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Pete Hegseth pushes back against the media, but he sidesteps the real issue - 5/19/25 by Andrea Widburg May 19, 2025 by Andrea Widburg There is probably no person more reviled in the Trump administration, outside of Trump himself, than Pete Hegseth, and it’s worth exploring why. More
Anybody notice 60 Minutes's curiously rightward lurch? - 5/19/25 by Monica Showalter May 19, 2025 by Monica Showalter A leopard has changed its spots, overnight. More
Oklahoma public schools to teach about the 2020 election ‘discrepancies’ using real data, and leftists are losing it - 5/19/25 by Olivia Murray May 19, 2025 by Olivia Murray How dare school teachers introduce indisputable information and ask students to draw their own conclusions! More
The border wall is going up, and all of a sudden, the open borders crowd is concerned about the environment again - 5/19/25 by Monica Showalter May 19, 2025 by Monica Showalter Lefty environmental hypocrisy at its finest. More
Growth of wind ‘farms’ put Golden Eagle on ‘path to possible extinction’ - 5/19/25 by Olivia Murray May 19, 2025 by Olivia Murray Just a thought: Maybe if the environment and nature matter, we reconsider the towering slaughter machines killing all our birds? More
Journalism had a good week. Journalism had a bad week. - 5/19/25 by Noel S. Williams May 19, 2025 by Noel S. Williams To understand this, you need to understand the difference between a good horse and a bad reporter. More
Comey’s virtue signaling gets him in trouble - 5/19/25 by Lewis Dovland May 19, 2025 by Lewis Dovland His “beach shells” meme shows a deeper psychology present in smug leftism. More
The media all knew about Biden’s lack of mental acuity, since at least 2020 - 5/19/25 by Jack Hellner May 19, 2025 by Jack Hellner But now, they’re working extremely hard to deflect any and all responsibility, pretending the administration tricked them. More
Hillary Clinton disdains American fertility - 5/19/25 by Eric Utter May 19, 2025 by Eric Utter The former first lady thinks immigrants should do that job. More
Biden, prostate cancer, and an obligatory conspiracy theory - 5/19/25 by Ned Barnett May 19, 2025 by Ned Barnett Who dropped the ball on his diagnosis? More
Joe Biden was not a decent man, nor was he a public servant - 5/19/25 by Noel S. Williams May 19, 2025 by Noel S. Williams Indecent and self-serving better describes the ailing Joe Biden. More
Puppet abuse - 5/19/25 by Pete McArdle May 19, 2025 by Pete McArdle The Democrat/RINO machine was willing to force an increasingly senile octogenarian with advancing cancer back into the Oval Office for the sad, diminishing remainder of his life, all to install an unelectable Kamala. More
Honesty about Joe’s diagnosis - 5/19/25 by M. Walter May 19, 2025 by M. Walter It’s perfectly natural to want your tormentor to go away, and for literally millions of us, that’s what Joe Biden represents. More
The role that hubris plays - 5/19/25 by Bill Ponton May 19, 2025 by Bill Ponton Lost in the exhilaration of flight, we have normalized actions that no other society in history have condoned. More
Taxing remittances? - 5/19/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. May 19, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. Mexico is not happy that the U.S. is considering a tax on remittances. More
Pope Leo XIV gives his MAGA brother a great big hug - 5/18/25 by Monica Showalter May 18, 2025 by Monica Showalter The brother had worried his little brother who was elected pope wouldn't ever speak to him again.. But surprise, the pope gave him a great big hug. He even broke protocol to do it. More
The unique linguistic efficiency in expressing Jew-slaughter - 5/18/25 by Milli Sands May 18, 2025 by Milli Sands There is no other race for which there is a single word for its mass extermination. More
The miracle of Israel’s second-place win at the Eurovision contest *UPDATED* - 5/18/25 by Andrea Widburg May 18, 2025 by Andrea Widburg As in America, the elite’s values are entirely different from those of ordinary individuals—and ordinary people made a statement by supporting Israel’s singer. More
After woman is savagely mauled by a bear in the Sierras, environmental wackos argue bears wouldn't dream of doing such a thing - 5/18/25 by Monica Showalter May 18, 2025 by Monica Showalter The bear ripped the bars off a home's windows, punched in the glass, jumped in, and attacked a woman in her kitchen. But don't try to present those facts to a so-called conservationist. More
The left’s latest attack on Matt Walsh reveals a party trapped in the mid-20th century - 5/18/25 by Andrea Widburg May 18, 2025 by Andrea Widburg The contention that he kept a swastika on his X feed is ludicrous on its face, but it tells us a great deal about the time warp in which leftists live. More
Bruce Springsteen trashes America - 5/18/25 by Susan Quinn May 18, 2025 by Susan Quinn Rather than looking cool, he managed to convey ignorance, anti-Americanism, and ingratitude. More
When the mountain roared - 5/18/25 by Kevin Finn May 18, 2025 by Kevin Finn Forty years ago today, Americans were reminded of Nature’s extraordinary power.  More
Democrats nothing more than contrarians to Trump - 5/18/25 by Eric Utter May 18, 2025 by Eric Utter Some Democrats hate President Trump so much they are opposed to his effort to lower prescription drug prices. More
After 1,000 posts, here's to you, American Thinker readers - 5/18/25 by Eric Utter May 18, 2025 by Eric Utter AT contributor Eric Utter appreciates American Thinker's intelligent readers.   More
