Blog - Hugh Hewitt

Mamdani Plays The Victim

Monday, October 27, 2025

So, NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani tried to play the victim over the weekend because his aunt (in a hajib) was viewed suspiciously in the aftermath of 9-11 in New York. Was she arrested, tried, beaten or otherwise actually persecuted? No, apparently people just looked at her suspiciously. Now first of all, I have been to New York many times, never in a hajib, and someone always looks at me suspiciously – it’s New York for crying out loud. Looking at people suspiciously is just being smart. Yet when the Vice President pointed out what I just pointed out, perhaps even with less grace than I did, in Mamdani’s mind it is more proof racial/religious animus. Mamdani is running a playbook here, one we should recognize.. . .

Freedom In The Press

Sunday, October 26, 2025

As I read through the headlines this morning, most of them once again proclaiming the latest Trumpian outrage that wasn’t actually that outrageous, I thought of what I wrote yesterday, “But Trump is doing it so it must be wrong!” I grew astonished at how much energy some people were putting into watching every move this man and his administration make just so they can say “It’s wrong!” Then I thought about some ugly relationships I have seen in my life – relationships that professionals have labelled as “co-dependent.”. . .

Hatred Spinning Out Of Control

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Two things I love to do on Saturday – a round up of stories I did not cover during the week and make fun of California. I am not sure I can make it funny this week – things are taking very ugly turns. We’ll start light but we will not be able to stay there. For starters – the new White House ballroom – so much handwringing, finger-wagging and consternation over something that has a long history. But Trump is doing it so it must be wrong! Like I say, I wanted to be funny and at this point start parodying, “If Trump does it it must be wrong.” Had a lot of funny ideas, but sadly, reality overrides it.. . .

What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits

Friday, October 24, 2025

The headline here is an homage to one of the beloved albums of my younger days by the Doobie Brothers – back when albums were albums, on vinyl. I wish I could herein wax eloquent about the days sitting in a room, queueing up records, spinning them and enjoying music with friends – which is precisely how I discovered this particular album. But we live in a different age now – an age where that album title seems prophetic and our vices are no longer viewed as they were when I was young, when vices are now just “innocent” past times, and I am forced to wonder if we are the better for it.. . .

When A Bad Idea Proves It

Thursday, October 23, 2025

The legalization of marijuana was/is (depending on your location) a bad idea. Intoxication, in any form, is not a good idea – even if we tolerate it to some limited extent. Given that we do try to limit and control intoxication, the last thing we need/needed, is to increase its possibility. Most argument for the legalization of weed could just as easily have been turned around and used to argue for further controls on alcohol – they are not convincing arguments. There was; however, one good one, but it is falling apart.. . .

Marveling At God’s Creation

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

War, protests, TDS, government shutdown, Democratic candidates wishing death on their opponents – so many stories to choose from. But every now and then a story comes along that just makes you sit back and marvel at God’s creation. I ran into one this morning.. . .

Allies Are Not Friends – or – Extremism Is An Important Issue.

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

We spent decades in a Cold War with the Soviet Union, but just prior to that Cold War we called them “ally” in the fight against Hitler’s Germany. Stalin was a mass murderer of Hitlerian proportions, and antisemitic to boot. The United States and The United Kingdom did not share values or philosophies with the USSR, but we did share an enemy and that was enough to form an alliance, but a wary one. I wonder if, in these times, we are able to operate in a such a subtle fashion – to ally with someone while at the same time hold them as far from your heart as possible.. . .

The Great Catharsis

Monday, October 20, 2025

Precisely what was the #NOKINGS protest all about? Yes, people were very upset, but it made little to no sense really. You can’t quite put your finger on what they were so upset about. Oh sure, they had lots of things to talk about, but it just did not add up. That’s when it hit me.. . .

In The Face Of Uncertainty

Sunday, October 19, 2025

The article linked here is about the swine flu of 2009 as a “dry run” for the covid lockdowns. It is not entirely unreasonable, while at the same time being a bit too conspiratorial and overwrought. Nonetheless, it contains one of the greatest summations for what happened I have ever encountered – “…an unprecedented response was justified due to the unprecedented uncertainty of an invisible threat….” Everything I have or am reading indicates this to be the case – that we acted out of uncertainty and ignorance, not knowledge and assuredness. This insight is less about science and more about character.. . .