Blog - Hugh Hewitt

Monday, August 24, 2026

People bristle when the United States of America is referred to as a Christian nation.  Technically, it is not.  There is freedom of religion baked into the Constitution.  Yet, the American ethos is decidedly Christian. “Ethos” is defined, “the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution.”  That’s not religion, but it can and generally does draw from the prevailing religious sentiment of the person, group or institution.  It would only be natural for such to be the case.. . .

Sunday, August 23, 2026

There is currently  a bunch of restoration work going on at Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.  Subsequently a bunch of articles have been appearing about new archeological evidence supporting biblical narratives.  Similarly, there is new evidence that being religious is good for you mental health.  All this got me thinking about why, fundamentally, I am a Christian.. . .

Saturday, August 22, 2026

While I was in California last week I wrote about how the average Californian lives in a constant state of resignation.  Once the place of hopes and dreams it has become a place where another day through without disaster or unhappy complication is a win.  They are resigned to a situation that while not awful, is far from wonderful.  No one dreams anymore and those that dare, hope only to leave.  But under the necessary coping skill that is that resignation lies worry.  What disaster, poorly handled, will next beset them?. . .

Friday, August 21, 2026

Or, are normie Dems just losing?  At this juncture Donald J. Trump has permanently changed the Republican Party.  His second term is one of the greatest achievements in political history and places his stamp on the party indelibly.  He has defined a new issue set for the party to focus on and he has changed the way elections will be fought for a long time to come. He was, in no small part, elected on a wave of dissatisfaction with business as usual for Republicans in a “throw the bums out” sort of way.  Dissatisfaction with business as usual is a common theme amongst all voters and I wonder if it accounts for the DSA wave that is sweeping the Democratic Party as well.. . .

Thursday, August 20, 2026

I have been writing a lot lately about the narcissism that Anthony Fauci exemplifies, the hatred of Donald Trump that destroys reason and the amorality that dominates our current culture.  Sold to us as positives, these things are rotting our nation and more importantly our souls.  The consequences of these trends can be horrific.  Two stories recently encountered drive this fact home.. . .

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Something is happening – it is in the water right now.  Sure, it’s August – the political “silly season” when there is no “genuine” news.  But the stories that are emerging – some of them non-stories in a busier time – are joined by a strand that is far more important than any normal news story.  Truth is winning – even if it has taken a while. Let’s dive in.. . .

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Everybody knows that antisemitism is rising rapidly in the nation – it is truly frightening.  It is a prejudice that I thought, given the horrors of Nazism, was never to be seen again.  Its current rise is proof of mankind’s sinful state – confirming Chesterton’s thesis that our sinful nature is the only objectively provable contention of Christian theology.  The path it has taken to regain prominence is remarkable and terrifying at the same time.  There are two factors involved.. . .

Monday, August 17, 2026

We are, I think, going to take a very long time to truly understand just how harmful was the international response to covid.  I doubt anyone will every compile the statistics on lives lost due to medical treatments withheld because of covid-driven isolation – it would be too embarrassing.  How would you even go about measuring the learning loss due to the educational compromises?  And it will be some time before we truly feel the productivity loss created by that learning loss.  It is; however, the effects on character and spirit that frighten me most.. . .

Sunday, August 16, 2026

Few bits of news have haunted me more than the revelation that Anthony Fauci used his position to lever cash prizes for himself.  Yes, it is government corruption, but when combined with his diaries, it is something worse.  The man’s quest for fame, and now revealed, fortune is almost the stuff of fiction.  Like the bad guy in a fable, it is as if he was concocted to be an object lesson in what not to do.  Something is so wrong in the man’s soul that I pity him as much as I condemn him as a government official.. . .

Saturday, August 15, 2026

I spent the week in Los Angeles and I wish that the title for this post was entirely hyperbolic, but sadly, portions of LA are a hellscape and even when you are not in those portions, the place is still dingy and dull and worn out.  This post provides a nice perspective.  And this song, heard every ten minutes or so when I moved there in the mid-80’s, is now never, ever heard.  I was there calling on what few clients I have left, so I was talking and learning.  There are a couple of lessons from the visit that need recording.. . .