https://pjmedia.com/author/john-hawkins/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 16 Apr 2026 01:05:12 -0400<![CDATA[These days, all it takes to be a “star” in politics is a pretty face, a loud voice, a sense of grievance, and a level of confidence completely unjustified by your accomplishments or brainpower.  Socialist darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fits this mold perfectly. If Helen of Troy was the face that launched a thousand ships, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has the brain that launched a thousand memes. Here are the 20 best of them.]]>Sun, 17 Mar 2019 19:59:07 -0400<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/03/17/the-20-best-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-memes-n64449<![CDATA[Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang is a dark horse contender for the Democratic nomination in 2020 and one of his proposals is getting a lot of attention. His idea is to pay everyone in the United States $1000 per month. It sounds great, right? I mean, who wouldn’t want an extra $1000 per month? I would also add that, perhaps surprisingly, there have been people on the Right like Thomas Paine, Charles Murray, and Milton Friedman who have favored the idea.]]>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:19:35 -0400<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/03/11/the-5-big-problems-with-andrew-yangs-1000-a-month-universal-basic-income-proposal-n64350<![CDATA[Every experienced political observer knows that polls of adults are much more liberal than polls of likely voters. What that means is that for political purposes, a poll of adults doesn’t mean much. On the other hand, it also means that the culture at large is significantly more liberal than the group of people that turn out to vote.]]>Sun, 03 Mar 2019 20:40:30 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/03/03/7-reasons-conservatives-are-losing-the-culture-wars-n64199<![CDATA[You’ve heard about Robert Kraft, right? The 77-year-old widowed billionaire who owns the New England Patriots and has apparently been accused (all the details aren’t out) of going to a massage parlor to get a happy ending.]]>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 13:06:38 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/02/25/were-all-becoming-robert-kraft-but-we-just-dont-realize-it-n64057<![CDATA[It’s hard to imagine how conservatives could be even more complacent than they actually are about what’s being done to this country.]]>Sun, 24 Feb 2019 19:08:50 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/02/24/time-for-action-chase-bank-denies-service-to-conservatives-n64018<![CDATA[Tucker Carlson’s Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution is an extraordinary book that builds upon the work of Pat Buchanan in Death of the West, Charles Murray’s Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 and the wars between the Tea Party and the establishment in the Republican Party. It is an unabashedly populist book, but this mainstream conservative agrees with nearly everything in it. Carlson’s criticisms of America’s elite are consistently on point and there are large sections of the book demonstrating the ways that liberals have changed for the worse that even thoughtful Leftists might nod along with. It’s an artfully constructed, well-thought-out, extraordinary book and I would highly recommend it to you. As you read the 20 best quotes from the book out of the 100+ that I highlighted, you will get an idea of why you need to read the whole thing.]]>Tue, 19 Feb 2019 05:45:53 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/02/19/how-our-ruling-class-will-cause-a-revolt-20-best-quotes-from-tucker-carlsons-ship-of-fools-n63913<![CDATA[&#8220;Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother&#8217;s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”]]>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:50:32 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/02/14/the-liberal-concept-of-privilege-is-backwards-and-hypocritical-n63803<![CDATA[Once you get beyond the government, the greatest threats to free speech and free thought in America are the social media companies that have been allowed to become monopolies. If there is such a thing as a public square in the modern world, these companies increasingly control it and decide who gets heard, who doesn’t, and what ideas the public is ALLOWED to see. This is much more dangerous to our republic than most people realize. You&#8217;ll get a better idea of why that is as you read these quotes.]]>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 16:34:21 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]><![CDATA[Facebook]]><![CDATA[Twitter]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/02/14/15-devastating-quotes-that-show-you-how-dangerous-social-media-has-become-to-our-society-n63802<![CDATA[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez &#8220;is the leader  — everybody knows it, everybody feels it. She&#8217;s the leader of this mass movement.&#8221; — Michael Moore]]>Thu, 07 Feb 2019 18:54:58 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]><![CDATA[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/02/07/the-6-most-bizarre-proposals-from-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal-n63650<![CDATA[One of the weird tics of modern feminism is the idea that women are just as strong, capable and able as men, but should also be treated as helpless children who are incapable of taking care of themselves whenever it benefits them.]]>Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:07:34 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/02/06/neomi-rao-is-right-women-shouldnt-get-blackout-drunk-around-men-n63631<![CDATA[“An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.” – Eric Hoffer]]>Sat, 02 Feb 2019 15:39:17 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/02/02/the-5-biggest-widely-accepted-lies-in-politics-n63543<![CDATA[&#8220;I ask you to judge me by the standard that you would want applied to your father, your husband, your brother or your son.&#8221; &#8212; Brett Kavanaugh]]>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:42:29 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/01/24/long-term-how-do-we-live-with-the-sorts-of-people-smearing-maga-hat-teen-nick-sandmann-n63359<![CDATA[Saying you’re a socialist is kind of like saying you’re a flat-earther. The evidence is in; it has been in for a long time and it’s undeniable to any objective person. The planet isn’t flat and socialism is inferior to capitalism. Socialism is worse for the rich, the poor, and the middle class. Over the long haul, socialism doesn’t produce better outcomes for anyone other than well-connected government officials, bureaucrats and their cronies who grift off the public via bribes and getting around the rules they put in for anyone else. Since many people don’t believe the incontrovertible evidence, maybe they’ll believe these quotes that help explain why capitalism is better than socialism.]]>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:50:59 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/01/23/20-quotes-that-explain-why-capitalism-is-better-than-socialism-n63336<![CDATA[Masculinity is increasingly coming under attack in America. The American Psychological Association has practically declared it a mental illness: “Traditional masculinity — marked by stoicism, competitiveness, dominance, and aggression — is, on the whole, harmful.”]]>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:07:17 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/01/19/5-reasons-masculinity-is-increasingly-coming-under-attack-in-america-n173600<![CDATA[“In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” – Andy Warhol]]>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 04:42:04 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/01/08/the-fame-trap-how-the-pursuit-of-fame-is-warping-american-society-n173540<![CDATA[Picking the most obnoxious liberals in a time when liberalism is defined by hypocrisy, pettiness, hatred of middle America, and scolds screaming, “That’s not funny” is like picking the hairiest monkey out of the zoo. With that in mind, here are the 20 most obnoxious liberals of 2018.]]>Fri, 04 Jan 2019 08:00:41 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/01/04/the-20-most-annoying-liberals-of-2018-n62869<![CDATA[25. &#8220;I know I am a single, white male from South Carolina, and I&#8217;ve been told I should shut up, but I will NOT shut up.&#8221; &#8212; Lindsey Graham]]>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 07:40:29 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2019/01/01/the-25-best-quotes-of-2018-n62812<![CDATA[&nbsp;]]>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 05:16:40 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2018/12/31/the-20-worst-quotes-of-2018-n62792<![CDATA[“We pour our legislation into the Senatorial saucer to cool it.” &#8212; George Washington]]>Sat, 22 Dec 2018 10:47:49 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2018/12/22/4-reasons-getting-rid-of-the-filibuster-for-all-legislation-would-be-a-disaster-n62705<![CDATA[It’s hard to say with certainty whether Christine Blasey Ford has memory issues, mental problems, or is just a liar, but it is crystal clear that her allegations that she was sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh aren’t true. So, when Sports Illustrated shoehorned her into announcing an award, it seemed really strange.]]>Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:51:17 -0500<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2018/12/13/christine-blasey-ford-is-the-poster-girl-for-fake-sexual-assault-allegations-n62576