Washington State races California in gun ban lunacy - 5/18/25 by Mike McDaniel May 18, 2025 by Mike McDaniel And though magazines are an inherent part of any multi-shot firearm, the Washington Supreme Court bizarrely contends that they are historically analogous to cartridge boxes.  More
How can we secure our economic rights? - 5/18/25 by Barry W. Poulson May 18, 2025 by Barry W. Poulson With an economic constitution, elected officials could be held accountable for any abuse of power that violates our economic liberties. More
The scourge of tooth/gun violence - 5/18/25 by Mike McDaniel May 18, 2025 by Mike McDaniel The only real crime involved is whatever taxpayer funds were used to come to this Butterfield Effect conclusion. More
Artificial intelligence and Marxist control - 5/18/25 by Kathleen Dynan May 18, 2025 by Kathleen Dynan A.I. has the same potential to control an individual’s mind as Marxism controls an individual’s life. More
What the left doesn’t want you to know about the 2nd Amendment - 5/18/25 by D. Parker May 18, 2025 by D. Parker A Babylon Bee video destroys gun-grabber ghoul myths, while SNL inadvertently makes the 2nd Amendment cool. More
A confused man named Joe - 5/18/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. May 18, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. Rather than focusing on Biden, we must focus on his enablers, including in the media. More
MAHA: The new pope is a fitness enthusiast - 5/17/25 by Monica Showalter May 17, 2025 by Monica Showalter Goes to the gym just like anyone else -- and doesn't wear his cassock. More
The fact that Axios released the audio from the Biden-Hur interview suggests something disturbing - 5/17/25 by Andrea Widburg May 17, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Maybe I’ve just got a tinfoil hat on, but I think the media may have given the game away with the revelation about these tapes. More
Moody's downgrades the U.S. for the first time on spending concerns - 5/17/25 by Monica Showalter May 17, 2025 by Monica Showalter Another gift left to us by big-spending Joe Biden. More
With the latest Epstein revelations, the circus comes to town - 5/17/25 by Terry Paulding May 17, 2025 by Terry Paulding There’s a lot of noise and hoopla, but no substance, as we’re once again left feeling as if the American media have neither interest nor ability to expose the truth. More
For James Comey, there should be a higher loyalty standard - 5/17/25 by M. Walter May 17, 2025 by M. Walter Given how famously self-righteous Comey has always been, he should be held to the highest possible standards when his conduct is being investigated. More
Iran and Trump - 5/17/25 by Molly Slag May 17, 2025 by Molly Slag How do you strike a deal with an enemy that’s dedicated to your destruction and considers cheating to be a religious imperative? More
Taking down civilization - 5/17/25 by Richard Jack Rail May 17, 2025 by Richard Jack Rail California reflects the left’s belief that the systems that free people worked hard to build will magically continue despite statist incompetence and ignorance. More
Robert De Niro’s Trump obsession and Hollywood’s hypocrisy - 5/17/25 by Amil Imani May 17, 2025 by Amil Imani What's with this actor's extended hate against President Trump? More
86 47 and what madness the U.S. is coming to - 5/17/25 by Eric Utter May 17, 2025 by Eric Utter Was Comey's clarion call to killers a wake-up call to us from God? More
The Supreme Court is already packed - 5/17/25 by Matthew G. Andersson May 17, 2025 by Matthew G. Andersson On the matter of illegal immigrants, the absence of judicial knowledge is striking. More
The first chattel slave holder was black - 5/17/25 by Paul Dowling May 17, 2025 by Paul Dowling Democrats who howl for reparations are way oversimplifying a nuanced point of history. More
Noble and free speech at Yale - 5/17/25 by Mike McDaniel May 17, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Her prosecution was an attempt by a corrupt university, police department and prosecutor to end the threat she and Buckley represent to an anti-American University.  More
Is there an American Gun Culture? - 5/17/25 by Mike McDaniel May 17, 2025 by Mike McDaniel The Second Amendment exists not for sport or self-defense, but to protect the rest of the Constitution against would-be tyrants. More
The ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ will bring big benefits for blue-collar workers - 5/17/25 by Chris Talgo May 17, 2025 by Chris Talgo Despite all these provisions that will boost workers’ take-home pay and create new manufacturing jobs, almost every Democrat continues to portray Trump's bill as nothing more than a tax cut for the rich. More
The boy who cried 'fascism' - 5/17/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. May 17, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. The boys and girls who cry wolf today, are the ones yelling racism and fascism or whatever other ism they are peddling. More
So where are the Democrats who condemn James Comey's implicit call to kill the president? - 5/16/25 by Monica Showalter May 16, 2025 by Monica Showalter Their buddies in the press are trying to spin the matter as conservative hysteria, too. More
Britain’s National Health Service will continue to encourage ‘trans toddlers’ - 5/16/25 by Andrea Widburg May 16, 2025 by Andrea Widburg The NHS’s study revealing the “trans” canard carries no weight when the activists start to scream. More
Diversity? - 5/16/25 by Eric Utter May 16, 2025 by Eric Utter "Diversity” is nothing but a totalitarian joke. More
