Blog - Hugh Hewitt

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Alright, before I dive in, the airspace at the center of the U.S.- Mexico border is closed for ten days.  “Security reasons” is all that we know.  The use of lethal force is authorized to enforce the closure.  Something is brewing, don’t know what, but something…. [NOTE 2 HOURS LATER: The airport is reported as reopening.] OK – on to the topic at hand – an interesting set of unrelated stories that are connected by a single factor – “consensus” without evidence leads to bullying.. . .

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

So, Instapundit sends me to this tweet about “4th Generation Nuclear Weapons.”  In it the Under Secretary of State testifies to Congress that China is conducting nuclear testing, which is bad enough.  But what in the world is a “4th Generation Nuclear Weapon?” (“FGNW” in government acronym speak.)  So digging I went, and what I learned is not happy.. . .

Monday, February 9, 2026

When exactly do people grow up?  Any more, do they at all?  Consider, “Over 50% of college-age job seekers had their parents sit with them at an in-person interview, a January survey by Resume Templates found.  What’s more, over 35% of surveyed individuals reported parents either writing a cover letter or performing a test assignment for them.”  That’s just frightening.  Even more frightening?  The upcoming mayoral race in Los Angeles.  The support for incumbent Karen Bass seems soft, but she is still considered the front runner.  I am shocked she is running, even Tim Walz had enough smarts to withdraw his reelect in light of his utter failure in the job.. . .

Sunday, February 8, 2026

Yes, the title quotes a song, one recorded by a lot of people, but that reached its highest prominence excruciatingly by Barbra Streisand.  I apologize for mentioning her, but the phrase is perfect for today’s subject matter.  I need to take a moment and clear her from my mind before I can write anything useful….OK.  The Free Press‘ usual Sunday feature “Things Worth Remembering” is by Josh Kaplan this week and is a discussion of how useful the daily friction of being among people actually is.  It struck a cord with me because I spent the last couple of weeks very pent up in the house with weather holding me there.. . .

Saturday, February 7, 2026

It is pretty much universal opinion that the product out of Disney/Marvel Studios has been awful of late.  “Deadpool” being the only notable exception and it is not really suitable for anyone but the profanely cynical.  That character is a parody walking around in the superhero universe.  The failure in Marvel Studios is largely due to the Disney ethos that no longer sees the world in terms of a heroic journey, but rather views it as being about “building family.”  Disney does not see the world in terms of good and bad, but just sees each individual as a piece of flotsam floating around looking for a place to cling that it can call “family.”. . .

Friday, February 6, 2026

The ’60s have come to be viewed in a faint romantic glow – a time when civil rights were asserted, an unjust war was stopped and people celebrated peace and love.  Heroes were born in the 1960’s – the girl screaming over the dead body at Kent State –  protesters standing against water cannons in the South.  But that’s the thing about images – they are always prettier than reality.. . .

Thursday, February 5, 2026

On Tuesday we looked at how academia had become nonsensical.  Yesterday we looked at how NYC is purposefully trying to do away with academic excellence.  A lot of people look the other way at stuff like this recalling how little their education mattered in the “real world.”  (Like they are now looking away from Iran where the regime has slaughtered people in the tens of thousands.  How dare we?)  And while you may not use algebra in your everyday existence (some of us did), these things have real world consequences, and they are costing us dearly.. . .

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

I thought it a cliché – the idea that socialism leveled the playing field by tearing down excellence.  I thought the real issue with socialism was simply demotivating excellence.  Ambition died when outcomes were always the same.  Turns out I was wrong.. . .

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Sunday, Steven Hayward published a piece about some of the sillier output from academia of late.  The relationship between pregnancy and higher mathematics, an abstract basically about a specific form of Latin music that simply makes no sense, and a course with minimal syllabus that mostly seems like a professorial gripe session, all make an appearance. But then people have been making fun of  what passes for academic study for decades.  The difference between then and now is that now the silliness seems more corrosive somehow.. . .

Monday, February 2, 2026

Do you remember Scott Pruitt?  You should. He was Trump’s very first EPA Chief Administrator and he was driven from that office in about a year.  Oh, there were all sorts of reasons why in the media and in the minds of Democrats, but in the end it was all about getting one over on Trump, finding a chink in his armor.  That’s all it really was, it was about scoring a win over the unthinkable president – bringing him “down to earth.”  In the end, I think that’s what’s going on with I.C.E., but this time around Trump is smarter and better defended and so things are getting out of hand.. . .