Description http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/ http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/ TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:37:27 GMT Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:37:27 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ It's been a wild series of news stories this week, and just because today is a national holiday, the news hasn't gotten any less weird. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced in a press conference today that not only is... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/2500b363-b046-4ed4-90cb-55d2580186e4 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/2500b363-b046-4ed4-90cb-55d2580186e4 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:37:27 GMT As America prepares for a weekend of watching fireworks, the Pentagon is apparently ready to shoot at least the North Korean-made one down, if necessary. Some are calling a potential missile shoot-down a bold move. I... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/a7d55f52-d444-4aa9-9e4c-a6691338741f http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/a7d55f52-d444-4aa9-9e4c-a6691338741f Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:34:05 GMT My new Townhall.com column looks ahead to the weekend.Transcripts of yesterday's conversations with Mark Steyn about Michael Jackson as well as the offensive in Afghanistan and the turmoil in Honduras, and with Mitt... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/bd5661c1-705d-4b81-910f-21833ca149a0 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/bd5661c1-705d-4b81-910f-21833ca149a0 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:12:12 GMT The June jobs report is out, and almost half a million Americans who had employment at the beginning of June have now lost their jobs. Do you remember the rhetoric used by the Obama administration earlier in the year to... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/ad206082-d4d7-4761-afdd-943a38a2cfb3 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/ad206082-d4d7-4761-afdd-943a38a2cfb3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:00:00 GMT "LKM" stands for Larry King Minutes --the number of broadcast minutes that Larry King would devote to your death if it occurred today. Michael Jackson has set a very high standard, swamping all other coverage from... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/e791b3df-2460-46e9-b6e6-73cf592c9bb5 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/e791b3df-2460-46e9-b6e6-73cf592c9bb5 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:46:16 GMT Steven Pressfield has written some of my favorite novels --Gates of Fires, The Tides of War and Killing Rommel.Now Pressfield has produced a series of op-ed videos, available at this website. He's my guest today and... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/a28cfd1d-9391-4342-9d31-8fbd736f8f4e http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/a28cfd1d-9391-4342-9d31-8fbd736f8f4e Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:39:21 GMT I interviewed Michael Steele yesterday, and pressed the GOP Chair on the obvious problem ahead in 2012 when Democrats with nothing better to do will swamp GOP primaries and caucuses with the intention of screwing up the... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/2d74392d-b2e9-4b9c-b48e-3ecf90600c75 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/2d74392d-b2e9-4b9c-b48e-3ecf90600c75 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:55:05 GMT Next week is "thrillers" week on the show with interviews with Brad Thor, Alex Berenson, Steven Pressfield, Daniel Silva and Vince Flynn running on Tuesday through Friday.As an appetizer to next week's feast, though,... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/f8bc915e-8e2f-402c-b599-2dd1f1b3e2a9 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/f8bc915e-8e2f-402c-b599-2dd1f1b3e2a9 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:52:52 GMT President Bush must be watching today's celebrations in Iraq with great interest, though doubtless without any expectation that the MSM which was so wrong for so long about Iraq will pause to recall that in late 2006,... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/e6a3dc58-d35c-4564-9abb-348a1e08abde http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/e6a3dc58-d35c-4564-9abb-348a1e08abde Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:42:15 GMT The Pacific Legal Foundation aks your help in appealing to Arnold to try and save tens of thousands of Californai jobs. http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/26b1ce54-6b63-403a-a88d-378f74dd61a7 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/26b1ce54-6b63-403a-a88d-378f74dd61a7 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:17:07 GMT From our favorite anonymous ad exec: The last piece I wrote to you seemed to have struck a chord. I typically get a good bit of support emails at bearinthewoods84@gmail.com when I write you, but nothing like what I... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/246ad291-6091-4fdf-8eb5-d4eedc16e3f1 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/246ad291-6091-4fdf-8eb5-d4eedc16e3f1 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:12:39 GMT The seemingly never-ending legal debate over whether or not government can use the race of Americans in awarding benefits or inflicting penalties added another chapter today as a majority of the Supreme Court issued a... