Category: John Hawkins

“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” — Winston Churchill Saying that capitalism is better than socialism is like saying that winning a million dollars is better than being in a high impact car crash. In other words, if you […]

Should you vote for Barack Obama or the Republican candidate in 2012? Here’s a little quiz to help you decide! 1) The latest report from the CBO shows that the one decade cost estimate for Obamacare has almost doubled from 900 billion to 1.76 trillion dollars, it will add 700 billion dollars to the deficit […]

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. — 1 Corinthians 13:11 A society of children cannot survive, no matter how all-embracing the government nanny. — Mark Steyn The biggest reason that […]

My analysis is that most faith based systems depend upon an absolute moral order. The declaration of things as absolutely evil or absolutely good, as sin or virtue, puts liberalism into a horrible position because it’s founded on no judgment on anything. As a result, any faith that is seriously practiced or understood is a […]

Andrew Breitbart was a giant in his field who accomplished more than most men could in ten lifetimes in his all too short forty-three years and he has deserved every kind thing that has written about him since. But rather than being just one more person saying nice things about a great man, it seems […]

Are you struggling to get all of your work done? Are things falling through the cracks? You ever feel overwhelmed? Like you have so many things to do that you can’t possibly do it all? Well, there is hope for you because you can organize your life and the good news is, although it does […]

“Liberals love to think of themselves as intellectual and nuanced, but liberalism is incredibly simplistic. It’s nothing more than ‘childlike emotionalism applied to adult issues.’ Very seldom does any issue that doesn’t involve pandering to their supporters boil down at its core level to more than feeling ‘nice’ or ‘mean’ to liberals. This makes liberals […]

Ross Douthat and Matt Yglesias are going back and forth on why so many men have turned into emasculated, worthless sacks of X-box playing crap. But the world Yglesias is describing is a world where the short-term rational self-interest of both sexes – the understandable female desire to have children without taking on the burden […]

Are you struggling to get all of your work done? Are things falling through the cracks? You ever feel overwhelmed? Like you have so many things to do that you can’t possibly do it all? Well, there is hope for you because you can organize your life and the good news is, although it does […]

Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote a fantastic book on the impact of large, high impact, statistically rare events called The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. According to Taleb, history tends to swing much more than we realize on these theoretically foreseeable, but often unexpected large events as opposed to the much more predictable […]

1) Gay marriage is incompatible with Christianity (and for that matter, Islam & Judaism). If someone asks you why you oppose gay marriage, the only thing you really have to say to explain it is, “I’m a Christian.” God doesn’t condemn anyone for who he is; so if you’re attracted to the same sex, that […]

My latest Pajamas Media column is called, The Art of Ignoring: How to Escape What Doesn’t Matter. Here’s an excerpt from the column. How would you like to save time, prevent pointless arguments, and become a much better communicator? What if I told you it was surprisingly easy to do this and that, even better, […]

There are a lot of things NOT to like about liberals, but you have to give them some credit. These are people who are badly, dangerously, and devastatingly wrong on almost every issue of consequence and yet, year after year, they hang in there at a rough parity with conservatives. So, they may do a […]

Deciding who’s the “most influential” anything is inherently an arbitrary business. It’s even more difficult in this case when we’re comparing politicians, TV personalities, radio hosts, and columnists. Still, somebody had to do it, so… Honorable mentions: Alicia Colon, Ted Cruz, Bill Flores, Devin Nunes, David Rivera, Leslie Sanchez 20) Francisco “Quico” Canseco: Congressman 19) […]

I’ve probably put in at least a couple hundred hours of time as a guest on different talk radio shows and podcasts over the last few years and I’ve had a few people lately asking me for some tips. Here are some basic suggestions that can help improve your performance as a talk radio show […]

It’s a mystery to some people why so many Tea Partiers and grassroots conservatives can’t stand Mitt Romney. What is it about him that turns them off so much that at one time or another, they’ve preferred Donald Trump, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich to him nationally despite the […]

My latest PJ Media column is called, The Seven Most Penetratingly Brilliant Quotes Of All Time. Here’s an excerpt from the column. Some people love cats, other people love music, and I love quotes. I mean, I REALLY love quotes. I’ve compiled more than 100 different collections of quotes, at one time I ran an […]

  During the practically endless series of Republican debates, we have heard almost every question imaginable asked to Republican candidates — if by every question imaginable, you mean horribly slanted, often irrelevant questions designed to make them look bad and help Obama. We’ve heard questions about contraceptives, religion, Newt’s angry ex-wife, Gardasil, etc., etc., etc. […]

First off, congratulations to the four remaining candidates in the race. All of you have something to be proud of so far. Rick Santorum won Iowa, Mitt Romney won New Hampshire, Ron Paul finished 2nd in New Hampshire, and Newt Gingrich won South Carolina. Whatever else happens, everyone left in the hunt has proven that […]

The biggest problem that Mitt Romney has is that the arguments in favor of his candidacy have been paper thin and largely circular. He’s the “most electable” candidate because his supporters keep saying he’s the most electable. He’s “inevitable” because his supporters say he’s inevitable. “He’ll be conservative in office” despite governing as a moderate […]

If you were trying to come up with the most atrocious candidate imaginable to go toe-to-toe with Barack Obama in 2012, you couldn’t do much better than Mitt Romney. He was an unpopular moderate governor who lost 2 out of the 3 major elections he’s run in and whose signature issue Romneycare is an enormous […]

Conservatism is more relevant than ever to American life, but much of the conservative movement has grown complacent, lazy, rigid, and out-of-touch. Too many conservatives went to D.C. to make a difference and hung around to make a few bucks. Too many conservatives have given up on moving America to the right and are now […]

My latest Pajamas Media column is called, Five Keys To Sleeping Well Tonight. Here’s an excerpt from the column. “Oh boy, sleep! That’s where I’m a viking!” – Ralph Wiggum, The Simpsons “Better sleepers are 6 percent more satisfied with their lives than average sleepers, and 25 percent more satisfied than poor sleepers.” – 100 […]

10) Rod Blagojevich gets to make license plates. Illinois made history this year by sending its second of two successive governors to the big house. Blago’s 14 year sentence was made even more noteworthy by the fact that he’s going to the pokey for trying to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat. It’s oft-forgotten that Rahm […]

10) The Walking Dead: Season 2: The first season of The Walking Dead was the best thing to happen to sci-fi fans since Buffy the Vampire Slayer went off the air. People loved the series so much that the second season premiere set a ratings record. Unfortunately, it was all downhill from there as the […]

Mitt Romney was a moderate governor in Massachusetts with an unimpressive record of governance. He left office with an approval rating in the thirties and his signature achievement, Romneycare, was a Hurricane Katrina style disaster for the state. Since that’s the case, it’s fair to ask what a Republican who’s not conservative and can’t even […]

Ron Paul is doing surprisingly well this year in some of the early primary state polls. There’s a simple reason for that: Most people in the conservative media have concluded he can’t win the nomination, they don’t want to get yelled at by his supporters, and so they’ve laid off of him while most of […]