American Thinker Blog

June 30, 2011
Exposing demonizers of shale gas
The enemies of cheap domestic energy and their New York Times propaganda exposed. More

June 30, 2011
America's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb
How we got here, and what we can do More

June 30, 2011
Our partners in peace, the Muslim Brotherhood?
While we were sleeping, literally and figuratively, this President decided that the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood are actually swell folks who deserve our recognition. More

June 30, 2011
Rick Perry calls out Eric Holder on Gaza Flotilla
Texas Governor Rick Perry is looking a little like a presidential campaigner More

June 30, 2011
The media think they get a veto
Are Republicans going to let the media ridicule of conservative presidential contenders succeed? More

June 30, 2011
All is not well in Obamaland as fundraising falls short
The campaign will probably fail to meet its goals this quarter in fundraising. More

June 30, 2011
Obama-supported tax break for private jets comes under fire - from Obama
An infrequent Obama press conference reveals a man who hates to be challenged. More

June 30, 2011
Let's have a Light Bulb Party!
Yesterday I was talking with a colleague about the federal ban on incandescent light bulbs. A light went off in my head (if you'll excuse the term). More

June 30, 2011
Chris Wallace and Michele Bachman, A Different Look.
Take another look at the "flake" incident. More

June 30, 2011
Latino lawmakers hinder immigration enforcement: Truth-O-Meter
Fact checking Democrats who criticized a Texas legislator that told the truth about immigration legislation. More

June 30, 2011
Who is raping whom in Norway?
An amazing police report on the crime of rape in Norway. More

June 30, 2011
Imagine John Lennon as a Republican
All we are saying is give truth a chance. More

June 30, 2011
9/11 Launch of 'The Audacity of The Infidel'
Pamela Geller announces an audacious project. More

June 30, 2011
The Real Problem with the Gingrich Candidacy
More big government solutions. More

June 30, 2011
Obama goes for broke - literally
The battle to blame the other guy is on. More

June 29, 2011
Houston Cemetery Bans the Word 'God' from Military Funerals
The left-wing war against Christianity continues apace. More

June 29, 2011
Michelle O's $800,000 Entitlement?
It's evident by now Mrs. Obama will not yield to public opinion regarding her profligate globe-hopping. More

June 29, 2011
Going for really broke
What's the word missing in discussions of the Greece financial disaster? More

June 29, 2011
WaPo adopts Palestinian vocabulary in 'news' report
Words still have meaning, however distorted by the Washington Post in the service of Palestinian propaganda. More

June 29, 2011
More on Wisconsin Supreme Court Prosser-Bradley confrontation
More to the story than meets the eye. More

June 29, 2011
Obama's Afghan troop withdrawal not among options presented by his generals
Who is lying? The anonymnous administration spokesman, or the distinguished general testifying under oath? More

June 29, 2011
Historian Timothy Meagher thinks Obama too smart for the American people
Your what hurts? More

June 29, 2011
Kucinich says Syrian press 'mistranslated' his effusive praise of Assad
How could a story written in English "mistranslate" his English words? More

June 29, 2011
Attack on Hotel in Kabul by Taliban
At least 11 dead. Will we ever know the real number? More

June 29, 2011
Rally 'Round Melanie Phillips
One of Britain's leading journalists needs our support More

June 29, 2011
TSA cancer danger coverup?
Shocking new information released under FOIA on the danger of those airport body scanners More

June 29, 2011
Hamas Rejects German Swap Proposal for Schalit
Hamas rejects mediator's proposal. More

June 29, 2011
Unions 'off Target' at Apple, too
The unpopularity of unions keeps growing. More

June 29, 2011
Erdogan: Imprisoning Turkish Generals -- and Ending Secularism
Turkey continues its regression to full re-Islamization More

June 29, 2011
Israeli Defeatism In The Flesh
The coming Palestinian declaration of statehood will be a disaster, not least for the Palestinians themselves. More

June 28, 2011
Soros-supported group behind trumped up choking charge against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser
If you can't beat 'em, smear 'em More

June 28, 2011
Time Magazine's Buffoonery Exposed
A disgraceful cover story by the managing editor debunking the Constitution has gotten a thorough critique. Cue ridicule. More

