Interview with Charles Murray, Author of “Real Education”

Charles Murray, author of the new book: Real Education, kindly agreed to an interview with me to discuss his new book. You may know him as a coauthor of the bestselling: The Bell Curve: or from his hit: Losing Ground, a book that changed the national conversation about welfare. You may also recognize his name or some of his […]

 

Interview with Phil Valentine, Author and Talk Radio Host

Phil Valentine, talk radio host and author of the newly released book,: “A Conservative’s Handbook,”: recently agreed to a brief interview with me about his new book, his thoughts on McCain and Palin and his efforts to create his own personal biofuel. Favazza:: What are the demographics of your radio audience? How does that differ from your print […]

 

Interview with Brigitte Gabriel

Brigitte Gabriel, author of the bestseller,: “They Must be Stopped,”: and founder of: ACT! For America, was gracious enough to take some time to talk to me about her book, which was published just last month. Favazza: Your book outlines some of the ways in which the Muslim Brotherhood plans to establish an Islamic government in North America […]

 

Interviewing Mark Levin About His New Book, “Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America.”

Mark Levin’s Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America “will debut at #1 for all four categories on the New York Times nonfiction.” Just to give you an idea of how popular this book is, there are lines 1500 people deep waiting in the snow to get signed copies of the book. I’ve already read the book, […]

 


Interviewing Thomas Sowell On Race And Social Issues

Although I have yet to finish The Thomas Sowell Reader, so far, so good. Sowell is a brilliant thinker, an extraordinary writer, and the book is written in crisp, clear, easy to read chapters. This book also focuses a great deal on subjects beyond economics, which was an enjoyable change of pace from Sowell’s latest […]

 

Stopping Obama From Ignoring You and Bypassing Congress to Radically Transform America: An Interview With Phil Kerpen

Phil Kerpen is the vice president for policy at Americans for Prosperity. This week, I had an opportunity to do a short interview with Phil about his new book, Democracy Denied: How Obama is Ignoring You and Bypassing Congress to Radically Transform America – and How to Stop Him. What follows is the edited transcript […]

 

Interviewing Rick Perry On Illegal Immigration

Texas is an agriculture-friendly border state, and its population is roughly 37% Hispanic. In a state like that, where the Texas version of the DREAM Act was genuinely popular on both sides of the aisle, you can’t realistically expect a governor to compile an ideologically pure record on illegal immigration. So with that in mind, […]

 

Interviewing Lee Doren About His New Book “Please Enroll Responsibly: Avoiding Indoctrination at College.”

RWN blogger Lee Doren has a new ebook out. It’s called Please Enroll Responsibly: Avoiding Indoctrination at College. Enjoy my interview with Lee! I learned from your book that you used to be a liberal and I am always fascinated with stories about how liberals became conservatives. Tell us about your story. It may surprise […]

 

Interviewing Mark Steyn About His New Book “After America: Get Ready for Armageddon”

Mark Steyn’s new book is called After America: Get Ready for Armageddon. This is one of the best books I’ve read in years, I’d highly recommend it, and I was absolutely thrilled to get an opportunity to interview Mark Steyn about his book. What follows is a slightly edited transcript of my conversation with Mark […]

 

Interviewing Jedediah Bila About Her Book “Outnumbered: Chronicles of a Manhattan Conservative.”

I was pleased to get an opportunity to talk to Jedediah Bila about her new book, “Outnumbered: Chronicles of a Manhattan Conservative.” What follows is a slightly edited transcript of our conversation. Your book is sort of a diary telling people what it was like to be a Palin-supporting conservative in New York in the […]

 

Interviewing Barbara Oakley About Her Book “Cold-Blooded Kindness: Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer” And The Concept Of Pathological Altruism

Barbara Oakley’s latest book is called, Cold-Blooded Kindness: Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That Hurt. I’ve almost finished reading the book, think it’s outstanding, and would recommend it. It’s one part “True Crime” and one part cutting edge psychology and […]

 

Interviewing Ann Coulter About Her New Book, “Demonic”

Ann Coulter’s new book is called Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America. I’ve read it, it’s outstanding, and I’d highly recommend that you read it, too. To give you a taste of what it’s like, here’s RWN’s seventh interview with Ann Coulter. Enjoy! In the book, you described Jon Stewart’s audience as “idiots” […]

 


Interviewing Ben Shapiro On His New Book, “Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV.”

