Author: John Hawkins

I was pleased to have a chance to get together with Robert Spencer for a phone interview on Monday. For those of you unfamiliar with his work, Spencer has spent 20 years studying Islam and is the author of “Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World’s Fastest Growing Faith” & “Onward Muslim Solder — How […]

There’s a strange little hiccup in the thinking of the left when it comes to Democrats who’ve served in the military. Their theory, while seldom explicitly spelled out, goes like so….A Democrat who has served in the military is automatically presumed to be competent when it comes to matters of national defense no matter what […]

This may shock some of you, but it seems that there’s a spot of trouble in the “special relationship” between Britain and the US. No, I’m not referring to the loons out protesting in the street, I’m referring to the shrew who’s married to Tony Blair. Yes, during a visit to Britain that many Bush […]

“Dah! I am governor now! I am Ah-nuld!” “Yeah, congratulations on getting inaugurated and everything,” President Bush said, “I was so afraid I was going to screw up my own inauguration and not get to be president.” “What are doing here, puny president man? Don’t you have work to do?” “I’m just hang’n; see’n how […]

Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, had this to say on the eve of President Bush’s visit to Britain, “I actually think that Bush is the greatest threat to life on this planet that we’ve most probably ever seen. The policies he is initiating will doom us to extinction.” So the man in charge of […]

Oftentimes, we political junkies forget that not everybody shares our interest in politics. To the contrary, a lot of Americans, probably most Americans, couldn’t care less about what the latest hot political topic is. If you want proof of that, you need look no further than this Gallup Poll. Before I show you these numbers, […]

There are some ideas that are so ridiculous that only an eggheaded, liberal college professor could come up them. One of those ideas is that the “state” censored “The Reagans” miniseries. Now obviously, that isn’t what happened at all. There were no threats towards CBS whatsoever from any government officials over “The Reagans”. Yet, Edward […]

A new survey of Britons indicates that a majority believes that U.S. President George Bush is a “stupid evil genius.” “The results indicate that Brits don’t think Bush is smart enough to put his right boot on his right foot,” said a spokesman for the polling company. “And he’s so clever that he tricked the […]

Dick Morris doesn’t always provide the snappiest quotes and when it comes to political parties, he seems to be just as happy working for a Democrat as a Republican. However, Morris is a brilliant political operator. People like Ann Coulter, Charles Krauthammer, and Jonah Goldberg may stand head and shoulders above Morris when it comes […]

Today, I ran across a post written by blogger Mark Byron that can best be described as a murder fantasy. Of course, Byron — who says that he’s an Assistant Professor of Business at Warner Southern College — says that isn’t what he’s trying to get across at all. But just read what he wrote […]

Wesley Clark announced today that during the presidential primaries his campaign would accept public financing, food stamps and government-issued cheese. “Our fundraising is going so well we don’t need taxpayer help,” said Mr. Clark. “We’re only accepting this public assistance to demonstrate that Wes Clark is a true, blue Democrat. It’s woven into the fiber […]

As a pysch major, I find it to be particularly entertaining when liberal psychologists try to paint conservatism as some sort of mental condition. The latest professor to pull this little trick is Paul Ginnetty, a professor of psychology at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue. I was so underwhelmed by his preposterous op-ed in Newsday […]

In the last few weeks, overzealous bureaucrats with visions of Columbine dancing through their heads have suspended two students from school (here & here) for drawing violent pictures. One of the kids who drew a marine blowing away a member of the Taliban was apparently even told that his drawing was “highly inappropriate” & “not […]

Senator John Cornyn explains that what the Democrats are doing to Bush’s judges is not business as usual in Washington. To the contrary, it’s unprecendented and unconstitutional… “The Constitution expressly establishes supermajority voting requirements for authorizing treaties, proposing constitutional amendments, and other specific actions. To confirm judicial nominees, by contrast, the Constitution requires only a […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported today that hate crimes decreased in 2002, and so-called “crimes of indifference” surged during the same period. “We’re excited to report that criminals just don’t care who you are anymore,” said an unnamed FBI spokesman. “Today’s perps indiscriminately hurt people without a thought to the race, creed or […]

