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An Interview With Fark’s Drew Curtis
6 Mar 2012 3:13 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: Name, age, and location
Drew Curtis: Drew Curtis, 28, Lexington KY
John Hawkins: How long ago did you start up Fark?
Drew Curtis: Feb 1999.
John Hawkins: What prompted your to start up the page?
Drew Curtis: I’ve been reading news every morning since at least 1993. I used to send out articles to all my friends in email, but over time I was afraid that they’d get annoyed with it. So around 1999 I decided I’d go ahead and post them to a webpage instead. And told them all to look there. Apparently they told other people
John Hawkins: Did …

An Interview With Ann Coulter
28 Feb 2012 2:53 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: Do you think the left has largely gotten a pass for being so completely, utterly, and entirely wrong about the effects of Reagan’s decision to abandon detente and challenge the Soviet Union?
Ann Coulter: The fact that there still is a Democratic Party proves that.
John Hawkins: If Jimmy Carter had somehow defeated Ronald Reagan in 1980, do you think the Soviet Union would still exist today?
Ann Coulter: Yes. On the bright side, Jimmy Carter would have gotten his Nobel Peace prize a lot sooner.
John Hawkins: Now I heard that you wrote an impassioned defense …

The Hugh Hewitt Interview
27 Feb 2012 2:52 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: Why do you think the left hasn’t made it in talk radio yet?
Hugh Hewitt: The essence of talk radio is entertainment. Rush showed everyone the way and others have picked up on this. You have to be happy with what you do, you have to be an optimist, and you have to be positive about the direction of the country. Generally speaking, people on the left that have tried talk radio are none of those. People don’t like to be yammered at, lectured, driven into the ground, and told what …

An Interview With Congressman Tom Tancredo (R – CO)
26 Feb 2012 2:49 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: Do you think offering amnesty to illegal aliens currently in the United States would cause an explosion in the number of illegals coming to our country?
Tom Tancredo: Only if you believe that rewarding illegal behavior will increase illegal behavior, and of course it will. It has happened before, it’s completely predictable. If you tell people they will be benefit from coming into the United States illegally, not by waiting in line like everybody else, they will come. And why would they not?
Of course, it’s a terrible idea. It will not …

An Interview With Milton Friedman
25 Feb 2012 2:48 am John Hawkins

Yesterday, I did a twenty minute interview by phone with Milton Friedman. Of course, Mr. Friedman has an INCREDIBLE resume. He won the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize for economic science, won the “Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988 and received the National Medal of Science the same year”.
He was also an “economic adviser to Senator Barry Goldwater in his unsuccessful campaign for the presidency in 1964, to Richard Nixon in his successful 1968 campaign, to President Nixon subsequently, and to Ronald Reagan in his 1980 campaign.”
There is much, much, more I …

An Interview With David Limbaugh About His New Book, ‘Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity’
24 Feb 2012 2:47 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: The First Amendment starts out with, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”. Do you think that we as a society pay too little attention to the “prohibiting the free exercise thereof” portion of that Amendment?
David Limbaugh: Absolutely. There are indeed two religion clauses in the First Amendment. As you said, the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. Ironically, they are both designed to promote religious liberty, not suppress it. The only reason to prohibit the establishment of a national …

An Interview With Andrew Sullivan
23 Feb 2012 1:43 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: I know it’s early, but how do you see the 2004 election shaping up and which candidate are you leaning towards right now?
Andrew Sullivan: It’s probably Dean vs. Bush, and I’m leaning towards Bush if Dean doesn’t get serious about national security. But if Bush endorses a constitutional amendment against equal marriage rights, I couldn’t support him and would urge anyone else who cares about civil rights to follow suit.
John Hawkins: In your opinion, what should George Bush do between now and the election to make his reelection as likely as …

The Michael Fumento Interview
22 Feb 2012 2:55 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: Do you believe that Gulf War Syndrome exists? If not, can you elaborate on why you say that?
Michael Fumento: It means no more than saying that everybody in Florida who contracts an illness has “Florida Illness Syndrome.” The only thing sick Gulf vets have in common is that they all served in the Gulf – though actually some never even did that! By the activists’ own admission, there are at least 123 symptoms! They include virtually every illness known. One major newsmagazine even reported on the soldier who claimed his …

The Bernard Goldberg Interview
22 Feb 2012 1:41 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: Just because I know people will claim that you’re conservative because you’re criticizing the media, could you tell us what your ideology is?
Bernard Goldberg: The reason they do that John is so I’ll be automatically marginalized. I wrote in “Bias” that I would make racial discrimination a criminal offense, not just a civil offense. On gay rights, I don’t know anyone more Libertarian than me. I don’t want the government getting involved in it. I’m pro-abortion with reservations. I’ve never set foot in a country club in my life.
I consider …

The David Horowitz Interview
21 Feb 2012 2:54 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: To begin with, Eric Alterman has been the champion of people on the left who claim that the media is now dominated by Conservatives. In your opinion, does the media on the whole slant to the left, to the right, or are does the media seem to be “fair and balanced?”
David Horowitz: Eric Alterman is a charlatan and a fool and the media is obviously left-wing. I can tell you that personally because there is nobody really that I could call at the LA Times, the New York Times, the …