German court caters to accused murderer from Afghanistan and removes his female interpreter because he can’t stand to be near a woman - 5/16/25 by Olivia Murray May 16, 2025 by Olivia Murray Germany continues with its slow suicide. More
Whether at home or abroad, the correlation between illegal immigrants and crime - 5/16/25 by Andrea Widburg May 16, 2025 by Andrea Widburg From Denver to the Canary Islands, a pattern emerges: when illegal immigrants from violent nations arrive, crime increases; when they depart, crime decreases. More
James Comey, the arrogant, self-appointed elitist and unrepentant promoter of assassination - 5/16/25 by Patricia McCarthy May 16, 2025 by Patricia McCarthy We all learned in 2016 that then-FBI director James Comey believed himself to be above the law.  More
Kevin O’Leary sounds the alarm on tyrannical new provisions in Trump’s ‘big’ and ‘beautiful’ tax bill - 5/16/25 by Olivia Murray May 16, 2025 by Olivia Murray With “friends” like Republicans, who needs Democrats? More
How to explain people who keep voting Democrat? - 5/16/25 by John Woods May 16, 2025 by John Woods How do you account for people who keep voting to tax themselves out of existence? More
Congress must stop California’s hidden food tax - 5/16/25 by Will Coggin May 16, 2025 by Will Coggin The mandates of Prop 12 have been foisted upon farmers in Iowa, North Carolina, Indiana, and the other 46 states; what happened to those states’ “states rights”? More
The best possible campaign slogan Democrats can get - 5/16/25 by Earick Ward May 16, 2025 by Earick Ward What do Democrats stand for? And how can they leverage it to get back into power? More
Will robots create the workplace utopia you’ve been wishing for? - 5/16/25 by Raushan Gross May 16, 2025 by Raushan Gross Data suggest that employees want to work less. They may get their wish, good and hard. More
Tax reform isn’t inevitable -- it’s earned - 5/16/25 by Caleb Smith May 16, 2025 by Caleb Smith Will all Republicans stand up on Capitol Hill, or fall victim to inaction yet again? More
Kamala Harris’s ultimate political failure - 5/16/25 by Peter Olsson May 16, 2025 by Peter Olsson Adding to Kamala Harris's lengthy list of political failures.  More
Close to you - 5/16/25 by J.B. Pensyltucky May 16, 2025 by J.B. Pensyltucky An old song on a pleasant afternoon. More
Ursula Get Your Gun - 5/16/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. May 16, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. No one is going to defend you for free if you are not willing to fight for yourself. More
Did James Comey really issue a veiled death threat to President Trump? - 5/15/25 by Monica Showalter May 15, 2025 by Monica Showalter The Secret Service is investigating. More
An ‘only in California’ class war heats up over bike lanes on a major bridge *UPDATE* - 5/15/25 by Andrea Widburg May 15, 2025 by Andrea Widburg A sop to the leisured and environmental classes has sparked an uprising of workers in the San Francisco Bay Area. More
Wokester junk food magnate turns congressional hearing into his clown show - 5/15/25 by Monica Showalter May 15, 2025 by Monica Showalter Ben and Jerry's founder, Ben Cohen, made an overaged jackass of himself at a congressional hearing featuring Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. More
Republicans betray gun owners again, but there’s an easy workaround - 5/15/25 by Olivia Murray May 15, 2025 by Olivia Murray Work smarter, not harder. More
Illegal alien teen who killed a young woman while joyriding in stolen vehicle gets community service and must promise to attend school - 5/15/25 by Olivia Murray May 15, 2025 by Olivia Murray This doesn’t even count as a slap on the wrist. More
After allegedly helping an illegal alien escape from ICE, she wants a pass because she’s a judge - 5/15/25 by Andrea Widburg May 15, 2025 by Andrea Widburg In my San Francisco-based experience, leftist judges don’t know the law or apply the law; they use the law to achieve their political ends. More
Trump doesn’t need a Nobel Peace Prize - 5/15/25 by Noel S. Williams May 15, 2025 by Noel S. Williams Trump deserves more than sullied recognition... he deserves a spot on Mt. Rushmore. More
The culture of a free people - 5/15/25 by Rick McDowell May 15, 2025 by Rick McDowell America has always depended on shared ideas: liberty, merit, opportunity. But now those ideas are being turned upside-down. More
Trump’s Middle East Triumph: Prosperity over proxy wars - 5/15/25 by Joseph Ford Cotto May 15, 2025 by Joseph Ford Cotto President Trump’s visit to Riyadh may prove to be one of the most consequential foreign policy moments of his presidency. More
The subversion blueprint - 5/15/25 by Kevin Finn May 15, 2025 by Kevin Finn Are we being actively undermined by a foreign power? Or is something else going on? More
Women have been lied to about the abortion pill - 5/15/25 by Susan Quinn May 15, 2025 by Susan Quinn A comprehensive new study is out, and the progressive left is NOT happy. More
The IRS would be less disliked if it were genuinely accountable - 5/15/25 by Andrea Widburg May 15, 2025 by Andrea Widburg No business treating its customers as the IRS treats taxpayers would last long. Only a government monopoly with guns can do this kind of thing. More
A ‘wind lull’ across Germany is costing millions - 5/15/25 by Olivia Murray May 15, 2025 by Olivia Murray But “experts” say there’s no cause for “climate change” alarm, because this also happened 50 years ago. More
