Author: John Hawkins

Tomorrow is going to be Q&A Friday #20 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 […]

— The movies I’m watching right now, as I type this? “Mystery Science Theater 3000: Vol. 6: Disc 1: Attack of the Giant Leeches”. Next up: “XXX: State Of The Union.” Man do I love Netflix! — Key dates to watch for in Iraq over the next few months: August 15, 2005: The Iraqis are […]

“Democratic Party pollster Stan Greenberg said Wednesday that “one of the biggest doubts about Democrats is that they don’t stand for anything.” — Newsmax The Democratic Party’s liberal base wants them to take unpopular positions that will alienate much of the rest of the country. So faced with a choice between angering their base and […]

Hat tip to Free Republic for the image and to IMAO for pointing it out.

“Public broadcasting is a classic example of welfare for the well-off. We PBS viewers are 44 percent more likely than other Americans to make more than $150,000 a year. I enjoy PBS, but it hardly seems fair that the government demands you buy it for me. If I want to see opera, I should pay […]

I’m not calling for censorship, but for good sense. Do we really need a book for teenagers that glorifies the life of a suicide bomber? A new novel for teenagers about a mixed-race girl who trains to become a terrorist suicide bomber has become a bestseller in mainstream bookshops since its publication a month ago. […]

Foreign 14 Marines, Interpreter Killed in Iraq Palestinian Rockets Kill 3-Year-Old Boy President Makes It Clear: Phrase Is ‘War on Terror’ (Free NYT Reg Req) US Was Kept In The Dark As Secret Nuclear Deal Was Struck That Led To Israel Nukes Multicultural Britain Is Not Working, Says Tory Chief Domestic Unprecedented Shuttle Repair A […]

290 U.S. House seats. Now down to 202. 60+ U.S. Senate seats. Now down to 44 + Jeffords. 30+ state governorships. Now down to 22… A 21-8 advantage in state legislatures. Now down to 19-21, the other way around. They rammed Medi-care through the Congress. And Medi-caid. They nearly succeeded in abolishing the death penalty […]

What a day. First of all, I find out that RWN is being blocked by The United States Army Reserve and then I don’t even get an offer from Pajamas Media. Granted, I probably wouldn’t have signed on the dotted line, but it would have been nice to have at least gotten an offer, because […]

Let’s say a Democrat loses a race for Congress in a heavily Republican district. Is your first thought: “Gee, that’s to be expected,” or is it, “Those Republicans did it to us again, gah! They must have rigged the race to win! Yargh, must control spiraling rage at all things Republican!” If you took the […]

Hey, look, the ultra-libs at Counterpunch are actually denouncing terrorism! Believe it or not, that’s actually pretty rare on the left. Usually, if you read a liberal blog or web page talking about terrorism or Iraq, it’s usually just an opening they use to launch into an attack on the Bush administration, the war, or […]

What is up with this? How in the world can the Army reserve ban RWN? Come on, my dog is even named after General Patton. It’s like banning Oliver North, Tommy Franks, and Norman Schwarzkopf all rolled into one. Oh, and since when does the military ban websites for political content? All I can say […]

Foreign Seven Marines Killed In Western Iraq American Freelance Journalist Steven Vincent Was Found Dead In The Southern Iraqi City Of Basra (Tragic) Saddam’s Trial Will Be Shown On Live TV ‘No Progress’ In N Korea Nuke Talks Russia Won’t Renew ABC Credential After Its Interview With Chechen Terrorist Britain: Muslims Who Hate Us Can […]

Yesterday, I hammered Chris Bowers over at the liberal blog MyDD, for thumping his chest about what an incredible impact the left-side of the blogosphere was having on an Ohio special election. Bowers was talking about the potent “blogswarm” the lefties had going and he explained that the libs, unlike the conservative blogosphere, were going […]

There’s still a lot of hot and heavy debate about the wall Israel is building between themselves and the Palestinians. Predictably, many people oppose the wall, but let’s face it, for most of them, it’s knee jerk opposition since Israel can do no right in their eyes. But, there are even a sizable number of […]

Why? Why? Why don’t the American sheeple respond to the brilliant and incisive messages of people like Michael Moore, Howard Dean, & Kos? I mean, did they not point out that Republicans are evil? Did they not explain that George Bush should be impeached, not reelected? So how can it be that the American people […]