June 28, 2011
North Korean Army reportedly going hungry
Heartbreaking new video has been smuggled out of North Korea, where mass starvation has reappeared, even affecting the army. More

June 28, 2011
The Chris Wallace insult to Michele Bachmann
Good or bad for Rep Bachmann? Two AT writers discuss More

June 28, 2011
GOP standing firm on taxes
McConnell not budging on raising Bush era tax rates. More

June 28, 2011
Big money fundraising getting harder for Obama campaign
President Obama appears to be botching his campaign fundraising almost as badly as he is screwing up the economy. More

June 28, 2011
Consumer confidence dips in June
Glum and getting glummer. More

June 28, 2011
With friends like these...
An Iranian sponsored conference on "A world without terrorism" featured some interesting participants. More

June 28, 2011
Dog bites man: Greek protests against budget cuts turn violent
80% of the country is in denial. More

June 28, 2011
Texas to defund Planned Parenthood
And a Medicaid block grant? More

June 28, 2011
No Budget Senate to 'streamline' appointments
Another power play by the White House. More

June 28, 2011
Helen Thomas wants her old job back
Hasn't heard back yet... More

June 28, 2011
Michelle's Media Pals 'Care About Children'
Obama kids get the kid glove treatment. More

June 28, 2011
Our Iraqi, Afghan, and Pakistani 'Allies' Attend and Support Iran's Anti-Western 'Counter-terrorism Conference'
Meeting in Tehran "defining" the U.S. and Israel as the primary sources of global terrorism. Our Muslim "allies" More

June 28, 2011
Libya, the test case
National sovereignty soon may be an endangered species. More

June 27, 2011
A Man and a Message Whose Time Has Come
The Constitution is in play as an issue, and conservatives have the winning case to make in 2012. More

June 27, 2011
Blago found guilty on 17 counts
Blago has a family to support. A tell-all book would sell mighty well.... More

June 27, 2011
Remembering 1948 through the WaPo's pro-Arab, anti-Israel lens
Remembering only half the story More

June 27, 2011
Eight Year Old Girl Used As 'Suicide' Bomber
Any politicians or diplomats out there who think they can "sit down" and negotiate with terrorists are delusional and/or complicit in blatant crimes committed against humanity. More

June 27, 2011
Down To The Wire?
The Greek bailout is just one chapter in a larger social-economic unwinding that is taking place in Europe. More

June 27, 2011
Why so many presidential mistakes in so little time?
What do they reveal about the president and his team? More

June 27, 2011
Medical secret police calling doctors
The federal government is conducting a stealth survey, calling up doctors and lying to them, seeking a way to catch doctors turning down Medicare and Medicaid patients More

June 27, 2011
Irradiate the Manure in 'Organic' Farming
Where are the calls for massive regulation of the organic farm industry after the E-coli outbreak in Europe? More

June 27, 2011
The Shocking Truth about What's Going on in Libya
An American admiral spills the beans. More

June 27, 2011
Texas...the Very Best of the 57 States
In a list of the best cities in the US for job growth, Texas has nine of the top twenty. More

June 27, 2011
In Rose Bowl, Mexico is 'home' team as U.S. soccer team is booed (updated)
And an LA Times writer approves. More

June 27, 2011
Folks with 'low, sloping foreheads'
Tell us what your really think, David Carr. More

June 27, 2011
POTUS the Sneak
The Obama administration tries to end-run the DreamAct. More

June 27, 2011
Where do we go to get our reputations back?
After Obama has been defeated, how will America as a nation, and all of us as Americans, restore our reputations? More

June 27, 2011
Have the Democrats Given Up on Governing?
Why no budget from the Dems? They don't want to deal with the fact that the bill for the welfare state has come due. More

June 26, 2011
Israel Law Center Stops 'Audacity of Hope'
There have been many attempts at stopping this US ship from pursuing this journey, including US and UN warnings that their participation may be a violation of American criminal law More

June 26, 2011
It depends on who is doing the disparaging...
One side gets a pass, the other doesn't, in the Washington Post. More

June 26, 2011
Obama trips promote profits for his donors, not jobs for Americans
Cook County politics on a national scale More

