Author: John Hawkins

ABC has the scoop (if you believe their anonymous sources) on the double super secret “torture techniques” of the CIA. If you have any doubt that these techniques are the “heavy guns” of the CIA interrogators, just look at the rigmarole they have to go through to even use them: “When properly used, the techniques […]

Via Betsy’s Page and A Constrained Vision, I learned that AFI is doing a show on the most inspirational movies ever made. Here’s the description of what they’re looking for: “Movies that inspire with characters of vision and conviction who face adversity and often make a personal sacrifice for the greater good. Whether these movies […]

Foreign U.S. To Reduce Troop Levels In Iraq After December Elections Al-Zarqawi’s Jordan Family Renounces Him 200,000 Protest Terrorist Attacks In Jordan Iran Votes To Block Nuclear Inspections Israel’s Sharon To Quit Likud, Form New Party For 2006 Poll White House Doubts Al-Zarqawi Among Dead Al Qaida Nabbed Near Mexican Border Egypt Cracks Down On […]

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This is a shrewd political maneuver by the GOP (and how often have any of us had an opportunity to say that over the last year or so?) “House Republicans, seeing an opportunity, maneuvered for a quick vote and swift rejection Friday of a Democratic lawmaker’s call for an immediate troop withdrawal from Iraq. “We […]

Question: If you were going on vacation with any 3 other bloggers, where would you be chilling and with who? — Compiled Answer: Hmmm….this is a tough one. Vacation wise, I’m one of these homebodies who doesn’t even want to go anywhere…although actually, one of those National Review political cruises would be fun. It would […]

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Question: I’ve noticed that rightwingnews touches on a lot of topics, but there is one topic that is very important to me but has not been considered. And that is violence/obscenity in movies, tv, and videogames (especially videogames). And it’s not like there hasn’t been anything to comment on either. For example, last summer there […]

If anything, the whole Open Source Media project is more puzzling than ever now, 2 days after their debut. It’s becoming clear that they don’t intend to be a big portal, given that they only had 3 new articles on their main page yesterday (There have been more than that today) and the articles written […]

There was another Alito conference call today and this one featured former Senator Dan Coats, who is out introducing Alito to Senators up on Capitol Hill. This time around, there didn’t appear to be an overriding theme to the Conference Call. They just wanted to let us know that they didn’t think there would be […]

Question: “At the risk of opening the door to one of the widest arrays of conspiracy theories the world has ever seen, what do you think actually happened with the Kennedy assassination?” — maledicta Answer: Unlike most people, I think Lee Harvey Oswald, alone, shot and killed him. Despite the bottomless well of conspiracy theories […]

Question: “John can you see what i see? or am i wrong? – Hillary Clinton running for president while having John McCain as her vice presidential candidate, running on a campaign of bipartisonship, lets bring republicans and democrats together now. what do you think?” — abel Answer: McCain is a complete crapweasel and it’s always […]

Question: “How accurate is snopes.com on political-related stuff? It’s take on Kerry’s Vietnam service, for example, would seem to contradict things I read in the MSM, let alone some rightish outlets. Csn it be depended on to accurately debunk political urban myths – or does it show a bias on those items?” — BMasso Answer: […]

Question: John, I have a question: In the infinite splendor that is your mind – in its vast reaches and incomprehensible pockets of brilliant, flashing thought – can you pull out an answer to this rather small question: WILL THE B*STARDS THAT SUPPORTED THIS WAR, NOT TO MENTION THE ONES THAT KEEP IT GOING ( […]

Domestic Senators Threaten to Hold Up Patriot Act Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA) And Tom Harkin (D-IA) Tried To Name Buildings After THEMSELVES In The Labor-HHS Appropriations Conference — Which They Oversaw! (Gag) Claim: A Republican Coup Against Tom DeLay Is In The Works Momentum Builds For Fence Along U.S.-Mexican Border Claim: College Professor To Student […]

Today is Q&A Friday #27 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 […]

Can George Galloway get any more vile? Is there any dictatorship or sponsor of terrorism that he won’t cuddle up to? Now, he’s praising Syria. “In a speech that will incense Syrian democracy campaigners, the former Glasgow MP urged Syrians to take pride in the Baathist authoritarian, who inherited rule from his father, Hafez Assad. […]

Apparently, there are a bunch of liberals out there whose ideal world consists of aging, childless hippies sitting around in some solar paneled commune, eating organic wheat, and waiting for all the people to die so the world can be turned over to the caribou and spotted owls. Don’t buy it? Then read this column […]

“And when I’m asked by reporters (which I am often) of whether or not the accusations that the president “lied” to go to war are gaining traction, I note that it’s been the same accusation lobbed by the Dems for 18 months+ now, and is a smear that is obviously not sticking. After all, if […]

You always have to take the numbers from any one poll with a grain of salt, but if these numbers in the latest Harris poll are even close to correct, the American people are basically saying that they hate just about everybody and everything in Washington…well, except for maybe Condi Rice =D. Just take a […]

“Prices are perhaps the most misunderstood thing in economics. Whenever prices are “too high” — whether these are prices of medicines or of gasoline or all sorts of other things — many people think the answer is for the government to force those prices down. …Prices are not just arbitrary numbers plucked out of the […]

Domestic Woodward Was Told Of Plame More Than Two Years Ago (Free WAPO Reg Req) Woodward Claim On CIA Leak Disputes Charge Woodward Could Be A Boon To Libby (Free WAPO Reg Req) Republican Senator Chuck Hagel: U.S. Decline ‘Good News’ (What A Dope) Document Says Oil Chiefs Met With Cheney Task Force In 2001 […]

Dick Cheney has now joined the “push back” with a forceful speech. Here are a few excerpts: “What we’re hearing now is some politicians contradicting their own statements and making a play for political advantage in the middle of a war. The saddest part is that our people in uniform have been subjected to these […]

Today, Pajamas Media, now known as Open Source Media, had their big roll out and…I still don’t totally get it. Don’t get me wrong, like everyone else, I’m very impressed by the endless assortment of big names associated with OSM, like Michelle Malkin, Mark Steyn, Glenn Reynolds, and Tammy Bruce among many, many, others. Also, […]

On Monday of this week, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to interview Tammy Bruce via phone. Ms. Bruce is a syndicated radio host on 163 stations, she also blogs, and has a new book out: “The New American Revolution.” In the interview, we discussed Tammy’s Bruce’s new book, the left, hate mail, fascism, […]

You want to know why Republicans in Congress, particularly in the Senate, seem so weak, disorganized, and inept? It’s because of the same sort of mentality that led them to do this: “The National Republican Senatorial Committee is up with its second ad this month attacking Cranston (R.I.) Mayor Steve Laffey, who is challenging Sen. […]

“It was 30 years ago when Congress last took the reins of national war fighting. In August 1974, Nixon had been scandalized and left office. The November 1974 election brought forth the “Watergate babies” congress filled with young anti-war Democrats. One of the first actions of the Watergate Congress was to vote to deny an […]

Domestic Senate Republicans Block Iraq Timetable The White House Absolutely Shreds The New York Times Lies About Iraq Rumsfeld Recalls Words On Iraq Of Clinton, Aides, On Iraq’s WMDs Alito Downplays 1985 Abortion Statement Woodward Testifies In CIA Leak Case. Editor Says Senior Administration Official Told Him About Plame. Said He Planned To Ask Libby […]

(*** You can purchase Tammy Bruce’s The New American Revolution at Amazon and you can read more of Tammy’s work at her excellent blog, which is located here. ***) “The American Left complains that we have no right to be the world’s police force. On the contrary. We’ve been the world’s janitor for almost a […]

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