Blog - Hugh Hewitt

Friday, April 3, 2026

In 1991, when I visited the Soviet Union (Yes, that Soviet Union – the bad guys) I ended up in a long discussion with water quality officials in what was then known as Leningrad, now St. Peterburg, on over-regulation.  They talked of how they were so heavily regulated that compliance was, in some cases, mutually exclusive as agencies did not speak to each other and issued contradictory orders.  I commented that if we were not careful in the United States we were headed to the same place.  Sadly, I was not nay-saying, I was prophetic.. . .

Thursday, April 2, 2026

It would be difficult to describe just how important America’s early manned space program was in my youth.  I remember taking what then passed for a “portable” TV to my second grade class so we could watch John Glenn’s first orbital mission.  I remember staying up very, very late to watch Neil Armstrong’s “one small step” and a hour or so later my parents emerging from their bedroom to force me to go to bed despite a couple hours of time walking about the moon remaining.  I recall my heavy disappointment when I learned my eyesight prevented me from ever reaching military flight status, let alone the astronaut program.  I know my studies in science were inspired by those programs.  I proposed experiments in a NASA-run student program for Skylab and got my name in the paper for the very first time.  Last evening it all returned in a rush as the United States once again launched people into space, headed for the moon.. . .

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

On Monday I learned that Politico, which I do not read unless someone else tells me there is something I ought to look at, is deeply antisemitic.  The current rise of antisemitism in our culture is deeply troubling.  It is a portent of problems far deeper than any government policy or stance.  We sacrificed so much to overcome the ugly antisemitism that was the Nazis.  We worked so hard to overcome the racism that defined this nation for so long.  How could we slip back into it?. . .

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

The news yesterday, “Los Angeles County saw the largest decline of any county in the United States in 2025, according to new census data published on March 26.”  Meanwhile, “A major Wall Street powerhouse is weighing a southern escape as New York City’s new mayor talks about soaking big business with taxes, according to a report published Sunday.”  And so the race is on – two major metropolises, both deep blue, vying to see which one can vacate and die the most rapidly.  Predictable as it is, it is still sad.  And the sadness is only intensified by the knowledge that such decline is preventable.. . .

Monday, March 30, 2026

I became a regular, as opposed to occasional, listener of The Hugh Hewitt Show on 9-11.  The host speaks with embarrassment of the job he did that day, but I searched all of media as events unfolded and he was the only one that 1) was willing to say what he did not know and 2) reacted with humanity first.  And so I was sold.  Lots has happened since then that we don’t need to go into, but I tell that story to emphasize just how many times I have listened to a Hugh Hewitt interview – it’s a lot.  Never has an interview he has conducted captured me as much as his of Eli Lake this Friday past.. . .

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Palm Sunday – the beginning of Holy Week.  We usually look at Holy Week with the end of it in mind and it all shines with the hope of salvation and resurrection.  But suppose you were one of the people that laid palm fronds in Jesus’s path as He entered Jerusalem, hailing Him as King.  You expected Him to finally do away with Roman oppression and establish Himself as King of Israel.  From your perspective Holy Week is all about dashed expectations and unmet promises.  Viewed from the perspective of the triumphal entry, Holy Week is not the greatest victory in history, but an utter disappointment.. . .

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Some people never give up.  Climate change doomsaying virtually disappeared the day Donald Trump took office.  Why?  Well, that’s simple – the money dried up.  Without government money, nobody wants an E.V.  Manufacturers are backing out in a big hurry.  Oh sure, there are some still trying to tell us that all the meat we eat will end the planet, but no one is listening.  If you have made a living for a long time now claiming that the sky is falling and begging the government to keep giving you money to say so, what do you do?  Why you up the ante!. . .

Friday, March 27, 2026

Call it “The Narrative,” or memes, or misinformation or whatever you want to call it, but it is time people actually listened to the President of The United States.  He is unconventional, particularly in political circles.  He speaks as if uneducated.  He lacks erudition.  But you know what, in this era of grade inflation and poor performing universities, that just might be a plus.  If you actually listen to what he is saying, instead of forming an opinion based almost entirely on how he is saying it, I think you’ll find he is not nearly the monster everybody says he is.  I want to consider two examples in this piece.. . .

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Yesterday we talked about failure as a teacher.  In that post we linked to a study on how grade inflation is actually harming the life-time earning of students.  This picture gets darker, however.  San Francisco has, for the last twelve years, not taught algebra in the 8th grade for the sake of “equity.”  The results have been appalling and the policy is now being reversed.  But the problem also runs deeper.. . .

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

As I recover from my second total knee replacement surgery in 7 months, I have lots of time on my hands.  Pain brings with it reflections of past pains – the time I fell off a roof and broke a foot – that time I took a hockey puck in the face – that high school chemistry teacher that called me “dummy” and threw chalk at me.  Oh, the pain and trauma – woe is me.  Perhaps I should spend my entire adult life trying to overcome such difficulty and trauma.  Or, perhaps I should learn from my mistakes and move on.  And so we have just divided leading Democrats from everyone else.. . .