June 26, 2011
Media deep thinkers grapple with the rise of the internet
Hilarity ensues: "ferocious cluelessness" More

June 26, 2011
Where is Gilad Schalit?
In marking yesterday's fifth anniversary of French-Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit's abduction, Hamas has released photos of a Palestinian actor evoking images of 'Shalit at old age' looking thru prison bars More

June 26, 2011
Sarkozy dismisses US complaints about NATO, Libya
Gates criticized NATO because of "bitterness." More

June 26, 2011
Israel hits back at foreign journalists who seek passage on Gaza flotilla
A 10 year ban if reporters are aboard flotilla ships. More

June 26, 2011
What is going on at the Wisconsin Supreme Court?
He said; she said; they said. More

June 26, 2011
Headline: 'One dead, 10 injured in overnight shootings' - Chicago or Baghdad?
And Chicago's top cop has a wacky explanation for the violence. More

June 26, 2011
Teachers Union fights closure of NYC's 'school from hell'
Welcome to NYC's worst school, this time I feel sorry for the kids and the teachers. More

June 26, 2011
60 al-Qaeda terrorists escape from Yemeni prison
This was either the most incompetently run high security prison around or perhaps there were some guards and even prison officials who didn't mind so much if 60 terrorists escaped. More

June 26, 2011
Hugo Chavez in 'Critical' Condition in Havana Hospital - Socialism or Death?
Is Chavez being treated by Cuban-trained physicians? If so, El Presidente may have reason to worry. More

June 26, 2011
Mitt Romney Plays Mitt Romney on TV
What is clear is that what we are left with Mitt Romney is John McCain with an MBA. More

June 26, 2011
I Wonder...
Decline and fall starts and nobody notices. More

June 26, 2011
God & Country Banned in Public Schools?
Remember the hit song by Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On"? More

June 25, 2011
Waiting for Sarah
After all Sarah Palin did last year to contribute to the GOP's historical 2010 win, I am amazed how some of those on the right still disparage her. More

June 25, 2011
5 Russian nuke scientists helping Iran die in plane crash
Mossad's reach - especially into Russia - is considerable. But that doesn't necessarily mean it was an Israeli plot. More

June 25, 2011
Gay marriage in New York state approved
Obama's position on gay marriage still "evolving." More

June 25, 2011
Flying Follies
Airlines have no passenger dress codes which leaves them in a questionably tenable legal posture. More

June 25, 2011
'Cars 2': Hollywood screws up again
Cars 2 Misses the mark - badly. More

June 25, 2011
Obama's furry new plan unveiled in Pittsburgh
ATMs are bad, robots are good, Republicans are to blame and the furry convention comes to Pittsburgh. More

June 25, 2011
Expecting the Unexpected
According to Shakespeare; "Expectation is the root of all heartache." More

June 25, 2011
Netherlands abandoning multiculturalism
In a landmark turnabout, one of the cornerstones of contemporary liberalism is being rejected by one of the fountainheads of liberalism. More

June 25, 2011
The Liberal tea party?
Van Jones wants his new organization to be taken seriously. More

June 25, 2011
With libertarians like this, who needs statists
Libertarian advocating worldwide taxes? More

June 25, 2011
Michelle Obama Tells Tales to South Africans
Now that most of the dupes who voted for their love-object in 2008 have been betrayed in the worst way, Michelle Obama is trying to sell the same pre-election snake oil 8,000 miles away More

June 25, 2011
ACLU finds another reason to stop detaining border violators: gay and transgender abuse by fellow illegal aliens
Another reason to stop the illegal immigration crackdown? More

June 24, 2011
Geithner: Taxes on 'Small Business' Must Rise So Government Doesn't 'Shrink'
I struggle trying to figure out how ostensibly intelligent people can say and think such stupid things. More

June 24, 2011
Dumbest creatures on the planet
In the finest tradition of no-holds barred English journalism, James Delingpole takes on American liberals More

June 24, 2011
'Settled science' chronicles
Oops! New study overturns previous theories about static electricity. More