Ayanna Pressley and Cory Booker submit new reparations proposal - 5/15/25 by Bill Ponton May 15, 2025 by Bill Ponton A half century of “racial healing” has done nothing to improve the lot of anyone but the princely class to which Pressley and Cory belong. More
Imagine no recession—it’s easy if you try! - 5/15/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. May 15, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. Recession predictions all but disappear. More
Stupiditywatch: Rep. Shri Thanegar forces Trump impeachment vote, and even Dems are disgusted -- 'what a dumbs***' - 5/14/25 by Monica Showalter May 14, 2025 by Monica Showalter Multiple Democrats are spewing their signature profanity over this. More
European democracy is dying - 5/14/25 by Jonathan Schiff May 14, 2025 by Jonathan Schiff The German intelligence agency’s attempt to label the AfD as extremists is yet another example of the EU moving steadily toward tyranny. More
Why the GOP won’t get dirty—even when the Left plays filthy - 5/14/25 by Mark Alesse May 14, 2025 by Mark Alesse Because most of them aren’t Donald Trump. More
All of a sudden, California's Gov. Gavin Newsom scales back his free health care rides for illegals - 5/14/25 by Monica Showalter May 14, 2025 by Monica Showalter By coincidence, his announcement comes just as the federal government launched a proble m, More
The many faces of the Left - 5/14/25 by J.A. Frascino May 14, 2025 by J.A. Frascino The Left cannot be understood as a homogeneous entity. More
With each passing day, the Democrats are proving they hate America - 5/14/25 by Patricia McCarthy May 14, 2025 by Patricia McCarthy Their insane stances on immigration, transgenders in girls' sports, and a host of other issues can only be explained as hatred for the people of this country. More
Out of chaos—a new world order - 5/14/25 by Allan J. Feifer May 14, 2025 by Allan J. Feifer Trump’s speech in Saudi Arabia reveals a world vision that operates on shared prosperity, not the leftist and realpolitik shibboleths of failed post-war policies. More
The speech that made us Americans - 5/14/25 by Jackie Cushman May 14, 2025 by Jackie Cushman It’s easy to look back and think independence was inevitable for America. But really, the Declaration was almost shut down before it could be sent. More
A Democrat crime problem - 5/14/25 by John Woods May 14, 2025 by John Woods When will we acknowledge that the remedy is jail time? More
Colorado’s gender confusion - 5/14/25 by Leslie Corbly May 14, 2025 by Leslie Corbly The Supreme Court is reviewing a Colorado law that regulates mental health practitioners by banning conversion therapy.  More
Oldies but not goodies - 5/14/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. May 14, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. This is what happens when people are looking for excuses explaining the 2024 election results.  More
The Democrat party offers nothing good to its voters or to America - 5/14/25 by M.B. Mathews May 14, 2025 by M.B. Mathews Democrats seem hellbent on making life difficult for their constituents. More
Climate dogma and the ignorance of experts - 5/14/25 by Vijay Jayaraj May 14, 2025 by Vijay Jayaraj Climate science is not a monolith of precision. Despite the confident pronouncements of international panels, the mechanisms that govern temperature shifts are riddled with unknowns. More
In the aftermath of the Spanish blackout - 5/14/25 by Bill Ponton May 14, 2025 by Bill Ponton The Spanish grid is about to get a LOT more expensive. More
Tariffs and Taiwan - 5/14/25 by Michael Lynch May 14, 2025 by Michael Lynch One should never feel confident in judging the motives of President Trump in any policy initiative. More
In New Haven, it’s not free speech if you hurt someone’s feelings - 5/13/25 by Andrea Widburg May 13, 2025 by Andrea Widburg A New Haven woman was criminally charged when she was wrongly identified as a woman who used a racial pejorative against a parking lot attendant. More
Trump's underlying message to South Africa's government: You're a fourth-world dump - 5/13/25 by Monica Showalter May 13, 2025 by Monica Showalter Trump's acceptance of white South African farmers is a way of telling the puffed-up satraps of South Africa's failing democracy that they're not in the big leagues. More
Trump’s ‘One, Big, Beautiful Bill’ will get its day in Congress - 5/13/25 by Andrea Widburg May 13, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Congress has before it a tax reform package that will cement Trump’s first-term tax cuts and benefit ordinary Americans in other ways. Let us hope they act wisely. More
A new book purports to reveal Biden’s physical and mental infirmities - 5/13/25 by Andrea Widburg May 13, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Considering that it was obvious to every sentient being for the entirety of Biden’s presidency, this is less of a revelation and more of a “slipping late into the parade.” More
Karmelo Anthony will get to graduate, despite being under house arrest while awaiting trial for a murder charge - 5/13/25 by Olivia Murray May 13, 2025 by Olivia Murray But tell me again how blacks are oppressed by the system. More
‘Humanitarian’ left refuses to help 49 Afrikaner asylees, proving (again) the real purpose of ‘refugee’ campaigns is to topple the West - 5/13/25 by Olivia Murray May 13, 2025 by Olivia Murray I’m not splitting the atom by announcing what we already know, but this definitely needs mentioning. More
Add reining in totalitarian regulations to Trump’s awesome executive orders - 5/13/25 by Andrea Widburg May 13, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Everything Trump is doing benefits ordinary American people, rather than the in-the-know, wealthy, leftist elites or the 35 million or so illegal aliens in America. More
