Author: John Hawkins

“By 1973, the goal of fashioning a South Korean-like, non-communist entity in Indochina was supposedly obtained and the war over. The Paris peace agreements recognized two autonomous Vietnamese states. Almost all American prisoners were returned. The last few American ground troops came home. If the communist North, and its Soviet and Chinese patrons, saw 1973 […]

Along with windsurfing, bicycling, and sucking the morale out of our armed forces like an industrial vac, John Kerry has the uncanny ability to predict the content of Bush’s speeches and rebutt them in advance. There was little point in me watching Bush spew his jingoist propaganda last night, for Big John had it all […]

You like to be surprised, right? Then click here. Yeah, go ahead, just click right here. Do it, it’ll be fun, you’ll love it. Wait a second, you aren’t chicken, are you? You’re not going: “No mister, I’m scared to click on the blind link! I’m a little scaredy cat!” That’s not you, right? Then […]

— There has been a lot of hang wringing and even “draft talk” on the left inspired by the army’s low recruitment numbers this year. However, not only did the Amry exceed their recruiting numbers in June, they’re only 14% behind for the year. Granted, we’ve had to up recruitment incentives and add more recruiters […]

Someone with the handle of “sabra” polled the fine folks at the forums of the Democratic Underground on a rather provocative question and produced some rather intriguing results. First, here’s Sabra’s question: “Poll question: 9/11: LIHOP, MIHOP, or Other? LIHOP: let it happen on purpose. MIHOP: made it happend on purpose.” Just in case you’re […]

“This wasn’t supposed to happen. When the federal assault weapons ban ended on Sept. 13, 2004, gun crimes and police killings were predicted to surge. Instead, they have declined. For a decade, the ban was a cornerstone of the gun control movement. Sarah Brady, one of the nation’s leading gun control advocates, warned that “our […]

Hat tip to Drudge for the story and of course, The Sun for the pic. *** Update #1 ***: By the way, you know why I love this pic so much, aside from the fact that it’s funny? Because it’s so different from the way American papers treat the war. Most American papers? They might […]

Last night I heard several people on television spout something similar to this line, “We were told that Saddam had something to do with 9/11, but that was a lie. ” Excuse me while I take a few minutes to scream at the stupidity. Okay, now I am going to very slowly explain something that […]

Once again, I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to interview the man I consider to be the best columnist in the business, Mark Steyn. This interview was conducted via email and we covered a number of topics including Steyn’s syndication in the US, Israel, the future of Europe and Nato, Christianity in Europe, […]

As an early supporter of The Huffington Post, I must say that the blog has certainly turned out to be a disappointment. The “Lefty Drudge Style” news is rather run-of-the-mill, the writing is generally bad and only a few token conservatives are allowed to post. Of course, all that would have been forgivable had Arianna […]

“…Some wonder whether Iraq is a central front in the war on terror. Among the terrorists, there is no debate. Hear the words of Osama Bin Laden: “This Third World War is raging” in Iraq. “The whole world is watching this war.” He says it will end in “victory and glory or misery and humiliation.” […]

It has been about 3 months since the last time I ranked my favorite 40 blogs, so I thought it was about time to do it again. Do keep in mind that as the quarter has progressed, some blogs have of course moved up and others have dropped, based on how often I visit them, […]

I’m not a guy who normally uses the word “delicious” unless I’m talking about food, but oh, this would be just DELICIOUS: Weare, New Hampshire (PRWEB) Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? A new ruling by the Supreme Court which was supported by Justice Souter […]

“You have an insurgency with no vision, no base, limited popular support, an elected government, committed Iraqis to the democratic process, and you have Iraqi security forces that are fighting and dying for their country every day. Senator, that is not a quagmire.” — General George Casey, the top commander in Iraq, responds to Ted […]

This will probably be the last post I’ll make on The Discovery Channel’s Greatest Americans survey, but I want to take a moment to defend George Washington’s place in history. Now granted, Washington finished at a very respectable #4…but to me, Washington clearly should have been in the top spot. Why so? Because in my […]