The Michael Medved Interview
20 Feb 2012 1:38 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: Why do you think the left hasn’t made it in talk radio yet?
Michael Medved: Because of the nature of successful talk radio stations. One of the factors in radio is that you have stations that occupy very clearly defined niches. For instance, people wouldn’t enjoy it if a country station was suddenly playing Mozart a couple of hours per day or if there was a hip-hop station that decided to do oldies for a couple of hours a day. People want a reliable brand name. A brand name called “Limbaugh” …

RWN’s Ann Coulter Interview #2
19 Feb 2012 1:03 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: Why do you think USA Today hired you to write a column on the Democratic Convention and then killed your column?
Ann Coulter: I refused to include pie charts.
John Hawkins: What do you think of the claim made by people like Eric Alterman that the mainstream media is actually conservative?
Ann Coulter: Eric, they’re called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and they’re going to change your life. Ask your doctor if an S.S.R.I. is right for you.
John Hawkins: Has anyone approached you about doing a syndicated radio show or getting your own show on one of the Cable …

An Interview With Daniel Pipes
18 Feb 2012 3:10 am John Hawkins

I recently had an opportunity to do a phone interview with Middle Eastern expert Daniel Pipes. He’s the author of 11 books, has lectured in twenty-five countries, and has appeared on shows like ABC World News, CBS Reports, Crossfire, Good Morning America, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, O’Reilly Factor, and The Today Show.
John Hawkins: Almost a year after 9/11, how popular is Osama Bin Laden in the Islamic World?
Daniel Pipes: Considerably less popular than in the immediate aftermath of September’s atrocities, but still a major figure to contend with.
John Hawkins: When you say, …

An Interview With Jed Babbin
18 Feb 2012 1:02 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: We’re now hearing that Saddam Hussein skimmed $21 billion off the top from the Oil For Food program, some of which was paid to Palestinian suicide bombers, and the UN doesn’t seem too anxious to get to the bottom of it. What should be the end result of all this in your opinion?
Jed Babbin: Well, the question is not what it should be but what it will be. Obviously what it should be is to find the money that was stolen from Iraq and return it to the Iraqi people, …

The Wendy McElroy Interview
17 Feb 2012 3:11 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: Why did you create ifeminists.com and what is the purpose of the page?
Wendy McElroy: Ifeminists.com fills a void for information on individualist feminism. It offers a database of over two thousand URLs that lead to news items, commentary, organizations, etc. It provides a nexus where a community can grow on the Bulletin Board and the email lists, as well as a place for people to “drop by” every morning for the daily news on the front page. Moreover, the “information” section gives the fundamentals of ifeminism. It fills a need.
John Hawkins: Why do …

RWN’s 2nd Victor Davis Hanson Interview
17 Feb 2012 1:01 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: What’s your opinion of how things are going in post-war Iraq? Compared to other similar operations throughout history, how do you think we’ve done so far overall?
Victor Davis Hanson: I think that if we look at it in the longer historical expanse from the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime and not concentrate on any two to three week period, then the idea that a year and a half after the regime was over with — we�d have elections pretty well under way and we would have over 2/3�s of …

The Charles Johnson Interview
16 Feb 2012 3:09 am John Hawkins

Charles Johnson’s “Little Green Footballs” web page is one of the most popular political blogs on the net. Recently, I had a chance to interview him by email and we discussed several things including the content management system he’s creating, how the Israel/Palestine conflict can be solved, and Europe’s reasons for being so stridently anti-Israel. Read and enjoy…
John Hawkins: I understand that you used to be a programmer for Atari. You didn’t have anything to do with Space Invaders or Defender did you?
Charles Johnson: Actually I didn’t work for Atari the company; …

A Mini-Interview With Dick Morris
16 Feb 2012 1:01 am Joe Dan Gorman

John Hawkins: Hillary Clinton, who looks likely to be the Democrats’ candidate in 2008, is staking out a strong anti-illegal immigration position. Do you think that could be a potent issue for her, especially if the GOP runs a candidate like John McCain who’s soft on illegal immigration?
Dick Morris: I think it is a risky position since she needs to regain the Hispanic vote that Kerry lost. Gore carried Hispanics by 30 pts but Kerry won them by only 10. That change accounts for half of Bush’s gain over 2000. But Hillary …

The David Frum Interview
15 Feb 2012 1:09 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: To begin with, I’m not sure there is any word in politics that has been more distorted or misused than the word neocon. So, since you’re generally thought to be a prominent neocon, I’m sure you can clear things up for us. In your opinion, what is a neocon?
David Frum: It beats the hell out of me. Until the last two years, I have not thought of myself or generally been described as a neocon. It used to mean somebody, typically a child or grandchild of the great immigration, who …

An Interview With Walter Olson
14 Feb 2012 3:10 am John Hawkins

John Hawkins: Why did you decide to start “Overlawyered.com?”
Walter Olson: I launched it in July 1999, at a time when there were few if any policy weblogs. It had its origin as an overgrown bookmark file for clips I hoped to use in my future writing about the American legal system — noteworthy cases, op-ed columns, think tank studies and so on. Then it struck me: since I’m going to be collecting these pointers anyway, why not publish them? Others may find them interesting if I do. Since most news links go …

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