Episcopal Church scraps decades-long agreement to resettle refugees—because they don’t want to help white Afrikaners - 5/13/25 by Olivia Murray May 13, 2025 by Olivia Murray A stunning display of anti-white racism cloaked as “morality.” More
U.S.-China trade dispute: Ding, ding, end of round one - 5/13/25 by Noel S. Williams May 13, 2025 by Noel S. Williams And here’s how referee Schumer mistakenly scores it. More
Democrats: Millions of illegal aliens are good, handful of South African refugees are bad - 5/13/25 by Eric Utter May 13, 2025 by Eric Utter With comical hypocrisy, a CNN panel predictably declared that being “victims of crime” does not “entitle” white South Africans to asylum in the United States. And that was just to start. More
Is China fully collapsing? - 5/13/25 by Susan Quinn May 13, 2025 by Susan Quinn The Chinese system is on the verge of a “broad-based social collape” that will undermine the CCP’s rule. More
After Biden’s border crisis, Trump revives American sovereignty - 5/13/25 by Dale Wilcox May 13, 2025 by Dale Wilcox President Donald Trump has been in office for just over 100 days, but it didn’t even take him that long to fulfill his core campaign promise of ending Joe Biden’s self-inflicted border crisis. More
Time to end judicial immunity - 5/13/25 by Alice Giordano May 13, 2025 by Alice Giordano Lawfare judges will never be brought to heel until we curtail this absurd perk of the job. More
Judicial paternity tests - 5/13/25 by John M. Grondelski May 13, 2025 by John M. Grondelski The least we should be able to do, especially when single judges decide to impose their views of the law on the country as a whole, is acknowledge their presidential paternity. More
The wise Latina’s not very wise remarks - 5/13/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. May 13, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. Sonia Sotomayor makes her affection for the resistance known. More
After bringing millions of unvetted migrants into the U.S., the hate-filled left screams about a few dozen white South African refugees - 5/12/25 by Monica Showalter May 12, 2025 by Monica Showalter Funny what gets them excited. More
Cosmic rays, not carbon dioxide, cause climate change - 5/12/25 by Douglas J. Cotton May 12, 2025 by Douglas J. Cotton The facts are clear, but changing the erroneous consensus, with its ludicrous ideas about how our climate works, is proving difficult. More
The Chinese admit that Joe Biden’s weakness fed their trade depredations - 5/12/25 by Andrea Widburg May 12, 2025 by Andrea Widburg It was almost a throwaway line from Scott Bessant, but it spoke volumes about how a strong president matters to America’s well-being. More
UK PM Keir Starmer now says migrants should learn English -- after arresting Brits for hate speech for saying the same thing - 5/12/25 by Monica Showalter May 12, 2025 by Monica Showalter A U.K. leftist leopard tries to changes its spots overnight and it doesn't go well for him. More
Esquire wins first Pulitzer for its glowing tribute of cross-dressing mayor who posted local women on porn sites and fantasized about murder - 5/12/25 by Olivia Murray May 12, 2025 by Olivia Murray Okay, it’s time to raze Columbia and start over—figuratively of course. More
Graphic warning: Swedish politician cranks one out in front of a kid on a train, calls it ‘misjudged flirtation’ - 5/12/25 by Olivia Murray May 12, 2025 by Olivia Murray Gustav Hemming and Alfred Kinsey would have been best buds. More
Democrat socialist mayoral candidate wants to junk the white collar welfare program he and his family used to enjoy luxury, low-tax living - 5/12/25 by Olivia Murray May 12, 2025 by Olivia Murray A classic socialist. More
Scott Bessent achieved a solid 90-day deal with China and the stock market loves it - 5/12/25 by Andrea Widburg May 12, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Those of us who had faith are feeling vindicated (for now) and hoping this presages a great final deal for America. More
Trump's China trade deal is a good start - 5/12/25 by Monica Showalter May 12, 2025 by Monica Showalter Trump's team had just a weekend to do it, and managed to do it in a weekend. More
The lore of ‘climate change’ - 5/12/25 by Jack Hellner May 12, 2025 by Jack Hellner The progressive climate agenda has always been based on myths, not science. It has always been about money. More
Monday, MAGA Monday, can trust that day - 5/12/25 by Noel S. Williams May 12, 2025 by Noel S. Williams A very propitious Monday morning, even in Trump Time. More
Eating their own: Jasmine Crockett goes after Democrat party for considering ‘safest white boy’ for next presidential election - 5/12/25 by Olivia Murray May 12, 2025 by Olivia Murray How dare they—clearly they should go with another problematic, or dangerous(?) candidate. More
The Qatar airplane story is fake news - 5/12/25 by Andrea Widburg May 12, 2025 by Andrea Widburg The story was a set-up to anger conservatives, frighten Jews, and give leftists the opportunity to gloat about Trump’s corruption. More
Trump’s plan for homeless vets continues to put Americans ahead of illegal aliens - 5/12/25 by Andrea Widburg May 12, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Trump knows whom he represents, and it’s not impoverished people from abroad; it’s impoverished people at home who served this country. More