When you finish up with Right Wing News today, make sure to check out my other blog, Conservative Grapevine. Some of the stories on CG today include: The murderer I befriended The top ten leftist reactions to the Bolton nomination The strange death of the new Democrats Check out all of those links and more […]

About the only thing Democrats here seemed united on was a deep dislike for President Bush. But that won’t be enough, they were told by Al From, founder of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, which organized this “national conversation.” Employing statistics from the national census and the 2004 presidential election, From hit his audience, including […]

In the past, to inspire people to suggest new music that I might be interested in and just for entertainment’s sake, I’ve posted the music I was currently listening to on RWN. But, thanks to wonders of modern technology, I can now tell you which songs I listened to the most over the last month. […]

Foreign Iran To Break U.N. Seals And Allow Plant To Resume Some Uranium Activities Uzbekistan: US Told To Quit Airbase After Criticising Protest Massacre Claim: Review Finds Iran Far From Nuclear Bomb (Free WAPO Reg Req) King Fahd Of Saudi Arabia Dies Domestic Bush Appoints Bolton As U.N. Ambassador (Excellent) Bush: Intelligent Design Should Be […]

I’m a huge Jonah Goldberg fan and generally I agree with him on almost everything. However, his latest column, in which he advocates putting the American public under the watchful and all seeing eye of the government in the name of security, is the exception. Here’s the crux of Goldberg’s piece: “Take closed-circuit security cameras […]

Right Wing News emailed more than 200 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of whom they considered to be their “Least Favorite People On The Right.” Representatives from 47 blogs responded. You can read their selections by clicking here.

12) John Warner: A particularly embarrassing squish since he’s from a conservative state like Virginia. 11) George Voinovich: Crybaby. 10) Michael Savage: Like Ann Coulter except with 1/2 the talent and 1/4 of the charm. 9) Arlen Specter: I’ll never forgive him for trashing Bork. 8) Pat Robertson: Stick a sock in it, big mouth! […]

Liberals always insist that they love America, despite their constant complaints, but they can never seem to point out exactly what it is they love about it. Whereas most Americans can simply say, “I love my country,” and leave it at that, Liberals always have to follow that statement with a “BUT…” But what? Consider […]

There’s a special congressional election in Ohio that is getting all the lefty bloggers hyped up. In this election, Republican Jean Schmidt is going toe-to-toe with loud mouthed Iraqi war vet, Paul Hackett. Hackett has called Bush a “chickenhawk,” has said that W. is the biggest threat facing the United States and has generally made […]

Foreign Claim: Drawing Down Iraq. Drastic Troop Cuts Are In The Pentagon’s Secret Plans Iran Says Ready To Restart Nuclear Work Monday U.S. Evicted From Air Base In Uzbekistan Finger Points To British Intelligence As Al-Qaeda Websites Are Wiped Out Claim: Leaked Emails Say Gitmo Trials “Rigged” Claim: 7/7 Bomb Suspect Said ‘No Al Qaeda […]

RWN returns Monday. Until then, here are some links to keep you busy and you can consider this an open thread. A Navy Chief Explains How The Military Always Has To Play The “No Right Answers” Game Broken Newz Captain’s Quarters Conservative Grapevine: 16 Links On Friday — Don’t Miss It Conservative Outpost Huffington’s Toast […]

I’ve always felt kind of bad for Chelsea Clinton because her teenage years must have been brutal. Here she is growing up in the White House, in the spotlight, and not only is dad cheating on mom — which is traumatic in and of itself — the whole world knows about it. Plus, 1/2 the […]

Why not bomb Mecca? Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has brought the issue to the table. The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has demanded that he apologize to Muslims, and commentators left and right have subjected him to vociferous criticism. At the same time, however, he seems to have tapped into the frustration that many […]

Back in 1995, North Korea — for reasons unfathomable to mortal men — invited World Championship Wrestling to come there and do a show. Previously, I’ve posted about Eric Bischoff’s North Korean odyssey, and in a book I recently finished, Ric Flair’s “To Be the Man,” he talked about the trip as well. Flair had […]