Blog - Hugh Hewitt

Friday, February 27, 2026

For years, we thought there were things “only government could do.”  Interestingly those things have fallen by the wayside and are now going private while government tries to do something else it thinks only it can do.  It makes one wonder if there really are things only government can do.. . .

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Somehow winning an Olympic Gold Medal has become a bad thing.  Since the SOTU, since they won it actually, everyone has commented on how Democrats and libs generally have decried the US Men’s hockey team for winning and daring to wave the flag and accept congratulations from the POTUS.  It’s sort of funny, like Rodney Dangerfield showing up at Bushwood CC.  But as we discussed yesterday, this silliness is born of a hatred that almost forces one to believe in Satan.  Consider what Democrats have been standing for of late.. . .

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

President Trump gave a SOTU last night that was a call to celebrate the accomplishments of his administration and a call to action regarding Iran.  The accomplishments are legion.  But when you consider reaction and a story out of one pending Democrat candidate for the White House, I find myself mourning this morning.  Let’s examine.. . .

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

The Jerusalem Post reports, “The solution for Iran is no longer a limited military move, but a large, fundamental change, including the ousting of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a Saudi royal family source told N12 News on Sunday.”  I agree, entirely.  The reasons are manifold.. . .

Monday, February 23, 2026

I am rapidly approaching my wit’s end when it comes to sanctimonious liberal Christians quoting Leviticus 19 to me regarding the current administration’s immigration policy.  Specifically verses 33 and 34, “When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.  The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.” And most people stop with the first sentence of that quote – failing to acknowledge the second about treating them as a native.  But the plot thickens.. . .

Sunday, February 22, 2026

The season of Lent began this Wednesday past.  For many that means Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) was the day before.  For Catholics it is serious business.  Protestants, on the other hand, recognize it but do little about it.  It is a time of recalibration, and we should take advantage of it.. . .

Saturday, February 21, 2026

In the immortal words of Clint Eastwood’s iconic Dirty Harry Callahan, “Go ahead, make my day.”  Newsom has access to massive money and all the “slick” Hollywood could ask for, but his record as Governor of California is so abysmal, and growing worse by the day, that a POTUS run would make Kamala Harris’ recent attempt look good.  Harris was a blank slate onto which Dems tried to paint a pretty picture, but there is nothing blank about Newsom.  Newsom’s predecessor – Jerry Brown – was once renown as “Governor Moonbeam” for his left-leaning tendencies, but he knew how to run a state.  Newsom takes all that left-leaning enthusiasm and combines with an absolute and total absence of capability to actually run things, leaving California in a dysfunctional pile.  Newsom’s record as California Governor is a cudgel with which the Republicans could beat him on a repeated basis throughout a presidential campaign.  Who needs oppo research when your opponent has  record like Newsom’s?. . .

Friday, February 20, 2026

The president will not “prepare” the people of the nation for the impending conflict with Iran.  He is in a no-win scenario when it comes to getting his message out to the American people – at least in a one speech sort of setting.  For one, that is not his personal messaging strength.  Secondly, he will meet resistance with such a message from many corners that think it impossible for him to ever do anything right – and one of those corners is legacy media.  His messages come in small snippets and his policies are confirmed by realities not words.  It is said of Winston Churchill that he “mustered the English language and sent it into battle.”  This president is the opposite of that – he will win the battle and let others write about it in eloquence.. . .

Thursday, February 19, 2026

I.C.E. is not separating families nor using children as “bait.”  The host explained it all when Obama repeated this lie.  Neither the Trump administration nor Bari Weiss forbade Colbert from airing an interview.  Jim Geraghty explains that quite thoroughly.  It seems clear to me that Trump Derangement – hatred actually – is turning memes and spin into lies, then those are morphing into conspiracy theories and the Trump paranoid are biting – hook, line, and sinker.  Which makes me wonder just how much weed is being consumed by the average Trump hater.  One must begin to consider if Trump Derangement can reach levels of pathological mental health.. . .

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

On Monday the host marched through the interview former POTUS Barak Obama did over the weekend and noted how often the former president just flat out lied.  It is disheartening.  The day before, in church, one of the pastors repeated one of the lies Obama told, not citing the former president, but simply presenting the lie as fact.  Think about the lies and fraud we live in.  People defraud the government.  Smaller government defrauds bigger government.  We’ve been lied to about weed for years now.  The entire Biden administration was a lie – it wasn’t the Biden administration; we’re not sure whose administration it was, but it sure as heck was not Joe Biden’s.  Sometimes it seems as if we are afloat in a sea of lies.. . .