Pope Leo's opportunities - 5/12/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. May 12, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. Our church is in conflict between those of us who love our traditions and pageantry and others who want to “modernize.” More
The pope's adventures in Peru are worth a look - 5/11/25 by Monica Showalter May 11, 2025 by Monica Showalter He had a Ron DeSantis-style competent crisis manager streak there. More
Get a load of the pope's brothers - 5/11/25 by Monica Showalter May 11, 2025 by Monica Showalter His vividly pro-Trump brother, Lou, seems to signal that God has a sense of humor.   More
In Worcester, MA, another Dem politician allegedly attacked ICE agents - 5/11/25 by Andrea Widburg May 11, 2025 by Andrea Widburg It’s always weird when the people “fighting the power” are the power. More
About the pope, and other notes on the passing scene - 5/11/25 by Eric Utter May 11, 2025 by Eric Utter Everything is going to hell in a handbasket, isn't it? More
Customer service? Please! - 5/11/25 by Eric Utter May 11, 2025 by Eric Utter You can't good help these days. More
Speech and self-defense are dead letters in England - 5/11/25 by Andrea Widburg May 11, 2025 by Andrea Widburg What happens in England matters here because this is what the Democrat party wants for America. More
Media bias: The rubble and the truth - 5/11/25 by Charlie Rose May 11, 2025 by Charlie Rose How media outlets act as partisan PACs, distort initiatives by focusing on negative aspects and ignoring positive outcomes. More
Souter’s shame - 5/11/25 by George W. Shuster May 11, 2025 by George W. Shuster He sided with the Supreme Court’s leftist justices in an attack on the “Takings Clause,” which hugely expanded the idea of eminent domain. More
The lies about Trump’s 2017 tax bill are endless and obvious - 5/11/25 by Jack Hellner May 11, 2025 by Jack Hellner Leftists desperately want to return to a tax-and-spend economy, and they’ll say anything to make that happen. More
The new redlining against Orthodox Jews - 5/11/25 by Susan Quinn May 11, 2025 by Susan Quinn Not only is it illegal, but it’s also an ugly outbreak in America of the world’s oldest hatred. More
Why are Republicans suppressing pro-Second Amendment bills? - 5/11/25 by D. Parker May 11, 2025 by D. Parker With friends like these... More
Redcoats to steel deals: How Trump forged a new Anglo-American alliance - 5/11/25 by David Manney May 11, 2025 by David Manney More
She’s spooky and she’s creepy...my favorite TV Mom - 5/11/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. May 11, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. You all know who I’m talking about, for she was funny, charming, loving, and ooky, too. More
Child car seat contraception - 5/11/25 by Mike McDaniel May 11, 2025 by Mike McDaniel  Safety nazis are annoying. More
Colorado goin' down - 5/11/25 by Mike McDaniel May 11, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Crossing the Wyoming/Colorado border, one can feel the difference in atmosphere, in attitude.  More
Gavin Newsom's gaseous problem - 5/10/25 by Monica Showalter May 10, 2025 by Monica Showalter How does $8 a gallon gas sound in California? More
Watching Britain’s decline is like rubbernecking a car accident - 5/10/25 by Andrea Widburg May 10, 2025 by Andrea Widburg It’s horrible to see, but you can’t seem to take your eyes off the spectacle as the country becomes increasingly Muslim and its energy policies head for collapse. More
Rep. LaMonica McIver really went to town against ICE agents in Newark - 5/10/25 by Andrea Widburg May 10, 2025 by Andrea Widburg The video suggests that she violated laws making it a felony to assault federal law enforcement officials. More
After papal election, Liz Cheney demonstrates how Trump continues to live rent-free inside her head - 5/10/25 by Monica Showalter May 10, 2025 by Monica Showalter Even the pope is not immune to her obsessive comparisons to Trump. More
Lessons from life with the black bears in New Mexico's mountains - 5/10/25 by Stephen Helgesen May 10, 2025 by Stephen Helgesen Is chaos the new world order? More
Leftists are right that it’s not a coincidence that the DOJ is looking into Letitia James - 5/10/25 by Andrea Widburg May 10, 2025 by Andrea Widburg However, what they don’t understand is that this shows how uncorrupt the DOJ is—and the same is true for the woman caught on camera spitting on Ed Martin.  More
Marx wasn't entirely wrong on the lay of capitalism; he was just early - 5/10/25 by Thien Ooi May 10, 2025 by Thien Ooi It might seem like 'class' is obsolete. But when we peel back the layers, we find that maybe it isn't. More
Bring back the woolly mammoth? - 5/10/25 by Eric Utter May 10, 2025 by Eric Utter Why not bring back the sabre-toothed tiger, too, while we are at it? More
The Trump administration gets India and Pakistan to agree to a ceasefire - 5/10/25 by Andrea Widburg May 10, 2025 by Andrea Widburg This is very good news, because no one—least of all India and Pakistan—wanted a nuclear war...but it’s different with Iran. More
A Canada-China embrace? - 5/10/25 by Eric Utter May 10, 2025 by Eric Utter Bad deal for Canada. And all to Get Trump. More
A police administrator all but admits perjury - 5/10/25 by Mike McDaniel May 10, 2025 by Mike McDaniel This is an extraordinary turn of events in a city and state apparently vying with California for the “most socialist/communist city/state in the union” title.  More
Reasonable fear of guns? - 5/10/25 by Mike McDaniel May 10, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Reasonable fear does not drive one to unreasonable actions.  More
