Hugh Hewitt is an author, law professor and broadcast journalist. Hugh Hewitt is the host of the "Hugh Hewitt Show," broadcast live from Southern California each afternoon. Hugh Hewitt conceived and hosted the 1996 national PBS series "Searching for God in America." Hugh Hewitt is the author of numerous books including "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) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:43:12 GMT Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:43:12 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Jane Norton, Pat Toomey, Mike Castle, Rob Portman, Mark Kirk, and Rob Simmons are all watching Harry Reid's push for Obamacare with great interest and mixed emotions. Each of these declared candidates for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/10/29/candidates_around_the_country_watching_obamacare_fight_closely b6eaf468-b661-4f0e-8da1-b03a748bc3b7 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:43:12 GMT Liz McNulty is a mother of four smalls and another one about to arrive. She is also one of my law partners and a widely respected, very effective products liability litigator. Liz also helps me spot the legal... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/10/21/the_smart_choices_the_government_wants_to_make_for_you 8c4afd31-457b-454a-92d5-3fc3416cdf78 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:15:42 GMT NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was asked Tuesday about the possibility of Rush Limbaugh acquiring a piece of the NFL's St. Louis Rams, and responded: "I've said many times before we're all held to a high standard... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/10/14/roger_goodell_and_the_new_mccarthyism b66a5af1-02a4-4176-b7af-1aa0b1908daf Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:02:36 GMT President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, a stunning and unexpected event, but one that provides the president with a unique opportunity to reverse the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and to ral http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/10/09/congratulations,_mr_president__now_please_use_the_moment_to_save_the_afghan_people_from_the_taliban_and_the_world_from_irans_fanatics 89e1fd66-4e4e-4b6d-84de-d02696323844 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:56:04 GMT More than 2,000 activists packed the Crystal City Gateway Marriott this weekend for the annual "Americans for Prosperity" meeting. It is a football weekend in the most beautiful time of the fall, but these folks were... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/10/04/who_are_these_people_and_where_did_they_come_from 92f95c50-f0a9-400f-98e8-23f5f9804cf6 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:00:24 GMT Meg Whitman declared her candidacy to become California's next governor --and its first woman governor-- on Tuesday, and on Wednesday she was on my radio show talking in great detail about her agenda. The transcript... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/09/24/meg_whitman_talks_tough_and_pledges_no_new_taxes_a_conversation_with_the_woman_who_would_be_governor cdd38db9-30f9-4d40-bf7d-f009e12b32da Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:36:35 GMT President Obama's very big, incredibly important, game changing speech-to-end-all-speeches on health care cam across as panicky, too high pitched, and schoolyard bullyish. The president's theme was obvious early on:... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/09/10/we_will_call_you_out! a3aa1408-daef-4c2f-b9ae-c8fbb9fe71aa Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:01:01 GMT President Obama wants everyone to believe that American health care is in a crisis, and he wants everyone to be willing to sacrifice in order to solve that crisis. He wants senior citizens to pay more for Medicare... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/09/04/without_tort_reform,_it_isnt_health_care_reform_--its_a_plaintiffs_lawyers_protection_act c9845a14-a732-4b9a-ba59-9da0cfd514ea Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT President Obama's summer vacation was well timed to avoid having to be close to reporters when his Administration's budget revision was released this week. The huge leap in the already deeply disturbing ten year budget... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/08/27/the_actions_that_are_necessary_now__$10_for_tark 7975c3da-ee43-4087-82dd-dfa0aeaccbf7 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT Most of the commentary on David Axelrod's contract with his former political campaign and consulting firm has missed the crucial point. People's opinions of the appropriateness of the deal under which Axelrod will be... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/08/20/questions_for_mr_axelrod_and_aarp,_big_pharma_and_all_the_special_interests_funding_the_push_for_obamacare 35d42e52-6bc1-41de-99f3-66dda6f05430 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:17:34 GMT The contests for statehouses in New Jersey and Virginia are the best referenda the country could ask for on Obamacare, and Congress would be wise to wait to see how these two states vote in November before it takes any... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/08/13/the_coming_referenda_on_obamacare 889cfddc-a48e-484f-a575-28b583469d5c Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT President Obama's decision to unleash his operatives at the DNC, surrogates like Barbara Boxer, and his staff like Linda Douglas to slander and attempt to intimidate opponents of Obamacare not only has badly backfired,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/08/06/they_think_you_are_stupid__why_resistance_to_obamacare_is_growing_despite_intimidation_and_slander 883ddf7d-f621-4a9f-a71e-1809e7d8b0bd Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:17:50 GMT "Here's a guarantee that I've made: If you have insurance that you like, then you will be able to keep that insurance. If you've got a doctor that you like, you will be able to keep your doctor." This is an exact... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/07/30/all_the_presidents_guarantees f11d66af-33ae-4b27-81b9-41f0b8aecb83 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:19:47 GMT President Obama's sustained push to radically rework American medicine has triggered an enormous backlash among Americans who have come to understand that despite his repeated promises to the contrary, the president's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/07/24/new_media,_new_activism,_and_a_new_gop_newt_and_the_ncpa 357cd2e7-6238-4f93-be5a-54a3d5827e80 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:49:29 GMT What has to be the most pro-American country on the globe outside of North America celebrated its first birthday on February 17. If George W. Bush ever needs a near fully-friendly venue, he can travel to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/07/17/kosovo_and_the_american_citizen_soldier_of_the_national_guard 94bac3e1-7903-40e2-b0bb-d33ab80f60c0 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:45:23 GMT Senate Democrats want to tax soda. House Democrats want to tax carbon and higher incomes. California Democrats want to tax everything. A half year into the Obama era and the obfuscation of Campaign 2008 is no... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/07/11/congressman_kirk_and_gop 7507a1a1-fc3f-4f53-a1dc-02fb044a1195 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:55:49 GMT This Fourth of July celebration opens with news that more than 4,000 American Marines have poured into Afghanistan's Helmland River Valley in a surprise offensive aimed at securing the turbulent region in advance of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/07/02/soldiers,_sailors,_airmen_and_marines_in_harms_way,_then_and_now a348009b-6385-4eb7-bc22-72062f5ce5e1 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:35:01 GMT President Obama is selling snake oil. The "government option" at the heart of his proposed radical restructuring of American medicine -now renamed the "public plan" to ease its acceptance by a public rightly wary of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/06/24/bravo_jake_tapper_pushing_president_obama_on_his_absurd_assurances_about_"keeping_your_plan" 96358f02-4fd7-4bdf-b4c6-66f48cfc4318 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:20:08 GMT An election launched the revolutions of 1989, and for those who doubt the ability of the demonstrators in Iran to bring about fundamental change in their country, the Polish vote of June, 4 1989 is worth remembering. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/06/18/will_president_obama_speak_for_freedom_and_human_rights 5fc4567d-9631-4604-8a1e-e509c839ac8c Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:03:26 GMT GM has launched a new ad campaign to try and rebrand the company. No need. MSNBC has ridden to the rescue and is proud to declare Government Motors its new favorite cause. The hard-left cable network had adopted GM,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/06/09/gm_the_msnbc-endorsed_car_maker c5b0912a-a813-464d-8d0b-48e67ca00dfa Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:31:12 GMT President Obama's decision to seize General Motors and convert it into Government Motors is as shocking as it is unpopular. Polling shows, like the president's stubborn insistence that Gitmo be closed and its... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/06/03/stopping_government_motors d2eee98c-2231-4932-9d89-8f5b201df074 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:10:11 GMT Over at my blog, HughHewitt.com, I have written a couple of posts urging Republican senators and conservative activists to exercise great caution in their approach to the nomination of Judge Sotomayor. The judge has a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/05/27/questions_for_judge_sotomayor_what_are_her_superprecedents 723d7fb8-26c7-463b-97bb-00d08b6d14dd Wed, 27 May 2009 16:07:42 GMT Ask any employer that provides their workers with health insurance what they will do if the government offers every American a "government option" for their health care. Whether the employees want it or not, if the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/05/18/the_government_option__single_payer_by_another_name 624b6b40-a347-40bf-843d-b9f6c1dbb5e7 Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT Meg Whitman wants a job that no sane person in her position ought to be seeking. Whitman is the fabulously successful former CEO of eBay, the internet auction site that now employs 9,000 people while allowing more... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/05/10/the_whitman_option 21c5273e-433b-4d20-8dc3-60e544e7a516 Sun, 10 May 2009 13:23:00 GMT The 100 Days of Obama Tour opened last week in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. The Salem Radio Network's nationally syndicated talk show hosts --Bill Bennett, Mike Gallagher, Michael Medved, Dennis Prager and me--... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/05/03/a_change_in_the_wind 1ec7f0fb-0461-477f-b6e2-e35c045e337e Mon, 04 May 2009 02:11:43 GMT The sudden and deadly outbreak of swine flu in Mexico City and its near simultaneous spread to places as far flung as New York and New Zealand presents President Obama with his first very public crisis. The early... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/04/27/a_katrina_moment_for_obama dda2e77d-a08f-49c1-b314-a7092d4bded4 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:34:18 GMT I'd like to know where to file my application to become one of the president's appointees to join the remade Board of Directors of General Motors. I don't know a lick about making or selling cars, but I think I have a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/04/03/obamas_new_gm 73f33c21-f986-43c8-8a9b-aaf7cecf1f51 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:08:44 GMT Today -- Saturday, March 21, 2009 -- is World Down Syndrome Day, and this year it marks the 50th anniversary of the Professor Jerome Lejeune's discovery of the extra copy of chromosome 21 which causes Down syndrome.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/03/21/the_presidents_pratfall 882a3d89-5943-4de6-a541-cbe2449cd34d Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:19:43 GMT President Obama served notice on Tuesday night that he intends a massive rewrite of the laws governing health care in the United States. Unlike the stimulus bill, such legislation will do far more damage than just the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/02/26/stopping_the_destruction_of_american_health_care 27c7f3f9-a9ed-4547-bdfb-7eda2bb571c6 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:40 GMT President Obama's rocky start surprised left and right because both assumed that the new president's gift for rhetoric would be matched by a natural talent for coalition-building. That latter talent may yet... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/02/13/the_month_long_era_of_bipartisanship 3952b8ea-03d7-4808-bc5e-d8a901a5234f Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:35:27 GMT Very few people are left in Washington, D.C. who believe the "stimulus" bill is anything like a genuine stimulus bill. People aren't debating whether or not it will work to quickly inject energy into the lethargic... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/02/06/the_worlds_greatest_rubberstamp_body__will_the_senate_fold 37b809c8-633b-4e5b-8ae4-3c8514bad3db Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:37:43 GMT I recently was able to re-establish contact with one of the many great teachers I had in my twelve years of Catholic education --Sister Mary Jean, though when I had her she was Sister Mary Aloysius. She's still at i http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/01/30/work_hard_be_nice_jay_mathews_crucial_new_book_on_inner_city_public_schools ba4db548-fe72-448c-a7b7-9b1a2838977c Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:07:12 GMT President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address was much more than a speech, however satisfying and moving it may have been for hundreds of millions of Americans and others across the globe. And it was much more than a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/01/20/the_completion 98566153-d3f4-4953-9042-eee60565a4cf Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:40:02 GMT Tim Weiner's Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA ought to be required reading for every member of the new Administration (along with Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 and Douglas... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/01/09/will_they_be_awake_to_the_dangers__or_will_it_be_carter_20 2be31e20-08db-47c8-86da-6ee76b4855a7 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT Hugh Hewitt interviews Michael Oren, a fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and author of "Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2009/01/07/israels_race_against_the_clock 197060e1-965c-4a5f-bfa7-5bc21b3a3415 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:38:56 GMT As a journalist disposed topositions of the (incoming) loyal opposition, I have a long list ofresolves for 2009.First, to be fair to the newpresident and his administration. Rescuing political journalism from the deep... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/12/29/resolutions_'09 89f56287-185d-474b-a790-28bb29895dee Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:00:45 GMT In a recent blog post, Michael Barone observed that the policies pursued by the Department of the Interior have real world consequences that result in political shifts. Barone wondered whether President-elect... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/12/19/are_you_sure_you_want_to_secretary_of_the_interior,_senator_salazar 53a356e8-876d-4af2-af6e-607b1cebab70 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:25:32 GMT I have asked five candidates for the RNC chairmanship (and will ask Ken Blackwell when I interview him next week) how great they judge the tech gap between the GOP and the Dems. Each has recognized it, but some haven't... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/12/12/third_times_a_charm__one_more_column_on_twitter_and_talk_radio 2e8d3a52-84ea-423d-b2e4-6ea75e8476d1 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:49:29 GMT Thursday's radio show featured a two segments with the founder of TopConseravtivesonTwitter Michael Patrick Leahy and my pal Rob Neppell of Kithbridge.com, who has been helping Leahy revise and improve TCOT. I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/12/05/renewal_in_the_winter_another_push_for_twittered_conservatives 45dd7e99-c31b-4771-9d2d-8554e5a61adc Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:52:19 GMT I had just finished speaking at the annual dinner of the Arizona Policy Council when Jeremy approached me with an appeal that I "Twitter more." For the way behind, Twitter.com is a rapidly expanding tech tool for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/11/28/all_a-twitter__a_late_adapter_alert afa1258f-e556-43ab-aed9-5c331ae9b0fa Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:52:12 GMT The last thing you want to think about right now is the 2012 GOP primary calendar, but I am afraid you have to, if you want the RNC chairmanship contest to have meaning and the GOP to have a good chance of recapturing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/11/20/rushs_lesson_the_time_to_overhaul_the_gop_2012_primary_calendar_and_rules_is_now 5e444a97-a9f8-41a2-89d6-2dca7088c6c4 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:02:33 GMT I don't know who would make the best chairman of the Republican National Committee. But I know the questions each candidate should be asked in any serious effort to identify the best communicator and organizer for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/11/13/the_next_gop_chair_questions_for_the_job_interview fae94a67-6466-4e3a-b0b0-48c0e6572142 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:25:52 GMT The magnificent William Safire used to channel Richard Nixon from above in an occasional column, and read the mind the various Soviet bigs. I wish he were willing to take up pen again and do so for the friends and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/10/31/what_are_they_thinking_on_the_weekend_before_the_election 42d9569b-874a-4680-9f91-37debb53cba2 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:16:23 GMT The latest round of polls from the very reliable Strategic Survey shows John McCain ahead of Barack Obama in Ohio and Florida, but behind by seven points in Pennsylvania. McCain is likely to lose formerly red states... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/10/24/the_weekend_before_the_weekend_before 976370a4-4be9-45b4-9733-13939b09783d Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:53:34 GMT Thanks to the now famous Joe the Plumber, all of America has been served notice of Barack Obama's plans for the American economy. Obama intends to spread the wealth around: From your accounts to those of his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/10/17/obamas_plan_to_spread_your_wealth_around 755ebc4a-a589-495d-a415-837cfde1db21 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:10:14 GMT Yes, of course it is. Three weeks ago John McCain was ahead, and a furious attack on Sarah Palin was underway. And Americans were several trillion dollars richer. Our stocks will recover if the American... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/10/10/is_three_weeks_enough_time a6444639-78c7-4345-b338-26d8e2985b3f Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:45:27 GMT The 1976 presidential election between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter need in a dead heat. Time Magazine printed two covers, one announcing Carter's victory which was used, the other a "He Did It!" headline to go... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/10/02/replaying_1976_with_a_different_ending d27eeeec-e7c4-4794-a5df-014deabb7e9f Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:11:03 GMT In her first radio interview since becoming the Republican vice presidential nominee, Governor Sarah Palin joined Hugh Hewitt on "The Hugh Hewitt Show." (Listen Here) Hugh Hewitt: Governor, your candidacy has ignited... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/09/30/sarah_palin_i_know_what_americans_are_going_through c7eaf6b2-e3df-4b2f-bcad-9a2ff7fa0716 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:49:28 GMT Since 9/11, I have made a practice of trying to conduct an in-depth interview with every author of every book I consider crucial to understanding the war in which the West is engaged. I call these books collectively... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/09/19/the_necessary_bookshelf_dexter_filkins_the_forever_war 9a558b32-bfd3-471d-9a7b-31387e177495 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:46:46 GMT