Author: John Hawkins

Domestic Voters Approved Ballot Measures To Ban Handguns In San Francisco And Urge The City’s Public High Schools And College Campuses To Keep Out Military Recruiters Voters Soundly Reject Election Changes In Ohio Evolution Slate Outpolls Rivals In Pennsylvania (Free NYT Reg Req) New York’s Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg Won By A Record Margin GOP […]

You may or may not have heard of Capitol Hill Blue, a liberal online mag. That would be understandable because they’re not particularly talented, noteworthy, or unique in any way, except for one thing: In my opinion, they like to make up wild stories about the Bush administration from whole cloth and attribute them to […]

There’s an important question that Americans need to ask themselves about the Paris Riots: Could the same thing happen here? Granted, there are some significant differences between this country and France. We do a better job of assimilating immigrants, have a much lower unemployment rate, a less cushy welfare system, tend to be much more […]

RWN advertiser and bookmark-worthy blog, Stop the ACLU, has done an interview with me via email. You can take a look at that interview here. You can read some of the other interviews that have been done with me at the following websites: The YNC.com on 9/29/2005 National Journal’s Blogometer on 8/16/2005 Election 2004 Debate […]

While channel surfing I caught the end of an interview with Ben Stein on Tucker Carlson’s MSNBC show. Stein caught me a little off guard by calling Special Prosector Patrick Fitzgerald a “thug.” Stein, understandably enough, is not a fan of politics entering the criminal courtroom. Even taking into account his history as a Nixon […]

Ever wonder why Democrats want another investigation into prewar intelligence on Iraq? Perhaps because three past independent investigations all concluded the same thing, that there was no manipulation of intelligence, and the Democrats are trying to create one that will say the opposite? The Robb-Silberman Commission On The Intelligence Capabilities Of The United States Regarding […]

“It is one thing to know in theory that France has undergone major ethnic changes over the past 30 years and another thing altogether to confront a mass ethnic insurgency. The figures are inescapable. There are about 60 million inhabitants in continental France, plus 2 million citizens in the overseas territories (essentially the French West […]

Foreign State Of Emergency Declared In France French Riots Continue Despite Curfew Threat Leaders Fiddle As France Burns Paris Prosecutors Opened An Inquiry Tuesday Into Two Young Bloggers Who Urged French Youths To Riot And Revolt Against The Police US Denies Using White Phosphorus On Iraqi Civilians Annan, Bolton Clash On Syrian Cooperation With UN […]

At the end of a column on the Paris riots in which he slammed the French for racism and for their treatment of immigrants, conservative columnist Ralph Peters stepped over the line when he said: “Meanwhile, every American who believes in racial equality and human dignity should sympathize with the rioters, not with the effete […]

One of the things that has become crystal clear since the Bush administration made the mistake of appointing Patrick Fitzgerald as a special prosecutor over “Plamegate,” is that Valerie Plame’s job in the CIA was no secret despite the protestations to the contrary from her husband, serial liar Joe Wilson. In fact, there are now […]

When you try to evaluate the performance of a government, it’s often useful to compare what it’s done to another government in roughly similar situations. So, let us compare the disaster relief performance of the US to that of one of our Western European “allies,” France. First, we’ll start with the USA. After Katrina, Bush […]

“Real estate prices are at their highest levels in history, as are homeownership and Americans’ average net worth. Unemployment also is lower than the average during any of the past three decades. Yet Americans are very down, and one third even think the economy is in a recession. Is consistently negative media coverage influencing public […]

Bush Puts Paris to the Torch When Bush began this silly little “War on Terror” of his, he promised it would make the world a better, safer place for everyone. Apparently, he forgot to include the peace-loving Muslim peoples in his “brave new world”, for ever since 9/11 he’s gone out of his way to […]

“If anything, the Bush Administration has understated the world intelligence community’s evidence on Iraq’s WMD program. CIA Director George Tenet – a Clinton appointee held over by Bush – called the case that Saddam had WMDs a “slam dunk.” The National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, which Tenet produced in 2002, contained such dire predictions as: […]

Foreign Rioting Spreads To 300 Towns In France 10 Officers Shot As Riots Worsen In French Cities (Free NYT Reg Req) France Imposes Curfews As Rioting Spreads Australia Foils Terrorist Attack U.S. And Iraqi Troops Battle Insurgents Domestic Bush Declares: ‘We Do Not Torture’ Senators Defend Bush On Torture Ban Cheney Fights for Detainee Policy […]