A White Sox fan in the Vatican - 5/10/25 by Frank Friday May 10, 2025 by Frank Friday Pope Leo XIV has his work cut out for him. More
The Net Zero fantasy fades - 5/10/25 by Vijay Jayaraj May 10, 2025 by Vijay Jayaraj An unaccountable machine pushing impractical policies that most people never voted for and are now beginning to reject. More
Maybe Donald will visit Letitia’s trial - 5/10/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. May 10, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. As my late mother used to say, God has a great sense of humor. More
California Democrats are getting what they voted for ‘good and hard’ - 5/9/25 by Andrea Widburg May 9, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Whether in Northern California or Southern California, people are discovering that the politicians they supported are destroying them. More
Economist Judy Shelton has a useful proposal on how to Biden-proof our country's long-term finances - 5/9/25 by Monica Showalter May 9, 2025 by Monica Showalter A gold-back Treasury bond would do wonders to keep Democrats from spending money they don't have. More
Democrat politicians act all insurrectiony at an ICE facility in Newark - 5/9/25 by Andrea Widburg May 9, 2025 by Andrea Widburg If leftist protests are the voice of the voiceless, what the heck is going on when the politicians, who have the world’s largest bully pulpit, get in on the act? More
Was it that surprising that they picked an American? - 5/9/25 by Monica Showalter May 9, 2025 by Monica Showalter The Vatican has big money problems ... More
Forget the gorilla, Trump is a more formidable opponent - 5/9/25 by Noel S. Williams May 9, 2025 by Noel S. Williams A word to the wise if you’re thinking about going up against Trump: don’t. More
Statues of unremarkable and unrecognizable black women replace Western civilization greats - 5/9/25 by Olivia Murray May 9, 2025 by Olivia Murray This is an attack on white excellence, and a humiliation ritual against the black community. More
Bernie Sanders sees the utility of private flight - 5/9/25 by Olivia Murray May 9, 2025 by Olivia Murray When pressed on the hypocrisy, Sanders has “no apologies.” More
Immutable facts about taxes and regulations - 5/9/25 by Jay Davidson May 9, 2025 by Jay Davidson When citizens recognize these truths, they start pushing for a change. More
With Biden’s access to power gone, the money has apparently dried up - 5/9/25 by Andrea Widburg May 9, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Harry Truman said, “An honest public servant cannot become rich in politics.” The Bidens are apparently discovering that, without the politics, there is no wealth. More
The real issue preventing conservative success - 5/9/25 by Bruce Deitrick Price May 9, 2025 by Bruce Deitrick Price It’s not the border. It’s not sexual politics. Until we get this right, we’ll never fix our country. More
The American pope - 5/9/25 by Lynne Lechter May 9, 2025 by Lynne Lechter Why should a Jewish woman from Pennsylvania care about the new man in charge in the Vatican? More
The new pope, the old pope, Trump and … Rush Limbaugh - 5/9/25 by Ned Barnett May 9, 2025 by Ned Barnett A skeptical view of the new pontiff. More
In high heels and backwards - 5/9/25 by M. Walter May 9, 2025 by M. Walter Trump named Jeanine Pirro the interim U.S. attorney for D.C., and it’s an alpha male move over the RINO establishment. More
About that spying-on-Denmark hysteria - 5/9/25 by Stephen Helgesen May 9, 2025 by Stephen Helgesen All nations spy on each other. More
Down Tom, up some woman - 5/9/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. May 9, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. The "I want to talk to the manager" statue. More
Another round of violent pro-Hamas protestors at Columbia, and Marco Rubio gets busy - 5/8/25 by Monica Showalter May 8, 2025 by Monica Showalter Unlike university officials, he's getting ready to throw this bunch out, just like he did with the last bunch.   More
The new Pope Leo XIV gives us reasons to hope - 5/8/25 by Monica Showalter May 8, 2025 by Monica Showalter His choice of names is a good sign. More
Both in fact and in fiction: A father’s role in his son’s fate - 5/8/25 by James Zumwalt May 8, 2025 by James Zumwalt With the recent passing of the fiftieth year anniversary of the fall of Saigon just over a week ago, I was haunted by two ironies. More
Indiana courthouse becomes the scene of a vigilante justice shootout - 5/8/25 by Olivia Murray May 8, 2025 by Olivia Murray When a black career criminal leading police on a high-speed pursuit crashed into a young father, killing his toddler and his newborn baby—it was too much for great-grandfather Mark Vawter. More
About that renaming of the 'Persian Gulf' ... - 5/8/25 by Amil Imani May 8, 2025 by Amil Imani An anti-mullah Persian-American is furious about President Trump's move to rename the 'Persian Gulf' the 'Arabian Gulf' to please the region's sheiks and spite the Iranian mullahs. More
Where were the ‘guardrails’ during Obama’s and Biden’s terms? - 5/8/25 by Jack Hellner May 8, 2025 by Jack Hellner Progressive pundits quick to attack Trump’s first hundred days were nowhere to be found during Democrat years. More
Huge fentanyl bust in Oregon - 5/8/25 by John Woods May 8, 2025 by John Woods Take two seconds and guess which political party runs Oregon. More
A confrontation with the rogue Judiciary - 5/8/25 by Robert Arvay May 8, 2025 by Robert Arvay Dishonest judges are a threat to the Republic and must be treated as such. More
