by Frank Turk Honestly: there are reasons to admire Hugh Hewitt. He's a man of many public accomplishments, a public servant, a lawyer, apparently a fine administrator and speech-writer. He's a fine man. Probably a good neighbor. He deserves our respect. What we are not required to give him, however...

For days now, television viewers have watched Sarah Palin unable to explain the significance of her home state's bordering Russia, unable to name a Supreme Court ruling she disagrees with, unable to name a single newspaper she reads....

 Download | Play    Download | Play  (h/t Heather) I’m a big CSpan fan, don’t get me wrong, but there are moments like this one from Washington Journal that chap my hide, because the nature of the program doesn’t allow for anything but t...

I spend Sunday at this American Freedom Alliance conference at USC. I chat with Daniel Pipes. I give my name and say I’m a blogger. "I’ve read your work," says the professor. At York University in Canada, a policeman came into the greenroom before Dr. Pipes was to speak and rea...

Time brought the hammer, nails, and lumber to build on Barack Obama’s demand that conservatives "lay off my wife." The June 2 edition of the "news" magazine included a two-page spread on "The War Over Michelle." Reporters Nancy Gibbs and Jay Newton-Small (both females...

Mark and Sarah hiking I just learned about Mark Metherell through Hugh Hewitt: Mark Metherell was a Wheaton graduate, a former Navy SEAL, and a civilian training the Iraqi Security Forces when the evil guys got him and his trainees in an IED attack in Baghdad. I have met some of Metherell's extended...

I woke up this morning and turned on 1240 AM, as I often do, to listen to Stephanie Miller. I heard the same young woman doing the news update, but something seemed different, and when she gave out the call letters of the station and they weren't KSAC, my heart sank. It rose a little when I heard a ...

It will come as no surprise to those of you who have paid attention, but conservative blogger and third-tier right wing radio host Hugh Hewitt is a hypocrite. For the last year and a half Hewitt pushed the candidacy of Mitt Romney, the guy who is supposedly a financial wizard that ended up spending ...

"For me, that cause has always been our country, and the ideals that have made us great. I have been her imperfect servant for many years, and I have made many mistakes. You can attest to that, but need not. For I know them well myself. But I love her deeply and I will never, never tire of the honor...

Driving home through a mini blizzard, I decided that the best way to focus would be to listen to the AM radio, where Hugh Hewitt was having one of his Romney days. One thing was said time and again from the ever full-of-himself Hugh, and it really upset me. He claimed that a vote for Huckabee is a w...