John McCain is an arrogant fool whose latest nauseating attempts to curry favor with the liberals in the media may eventually result in the loss of countless American lives: “Girding for a potential fight with the Bush administration, supporters of a ban on torturing prisoners of war by U.S. interrogators threatened Friday to include the […]

Given the situation, this is so ridiculous that it’s almost funny: “One of France’s largest Islamic groups issued a fatwa against rioting on Sunday after officials suggested Muslim militants could be partly to blame for violent protests scarring poor neighbourhoods around the country. The Union of French Islamic Organisations (UOIF) quoted the Koran and the […]

This sounds more like a bureaucratic snafu than the Department of Defense acting in bad faith, but the results are the same: “Department of Defense decision to renege on war-time promises to pay bonuses to more than a dozen re-enlisting Washington National Guardsmen has sparked outrage from prominent elected officials and state National Guard officers […]

More Iranian grotesquerie from the Telegraph, with thanks to Scaramouche: Iranian state television has broadcast a cartoon that glorifies suicide bombings against Israelis, depicting a young boy blowing himself up after being told: “Go and show the Zionists how brave and heroic are the children of Palestine.” And how hateful and mad are their elders. […]

“I don’t think you’d have to kill, assassinate too many (people). I think for five lives, 10 lives, 15 human lives, we could save a million, 2 million, or 10 million non-human lives.” — Dr. Jerry Vlasak of North American Animal Liberation This is where animal rights extremism leads, folks. You end up with nutjobs […]

Domestic Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely Says Wilson ‘Outed’ Wife In 2002. Disclosed In Casual Conversations A Year Before Novak Column Joe Wilson Fumes Over Vallely Charges Sen. John Kerry, The Democratic Presidential Candidate In 2004, Has Told Acquaintances Over The Past Year That He Suspects That The Election Was Stolen Sen. Biden: Alito Filibuster Unlikely […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links! Alarming News Aw Geez, Not These Crappy Polls Again BitsBlog Carol Platt Liebau DANEgerus Weblog In The Bullpen Kurdistan — The Other Iraq: Thank You America Ads Michael Steele For US Senate Orbusmax Riding Sun Robert Spencer: Paris Burning Suitably Flip Tammy Bruce Third World County […]

Question: “John, we have discussed your music preferences, So how about your reading? What areas do you enjoy? Obviously political/historical, but what else? Fiction, non-fiction, mystery, crime Sci-fi, fantasy?” — doncos “In your opinion, what are some “must read” books, outside of the political realm?” — Good_Ol_Boy So nothing related to politics, no history, or […]

Question: “My question for Hawkins: Have Americans got it too easy? Has life become so cooshy that the people are beginning to lose touch with reality? Aren’t people at their most enterprising and industrious when times are hardest? Machiavelli once said a king should set up his territory where the soil was neither too harsh […]

One of the things I’ve been saying for a while is that I’m blogging full time, but that I’m keeping an eye out for a cherry full-time job. Well, those days are over. I’m not adverse to writing columns, book reviews, or that sort of thing for pay on the side, but I’m now officially […]

Question: “If Roe v Wade was overturned and you could write your state’s abortion law, what would it be?” — Mike_M Answer: I’d favor making abortion illegal except in the case of rape, incest, or danger to the life of the mother.

At 2 PM, several bloggers were in on a teleconference with Patrick Ruffini, the RNC’s eCampaign Director and Steve Schmidt, Special Advisor to the President in charge of the White House Confirmation Team. I asked two questions, one of which was: “If the Democrats were to filibuster, would President Bush like to see the constitutional […]

Question: “I have finished watching my Band Of Brothers DVD box set that I recently acquired, and I found it a brilliant series. However, seeing as Hollywood seems to be short of new material right now; do you believe that less well-known conflicts could inspire good films and TV series? I would be keen to […]

Question: “What’s the deal with the riots going on over in France? Is is just a riot? Or is it a Muslim revolution? Why are we not hearing alot about it on the mainstream press?” — Scorched_Earth Answer: You allow enormous numbers of immigrants to come into your country, you make only minimal efforts to […]

Question: “With the Kos/Sheehan wing of the Democratic Party pretty much in open war against the DLC crowd, what determines when they reach the breaking point and can no longer function as a party? Which side wins, and what does the political landscape look like afterwards?” — Mike_M Answer: They’re actually not at the breaking […]