‘Ghost’ college students on the rise, stealing millions in taxpayer dollars - 5/8/25 by Olivia Murray May 8, 2025 by Olivia Murray More fallout from the scamdemic, and it’s only a matter of time before we’re called upon to pay off student loan debt for robots. More
Bemoaning our loss of laughter - 5/8/25 by Stephen Helgesen May 8, 2025 by Stephen Helgesen Perhaps if comedians can return to actual humor instead of protest politics and blue language ... More
Trump announces another tariff win, this time with the UK - 5/8/25 by Andrea Widburg May 8, 2025 by Andrea Widburg It seems that his economic shock treatment is working. More
Antifa, Hamas, and the transfascists are the shock troops of the Democrat party - 5/8/25 by Andrea Widburg May 8, 2025 by Andrea Widburg They had their heyday under Biden but may finally face consequences under Trump, with Columbia U showing how it’s done. More
Leftists arm up? - 5/8/25 by D. Parker May 8, 2025 by D. Parker The dirty secret is that leftists love guns. They just don’t want you to have any. More
America must have an ‘Anti-Fragile’ electric grid - 5/8/25 by Chris Talgo May 8, 2025 by Chris Talgo Due to a short-sighted emphasis on renewables, the long-term reliability of the U.S. grid is being put in peril. More
Sheinbaum tells DJT 'No' - 5/8/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. May 8, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. Paging General Pershing.  More
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Will the Supreme Court Succumb to Democratic Party Pressure? Ed Brodow Democrats wanting to throw a monkey wrench into Trump’s agenda have been able to “forum shop” by seeking out sympathetic district court judges most likely to block the president’s actions.  More
Trump’s Sovereign Wealth Fund: Strengthening U.S. Financials and National Security Scott S. Powell There is no greater betrayal by the U.S. government than failing to protect the safety and security of the American people.  More
Political Sabotage: The Democrats’ Obstruction of Trump’s Foreign Policy Wins Mike Robertson As Donald Trump pushes forward with a series of successful high-profile foreign policy initiatives, the Democrats are increasingly focused on delaying or obstructing these efforts. More
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Pete Hegseth pushes back against the media, but he sidesteps the real issue - 5/19/25 by Andrea Widburg May 19, 2025 by Andrea Widburg There is probably no person more reviled in the Trump administration, outside of Trump himself, than Pete Hegseth, and it’s worth exploring why. More
Anybody notice 60 Minutes's curiously rightward lurch? - 5/19/25 by Monica Showalter May 19, 2025 by Monica Showalter A leopard has changed its spots, overnight. More
Oklahoma public schools to teach about the 2020 election ‘discrepancies’ using real data, and leftists are losing it - 5/19/25 by Olivia Murray May 19, 2025 by Olivia Murray How dare school teachers introduce indisputable information and ask students to draw their own conclusions! More
The border wall is going up, and all of a sudden, the open borders crowd is concerned about the environment again - 5/19/25 by Monica Showalter May 19, 2025 by Monica Showalter Lefty environmental hypocrisy at its finest. More
Growth of wind ‘farms’ put Golden Eagle on ‘path to possible extinction’ - 5/19/25 by Olivia Murray May 19, 2025 by Olivia Murray Just a thought: Maybe if the environment and nature matter, we reconsider the towering slaughter machines killing all our birds? More
Journalism had a good week. Journalism had a bad week. - 5/19/25 by Noel S. Williams May 19, 2025 by Noel S. Williams To understand this, you need to understand the difference between a good horse and a bad reporter. More
Comey’s virtue signaling gets him in trouble - 5/19/25 by Lewis Dovland May 19, 2025 by Lewis Dovland His “beach shells” meme shows a deeper psychology present in smug leftism. More
The media all knew about Biden’s lack of mental acuity, since at least 2020 - 5/19/25 by Jack Hellner May 19, 2025 by Jack Hellner But now, they’re working extremely hard to deflect any and all responsibility, pretending the administration tricked them. More
Hillary Clinton disdains American fertility - 5/19/25 by Eric Utter May 19, 2025 by Eric Utter The former first lady thinks immigrants should do that job. More
Biden, prostate cancer, and an obligatory conspiracy theory - 5/19/25 by Ned Barnett May 19, 2025 by Ned Barnett Who dropped the ball on his diagnosis? More
Joe Biden was not a decent man, nor was he a public servant - 5/19/25 by Noel S. Williams May 19, 2025 by Noel S. Williams Indecent and self-serving better describes the ailing Joe Biden. More
Puppet abuse - 5/19/25 by Pete McArdle May 19, 2025 by Pete McArdle The Democrat/RINO machine was willing to force an increasingly senile octogenarian with advancing cancer back into the Oval Office for the sad, diminishing remainder of his life, all to install an unelectable Kamala. More
Honesty about Joe’s diagnosis - 5/19/25 by M. Walter May 19, 2025 by M. Walter It’s perfectly natural to want your tormentor to go away, and for literally millions of us, that’s what Joe Biden represents. More
The role that hubris plays - 5/19/25 by Bill Ponton May 19, 2025 by Bill Ponton Lost in the exhilaration of flight, we have normalized actions that no other society in history have condoned. More
Taxing remittances? - 5/19/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. May 19, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. Mexico is not happy that the U.S. is considering a tax on remittances. More
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