Another Public Service Announcement For The Blogosphere — Get A Hook For Your Blog: If you want to build traffic for your blog, you need to have some sort of hook, some sort of reason for people to keep coming back. In the warblogging world, that usually means you need to either be a “linker”, […]

It’s All About The Oil – A Fictitious Conversation: This war is about oil just like the Gulf War. Just because the Gulf War was primarily about oil doesn’t mean that every war is about oil. WW1, WW2, Vietnam, & the Korean War certainly weren’t about oil were they? No they weren’t, but Bush and […]

Hitchens Was Right When He Said…: I’m not a big fan of Christopher Hitchens. While he is a talented writer, I disagree with him on almost everything. However, Hitchens recently had a messy, public, split with the Nation over the war. I read an interview with Hitchens today on Front Page Magazine of all places […]

Democrats And Republicans No Longer Have A Common Understanding Of Decency: I was listening to Rush Limbaugh talk about the Wellstone funeral yesterday and he reeled off what I think is the quote of the month… “What concerns me about the future of our country is that we used to have a common understanding of […]

The Top 10 Horror Movies Of All Time: Since today is Halloween I thought I should post my top 10 horror films of all time… 10) The Fog: This movie really creeped me out when I was a kid. 9) Pumpkinhead: Saw this one on a first date and it’s a much better horror film […]

Twelve Questions With Michelle Malkin: I was pleased to have an opportunity to interview FOX News commentator Michelle Malkin via email.. Michelle has appeared on The O’Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes, The McLaughlin Group, The Lehrer Report, and 20/20. Furthermore, her syndicated column is carried by 100 papers nationwide and her new book, Invasion: How […]

U.S. and France Near Deal on Iraq Attack: Supposedly we’re about to cut a deal with France on a UN resolution that requires consultation with the UN before an attack… “The United States and France are moving toward a compromise on Iraq that would oblige the Bush administration to consult the United Nations Security Council […]

Rally in Washington Is Said to Invigorate the Antiwar Movement & Terrorists Worldwide: From the New York Times… “Emboldened by a weekend antiwar protest in Washington that organizers called the biggest since the days of the Vietnam War, groups opposed to military action in Iraq said they were preparing a wave of new demonstrations across […]

The Democratic Take On Wellstone’s Memorial Service: I went to the Democratic Underground to get the lefty take on Wellstone’s “memorial service.” In a thread that had 73 posts, there only appeared to be 3 DU readers who saw anything wrong with turning Wellstone’s “memorial service” into a campaign rally for Walter Mondale. Here are […]

Ted Rall Thinks Bush Had Wellstone Killed?: I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but a significant portion of the Democratic party has become enamored with absurd conspiracy theories. That is disturbing enough. But, the fact that prominent Democratic columnists can make statements that any reasonable person would find to be bizarre without even causing […]

Touching Over The Internet? Uh-Oh…: You can now ‘touch’ over the internet… “…The cube felt rubbery, although it didn’t strictly exist. As I moved the pencil-like mouse in my hand, a cursor moved too in the virtual room where the cube sat. A little manoeuvring and the cursor was beneath the cube. Move the pencil […]

Making Fun Of The French Is Always Good For A Laugh: IMAO put up some imaginary dialogue that made me laugh out loud. The article speculates about what would happen if you polled the French on gun control… “American Polltaker: I wish to ask you some questions about guns. Frenchman: Ahh! Guns! Do not hurt […]

Taliban Now Recruiting New Members For Its Book Club: Since their loss of power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have been turning their energies to other activities, including the formation of “The Taliban Book Club.” The book club was set up in the early weeks of 2002, when Mullah Achmet-Abubu Lunituna heard that Oprah was disbanding […]

Every Violent Act Since 911 And Including 911 Has Been Perpetrated By Americans, Not Muslims: As I’ve detailed before, part of the American-left has descended into madness. If you want a perfect example of what I’m talking about, check out Vox NYC, a web page that I found via a link on the Democratic Underground […]

