Category: John Hawkins

Michelle Fields is a journalist who worked for Breitbart, which may be the single most pro-Trump publication on the Right. She was attempting to ask Donald Trump a question when his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski jerked her away from Trump. This was incompetence. The Secret Service agents handle Trump’s security and you can be sure […]

My latest Townhall column is called, No, I Will Not Vote For Donald J. Trump in a General Election. Here’s an excerpt from the column. I hammered John McCain and Mitt Romney so brutally during the GOP primaries that I was blackballed from the 2008 and 2012 Republican conventions in retaliation, but when the time […]

My latest Townhall column is called, How Can You Feel Good About Yourself If You Vote For Hillary? Here’s an excerpt from the column. As the Republican Party has gone to war with itself over Donald Trump’s morality and fitness for the presidency to such an extent that it has produced a #nevertrump movement, it’s hard […]

  1) “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor b@stards.” — Creighton W. Abrams during the Battle of the Bulge in WWII 2) “Let justice be done though the heavens should fall”. — U.S President John Adams 3) “Are you guys ready? Let’s roll.” — Todd Beamer’s last words before he led Americans on United […]

My latest Townhall column is called, What I Will Probably Never Understand About The Undying Affection For Donald Trump. Here’s an excerpt from the column, It’s easy for me to understand why people were so favorably disposed toward Trump at first because initially, I liked him, too. I’d read and liked Trump’s books, I found […]

My latest Townhall column is called The Republican Establishment is Worse Than Trump. Here’s an excerpt from the column. There are a lot of things I could say about Donald J. Trump, but he isn’t responsible for 95% of the problems the Republican Party has today. Do you want to know who is responsible for most […]

My latest Townhall column is called, 40 Reasons Not To Vote For Donald Trump. Here’s an excerpt from the column. 1) Trump has favorability ratings that make him unelectable: The American public is very familiar with Donald Trump and people hate his guts. Trump’s current favorable/unfavorable rating is 34/58. Just as a point of comparison, […]

My latest Townhall column is called, The Conservative Case Against Marco Rubio. Here’s an excerpt from the column. Marco Rubio may not be a squish on most issues, but it doesn’t change the fact that his Gang-of-8 Amnesty Bill is unforgivable. Nobody would be campaigning harder against Marco Rubio today than Marco Rubio back in 2010 […]

My latest Townhall column is called, Show This Column to Anyone Who Claims Bush Lied about WMDs in Iraq. Here’s an excerpt from the column. Here’s an excerpt from the column. Throughout the Bush years, liberals repeated “Bush lied, people died” like a mantra. That slander wasn’t true then and it’s not anymore true now […]

“The society that puts equality before freedom will end up with neither. The society that puts freedom before equality will end up with a great measure of both.” — Milton Friedman “If there is ever a fascist takeover in America, it will come not in the form of storm troopers kicking down doors but with lawyers […]

My latest Townhall column is called, America is a Nation Headed For a Fall. Here’s an excerpt from the column. “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, […]

My latest Townhall column is called, Dear American Muslims, Can We Have An Honest Talk? Here’s an excerpt from the column. On 9/11, one of my roommates was a Turkish pilot. Not only was he sent home that day, he didn’t work again for weeks. In one moment he was just a guy with a religion […]

My latest Townhall column is called, Why I’m Endorsing Ted Cruz For President. Here’s an excerpt from the column. Conservatives have been hoping that “another Reagan” will come along for decades and we finally have one: Ted Cruz. Like Reagan, Ted Cruz is not popular with the establishment wing of the Republican Party. In fact, […]

My latest Townhall column is called, Why This Former Trump Fan Doesn’t Support Him Anymore. Here’s an excerpt from the column. I understand why people like Donald Trump because I was a big fan of his as well. I loved the fact that he’s a charismatic, politically incorrect fighter and a successful businessman. I am […]

My latest Townhall column is called, Christians, Conservatives, Men, and White People Are Not Responsible For Your Problems. Here’s an excerpt from the column. Lou Holtz once said, “Don’t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don’t care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.”Unfortunately, Lou Holtz is a man out-of-step with […]

Whether Donald Trump wins the Republican primary or not, he’ll never be the President of the United States. Well, I shouldn’t say never. Hillary could go to jail, a meteor could strike, space aliens could show up — it’s probably wise to never say never. On the other hand, it’s also never a good idea […]

My latest Townhall column is called, The 25 Worst Quotes from Donald Trump. Here’s an excerpt from the column. I’ve already written the 25 Best Donald Trump Quotes and it seems like the right time to do the 25 worst quotes as well so primary voters can read both lists before they choose a candidate. 1) […]

My latest Townhall column is called, Everything You Need To Know About Socialism in 20 Quotes. Here’s an excerpt from the column. 1) “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” — Margaret Thatcher 2) “It is the common error of Socialists to overlook the natural indolence of mankind; their […]

My latest Townhall column is called, I Like Donald Trump, But I Don’t Think He Can Win A General Election. Here’s an except from the column.  These days, people on the Right seem to be polarized: Either they think Donald Trump is a brilliant, unstoppable ball of winning or they believe he’s the classiest, most luxurious […]

Honorable mentions: Azealia Banks, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffet, Lincoln Chafee, Stephen Colbert, Lena Dunham, Keith Ellison, Rahm Emanuel, Luis Gutiérrez, Marie Harf, Jesse Jackson, Jeh Johnson, Sally Kohn, Loretta Lynch, Rachel Maddow, Bill Maher, Bill Nye, Melissa Harris Perry, Jorge Ramos, Geraldo Rivera, Seth Rogen, Salon, George Soros, Al Sharpton, Quentin Tarantino 20) John Kerry: […]

Unfortunately, Townhall doesn’t make traffic statistics publicly available, but the number of times each column on its website is shared is publicly available– sort of. Once you get over a thousand shares, the number only changes every thousand shares. In other words, 2001 shares look exactly like 2999 shares on its website. Using that metric, […]

20) “The shrill little twerps shrieking ‘You can’t say that!’ are a far bigger problem than the stuff they object to.” — Mark Steyn 19) “The biggest thing leaders don’t do now is listen. They no longer hear the voices of common people. Or they imitate what they think it is and it sounds backward and […]