Author: John Hawkins

“If you want to know why business takes such an interest in Washington, the answer can be found in your low-flow toilet, in the warning labels adorning your cars, in your 8 zillion page tax returns. It can be found while you wait on hold trying to get a human to answer your questions about […]

In order to get a better feel for how the blogosphere views the upcoming appointment of another Supreme Court justice, I asked a small, select group of bloggers to answer 3 questions: 1) Who do you think Bush will chose as his nominee for the Supreme Court? 2) If you were given the opportunity to […]

I am sorry to inform you that I’ve decided to pull the plug on Conservative Grapevine. I enjoyed running the page, but the traffic has stayed flat in the 1200-1500 daily uniques range and shows no signs of increasing. Furthermore, it has taken longer than I expected to update the page daily while generating less […]

Some comments that Bill Bennett recently made have been doubly taken out of context by much of the left and used in an attempt to unfairly smear him as a racist. Here’s the quote that the left been focusing on: “But I do know that it’s true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you […]

The generals in Iraq have been reporting to the Senate about the progress of Iraqi troops. Some of the news is discouraging: “The number of Iraqi army battalions that can fight insurgents without U.S. and coalition help has dropped from three to one, top U.S. generals told Congress yesterday, adding that the security situation in […]

Nancy A. Youssef of Knight Ridder explains why it is quite likely that, despite substantial Sunni misgiving, the Iraqi constitution will pass in the October 15 referendum. Opposition to Iraqi constitution weakening (KR, Sep. 28) The two strongest opponents of Iraq’s proposed new constitution said this week that they wouldn’t campaign against it aggressively, making […]

Domestic Roberts Confirmed As 17th Chief Justice. Senate Republicans Are Unanimous, Democrats Evenly Split (Free WAPO Reg) Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison: DeLay Prosecutor ‘Corrupt’ Color The WaPo Editorial Board Skeptical About The DeLay Indictment The Money That Led To The Indictment This Week Of Two Las Vegas Pastors And The Wife Of One Of Them […]

Apparently Ronnie Earle, the partisan prosecutor going after Tom DeLay, has had a film crew following him around for years, getting footage for a Michael Moore style documentary: “For the last two years, as he pursued the investigation that led to Wednesday’s indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Travis County, Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle […]

Getting rid of Tom DeLay is not about appeasing the Democrats, nor is it even ultimately about the bad publicity this indictment will bring before DeLay is eventually, in all liklihood, exonerated. It’s about removing a Republican, from a leadership position, who is such a spendthrift that he makes Jimmy Carter look like Scrooge McDuck. […]

The fine folks at The Young Nationalist have done an interview with me, via email. Make sure to head on over and check it out!

Normally, Fred Barnes does a pretty good job of political analysis. But, for whatever reason, perhaps because he fears Hillary as a candidate or because he has been affected by the gloomy political atmosphere, Barnes has written an unjustifiably pessimistic column about the GOP’s chances in 2008. Truthfully, things just aren’t anywhere nearly as bad […]

Earlier this morning at Blogsnow, there seemed to be dozens of British bloggers who were in a big huff over this story. It must be a cultural thing because I am just not grokking what they’re so upset about: “The Labour Party has apologised after an 82-year-old member was thrown out of its annual conference […]

Former FEMA Director Mike Brown told a House investigative panel yesterday that he takes much of the blame for the agency’s response to “a national disaster of horrifying proportions which continues to cause pain, heartache and devastating financial hardship for millions of Americans.” “I should have come to Congress sooner to witness this tragedy in […]

Domestic Indicted DeLay Steps Down From House Post A Statement From Tom DeLay & His Comments About The Indictment This Morning DeLay Calls Prosecutor A ‘Partisan Fanatic’ Blunt Picked To Replace Delay As US House leader Attempt To Pick Successor Is Foiled. Blunt Temporarily Takes Reins As Conservatives Reject Dreier (Free WAPO Reg Req) Gov. […]

As most of you undoubtedly already know, Tom DeLay has been indicted on dubious charges by a prosecutor with a history of politically motivated prosecutions. Even setting aside frivolous prosecutions past, Ronnie Earle, the prosecutor, has actually raised money for a Democratic PAC by publicly attacking Tom DeLay, so he’s one step away from “Michael […]

