John Hawkins runs Right Wing News (www.rightwingnews.com) and Conservative Grapevine (www.conservativegrapevine.com) and writes a weekly column for Townhall. He's the blogosphere's premier interviewer and has interviewed big name conservatives like Jed Babbin, Michael Barone, Sam Brownback, Mona Charen, Linda Chavez, Bob Corker, Ann Coulter, Tom DeLay, Larry Elder, Milton Friedman, David Frum, Newt Gingrich, Bernard Goldberg, David Horowitz, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, G. Gordon Liddy, David Limbaugh, Dick Morris, Richard Perle, Mark Steyn, Thomas Sowell, Tom Tancredo, Tim Walberg, and Walter Williams. Mr. Hawkins' work has been linked and discussed in numerous publications and on TV and radio shows including ABC News, BusinessWeek, C-Span, The Chicago Tribune, CNN, Editor & Publisher, Fox News, Hannity and Colmes, The Laura Ingraham Show, Minneapolis Star Tribune, MSNBC, National Journal, National Post, Newsmax, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Tammy Bruce Show, Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Washington Post, Salt Lake Tribune, Scarborough Country, U.S. News & World Report, WorldNetDaily, and Human Events, where he had a weekly column. Right Wing News has been studied by college classes and inspired an urban legend that was covered at Snopes (http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/withdrawal.asp). John Hawkins also founded and led the Rightroots group, a grassroots effort that collected almost $300,000 for Republican candidates in the last 3 months of the 2006 election cycle. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins 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) Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Once you've watched liberals long enough to understand how they think -- scratch that, how they feel -- they become extraordinarily predictable. To begin with, the liberal agenda is, in many respects, the same as it... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/06/27/why_liberals_lie_about_what_they_believe 35318acc-6141-44a8-a69a-f474c12f76c1 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT Correcting the myths created and propagated by the liberals in the mainstream media could be an all day, every day job. In fact, there are organizations like the Media Research Center that do just that. However, the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/06/20/tackling_five_modern_myths_created_by_liberals_part_2 a3fc7772-9056-49b6-864c-ca19df5db039 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT In recent years, liberals have mastered the art of lying. A lefty blog writes a story, then two dozen other blogs pick-up. Next thing you know, the libs in the mainstream media are echoing the charges that started in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/06/13/tackling_five_modern_myths_created_by_liberals 0a5482c4-7ea0-4c0f-9e99-47c5e408254f Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT "Pathetic hags." "[with nothing] to aspire to other than being attractive, having pretty clothes and having sex." -- Dawn Eden on Sex and the City Sex and the City was the ultimate "chick flick" TV series and like... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/06/06/a_mans_view_of_sex_and_the_city 6621feda-9e0a-4280-b55e-0f45caa1a9ef Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT John McCain is having a very tough time uniting conservatives and the political winds seem to be at the Democrats' backs; so many people seem to think that Barack Obama will win in a walk in November. However, that's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/05/30/top_seven_reasons_why_barack_obama_is_a_weaker_candidate_than_people_think 9eaf3fa5-8a61-4d99-97e3-9e082558efde Fri, 30 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT "You cannot emulate any time in American history. You cannot try to premise your actions on Reagan. 'He did this, so he'd do this.' It's the fundamental principles that Reagan brought to the table that are applicable... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/05/23/we_need_reagans_principles,_not_his_agenda 540faa22-b18d-48f6-a2e3-c1c2a5eb32a2 Fri, 23 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT "You think I am brave because I carry a gun; well, your fathers are much braver because they carry responsibility, for you, your brothers, your sisters, and your mothers. And this responsibility is like a big rock that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/05/16/a_real_mans_responsibilities e5b28cf2-3abc-48e8-a518-8f15115f155c Fri, 16 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT It goes without saying that the GOP is taking a dreadful thrashing right now. Conservatives are unmotivated, Democrats are obliterating Republicans in the fundraising arena, and the GOP's poll numbers have dropped off a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/05/09/the_republican_partys_real_problem_in_a_nutshell bb5c006b-4d86-42ca-9b83-12d9503924d4 Fri, 09 May 2008 04:02:00 GMT A couple of days ago, I had the misfortune of being on a BBC radio show with an American college professor who sounded like he had read one too many Noam Chomsky books. Let me give you a short impression of the guy:... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/05/02/stop_apologizing_for_being_an_american 4f74af49-7f31-4a14-97ba-2027501e5aa9 Fri, 02 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT Although I'm supporting John McCain for President in 2008, I have to admit that I'd rather see Hillary Clinton as his opponent. That's not because I think she'd be a weaker candidate; it's because I'd love to see that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/04/25/the_top_10_reasons_that_the_superdelegates_should_select_hillary_over_barack 07cd286a-ae22-44de-9490-cd777518f191 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT The biggest problem with liberalism is that much of it is based on incorrect assumptions about human nature, the government, and how the world works. That's why liberal policies that seem so well-intentioned often have... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/04/18/seven_uncomfortable_truths_for_liberals a592c670-7190-4e14-9902-ae421e9107c6 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT So far, because the mainstream media is smitten with him, Barack Obama has been able to get by running a campaign based on hope, change, unity, love, and rainbows made of cuddly kittens. However, before we get around... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/04/11/20_questions_for_barack_obama 2728bd64-b7a0-4d1b-984c-6a57787d72bb Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT "People have been calling for national dialogues and conversations for decades. It usually works something like this: Liberals say we need a frank discussion about race (or class or gender) in this country, and then... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/04/04/six_uncomfortable_truths_about_race_in_america 6851780c-9ab4-446f-a964-ce3603ca61fa Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT "A measure of hypocrisy is necessary to a functioning society. It's quite possible, on the one hand, to be opposed to the legalization of prostitution yet, on the other, to pull your hat down over your brow every other... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/03/28/10_more_of_the_greatest_pieces_of_conservative_wisdom 32ddf556-068b-4e3a-8ef9-c969c9335866 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:01:00 GMT "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -- P.J. O'Rourke We have gotten to a point in our... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/03/21/10_of_the_greatest_pieces_of_conservative_wisdom 0cb1f4f5-7e5e-47d9-96f5-2a97f540e357 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:00:11 GMT