June 24, 2011
The Constitution's Demise According to Time: Nothing to See Here
Worth reading for one purpose only, which is to understand the curious, inconsistent and anti-intellectual thought processes by which the left views the Constitution. More

June 24, 2011
If the economy is being sabotaged, who is the saboteur?
Yesterday, Senators Dick Durban and Chuck Schumer said the Republicans are sabotaging the economy. They have identified the wrong saboteur. More

June 24, 2011
The Reality of the Federal Government's Fiscal Hole
The editorial board of Bloomberg declared "it just ain't so" that American households are on the hook for trillions of dollars in "unfunded or underfunded commitments. They are wrong. More

June 24, 2011
Another Rent Control Triumph
Celebrate diversity that includes fugitive mobsters in the "gorgeous mosaic." More

June 24, 2011
Obama implements disastrous Afghanistan strategy
Obama has made clear that in Afghanistan once again the left will ignore the lessons of history and repeat the failures of the past. More

June 24, 2011
Obama Losing Voter Support in Green and Blue States
The President's support is eroding among two key voter groups: Democratic Blue states and battleground Green states. More

June 24, 2011
Minimum wage madness exposed
A real life experiment has revealed the madness of raising the minimum wage. More

June 24, 2011
A Clueless, Callous Commander-in-Chief
Obama gets a dressing down from an old paratrooper NCO. More

June 24, 2011
Obama's pathetically sad gaffe at Fort Drum (Update: WH blames lack of teleprompter for misstatement)
"It shouldn't take a teleprompter for the C-in-C to get it right." More

June 24, 2011
'Border Hawk' Babeu Speaks Out
Arizona Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu wins the award for the most rational individual currently calling attention to President Obama's ongoing refusal to adequately address the problem of lax border security More

June 24, 2011
Terror plot foiled in Seattle (updated: DOJ's curious press release)
"Self-radicalized" jihadis? More

June 24, 2011
Cantor, GOP House members, walk out of Biden debt ceiling talks
An attempt to smoke the president out and force him to deal personally with the debt issue. More

June 24, 2011
Susan Rice's Whopper on battling 'anti-Israel crap' comes up a Cropper
Pull America out of the UN Human Rights Council - at least that is a start. More

June 24, 2011
Mobster 'Whitey' Bulger's Arrest and the Mitt Romney Connection
While governor of MA, Romney took on the Bay State Democratic machine and one of their leaders - Whitey Bulger's brother. More

June 24, 2011
Monique Lawless is tough on crime
Maybe she's a little crazy, but you gotta like her guts. More

June 23, 2011
Greek showdown
June 28th is a date to watch as the vote on the Greek austerity plan takes place. Unions are already mobilized and one suspects that a meaningful chunk of that nation will be on strike.  It should make for terrific theatre --... More

June 23, 2011
John Huntsman, meet Karl Rove (updated)
Rove knows what Huntsman is missing More

June 23, 2011
James Hansen, Government Employee, Climate Scientist on the Take
$1.2 million from groups advocating the global warming religion, with no disclosure forms filed. More

June 23, 2011
Thomas Geoghegan's Shameful Stereotyping in the Wall Street Journal
Even in an age of "sensitivity," people from the South are one group it's acceptable to stereotype and denigrate. More

June 23, 2011
Ex-CIA Spy: Obama Administration is delusional, it's weak, and it's confused.
Considering all that's at a stake, isn't it time to demand action? More

June 23, 2011
Fill in the blank: 'Jobless claims rise more than _____________.'
You win a lifetime free subscription - or, at least until they go out of business - for the New York Times, if you guess the missing word, More

June 23, 2011
The widening racial divide of the Obama era
Contrary to the expectations of most pundits, the election of Barack Obama has aggravated the racial divide in America between blacks and all other racial groups More

June 23, 2011
Geert Wilders acquitted of 'hate speech'
Even the prosecution was for acquittal. More

June 23, 2011
Democrats accuse Republicans of 'sabotoging' the economy
If the GOP had just supported spending those couple of extra trillion dollars... More

June 23, 2011
Bernanke clueless about bad economy
Not a surprise. More

June 23, 2011
Obama's troop withdrawal speech: when politics trumps victory
Not one mention of Gen. Petraeus or his military advisors, but plenty of use of the personal pronoun. More