Democrat presidential candidate Howard Dean today asked President George Bush to push for more tax cuts for wealthy Americans so that when Mr. Dean is president he can repeal them. “I have proposed billions of dollars in new spending,” said Mr. Dean. “And I’m going to pay for it all by repealing the Bush tax […]

On Veterans Day, I noticed that more than a few left-wing websites decided it was an opportune time to break out the “chickenhawks” slur again. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the word or who associate it with its more vulgar meaning, when the left uses the term, they are generally referring to […]

Have you ever wondered how today’s mainstream press that seems to see every conflict as Vietnam would have covered D-Day? Well, wonder no more because William A. Mayer has it down to a T in this magnificent parody that you can read by clicking here.

“Ask your idiotic questions!” Rumsfeld yelled at the reporters impatiently. “What do you think of Gen. Abizaid’s statement about using harsher measures in Iraq if attacks don’t stop?” “I agree with him fully. Anyone who attacks American troops must suffer and die in the worst possible way!” Rumsfeld shouted, “Baby Jesus will cry when he […]

Like most other people, I have often heard stories about veterans who were spit on by revolting hippies when they came back from the Vietnam War. That’s why I was quite surprised to run across a recycled article in Slate that claims it didn’t happen. In part, Slate’s piece reads, “Although it’s impossible to disprove […]

If you want to see an excellent example of liberal media bias, just take a look at this article from Wolf Blitzer at CNN. It’s a story about Bush’s speech yesterday in front of the “conservative Heritage Foundation”. The article talks about how “the president showed absolutely no signs of retreat (in Iraq),” mentions a […]

Mark Dubbin, the author of “Shadow Patriot” bought a main page ad on RWN to get the word out about his book. Here’s the description of it from Amazon… “The events of 9/11 affected many things in New York and the Mafia was no exception. Business suffered for Don Remondini after the attack, but he […]

As FDR once said, “those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them”. Too often, far too often, we here in America have forgotten or have at least minimalized the sacrifices made by the valiant men and women in the armed forces. Our soldiers […]

I have been meaning to post the choices I made in the, “Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select The Books That Have Had The Biggest Impact On Their Thinking” and “Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select History’s Most Interesting Dinner Companions” polls and I thought I might as well do it one post. Here are my selections… The Books That Have […]

RWN reader Teller8 pontificated about anti-Americanism in the comments section of my “Envy & Anti-Americanism” post and what he had to say was so exceptional that I thought it was worth posting on the main page (after I cleaned it up and edited it down a bit). Do keep in mind that since this is […]

The government of Saudi Arabia today applied for a full refund from al Qaeda, the social services network, claiming bait-and-switch tactics had cheated it out of its investment. “The service is not performing as advertised,” said an unnamed spokesman for the Saudi government. “This is a breach of contract. Al Qaeda was not supposed to […]

RWN reader Kevin Hambidge writes, “Dear Mr. Hawkins: I think that if the devil himself came up from hell and ran for office as a republican, you would vote for him. Why? Cause he’s republican d@mmit!” Kevin’s email reminds me of a comment made by a friend of a friend that was passed on to […]

Charles Krauthammer nails what anti-Americanism is all about at the end of this brilliant editorial entitled, “To Hell With Sympathy”… “The fact is that the world hates us for our wealth, our success, our power. They hate us into incoherence. The Europeans, Ajami astutely observes, disdain us for our excessive religiosity (manifest, they imagine, by […]

The United Nations today announced it had found no evidence that Iran is producing nuclear weapons or crude oil. “We have been told this by Iranian government officials,” said a U.N. spokesman, “and if anyone ought to know, it’s them. They’ve been cooperating with us in a most congenial manner.” After an exhaustive inspection process, […]

Let me be up front with you; “The Matrix: Revolutions” was a terrible movie. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that it was easily the worst film I’ve seen at the theater this year. Just in case you’re not getting my meaning, I’m saying that you shouldn’t go see this movie. But […]