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The 10 Best John Hawkins Columns of 2018

Here are my 10 favorite columns that I wrote over the last year. If you missed any of these, they’re definitely worth reading! The 5 Worst Things About Getting Older (Nov 30, 2018) The 5 Critical Keys to Making Something Go Viral (Nov 18, 2018) Five Big Problems with Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony at the Kavanaugh […]

The 40 Best Conservative Columnists of 2018 (10th Annual)

There are enough extremely talented conservative columnists that I read and respect that this could have easily been 50 deep. Congrats to everyone that made it this year! 40) David P. Goldman 39) Kyle Smith 38) John Nolte 37) Roger L. Simon 36) Derek Hunter 35) Philip Klein 34) Charles Cooke 33) Michael Goodwin 32) Quinn Hillyer 31) Mike Adams 30) Megan Fox 29) Michael […]

Four Reasons Deplatforming Controversial Figures Is a Terrible Idea

“People keep saying you shouldn’t be penalized for old opinions. You shouldn’t be penalized for your opinions now! You have a perfect right to disapprove of homosexuality or heterosexuality or anything else. Censorship won’t create a world of tolerance, just a world of lies.” – Andrew Klavan Deplatforming is just censorship by another name and it’s […]

Don’t Confuse Being Entertained with Being Happy

“Life expectancy in the United States declined again in 2017 (for the third year in a row), the government said Thursday in a bleak series of reports that showed a nation still in the grip of escalating drug and suicide crises. The data continued the longest sustained decline in expected life span at birth in […]

The 5 Worst Things About Getting Older

“Getting older is not so bad. I am 47 and once you get to this age, you know yourself better; you don’t care as much what other people think of you; hopefully you won’t have a spool or a couch you found on the side of the road in your living room and you’ll have […]

The 20 Best Ben Shapiro Quotes

I have long been a fan of Ben Shapiro’s work. He’s an excellent debater, a terrific columnist, and great on the radio. It has been fantastic seeing his career take off in the last few years. As a little show of gratitude for all the excellent work he’s done, here are the 20 best Ben Shapiro quotes. 20. “There are […]

The Planet Hawkins Podcast: #6 The Kurt Schlichter Interview

I was pleased to get an opportunity to interview my friend Colonel Kurt Schlichter about success, culture & the potential for a coming civil war in America. Listen to the interview and if you want a little more Kurt Schlichter after that, his new book is called, “Wildfire.” I’ve bought that one, but haven’t had […]

The 5 Critical Keys to Making Something Go Viral

Jonathan Albright writing at Medium: In terms of historical engagement on Facebook, Right Wing News, a page representing a small (Hawkins’ note: We were top 7,000 in the world at one time) news outlet line run by (John Hawkins), basically had no peers in the news industry on Facebook until the final stretch of the […]

5 Reasons Americans Are Living Through a Sex Recession

No civilization in human history has been as sex-drenched as modern-day America. TV shows, music, and even commercials constantly reference sex. An unlimited number of free pornographic clips of every imaginable variety and sort are available to anyone with an Internet connection, and Americans have a libertine attitude about sex. It has gotten so over-the-top […]

The Top 7 Reasons You Should Hate Babies

1. They’re lazy Is there anything lazier than a baby? I mean, even shiftless career welfare bums walk out of the house to the mailbox to get a check. Give a baby a can of oysters with an EZ-open pull tab and the baby will literally starve to death because he doesn’t want to put […]

Planet Hawkins Podcast #5: The Roosh interview

I interviewed the notorious pick up artist Roosh about censorship, pick up artistry, differences between American women and women from other countries, incels, marriage & his excellent new censored book Game among other topics. Enjoy the interview! You can listen to it here.

The Planet Hawkins Podcast #4: The Dr. Helen Smith interview

For the 4th Planet Hawkins Podcast, I was delighted to talk to Dr. Helen Smith, the author of Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream – and Why It Matters. We talked about men, marriage & the Kavanaugh hearings among other things. Also, just in case you were wondering, […]

The Five Worst Things About Being Famous

I am not famous. You know this because you’re not going, “OMG, it’s John Hawkins from the TV show I used to watch 10 years ago” or “Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I’ve heard of this guy. He was that lead singer for that band.” That being said, I have been a player in conservative politics […]

The Top 7 Most Dangerous Human-Killing Animals on Earth

So, if you were to die in an animal attack, what creature would you expect to kill you? Your neighbor’s pet cobra? A lion escaped from the zoo? A Jaws-sized shark while you’re swimming in the ocean? Well, here are the 7 most dangerous human-killing animals on the planet. You will find that most of […]

So What if the Saudis Killed Jamal Khashoggi?

“Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests.” – Lord Palmerston The cardinal mistake most people tend to make with foreign policy is thinking of nations the same way they do people. However, nations are not people and as a practical matter, you can’t treat them as such. You may have […]

Planet Hawkins Podcast #3: RK Hendrick

RK is a men’s lawyer who authored the book, How to Avoid Getting Screwed When Getting Laid (A 21st Century Survival Guide For The Modern Male). This podcast discusses legal issues particular to men and as a guy, you kind of hope you never to need to know any of this stuff, but if you do, […]

Planet Hawkins Podcast #2: Rollo Tomassi

Rollo Tomassi’s book The Rational Male is one of the top 5 books I’d recommend to young men. He has a gift for analyzing and discussing gender issues that I think is must hear for guys. Our interview covered men, women, dating, gender issues and a few other things. I think you will really enjoy […]

Planet Hawkins Podcast #1: Jonah Goldberg

The first interview for my new men’s podcast, Planet Hawkins, was Jonah Goldberg. Jonah is one of the best columnists in the business, he’s the foundation of National Review and he has a great book out called, Suicide of the West. We spent our time talking about politics, culture, tribalism and capitalism. Enjoy! You can […]

Three Horrible Things We Learned About Liberals From the Kavanaugh Hearings

If someone told you that liberals don’t care about originalism, sticking to the Constitution, or treating conservatives fairly, the surprise level would be zero. Additionally, I’m sure no one was shocked that lefties were howling, being obnoxious, and generally acting like jackasses while they were protesting. These are things everyone on the Right already knows […]