June 23, 2011
Food stamp crime wave
Fraud is out of control. More

June 23, 2011
The Trojan Elephant
The MSM's favorite Republican. More

June 23, 2011
Was it gullibility? Or was it anti-Semitism? Or was it both?
Left wing media are anxious to believe strange things about religious Jews. More

June 22, 2011
Obama's economy: three strikes
When Mort Zuckerman of US News says things are bad... then we are beginning to see at least some of the legacy media wake up and shake off the mental stupor they have been in for the last three years. More

June 22, 2011
Deepwater Horizon Update: Transocean's Investigation
More than 14 months after the blowout and explosion aboard Transocean's Deepwater Horizon drill rig, the company has come forth with their public investigative report More

June 22, 2011
Watching the Charity Regulators
The nonprofit sector the American economy is big and important, and, regrettably, many nonprofits are dominated by liberals, but conservatives are fighting back More

June 22, 2011
Medicare Trustees Confirm Democrats' Medicare Plan Would Result in 'Actual' 17% Medicare Cut
Further confirmation came today that the GOP must play offense on Medicare, rather than getting trapped into defending the Ryan budget. More

June 22, 2011
President 'words matter' Obama's doubletalk on Israel
"Confusing" would be the polite word for it. More

June 22, 2011
The Full Biblical Monty
Too hot for high school More

June 22, 2011
Obama's speech tonight to announce beginning troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Politics triumphs over military advice More

June 22, 2011
Rep. Hastings in hot water again
Sleaze seems to be this guy's middle name. More

June 22, 2011
Bachmann surges into primary lead - Zogby
If there is one candidate now with definite momentum, it is Bachmann. More

June 22, 2011
Federal Appeals Court's Decision Could Expand Affirmative Action, says Chief Judge
A rare warning from the Chief Judge of a Federal Appeals Court about race preferences unleashed from strict scrutiny More

June 22, 2011
The Flotilla's useful idiots
The naivete of these liberals is astonishing and those reporters might get a lot more than they bargained for when they signed on to cover the flotilla. More

June 22, 2011
Not another Texan? How about not another Ivy League Lawyer?
Rick Perry as the anti-Obama. More

June 22, 2011
California's Controller: 'The Legislature will forfeit their pay'
Fiscal sanity in California? More

June 22, 2011
There are more US troops separating the Koreas than along the US-Mexico border
Only 1200 National Guardsmen at the border. More

June 22, 2011
The 'Real' Tax Rates on Top Earners
The marginal tax rates and what the rich actually pay are different. Is that a bad thing? More

June 22, 2011
Eileen Toplansky on the air
AT contributor Eileen Toplansky will appear on the syndicated Steve Malzberg Show today at 4 PM EDT, to discuss her article The Muslim Brotherhood and Weiner. An internet live feed is available More

June 22, 2011
The IMF Has Been Hacked
Serious, large and sophisticated, with unknown dimensions. More

June 21, 2011
John Huntsman is a lover not a fighter
The man who won't attack President Obama throws his hat into the ring, vowing his respect for the man he wants to defeat. More

June 21, 2011
Unbelievable: A 'mistake' in ObamaCare will allow millions of middle-class Americans to get 'free' medical care meant for poor
I guess no one really did read this bill. More

June 21, 2011
A Bill Inventors Cannot Afford
A bill before Congress threatens to stifle technical innovation coming from small business. More

June 21, 2011
Why Did John Boehner Play Golf With President Obama?
Obama wins, Boehner and the GOP presidential field lose More

June 21, 2011
Existing home sales fall to 6-month low
Home values dropped 5% from a year ago. More

June 21, 2011
Obama's foreign policy: where's the credibility?
President Obama has made consensus the cornerstone of his foreign policy decisions, and that is a huge mistake. What America needs is credibility in our promises and threats. More

June 21, 2011
Have you ever tasted toasted grain flakes without sugar?
If the Food Police get their way, you'll find out very soon. More

June 21, 2011
SCOTUS rejects CO2 lawsuit against power companies
But the court affirms the EPA's power to regulate emissions. More

