Author: John Hawkins

So says: Buzzfeed: for whatever that’s worth. First, the Columbus Dispatch reported that Rep. Steve LaTourette had abruptly decided to retire. That decision shocked many Republicans, in part because LaTourette — who like Boehner is from Ohio — has had, at least until recently, an extremely close relationship with the Speaker. At the same time, Syracuse Republican […]

Every year,: the Hill: puts out: The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful People. So, just for the fun of it, here are the 10 hottest women on the list. Vote for your favorite and let’s pick the hottest woman on the Hill for 2012! Who is the best looking woman on the Hill for 2012? Alyssa Dack Shelley New […]

As Hugh Hewitt notes today on Townhall, Texas voters can now: cast their early votes for Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz is very close. The Texas GOP is very close. The entire Lone Star State is very close and the country is very close to a very big win on Tuesday, July 31. Early voting is underway […]

“This flag dips for no earthly king.” – American shotputter Ralph Rose At the 1936 Olympics, the: American Olympic team stood up to Hitler. Over 5,000 athletes from 51 nations then marched in according to alphabetical order, with Greece leading the whole parade and the host country, Germany, at the end. But even the opening ceremony […]

This: sleazy and disgusting lawsuit: is just one more reason we desperately need tort reform in this country to keep parasitic lawyers from playing lawsuit lottery with the lives of innocent people. One of the victims in the James Holmes mass murder spree has lawyered up and plans to file a lawsuit … because he feels the […]

Tom Coburn used to be one of the best Republicans we had in the Senate. Unfortunately, his reputation has started to slip since he voted for TARP and has spent an inordinate amount of time agitating for tax increases. Apparently the fact that most Republicans don’t agree with him must have stuck in his craw […]

Monopolies, whether they’re private or governmental, are not in the best interest of the American public. The same could be said of any company that’s supposedly: “too big to fail”– like: the big banks. Sanford “Sandy” Weill, whose creation of Citigroup Inc. (C) ushered in the era of U.S. banking conglomerates a decade before the financial crisis, […]

Honest answer: Slim to none.   Here’s a quote from his aunt:: “He bad. He fight but he don’t fight little babies.: He do also have a problem. He take medicine every day and he just a normal: child.” No, this isn’t a: “normal child”: and he isn’t just teasing the other kids or: playing pranks. This is a nine-year-old who […]