Hugh Hewitt is an author, law professor and broadcast journalist. He is the host of the "Hugh Hewitt Show," broadcast live from Southern California each afternoon. He conceived and hosted the 1996 national PBS series "Searching for God in America." Hewitt is the author of numerous books, most recently "A Mormon in the White House?: 110 Things Every American Should Know about Mitt Romney". http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2008 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The Fourth of July celebrations will get underway for many Americans with an early getaway today. At picnics and backyard barbecues across the country the conversation will turn to politics, and particularly to Barack... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/07/03/obama_in_focus_on_the_fourth 25aecdfa-0bdb-4215-8863-249e444ba7af Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT The "Greatest Generation" deserved and continues to deserve the highest honors our country can bestow on it. When the country was attacked, the men and women of 1941 thronged forward to meet the threat and defeat the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/07/02/a_salute_to_the_defenders_of_our_freedom 5f024bdc-e65d-40dd-ae5e-dc99bab50c2c Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:01:56 GMT Nationally syndicated host and journalist Hugh Hewitt interviewed John McCain on June 24 as the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party travelled through southern California. Hugh Hewitt: Senator McCain, welcome... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/06/25/john_mccain_"we've_got_to_give_americans_hope_and_optimism" 47b681b2-0527-4f7d-b995-996bca3cffe5 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:13:24 GMT When Barack Obama told a Pennsylvania audience this past weekend that "We can't drill our way out of this," he was repeating the same line that Nancy Pelosi used days earlier and that Harry Reid used on Wednesday. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/06/19/obama_and_the_dont_drill_democrats_to_america__dont_drive_just_shut_up_and_sweat_in_your_dark_house 60f3e324-8a6a-496e-a4a1-4ce9d68ef000 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT Thursday's 5-4 decision awarding "unlawful combatants" at Gitmo --terrorists-- the "privilege of the writ of habeas corpus" has left millions of Americans stunned. What in the world is the majority of the Supreme Court... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/06/12/the_united_states_supreme_court_versus_america__awarding_the_privilege_of_habeas_corpus_to_terrorists 4e8615a5-a982-4681-a23a-82a4d5a31179 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:12:14 GMT This week I made the, to me, not very controversial assertion that Barack Obama is farther to the left than Gorge McGovern. In fact, I think Senator Obama is much farther to the left in 2008 than McGovern was in 1972. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/06/06/obama_v_mcgovern__would_the_more_radical_candidate_please_stand_up 04759a22-46ac-4fc2-a92e-0a5ab5155aba Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:14:21 GMT Barack Obama's long absence from Iraq after his one and only visit to the country -a two day visit in January, 2006-is shocking. Until John McCain's blistering attack on Obama's apparent indifference to observing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/05/29/barack_obama,_meet_michael_yon_now,_read_his_book e4294228-d524-4b45-a6e3-589fc54e882d Fri, 30 May 2008 01:58:22 GMT As the pictures continue to arrive from the region of China impacted by the massive 7.9 earthquake of last week, the reality of the scale of the devastation sinks in. 80,000 are dead or missing, and that number will... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/05/22/helping_china_in_an_hour_of_need 4463fb7a-c69e-4594-bc23-b6c271f85135 Fri, 23 May 2008 00:42:42 GMT After 18 years of a law practice devoted to counseling landowners, home builders and commercial interests affected by the long arm and severe penalties of the Endangered Species Act, I am used to incredulous looks and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/05/16/polar_bear_pushback 035865b1-3ffd-4597-bbb6-8caf85b60c6b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:10 GMT Whether or not the issue of Barack Obama's two decades under the spiritual direction of Jeremiah Wright remains an issue through the next six months, the views of the possible First Lady at his side will be part of this... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/05/08/the_michelle_factor_forget_jeremiah_wright__what_does_michelle_obama_think_about_america d044d5d6-6991-4ab5-867d-212cec7ed49f Thu, 08 May 2008 23:40:17 GMT When I began covering the heparin story in February, I was astonished at how little attention it was receiving in the MSM. Perhaps because my father had used heparin for many years before he died (long before the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/05/01/on_heparin_a_few,_kind_words_for_plaintiffs'_lawyers 7ae73f28-e3f5-403e-9ba2-a49e07fa25d8 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT When George Stephanopoulos asked Barack Obama about the presidential candidate's friendship with William Ayers, the Clinton staffer-turned-ABC-talking-head touched off a storm of protest on the left. While no one could... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/04/24/some_of_my_best_friends_are_liberals_none_of_them_are_terrorists 4a6903fc-24c8-44de-b559-3afdaca642f0 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT Before we comment on the significance of Barack Obama's connection to William Ayers, the domestic terrorist from the '60s Weatherman Underground, let's get the facts of the connection out. On February, 22 Ben Smith... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/04/17/airing_the_ayers-obama_connection 450f10a1-8e38-40a8-aa15-5032b7f02c49 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:47:08 GMT Two weeks ago I wrote a column on the proposed rule to list the polar bear as a "threatened species" under the Federal Endangered Species Act. This past Monday, California Senator Barbara Boxer chaired a hearing on why... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/04/10/the_polar_bear_tractor_beam_how_the_endangered_species_act_could_accomplish_what_al_gore_couldnt 8f73cebd-9a16-422b-afda-3a8aeb748d27 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:41:55 GMT The Illinois senator raised $40 million in March, down $15 million from his staggering haul in February, and of course had a couple of fewer days to hit the huge number in the second month of the year. March was... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/04/04/has_obamapalooza_peaked 9e453fd9-4c5a-4a32-8277-ee0f62d1fa04 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:00:06 GMT