The National period of sensitivity expires: TBS is running “The Waterboy” twice tonight, I’d forgotten how hilariously cruel this movie is to Louisiana. Suffice it to say, poor old Mayor Nagin isn’t going down in popular culture with Rudy Giuliani. In fact, the whole state seems to be run by looters. The state’s representatives have […]

Make sure to check out my other blog, Conservative Grapevine for links to some of the best articles on the right side of the blogosphere. Some of the stories linked over the last couple of days include: — Why am I (Still) not a Democrat? — Greg Gutfeld savages the other bloggers at the Huffington […]

“It would be a lot of fun to watch liberals going through their “Howard Dean phase” right now, except liberal hysteria always frightens Bush. Instead of poking them through the iron bars of their cages with a stick like a normal person would, Bush soothes them with food pellets and reassuring words. What fun is […]

Since George Bush is supposedly getting close to selecting a SCOTUS nominee and Alberto Gonzales is lobbying for the job, it’s worth mentioning that the Attorney General would be an even worse pick this time around than he would have been as an initial pick for three reasons. First of all, although John Roberts was […]

“Years ago, management guru Tom Peters suggested the slogan of many U.S. corporations might as well be “We’re no worse than anybody else.” It didn’t work for those businesses in a competitive world, and DeLay’s new slogan for the House Republicans, which might as well be “We’re not quite as bad as the Democrats,” isn’t […]

Domestic Illegal Immigrants Are Increasing Despite Tighter Border Security And Now Outnumber Foreigners Moving To The United States Legally High Court Selection Process Winds Down Brown Defends FEMA’s Efforts. Former Agency Director Spreads Blame For Failures In Katrina Response (Free WAPO Reg Req) $236 Million Katrina Cruise Ship Deal Criticized (Free WAPO Reg Req) New […]

CBS News producer Mary Mapes, who was fired for her role in Memogate, is complaining that bloggers didn’t pay enough attention to the content of the phony memos: “There was no analysis of what the documents actually said, no work done to look at the content, no comparison with the official record, no phone calls […]

If Bush killed his own Medicare Prescription drug benefit, it would be the greatest accomplishment of his presidency on the domestic side. That’s pretty sad when you think about it. *** Update #1 ***: From the comments section: “Come on John. What about the tax cuts? I mean, I agree with you, the Prescription drug […]

Here’s a question not enough people are asking: why not kill the Medicare prescription drug benefit? Consider…. * The program hasn’t started yet so if it’s killed no one will actually lose any benefits. * There was no great hue and cry from the American people for a Medicare prescription drug benefit in the first […]

“But the party’s problems are structural and can be explained by three numbers: 21, 34 and 45. According to the network exit polls, 21 percent of the voters who cast ballots in 2004 called themselves liberal, 34 percent said they were conservative and 45 percent called themselves moderate. Those numbers mean that liberal-leaning Democrats are […]

WorldNetDaily is one of the best — and largest — conservative websites on the net. But, for some reason, they will promote wacky stories or products that just make you scratch your head. Here’s a perfect example: a book they’re relentlessly flogging called: “Eye to Eye: Facing the Consequences of Dividing Israel.” This book is […]

“Big-time Republicans tell me Bush’s profligacy is doing a great job of neutralizing the Dem advantage in the spending-is-caring stakes. This may have been true initially — in the same sense as undercover cops neutralize a massive heroin-smuggling operation by infiltrating it. But, if they’re still running the heroin operation five years later, it looks […]

Much thanks goes out to all of RWN’s guest bloggers because they did such a fantastic job yesterday. Thanks to: Lorie Byrd from Byrd Droppings & Polipundit, Michael Fumento from C-Log & Michael Fumento.com, Mary Katharine Ham from C-Log, Cathy Seipp from Cathy’s World, Kathy Shaidle from Relapsed Catholic, Sister Toldjah. Most of all, I’d […]

Domestic US Govt Katrina Spending May Only Be $100 Bln-Aide Rumors Of Deaths In The New Orleans Convention Center & The Super Dome Were Greatly Exaggerated Cindy Sheehan Arrested At White House Frist Says He Had No Inside Data On Stock. Senator Calls Sale An Effort To Avoid Conflict Of Interest (Free WAPO Reg Req […]

I went to a free blogger screening of the movie Serenity tonight, as did Daniel Drezner. Drezner found that the geek quotient was high at his screening– higher than the average quotient for LOTR and Star Wars openings. When I got to the theater, there was a line of about 20 people waiting to be […]