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/a8ef47e2-1fc2-4f7c-bc88-95a30de2be48 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/a8ef47e2-1fc2-4f7c-bc88-95a30de2be48 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:11:59 GMT My Washington Examiner column underscores how the cap-and-tax bill passed by the House would bring with it a metastasis of the administrative state.I have been negotiating with and sometimes suing federal agencies for... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/0f2af463-3858-49bf-9d58-75b52fbd9f25 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/0f2af463-3858-49bf-9d58-75b52fbd9f25 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:21:08 GMT Abe Greenwald wants to give George Bush credit for his Iran policy.Gabriel Schoenfeld wonders whether President Obama could deliver help to Iranian democrats even if he wanted to.Gateway Pundit has chilling video. (HT:... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/bcf171ef-d481-4783-a9d8-fa687d0bfaa4 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/bcf171ef-d481-4783-a9d8-fa687d0bfaa4 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:55:52 GMT Politico's Jonathan Martin reports on Mitt Romney's road to 2012.Any serious GOP contenders for right to take on President Obama will be working for Chris Cristie in New Jersey and Bob McDonnell in Virginia as the only... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/c414621b-0941-47bb-b47d-6646449e9d87 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/c414621b-0941-47bb-b47d-6646449e9d87 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:37:20 GMT As American troops prepare to turn over almost all combat duties to Iraqi forces this week, the first of what will certainly be a wave of "Iraq as South Vietnam" stories appears on schedule in the New York Times. Rod... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/69b949b6-756a-41bd-a527-0407b05edab3 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/69b949b6-756a-41bd-a527-0407b05edab3 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:44:50 GMT This is what happens when fascists perceive weakness in their opponents. http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/a4bf75e5-1134-4326-bd70-7c2102f588cb http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/a4bf75e5-1134-4326-bd70-7c2102f588cb Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:23:07 GMT Remember this number - 17. That was the magic number of cycles around It's A Small World that Rob Ismael from KRLA and I attempted at Disneyland yesterday. "The Ride," as it's known around these parts, has been improved... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/1abbb2f7-3424-4108-af9d-674516165a94 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/1abbb2f7-3424-4108-af9d-674516165a94 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:00:54 GMT The Tea Party organizers are ticked, especially with the eight Republicans who voted for cap-and-tax-and-tax-and-tax.They are right to be, but don't spare any praise for the 40 so-called "moderate" Democrats who voted... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/ea449c93-f5b2-4baa-85fd-1e291e8115c2 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/ea449c93-f5b2-4baa-85fd-1e291e8115c2 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:25:41 GMT Another great review --"the impact of a Greek tragedy through its masterful grasp of suspense and group psychology, and some superb acting"-- this one by Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times.Amid the hoopla... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/233fd818-d916-4ba8-830e-05feb1bd8231 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/233fd818-d916-4ba8-830e-05feb1bd8231 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:19:28 GMT Hmmm. Could be about cap-and-tax, but not really. Give it a listen. http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/13b42d3e-067d-475e-bf17-64b5b22ce93e http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/13b42d3e-067d-475e-bf17-64b5b22ce93e Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:14:36 GMT They could not have read the bill. A 300 page amendment to a bill that greatly impacts every American and greatly burdens every American business was introduced at 3:00 AM Friday and passed 16 hours later.The spectacle... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/25a2393e-a7b5-4f55-b844-863de4799074 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/25a2393e-a7b5-4f55-b844-863de4799074 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:04:35 GMT Another great review --"the impact of a Greek tragedy through its masterful grasp of suspense and group psychology, and some superb acting"-- this one by Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times.Amid the hoopla... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/53618b1e-44a9-4b1f-b7bf-37647dabb9c8 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/53618b1e-44a9-4b1f-b7bf-37647dabb9c8 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:14:45 GMT The Pelosi Democrats will try and push through the massive tax hike that is disguised as "cap and trade" today, and the 1200 plus page bill is constantly changing and of course has not been read much less understood by... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/be987b58-ad11-41c6-9db9-925c981e5927 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/be987b58-ad11-41c6-9db9-925c981e5927 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:43:58 GMT Thursday night was fun. The challenge? Go visit the TLT Dance Club in Tomorrowland, catch the Electrical Parade at Disney's California Adventure, see the fireworks show back at Disneyland, plus watching Phantasmic and a... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/10ad3690-c518-4416-b04f-0cf223e36290 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/10ad3690-c518-4416-b04f-0cf223e36290 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:25:19 GMT I am helping CrossInternational.org with its orphans project in Mozambique on today's program.You can make a donation online.Or you can call 1-888-488-2008.Today's New York Times carries a story with this stunning... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/59479d28-65a0-4f87-820d-c54a648d590b http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/59479d28-65a0-4f87-820d-c54a648d590b Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:55:16 GMT As Karl Rove notes in this morning's Wall Street Journal, "[b]y a 60%-to-31% margin, Americans prefer getting their health coverage through private insurance rather than the federal government."The president is selling... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/415f7342-7fa4-4e69-ac8e-b88565da5bbd http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/415f7342-7fa4-4e69-ac8e-b88565da5bbd Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:31:43 GMT President Obama refuses to come clean on his "government option/public plan" and the devastation it would visit on health insurance in the U.S. The subject came up on ABC's infomercial for the president's push for... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/948e4b7e-7a1a-469c-a261-e624f876010e http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/948e4b7e-7a1a-469c-a261-e624f876010e Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:09:23 GMT The New York Times' Lede Blog carries both reports of new unrest in Iran and e-mails scoffing at the idea. Ahmadinejad rebukes President Obama. The twitter feed #iranelection carries reports of strikes and protests... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/8f6cfe40-a24a-40cb-b203-f96d710b64c6 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/8f6cfe40-a24a-40cb-b203-f96d710b64c6 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:54:28 GMT Reports of new clashes between protestors and the regime's security forces are leaking out.I will discuss with Cyrus Nowrasteh and Betsy Gillen Nowrasteh, director and writers of The Stoning of Soraya M on today's... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/8ef6ee74-a91c-4e6d-878c-2f67544546f1 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/8ef6ee74-a91c-4e6d-878c-2f67544546f1 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:07:47 GMT My new Townhall.com column celebrates ABC's Jake Tapper's attempt to pin the president down on the absurd claim that the "government option/public plan" won't impact people's insurance coverage.Tapper didn't succeed,... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/f309ba90-c83e-45a2-be98-3eb3222a04e7 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/f309ba90-c83e-45a2-be98-3eb3222a04e7 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:38:56 GMT The latest from our favorite anonymous ad exec: Hugh:The first time I wrote you I was beside myself over the glaringly obvious fact that the GOP simply doesn't understand how to craft communications that connect... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/dcf57ff0-cdae-481a-bc28-cb8af3d45d99 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/dcf57ff0-cdae-481a-bc28-cb8af3d45d99 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:11:05 GMT Edward Luttwak believes the mullahs of the Khatemei/Ahmadinejad faction are doomed: At this point, only the short-term future of Iran's clerical regime remains in doubt. The current protests could be repressed, but... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/ef54d872-6962-45cd-a73f-55d3ac82776b http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/ef54d872-6962-45cd-a73f-55d3ac82776b Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:12:13 GMT Sign on to help stop the massive energy tax being pushed through the House this week at AmericanSolutions.com. American Solution's chairman Newt Gingrich joins me at 3:20 to discuss Speaker Pelosi's attempt to jam the... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/df7fda12-36d8-4cd1-a3ea-7c1e89676c99 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/df7fda12-36d8-4cd1-a3ea-7c1e89676c99 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:31:01 GMT The Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens has an op-ed on the theological challenge to Khamenei/Ahmadinejad that should be read and forwarded. In it he interviews a Shiite imam with extraordinary credentials, Mohsen... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/5356d448-d52a-4fb0-82ec-8e96cb2b4aed http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/5356d448-d52a-4fb0-82ec-8e96cb2b4aed Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:33:06 GMT I could devote every hour of every show to any of these three subjects given the significance of each. Because each is pressing forward, I juggle between them.On Tuesday's show I'll host Newt Gingrich for a three... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/a3675a33-76e2-4955-be65-5b323359143e http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/a3675a33-76e2-4955-be65-5b323359143e Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:51:28 GMT A wonderful and eye-opening book that is must reading for critics of President Obama's attempt to massively expand the central government and to govern via moral rehtoric. Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of Righteousness'... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/c28b0f6f-7600-45cb-9c57-0d7c45a9d6d4 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/c28b0f6f-7600-45cb-9c57-0d7c45a9d6d4 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:38:25 GMT My new Washington Examiner column is about the powerful new movie The Stoning of Soraya M, and the message its success this weekend will send to the mullahs.Follow updates from Iran via #iranelection at... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/d87ba3a8-a8f6-4e35-8384-4d05a3550791 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/d87ba3a8-a8f6-4e35-8384-4d05a3550791 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:04:35 GMT Suddenly the push to radically rewrite the rules of American medicine is at a critical juncture. Last week's announcement of cost estimates for the president's plan of between $1.5 and $2 trillion sent Democrats... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/609a9104-3be3-47e5-ba88-6919c0aca17b http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/609a9104-3be3-47e5-ba88-6919c0aca17b Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:21:26 GMT Very few Americans have followed Iran more closely than Michael Ledeen. As the Khamenei/Ahmadinejad faction closes its grip on outbound information flows, Ledeen continues to get information which is far more likely to... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/d34144e1-ea36-4e7f-a5c6-4dd409f9114e http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/d34144e1-ea36-4e7f-a5c6-4dd409f9114e Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:07:44 GMT From the New York Times: With police on the streets demonstrating a willingness to injure and even kill, one question political analysts and opposition members were beginning to ask was whether it was time to shift... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/98858893-c2a3-4960-af17-2b0cc130bed5 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/98858893-c2a3-4960-af17-2b0cc130bed5 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:26:07 GMT From his new column: Khamenei has taken a radical risk. He has factionalized himself, so losing the arbiter's lofty garb, by aligning himself with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against both Mir Hussein Moussavi, the... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/7b591689-e1c3-499e-8a83-b54d940d6e3e http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/7b591689-e1c3-499e-8a83-b54d940d6e3e Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:04:31 GMT "Neutrality Isn't An Option" by Mark Steyn."The June 12 Revolution" by Reuel Marc Gerecht. http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/2bf76f9d-dd8b-4584-ad13-37ee102db472 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/2bf76f9d-dd8b-4584-ad13-37ee102db472 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:10:11 GMT The feed at search.twitter.com using the term #iranelection is full of ominous messages from Iran. http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/0ecefba8-40c9-4671-bbc9-cf1bbfc536be http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/0ecefba8-40c9-4671-bbc9-cf1bbfc536be Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:07:13 GMT Powerline's John Hinderaker reviews the possible explanations and posts a poll. http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/29310427-43c2-4b27-84cc-061b45c71798 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/29310427-43c2-4b27-84cc-061b45c71798 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:58:21 GMT It is because of songs and voices like this one that Amaze.fm exists. http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/87cbf35e-eede-41d3-a842-d7e9e3ed7ce7 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/87cbf35e-eede-41d3-a842-d7e9e3ed7ce7 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:50:24 GMT Follow events from Iran this weekend via the Twitter feed #iranelection at search.twitter.com, and via Michael Totten's, Jennifer Rubin's and other's posts at CommentaryMagazine's Contentions blog. The BBC and The New... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/d47c0151-abb3-4548-9150-ff2083eb5b0c http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/d47c0151-abb3-4548-9150-ff2083eb5b0c Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:22:45 GMT From Neoformix courtesy of the Twitter feed #iranelection: http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/35574d0c-3fa8-4a6a-9bc1-d55f5a200c87 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/35574d0c-3fa8-4a6a-9bc1-d55f5a200c87 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:10:04 GMT Here's what the future of local journalism looks like. http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/6b5506db-1a8a-43d7-b528-d6bee1a5b418 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/6b5506db-1a8a-43d7-b528-d6bee1a5b418 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:03:27 GMT I'll be talking Iran with both Mark Steyn and James Lileks on today's program, and will also chat with Paul Harvey's biographer Paul Batura, whose Good Day! The Paul Harvey Story has just come out, and with Barry... http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/63ae087d-3aa5-4af4-9879-49bcbac87688 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/63ae087d-3aa5-4af4-9879-49bcbac87688 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:30:48 GMT