John Hayward

National Security Deputy Editor

John Hayward

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I'm a conservative because there is so much about the American tradition that is worth conserving. I worry that people aren't as frightened of authoritarians and totalitarians as they should be. Freedom and capitalism are inseparable, because without capitalism, freedom just means shouting your opinion and hoping somebody important is listening.

National security, technology, global political and economic strategy

Associate in Arts, Edison Community College, 1986

Hayward has been a writer for Breitbart News Network since 2013. Prior to that, he worked for two decades in computers and business consulting before becoming an amateur blogger under the pseudonym "Doctor Zero" for Hot Air. As he developed a large following, he also received criticism for being an anonymous voice, so he decided to reveal his full name and go public. Shortly thereafter, he began doing radio interviews across the country for his writing and was contacted by Human Events in Washington, D.C. to become a full-time professional columnist.

Management at Breitbart News noticed his work and invited him to join Breitbart.com. Hayward jumped at the opportunity to "join a platform with so much reach, to be a part of something so huge."

Hayward's work has been cited by radio and television outlets from Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin to Fox News. His essays have been incorporated into several high school and college textbooks, and he gives occasional lectures on media analysis and writing online. He frequently guest-hosts Breitbart News Tonight on SiriusXM channel 125, the Patriot Channel.

Articles by John Hayward

Pentagon Warns China Has Tripled Its Nuclear Arsenal

The Pentagon’s annual Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China report, released on Wednesday, found that China is making progress toward its goal of military modernization despite persistent corruption problems.

Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missil

Report: Young African Women Lured to Work in Russian Drone Factories

A number of international media reports have exposed an operation called “Alabuga Start” that lures young African women to work at a Russian drone factory and then effectively enslaves them – but African governments have done little to protect their citizens from exploitation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin observes an exhibition of Orlan-10 UAV drones at the Spec

12 Killed in Georgian Ski Resort Restaurant Disaster

The Indian embassy to the South Caucasus country of Georgia said on Tuesday that 11 of the 12 people found dead at a ski resort in the mountain town of Gudauri were Indian nationals. The twelfth victim was a Georgian citizen. All appear to have been killed by fumes from a faulty power generator.

People enjoy their time as they do winter sports at Shahdag ski resort during winter seaso

‘Proud Feminist’ Trudeau Accused of Sexism in Rift with Ex-Trade Minister

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s many woes include accusations of sexism, as the self-described “proud feminist” tried to shift blame for his policy failures to his trade minister Chrystia Freeland, who resigned from his Cabinet this week rather than accept a humiliating demotion.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves during the traditional "family photo" on the

Biden Administration and Greater West Contact Victorious Syria Jihadis

Western powers, including the United States, are tentatively opening lines of communication to the new rulers of Syria — an alliance of Islamists led by an al-Qaeda splinter group whose boss is, inconveniently, a designated terrorist with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head.

TOPSHOT - Anti-government fighters pose for a picture on a tank on the road leading to Maa

Canada: Trudeau’s Stumbling Government Appears on Verge of Collapse

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has been fending off no-confidence votes and calls for his resignation for months, found his position increasingly perilous on Monday following the resignation of his deputy prime minister and minister of finance, Chrystia Freeland.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends the third session of the G20 Leaders' Meeti

Syrian Alawites Fear Repression from Sunni Jihadists After Fall of Assad

Members of Syria’s Alawite community — a small but formerly influential Shiite sect whose members included dictator Bashar Assad — are fearful of persecution at the hands of the Sunni Muslim extremist groups that deposed Assad in a swift attack on Damascus last week.

Clerics and members of Syria's Alawite minority gather for a meeting in Qardaha, the ances

Spooked by Fall of Assad and Collapse of Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthis Reduce Public Appearances

U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking said on Thursday that leaders of the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen have decided to keep lower profiles following the devastation of Iran’s other regional proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas, at the hands of Israel, followed by the overthrow of Iran’s client Bashar Assad in Syria by a Sunni Islamist insurgency.

A Houthi supporter shouts slogans during an Anti- U.S and Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Fr

Victorious Jihadis Suspend Syrian Constitution for Three Months

A spokesman for the victorious jihadi rebels in Syria said on Thursday that the national constitution and parliament will be suspended during a three-month “transition period,” after which a new constitution will be created.

Syrians celebrate during a demonstration following the first Friday prayers since Bashar A

Saudis, Egypt Use Syria Mess to Attack Israel

The Foreign Ministry of Saudi Arabia on Monday accused Israel of “sabotaging chances for Syria to reclaim its security, stability and its territorial integrity” by controlling territory in the Golan Heights after the fall of dictator Bashar Assad.

Syrian opposition fighters stand atop a seized military armored vehicle on the outskirts o

Iran Makes Excuses for Failing to Protect Syria’s Bashar Assad

The regime in Iran is scrambling to explain why it was unable to protect its client Bashar Assad in Syria from being overthrown by a lightning-fast jihadi offensive that accomplished in less than two weeks what a decade of civil war could not.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) shakes hands with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Ra

Romanian Constitutional Court Cancels Presidential Election

The Romanian Constitutional Court on Friday annulled the first round of the presidential election after declassified intelligence documents suggested Russian influence operations gave nationalist candidate Calin Georgescu his surprising victory.

Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who came first after the first rou