John Hawkins (columnist)

John Hawkins
Born (1972-01-12) January 12, 1972
Residence Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Nationality American
Alma mater The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Occupation Writer, columnist
Website Rightwingnews.com

John Hawkins (born January 12, 1972) is a conservative blogger and columnist. He has published columns in several newspapers.

Early life

Hawkins graduated from Morehead High School in Eden, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he majored in psychology. His columns have published in various newspapers like Townhall.com, The Washington Times, Human Events, The Hill, The Washington Examiner, The Huffington Post, Hot Air, and TPNN.[1][2][3]

Career

Hawkins owns the conservative blog Right Wing News,[4] as well as Linkiest [5] and he is co-owner of The Looking Spoon.[6] His columns appear twice a week at Townhall[7] and at PJ Media.[8] He has interviewed Ann Coulter, Donald Rumsfeld, Milton Friedman, Andrew Breitbart and Karl Rove.

Hawkins worked for the Duncan Hunter presidential campaign, 2008, claimed to have been blackballed from the Republican Convention that year for criticizing John McCain[9] and was also the co-founder of "Not Mitt Romney.com" in 2012.[10] Additionally, Hawkins was also on Current TV's first King Con,[11] appeared on the first HuffPoLive live panel[12] and was listed by Alternet as one of the 10 Young Right-Wingers Being Prepped to Take Over the Conservative Movement .[13]

References

  1. ↑ John Hawkins bio at Townhall
  2. ↑ Human Events - John Hawkins - bio
  3. ↑ HAWKINS: Draconian copyright laws protect special interests
  4. ↑ "Rightwingnews". Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  5. ↑ "Linkiest.com". Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  6. ↑ "The Looking Spoon". Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  7. ↑ "Townhall Columnists: John Hawikins". Townhall.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  8. ↑ "PJ Media Lifestyle Author: John Hawkins". PJMedia.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  9. ↑ "Blackballed From The Republican National Convention". Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  10. ↑ "Not sold on Mitt". Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  11. ↑ "First Ever King Con". Current.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  12. ↑ "Talking Paul Ryan and Small Government On The Very First Live Panel On Huffpolive". Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  13. ↑ "10 Young Right Wingers Being Prepped To Take Over The Conservative Movement". Alternet.org. Retrieved 2012-08-20.

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