radio alarm clock woke me this afternoon with the horrifying news that an “Air Stagnation Warning” would be in effect for the Greater Seattle Area throughout the entire holiday weekend. Good Goddess! What terrible new ecological nightmare has Bush sprung on us now? Arsenic in the drinking water, global warming, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, and […]

Now, why did we need a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit again? “The justification for a broad drug benefit was always flimsy. When Congress passed it, about three quarters of Medicare recipients already had drug coverage: the poorest had it through Medicaid; many retirees had it from their former employers; some had it through Medicare managed-care […]

Foreign Israeli Warplanes Strike Targets In Lebanon Pentagon Authorities Also Have Set A Series Of “Decision Points” During 2006 To Consider Further Force Cuts That, Under A “Moderately Optimistic” Scenario, Would Drop The Total Number Of Troops From More Than 150,000 Now To Fewer Than 100,000, Including 10 Combat Brigades, By The End Of The […]

Hillary is widely assumed to be the Democrats “chosen one” for 2008, a candidate who will easily take the nomination and will be a tough opponent Republicans will be lucky to beat. But, as the days have worn on, I have become convinced that she is a significantly weaker candidate than most think. In fact, […]

In Bizarro World, up is down, hamburgers eat people, and American church leaders don’t fall to their knees to praise Islamofascist killers: On October 20, 2005, the Lebanese press reported that a delegation from the Presbyterian Church USA, headed by Father Nihad Tu’meh and with Robert Worley as its spokesman, visited southern Lebanon at the […]

When you think about the word “evil,” what comes to mind? Maybe the Nazis, Stalin, Mao, or Saddam Hussein? How about serial killers or terrorists? Perhaps you even think of some comic book villain whose goal is to destroy the world! On the other hand, if you’re a liberal member of the Democratic Underground thinking […]

Do you want proof that our legal system can at times be nothing more than a big game of “lawsuit lottery” where juries arbitrarily give away absolutely insane amounts of corporate money to plaintiffs for the most spurious of reasons? Then look no further than this case “A jury has ordered the Ford Motor Co. […]

“It should now be clear–if it wasn’t already–that the Democratic Party is the party of withdrawal. Had John Kerry won the election last year, the U.S. would today be packing its bags and preparing to leave Iraq under something similar to the Murtha plan. The fallout from that would be disastrous. “Rapid reaction force” or […]

Domestic CNN Marks Cheney: Network Flashes ‘X’ Over VP’s Face During Live Speech The Text Of Dick Cheney’s Outstanding Speech On The War Yesterday Hillary Clinton Publicly Disagrees With Murtha. Opposes Withdrawal Foreign Hizbollah Fighters Killed In Raid On Israel Hezbollah Rockets Blast Into Israel. Jewish Residents Hide In Bomb Shelters As Military Responds Gingrich […]

“What is not legitimate — and what I will again say is dishonest and reprehensible — is the suggestion by some U. S. senators that the President of the United States or any member of his administration purposely misled the American people on pre-war intelligence. Some of the most irresponsible comments have come from politicians […]

It all started with a rant at the Democratic Underground about — big surprise here — how awful Bush and Republicans in general are. It was a long rant — too long to repost — and although the orignal poster, theWatcher, did say he felt Republicans should be dealt with “Legally And Peacefully,” some of […]

After the Kelo vs. New London case, in which the 4 liberal members of the Supreme Court (+ moderate Anthony Kennedy) gave the thumbs up to government house grabbers across the country, Americans were appalled. How in the world could members of the government be allowed to snatch your house just so they could hand […]

“Just set a time-table for our troops to come home and show the world that America is an unreliable ally with no stomach for a fight, no matter the stakes involved. Tell the world that deserting the South Vietnamese and fleeing from Somalia weren’t anomalies — that’s what Americans do. While we’re at it, let’s […]