Blog - Hugh Hewitt

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

In his latest contribution to Fox, the host wrote a review of J.D. Vance’s book.  I have not seen the book yet, but the host says it is the story of “the vice president’s journey into the welcoming pews of the Catholic Church.”  Given that this is the season in which presidential candidate books begin to show up, that sounds like a most unusual such book.  I look forward to reading it.  But not having read it, I will at least begin to sink my teeth into one argument from its pages the host concentrated upon.. . .

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Yesterday was a big news day, but not for the reasons most people think.  The resumption of serious military action against Iran is the biggest headline, but far from the biggest news.  Anybody with any sense saw it coming from the moment the “ceasefire” came into place.  It was good to hear the president’s aggressive tone in his interview with the host yesterday.  I need to pull on several strings to make the point I think emerged yesterday, so let’s dive in.. . .

Monday, July 13, 2026

Civility and decency is dying in this nation – that’s not news.  But this past weekend saw that fact revealed in new, and to my mind hideous, ways.  Not since the murder of Charlie Kirk have we seen the ugliness that hides just below the surface so nakedly revealed.  It started when I learned that not satisfied with the real and ugly racism that has stained our country – some “historians” have decided to make stuff up.  What purpose does that serve other than to fan the flames of hatred and animus that seems so pervasive these days.. . .

Sunday, July 12, 2026

The modern age loves to remind us to be true to ourselves, to be “authentic.”  This often ends up being said when people want to do or act outside of the norm.  “I know I should get a job, but I’m an artist, I must express myself,” for example.  I get it, if you are a person with an artistic bent, you should use that talent, but I don’t think it gives you a right to leech off the rest of us.  Like most things in life, we can take this authenticity thing too far.. . .

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Marketing is described, by the American Marketing Association, “Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.”  I know when I took a marketing course in college (just because I needed some hours) they made a big deal out of saying that marketing was not sales, but I still have a hard time making the distinction.  What I do know is that it has become ubiquitous, and not necessarily to good effect.. . .

Friday, July 10, 2026

Back when I lived a few miles from Hollywood I noticed an interesting thing every spring for the last several years I was there.  Students were out “filming” school projects.  I asked around a bit and apparently they were permitted to submit a short movie as an alternative to the traditional term paper.  No research, no footnotes, no development of an argument – just a bunch of friends clowning around for the camera.  I did a video project in high school, crude though it was given the tech of the day, but it was not a substitute for my term paper.  Everywhere I turn, teachers are complaining about students that simply refuse to read any more.  One blogger has proclaimed it a “post-literate society.“. . .

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Trust in our institutions is eroding rapidly.  Is it any wonder?  Yesterday Graham Platner dropped out of the race.  Something in our electoral system failed, deeply, for him to get as far as he did.  Whoever replaces him as the Democratic candidate will be the result of a process other than the one we expect – another institutional fail.  We saw the same fail in the last Presidential with the Biden/Harris swap.  How is it, in a free country, we keep getting dictated to?  What’s gone wrong when a regulatory state makes things grossly more expensive, but can’t keep us safe in the stands for a soccer match?  What we think we know, we don’t…justice seems impossible…media spews nonsense…our public servants turn out to be self-serving.  The evidence is strong that our lack of faith in institutions is well deserved.. . .

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Our engagement with Iran turned very hot again yesterday.  The question I would love to have answered is, did the president really think they were negotiating in good faith?. . .

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

If the headlines this morning mean anything, Graham Platner is done – put a fork in him – the Democratic Party is abandoning him as fast and dramatically as possible.  Politico says its over.  The Atlantic calls for him to be “cut loose.”  The NYTimes says he has been “abandoned.”  That’s a liberal trifecta if ever I saw one.  Conservative forces agree – the Platner effort is at an end. That which was once astonishingly ascendant is now at the bottom of the slide headed to the dumpster.  Man, did that happen fast.  What lessons can we learn from this?. . .

Monday, July 6, 2026

Alternate title – “There Is No Such Thing As A Free Ride.”  Alternate title – “Get Off My Lawn You Young Whippersnapper.”  As Democratic primary after Democratic primary has returned communists for congressional candidates, I looked at my wife last week and said, “It is as if the Soviet Union never existed.”  It has only been about 30 years since that scourge died a spasmic death, but I guess in today’s world 30 years is a very long time.  My perspective may be somewhat unique as I was actually in the Soviet Union for the first spasm (the failed coup attempt on Gorbachev) but while the young find history boring for those of us that lived it it is quite vivid.  It needs be remembered.. . .