Going Out Of Town — Next Update Tuesday The 29th: I’m leaving today at noon for a short vacation at the beach. I will return Monday afternoon and the next RWN update will be on Tuesday the 29th. Since I won’t be around for a few days I thought I should give you something to […]

Google This: The number one result for Google on a search for “John Hawkins” is.. “Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views) … John Hawkins | 10:38 AM | Comments (49) | TrackBack (0). Moderate Islam Vs. … I see this John Hawkins guy as a minor league scout kinda guy. … Description: Daily conservative […]

Clueless Gun Control Advocates? Big Surprise There: I’m not surprised that there are gun control advocates trying to take advantage of the sniper murders, that’s to be expected. But I don’t know how people can keep from laughing when they hear people like Tom Diaz from the Violence Policy Center talking about a “sniper subculture”… […]

My Take On The Sniper: I’ve been holding off on commenting on the sniper situation until a little more info came in. Here are a few of the details we know so far… – According to MSNBC, Mohammed is a long-time member of the Nation of Islam. He was even a bodyguard at a the […]

What Is Europe Going To Do? Wag Their Finger At Us?: I think this gives you an excellent idea of why the sanctions on Iraq after the Gulf War failed and why they have no prospect of succeeding in the future… “European Union foreign ministers came under harsh criticism yesterday for moving a meeting 5,500 […]

Not In Their Name? Then Do It In Mine: Have you heard of ‘Not In Our Name‘? They’re a group of B and C level celebrities, writers, politicos, & academics who are against the war. Their numbers include Edward Asner, Noam Chomsky, Tom Hayden, Casey Kasem, Edward Said, Susan Sarandon, Gloria Steinem, Oliver Stone, Gore […]

RWN Gets Introduced To The Mainstream Press In Britain: David Frum, an ex-speechwriter for President Bush and the man widely credited with coming up with the phrase “Axis of Evil,” quoted one of my editorials in the Daily Telegraph today… “A few weeks ago, a piece by an American internet essayist showed up in my […]

Where Is The Media On The Russian Terrorist Situation?: We have a Russian 9/11 going on as we speak in Moscow. There are somewhere between 20-100 terrorists holding as many as 1000 Russians hostage. They’ve wired the building to explode and have planted mines. The terrorists are making demands that the Russians are not going […]

Is Calling Condi Rice A N*gger Acceptable Because She’s Conservative?: There is a left-wing shock jock named Neil Rogers out of Florida who is promoting a song parody about Condi Rice called, “Kiss A N*gger Good Morning.” Apparently a group affiliated with the show called “Radioholes” is denying the song is about Condi despite the […]

Up To 1000 Russians Being Held Hostage By Chechen Terrorists: Breaking news out of Russia… “Up to 30 gunmen, apparently Chechen rebels, have taken hundreds of hostages in a Moscow theatre and are threatening to blow it up if police storm the building. Elite Russian troops have surrounded the theatre and officials say there are […]

Soldier Of Fortune Mentions RWN: RWN reader Harvey Stewart alerted me to the fact that RWN got a mention in Soldier Of Fortune magazine. They were doing an article on the media coverage of the story they broke about the great work Canadian snipers were doing in Afghanistan. After covering the mixed reaction their article […]

Iraq Bids On Next Olympics: Baghdad – Iraqi President Saddam Hussein announced that his country will bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. “You must understand that we have a longstanding tradition of honoring great athletes in my country. Take for example, weightlifting-before succumbing to injuries, an Iraqi woman, Bathsheba Fornicatarian, held the world record for […]

Bush Going Soft On Iraq? Not At All: I’ve heard a few people speculating that Bush is going soft on Iraq because of his latest comments… “We’ve tried diplomacy,” Mr. Bush said when asked about the issue today. “We’re trying it one more time. I believe the free world, if we make up our mind […]

The “Jewish Lobby” Controls America? I Think Not…: I read an excellent article by David Frum in the Telegraph today. Early on, Frum says, “In fact, the certainty that American policy is controlled by what one British magazine called a “kosher conspiracy” was the single most widely held opinion I heard in the course of […]