Blog - Hugh Hewitt

Monday, March 2, 2026

If you are of an age, you remember Desert Storm and the daily, public briefings by the general in charge – Norman Schwarzkopf.  It was very easy to sit in front of the TV at the appointed time every afternoon/evening and know how things were going.  Yeah, well, this conflict ain’t that conflict.  We know things are happening, we get reports on isolated strikes, but we do not have a clue as to what the grand plan is or how we are progressing relative to it.  This has created both an opportunity and problem for the Left.. . .

Sunday, March 1, 2026

I have reflected much in the last 24 hours on how most of the large-scale evil in my adult life has stemmed from Iran.  My 18th birthday was the year Jimmy Carter was elected – which lead, in no small part, to the beginning of the Islamic Republic of Iran and that fledgling nation’s invasion of the US Embassy and the hostage crisis that followed, defining the last year of the Cater presidency.  And things have proceeded downhill every since.  Carter a good, but horribly naive, man simply could not deal with the kind of evil that the Islamic Republic represented.  Carter was not alone in his naivete – most politically liberal Christians shared it – and they still do to a large extent.  They assume the world a decent place that just needs to be cleaned up a bit.  Would that such was the case.. . .

Saturday, February 28, 2026

As I write it is 6:00 AM Eastern time and I have encountered a report that is now four hours old in the Jerusalem Post indicating that the shooting with Iran has begun.  Details after the jump.. . .

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?. . .