Category: Interviews

I got together with Darwin at 2 am her time and we chatted for an hour and a 1/2 or so. I have a hunch that she was about to keel over by the end of the interview =] If you are one of the 3 or 4 people that haven’t heard of the Darwin […]

John Hawkins:: Name, age, and location Drew Curtis:: Drew Curtis, 28, Lexington KY John Hawkins:: How long ago did you start up Fark? Drew Curtis:: Feb 1999. John Hawkins:: What prompted your to start up the page? Drew Curtis:: I’ve been reading news every morning since at least 1993. I used to send out articles to all my friends in email, […]

John Hawkins:: Do you think the left has largely gotten a pass for being so completely, utterly, and entirely wrong about the effects of Reagan’s decision to abandon detente and challenge the Soviet Union? Ann Coulter:: The fact that there still is a Democratic Party proves that. John Hawkins:: If Jimmy Carter had somehow defeated Ronald Reagan in […]

John Hawkins:: Why do you think the left hasn’t made it in talk radio yet? Hugh Hewitt:: The essence of talk radio is entertainment. Rush showed everyone the way and others have picked up on this. You have to be happy with what you do, you have to be an optimist, and you have to be positive […]

John Hawkins:: Do you think offering amnesty to illegal aliens currently in the United States would cause an explosion in the number of illegals coming to our country? Tom Tancredo:: Only if you believe that rewarding illegal behavior will increase illegal behavior, and of course it will. It has happened before, it’s completely predictable. If you tell […]

Yesterday, I did a twenty minute interview by phone with Milton Friedman. Of course, Mr. Friedman has an INCREDIBLE: resume. He won the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize for economic science, won the “Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988 and received the National Medal of Science the same year”. He was also an “economic adviser to Senator […]

John Hawkins:: The First Amendment starts out with, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”. Do you think that we as a society pay too little attention to the “prohibiting the free exercise thereof” portion of that Amendment? David Limbaugh:: Absolutely. There are indeed two religion clauses in […]

John Hawkins:: Do you believe that Gulf War Syndrome exists? If not, can you elaborate on why you say that? Michael Fumento:: It means no more than saying that everybody in Florida who contracts an illness has “Florida Illness Syndrome.” The only thing sick Gulf vets have in common is that they all served in the Gulf […]

John Hawkins:: Just because I know people will claim that you’re conservative because you’re criticizing the media, could you tell us what your ideology is? Bernard Goldberg:: The reason they do that John is so I’ll be automatically marginalized. I wrote in “Bias” that I would make racial discrimination a criminal offense, not just a civil offense. […]

John Hawkins:: To begin with, Eric Alterman has been the champion of people on the left who claim that the media is now dominated by Conservatives. In your opinion, does the media on the whole slant to the left, to the right, or are does the media seem to be “fair and balanced?” David Horowitz:: Eric Alterman […]

John Hawkins:: Why do you think the left hasn’t made it in talk radio yet? Michael Medved:: Because of the nature of successful talk radio stations. One of the factors in radio is that you have stations that occupy very clearly defined niches. For instance, people wouldn’t enjoy it if a country station was suddenly playing Mozart […]

I recently had an opportunity to do a phone interview with Middle Eastern expert Daniel Pipes. He’s the author of 11 books, has lectured in twenty-five countries, and has appeared on shows like ABC World News, CBS Reports, Crossfire, Good Morning America, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, O’Reilly Factor, and The Today Show. John Hawkins:: Almost […]

John Hawkins:: We’re now hearing that Saddam Hussein skimmed $21 billion off the top from the Oil For Food program, some of which was paid to Palestinian suicide bombers, and the UN doesn’t seem too anxious to get to the bottom of it. What should be the end result of all this in your opinion? Jed […]

John Hawkins:: Why did you create: ifeminists.com: and what is the purpose of the page? Wendy McElroy:: Ifeminists.com fills a void for information on individualist feminism. It offers a database of over two thousand URLs that lead to news items, commentary, organizations, etc. It provides a nexus where a community can grow on the Bulletin Board and the email […]

John Hawkins:: What’s your opinion of how things are going in post-war Iraq? Compared to other similar operations throughout history, how do you think we’ve done so far overall? Victor Davis Hanson:: I think that if we look at it in the longer historical expanse from the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime and not concentrate on […]

Charles Johnson’s “Little Green Footballs” web page is one of the most popular political blogs on the net. Recently, I had a chance to interview him by email and we discussed several things including the content management system he’s creating, how the Israel/Palestine conflict can be solved, and Europe’s reasons for being so stridently anti-Israel. […]

John Hawkins:: Hillary Clinton, who looks likely to be the Democrats’ candidate in 2008, is staking out a strong anti-illegal immigration position. Do you think that could be a potent issue for her, especially if the GOP runs a candidate like John McCain who’s soft on illegal immigration? Dick Morris:: I think it is a risky position […]