Author: John Hawkins

Question: “John: What advice do you have for conservative students who have BLATANTLY liberal prof.’s who want to “tell their prof a thing or two”? And if you have any information on the good points of Bush’s social security plan that’d rock because he’s always ranting about that. Thanks.” — LotusClown Answer: Here’s my advice […]

Question: “Hey John. First time I’ve posted a question. My grandmother from conneticut was visiting out here in California (one of the redder areas) and said with absolute belief and a straight face that the Jews control the media and “all” (I’ll accept that as meaning a significant quantity and not literally all) the money. […]

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Today is Q&A Friday #12 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 […]

Oh, yeah, we’re REAL serious about enforcing immigration law in this country. So serious that we catch illegal aliens and then just let them go… “State police at Somerset released a vanload of 15 illegal aliens after federal immigration officials didn’t want to go out in bad weather this week. Cpl. Robert F. Johnson said […]

Among the more notable speeches at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington last month, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) described a United Nations treaty that the Senate is attempting to ratify without a floor vote and with the blessing of the Bush administration. The UN Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) (Treaty Doc. 103-39) cedes […]

A while back, Henry Farrell offered this prediction: As political blogs become a more established part of the political landscape, they will increasingly be treated as another means of political expression, advocacy and fundraising – and the current regulatory regime will, one way or another, be extended to cover them. The only question is how […]

They may call themselves GOPInsight, but this post calling the murder of a judge’s family “good news” is abhorrent, not insightful. From Bill Pirkle at GOPInsight: “Good News – Federal Judge’s Husband and Mother Killed First I am not a cold hearted person who has no capacity for the misfortune of others. Nor do I […]

WASHINGTON, DC – In a far-reaching decision that will likely create complicated consequences for the American livestock and wedding-planning industries, the Supreme Court this morning ruled 5-4 that all US marriage dowries “must include three non-diseased oxen.” Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy cited “the weight of the expansive penumbra surrounding the historically emerging […]

There has been a lot of talk about the “nuclear option” of late. What is the “nuclear option” you may ask? Here’s an excellent explanation from a column at the New Yorker: …“The Founding Fathers knew how to create a supermajority requirement when they wanted to,” (Orrin Hatch) told me. “They did it with amending […]

James Taranto of Best of the Web noted an incredible exchange between Jon Stewart, who’s adored on the left, and former Clinton aide Nancy Soderberg. The reason I call it an “incredible exchange” is not just because Stewart seems to be grasping and acknowledging the shockwave of freedom that Bush got started in Iraq, but […]

The United States Supreme Court yesterday proved how utterly out of touch they are, from the Constitution of the United States and the general welfare of the people. In the case of Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons, the USSC ruled 5 to 4 that a murderer who kills his/her victims before the felon […]

Apparently there were some sort of protests in Lebanon yesterday. They were either all about kicking the Syrians out or keeping them in the country — whatever — just check out this hot protestor. Whatever side she’s on, I’m with her. Wow… In all seriousness, the people of Lebanon deserve the support of all Americans […]

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One day after the signing of a controversial deal calling for Russia to deliver nuclear fuel to Iran, Iran’s vice president said that it only sought the fuel because it plans to build the world’s first nuclear-powered birdhouse. At a press conference in Tehran today, Vice President Gholamreza Aghazadeh showed reporters extensive plans for the […]

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. […]

I’ve traded in some old PS2 games at Blockbuster and have built up some store credit and I’m looking to pick up some used PS2 games. I’m a big fan of the Ratchet and Clank games, the Wrestling games, and State of Emergency was a blast. On the other hand, I’m generally not a big […]

Regrettably, I have to disagree with Michelle Malkin, one my favorite bloggers who’s particularly in my good graces right now because she actually suggested that her readers chip in to RWN, “By the way, Hawkins is quitting his job and will be blogging professionally. If you’ve got a little extra dough, please consider sending some […]

The government is by its very nature, wasteful, inefficient, and often provides mediocre customer service compared to private industry. That’s no surprise when you consider the reams of red tape, seniority based promotions, and the lack of accountability that we see in most government programs. So what happens when your health care is socialized and […]

Joe Arpaio is called “America’s Toughest Sheriff” and that’s too bad. I say that because if every jail in America were run like this, I suspect that we’d have a significantly lower crime rate…. From Snopes, “Sheriff Joe Arpaio has banned smoking, coffee, pornographic magazines, movies, and unrestricted television in all his jails. Those incarcerated […]

Just as pro-war conservatives predicted, freedom is on the march in the Middle-East. The best pundit in the business, Mark Steyn, elaborates… “Consider just the past couple of days’ news: not the ever more desperate depravity of the floundering “insurgency”, but the real popular Arab resistance the car-bombers and the head-hackers are flailing against: the […]

“Iraq Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 115” — Feb 28, 2005 “The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not ‘insurgents’ or ‘terrorists’ or ‘The Enemy.’ They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow — and they will win.” — Michael Moore, April 14, 2004 — “A suicide car bomber […]

In another setback for the Bush administration, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak told a national TV audience Saturday that he would impose democratic presidential elections on this tranquil Arab dictatorship. Mr. Mubarak — who has run unopposed every six years since becoming president in 1981 after the assassination of Anwar Sadat — called for “more freedom […]

Bill from INDC Journal (who has a great blog which I’d highly recommend) asks for someone who’s pro-life to talk about the implications of some abortion polling, “For a thorny example, I think that it’s fair to state that a popular socially conservative goal is the repeal of Roe v Wade, followed by incremental legislation […]

If you’re looking for a new conservative humor blog, make sure to check out The Nose On Your Face for “news so fake you’ll swear it came from the mainstream media.”

Perhaps it’s because so many left-wingers view the war protests in the sixties as the “glory days” of the liberal movement or because like Ted Rall, they believe that… “Losing to Third Worlders in PJs led Americans to decades of relative humility, self-examination and taking the moral high ground in conflicts such as Haiti and […]

A little pressure is exerted, and all of a sudden some people want to play ball: The Iraqi government said today that it had captured a half-brother of Saddam Hussein, a man who for several years headed the country’s domestic intelligence and security service, once the most feared agency in Iraq. The half-brother, Sabawi Ibrahim […]

Three things I wanted to note: 1) RWN received a very brief mention in a piece on MSNBC called “What Is A Blog?”. You can see the video here. 2) My “Applying The ‘Gannon Standard’” apparently went over really well with Jeff Gannon because he linked to it on his homepage. Too bad he sent […]

From the bombastic, blonde, bombshell: “Much of the left’s hate speech bears greater similarity to a psychological disorder than to standard political discourse. The hatred is blinding, producing logical contradictions that would be impossible to sustain were it not for the central element faith plays in the left’s new religion. The basic tenet of their […]

Since I’m blogging full-time, making sure my advertisers are taken care of is more important than ever. Why if all of these advertisers became unhappy with RWN and stopped buying ads, I’d have to go get another job. What would the MSM write then, eh? Maybe something like… “Blogging doesn’t pay for advertisers because readers […]