Barack Obama has an interesting take on the Virginia Tech massacre. Apparently, it’s all part of a larger theme of people just not being nice to each other and just by coincidence, his standard campaign points are just right for addressing all this violence. Ben Smith has the details and a link to the audio […]

Last night, from about 8 PM on, I was a little under the weather. So, from there on out until this morning about 9:30, I was in bed recovering. Now, I’m up and back to work, but behind. So, there will be updates today, but they will be slower than usual. Sorry ’bout that!

We have an American soldier being tried in absentia in Italy for an event we don’t consider to be a crime in the United States, “A U.S. soldier went on trial in absentia in Italy on Tuesday accused of killing an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq, but his lawyer said his client would reject the […]

I’m a psych major, have read hundreds of books on psychology, and have always had a particular interest in mass murderers and serial killers. Let me tell you that even after you read this psycho’s note, you’re still not going to have any satisfactory answer that explains why he did what he did. Any attempts […]

Liberals love to run down American culture and talk about what a rotten country this is compared to other nations in the world. But, let’s do a little comparison. Back in 2002, two American soldiers, while participating in joint military maneuvers with the South Korean military, accidentally (They were later acquitted of negligent homicide charges) […]

Over at the Corner, K-Lo writes, “In the face of terrible news story involving death and destruction, I typically have a moment when I wonder, “maybe it would be best if commentators took a day or two off.” Frequently early commentary winds up being uninformed or too emotional to be of any use to anyone. […]

Whenever a horrible event like the massacre at Va Tech occurs, a lot of people immediately start looking for a scapegoat. It’s not enough to just accept that bad things happen to good people and there’s a dead psychopath at the root of it, somebody else has to be responsible. The fall guys for the […]

Yesterday, Joseph Palermo over at the Huffington Post was trying to tie the shootings at Virginia Tech into Bush via the war in Iraq, “Also, if David Brooks and the Rightwing can blame video games and the violent movies coming out of Hollywood for the school shootings, then I think it is also fair to […]

The calls for gun control are already coming in hot and heavy after the massacre at Va. Tech yesterday, but isn’t what happened there proof positive that gun control doesn’t work? After all, we just had the biggest gun massacre at a school in American history at a university where it is illegal to carry […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Thomas Sowell: The gutless Duke lynch mob. The Huffington Post: The cause of black male failure: it’s the “P”, not the “N” word. Little Green Footballs: Now featured in a diary at Daily Kos, a video clip from the neo-Nazi site Vanguard […]

Obviously, the Va. Tech shooting is big news, but beyond the basics, there still isn’t a lot of hard news out there. There was a shooting this morning and then a couple of hours later, somebody went into a building and killed at least 32 people. Was the early shooting done by the same person […]

I can understand being for or against the war in Iraq from the beginning, but the people who have changed their minds since the start of the war have gotten entirely too much of a free pass for their wishy-washiness. Now, the average person? They may not be familiar with history, but any politician, columnist, […]

In the comments section of the More Than Half Of All Americans Are Suckling At The Government Teat article, RWN reader CoolCzech wrote the following, “On the subject of the prescription insurance benefit from Medicare, I will say this: My parents worked most of their adult lives in this country and had half their income […]

This is right out of an Ayn Rand novel, “Slightly over half of all Americans — 52.6 percent — now receive significant income from government programs according to an analysis by Gary Shilling, an economist in Springfield, N.J. That’s up from 49.4 percent in 2000 and far above the 28.3 percent of Americans in 1950. […]

One of the biggest problems with getting an immigration bill passed is that you absolutely cannot trust the pro-amnesty people in the government, be they Republican or Democrats, to keep their promises about enforcing laws against illegal immigration. Here’s another example of that, “As planning begins to reduce the number of National Guard troops along […]

Grindhouse has been doing poorly at the box office, but I figured that was because of the length. After all, we’re talking two one hour and a hour movies in one, + a short intermission, so the film clocks in at over 3 hours long. Now me? I liked that idea. One sci-fi film by […]

“I hate the misogyny of some rap music — it’s not all misogynistic — but rappers didn’t invent sick notions of black women as sexual objects in America; those ideas have an old, old history here, going back to the days when the chains black men wore weren’t bling. As I said to [Joe] Scarborough […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Mark Steyn: Imus go down to the idiocy again. Michael Barone: Of victims and virtues. Paul Jackson: Appeasement is pure folly. Conflict never tamed by tolerance. Little Green Footballs: Iran acquits serial murderers who killed in the name of Islam. You can […]

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RWN will return on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end! Pat Buchanan: The Imus Lynch Party News Bloggers For Facebook Users: Stop Hillary Clinton: (One Million Strong AGAINST Hillary) More Thoughts On Life After My Mother’s Passing Ed Driscoll Tim Blair Video: […]

Question: “If you could wipe one country off the planet with a snap of your fingers, which country would it be and why?” — D-Vega Answer: “Wipe one country off the planet” seems so harsh. Let’s say, if, with one snap of my fingers, I could move everyone in a country to a lovely planet […]

Question: “Do you think racism was dying in the late 60s and would have been laid to rest in the bulk of society if only people would stop bringing it up?” — Christopher_Taylor Answer: Racism did start dying back in the sixties and although it will never die, it’s on life support in this country. […]

RWN had some technical problems that started early this afternoon that prevented me from updating the page, knocked out comments, and at times blew up the layout of the page. Eventually, my provider got them fixed. Sorry about that!

Question: “Tuesday, we lost our beloved Boxer unexpectedly. She was only five years old. The Vet had no definitive diagnosis other than severe liver damage cause unknown.(We ruled out the recent tainted food fiasco). I guess my question is after we get through our grieving process should we replace? I’m weary and wary of doing […]

Question: “Totally random two-parter question: – Have you ever trained in any Martial Arts/Self Defense systems? – If you have enough time and money to train to a high level in any Martial Art/Self Defense system, which one would it be? (On a political note, I’d be interested to see a study on Liberal and […]

Question: “Why do you think political parties have opposite views on issues of science? While certainly scientists will disagree on theories, shouldn’t this be more or less independent of political ideology? Or more specifically, since you seem to agree with the findings of conservative scientists, what motivations do you think exist for liberal scientists to […]

Question: “Do you have any comment on the now dropped Duke Lacrosse rape case? If I may add my own comment, I was listening to Rush today and he covered the press conference. He noted that the AG, didn’t say “there is not enough evidence to continue” or that the players were “not guilty”. He […]

When you’re a columnist, you tend to spend most of your time covering the hot issues of the day. While there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s not a bad idea to do something a little out of the ordinary every once in a while. So, with that in mind, I decided to write about some […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: News 24: An Egyptian Imam has declared that, “being completely naked during the act of coitus annuls the marriage” Jason Whitlock: Instead of wasting time on irrelevant shock jock, black leaders need to be fighting a growing gangster culture. Ananova: Swan feeds […]

Today is Q&A Friday #63 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, it […]