WorldNetDaily did a really nice spread on my Ed Klein interview. Unfortunately — and inexplicably — WND just posted the address and do not give the readers an actual hyperlink to click on. That’s too bad because it means that instead of getting several thousand WND readers checking out RWN, I didn’t end up getting […]

He’s right, and kudos to Betsy for the quote. Why are liberals incensed by Rove’s remarks? Because it forces them to confront an issue they’d been hoping to avoid– the split between America-hating leftists and America-tolerating liberals. They’ve got to keep this alliance intact for political reasons… but ideologically, it’s a muddle: In the liberal […]

In a pair of rulings on the constitutionality of the 10 Commandments on government property, the Supreme Court today said the

“What distinguishes the rule of law from the dictatorship of a shifting Supreme Court majority is the absolutely indispensable requirement that judicial opinions be grounded in consistently applied principle. That is what prevents judges from ruling now this way, now that thumbs up or thumbs down as their personal preferences dictate. Today’s opinion forthrightly (or […]

On Saturday, I did an interview via phone with Ed Klein, author of “The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She’ll Go to Become President.” This interview covers Bill Clinton’s affairs, whether Hillary had an affair with Vince Foster, Hillary’s role in the Clinton White House, her “anti-military” […]

This one practically speaks for itself: From the Democratic Underground Forums, we have a post called: “Chaney’s in the Hospital..is it wrong to want him to die and burn in hell?.” Here are some of the replies — very representative replies, I might add — from that thread before it was locked (Feel the love […]

The Discovery Channel finished polling the American people on who they thought the Greatest Americans of all-time were. The first 5 were pretty good selections, but 6-10 on the list were so abysmal it makes me worry about the future of the Republic…OK, it’s not quite that bad, but it’s bad. Here are the public’s […]

“For those of you who do, as a matter of principle, oppose war in any form, the idea of supporting a conscientious objector who’s already been inducted [and] in his combat service in Iraq might have a certain appeal. But let me ask you this: Would you render the same support to someone who hadn’t […]

If you’re not reading my other blog — Conservative Grapevine — then you should be. It covers some of the best posts from around the blogosphere and it’s a great supplement to RWN’s daily news. Here are some of the headlines today on CG: — Melbourne Age editor Andrew Jaspan criticizes Douglas Wood, for being […]

Question: What are your views on the Flag Burning Amendment that was passed again today by the house? Do you think it will pass the senate? And if it passes the senate do you think it will be ratified by the states? — nolan1286 I strongly support the flag burning Amendment, but think it should […]

Question: Given the continued(and largely self inflicted) marginalization of the Democratic Party, mixed with increasing disenfranchisement of both libertarian and socially conservative Republicans, do you think it is likely we will see one or more influential new political parties emerge soon? What pros and cons do you see in this scenario vs. our traditional two […]

Question: “God does not appear in the US constitution. Why does Christianity appear to play such a major role in US political thinking?” — simonbegg Answer: There are two major reasons for that in my opinion. #1) America is an overwhelmingly Christian nation that was originally settled in large part by people looking for religious […]

I made Howard Kurtz’s Media Notes in the WAPO again. This time it’s for my post commenting on Bill Kristol’s speculation that it’ll be O’Connor stepping down instead of Rehnquist. The lion’s share of the post was spent railing against the possibility of Bush selecting Alberto Gonzales for the SCOTUS. I did note that it’s […]

Question: “Should all ‘hacking’ be a crime? Or do you think that some hackers actually do some good.” — Chairman_Mao Answer: Way back in the day when I ran Brass Knuckles Webzine, I read a couple of books about hackers, read some of the online hacking websites semi-regularly, interviewed a couple of hackers, and even […]

Question: “Where do you think the Republican Party should stand on teaching evolution/ID in public schools? Should we let the scientific community decide – or should non-scientists have a say in scientific matters even if they are at odds with the scientific community itself? What’s your opinion of evolution? Where do you think most of […]