Ben Shapiro has a new book out. It’s called Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV. Last week, I was happy to get the opportunity to interview Ben Shapiro about his book. What follows is a slightly edited transcript of our conversation. Enjoy! There was a time when […]

 

An Interview With Warren Farrell, The Author Of “Why Men Are the Way They Are.”

I really enjoyed Warren Farrell’s incredibly insightful book, Why Men Are the Way They Are. In fact, I liked it so much I put together a list of quotations from the book. I’ve also just finished one of his other books, The Myth of Male Power. I can’t say that I agreed with everything in […]

 

An Interview With Richard Lugar’s Primary Opponent, Dick Mourdock

There are few Republicans who deserve to be retired in a Primary more than Richard Lugar. Indiana’s state Treasurer Dick Mourdock has thrown his hat in the ring and will be challenging Lugar in 2012. What follows is a slightly edited transcript of my conversation with Richard Mourdock. You’re going to be running against Richard […]

 

An Interview With Andrew Breitbart

I was pleased to have an opportunity to interview conservative media mogul Andrew Breitbartabout his new book “Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World! .” What follows is a slightly edited transcript of our conversation. I always find it fascinating when people who used to be liberal say they turned to the right. That […]

 

Interviewing Thomas Sowell About Economic Facts And Fallacies

Thomas Sowell has just released Economic Facts and Fallacies: Second Edition . I read the first edition, thought it was outstanding, and would highly recommend it. I was also pleased to have the opportunity to interview Thomas Sowell about the Second Edition of the book. What follows is the slightly edited transcript of our conversation. […]

 

Talking With Chuck D. From Public Enemy About Farrakhan, Air America’s Failure, And Open Borders

Admittedly, I was a little surprised when Chuck D.’s PR guy reached out to me for an interview. After all, this is the same Chuck D. who did radio at Air America and I’m not sure how well his newest project will be received on a blog like Right Wing News. What is Chuck D.’s […]

 


CPAC Exclusive: An Interview With Olympia Snowe’s Primary Challenger, Andrew Ian Dodge

There have been rumors that Andrew Ian Dodge will challenge Olympia Snowe in the 2012 Republican primary. Well, today at CPAC, he announced his candidacy and he’s doing his first post-announcement interview here at Right Wing News. Enjoy! First question: if a Republican in Maine says, “Andrew, why should I support you instead of Olympia […]

 

Interviewing Thomas Sowell On Basic Economics

Late last year, I wrote a column for Townhall called 10 Life Changing Books To Give This Christmas. One of those books is Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics 4th Ed: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy. Note the “4th Ed” part. That’s relevant because the book has recently been re-released. If you want a phenomenal, […]

 

10 Year Anniversary Post: The Best Of 10 Years Of RWN Interviews

I started Right Wing News back in January of 2001 and as of the first of this year, I’ve been running the page for 10 long years. During that time, I’ve pumped out a lot of great content and I’m going to be posting a little of the “best of” material this month. Today will […]

 

RWN’s Thomas Sowell Interview #5: Dismantling America

Thomas Sowell is one of the most brilliant and respected conservatives in America and I was thrilled to have an opportunity to interview him about his latest book, Dismantling America: and other controversial essays. Here’s a slightly edited transcript of our conversation. Enjoy! When I asked around for suggested questions for you, Reuters’ James Pethokoukis […]

 

The David Bossie Interview: Talking Vince Foster’s Suicide, Swift Boat Vets, Conservative Women, & Obama’s Least Favorite Supreme Court Case

David Bossie is a fascinating guy. He runs Citizens United which makes great conservative movies and was at the center of a crucial Supreme Court Case that dealt with free speech and campaign contributions. But don’t just peg Bossie as a career think tanker; he was also one of the people who investigated Whitewater and […]

 

RWN’s David Horowitz Interview #2

I’m a big fan of David Horowitz’s work and I was very pleased to get an opportunity to interview him about his new book, Reforming Our Universities: The Campaign For An Academic Bill Of Rights. What follows is the transcript of our conversation, edited significantly for brevity’s sake (The conversation went a full 27 minutes, […]