June 21, 2011
Doug Mataconis, Monica Showalter, and Fausta Wertz on Moran's Show
Huntsman and the GOP establishment, Afghan pullout, and ATF's Operation Fast and Furious will be discussed. More

June 21, 2011
Obama to announce big drawdown of Afghan troops
Political considerations trump military necessity. More

June 21, 2011
No 'hostilities' in Libya but troops get pay boost for serving in 'imminent danger'
When is a war not a war? When Obama says so. More

June 21, 2011
Confusing the Myth and Reality of Job Creation
Why government spending on jobs doesn't work. More

June 21, 2011
Dog Days of Summer
It's a dog's life More

June 21, 2011
Acting ATF Director to resign
Holder should go too. More

June 21, 2011
Supreme Court refuses to hear ACORN appeal of defunding
Not a legal leg to stand on. More

June 20, 2011
Spot the idiots
We are fortunate to live in an era in which the pompous so readily identify themselves for mockery by the rest of us. More

June 20, 2011
Overlooking Bonner's other legacy
The Washington Post obituary erases Yelena Bonner's heroic battles against anti-Semites and in support of Israel More

June 20, 2011
With So Much At Stake, No Allowance For Error
We cannot continue to just "hope" that politicians will get the message the polite way. More

June 20, 2011
SCOTUS throws out massive class action sex discrimination case
A victory for common sense and a rebuke to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. More

June 20, 2011
Blogs busting open AGW 'science' frauds
Scientific group and peer review process have been hijacked, so blogs now play the role of critical examination of faulty hypothesis. More

June 20, 2011
Ramping Up to Another Jihad Genocide in The Sudan?
Arabs slaughtering black Christians, and the world yawns. More

June 20, 2011
Gary Becker on the slow economic recovery
A good overview of our economic problems. More

June 20, 2011
Spanish protestors decry 'austerity' measures
Protesting for more of the same that got them into trouble in the first place. More

June 20, 2011
Dems' goal is punishing Big Oil
As if gas prices aren't high enough... More

June 20, 2011
Utah voters think Hatch should be retired
Should Hatch retire? More

June 20, 2011
Assad offers reforms - opposition unimpressed
As usual, Assad offers nothing concrete. More

June 20, 2011
The Color Purple Author Calls America and Israel Terrorists
Champions "oppressed people everywhere" with the notable exceptions of Jews and conservative Americans. More

June 20, 2011
Tom Friedman's latest folly of a peace plan -- totally blind to Hamas's existence and agenda
So enamored with his own transcendent wisdom that he can't see the forest nor the trees. More

June 20, 2011
NBC edits out 'under God' from the Pledge (twice)
The agenda-drive NBC Television Network just can't help itself. Even in sports programming. See for yourself. More

June 20, 2011
Fatah-Hamas unity government on hold
Palestinian PM not radical enough for Hamas. More

June 20, 2011
Temporary debt limit hike possible
Delay benefits the Democrats. More

June 19, 2011
Jon Stewart Does Cable News (again)
The comedian is back on legitimate cable news, still blind to his own biases. More

June 19, 2011
My Little Chat With Tony Kushner
A New York reader we'll call "Michelle" sent in the following story More

June 19, 2011
More UN IPCC Climate Nonsense
While the world teeters on the brink of financial catastrophe, the UN ponders science fiction schemes to fight imaginary global warming More

June 19, 2011
Sen. Claire McCaskill Running Scared Claiming to be 'Feisty Independent'
Apparently Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is hoping her constituents in Missouri have developed amnesia about her liberal positions as she tries to retain her Senate seat in 2012. More

June 19, 2011
Did a NATO airstrike in Libya kill civilians?
Can anybody believe anything the Gaddafi government says? More

June 19, 2011
Why Obama's hometown has the highest gas prices in America
Price includes a tax on a tax - a Democrat's dream. More

June 19, 2011
Greece's Papandreou asks for a vote of confidence - no, really
Another massive bail out of Greece in the offing. More

June 19, 2011
Ron Paul landslide in GOP Conference straw poll
He has the most committed supporters in GOP politics. More

June 19, 2011
House committee seeks to impose restrictions on Pakistani aid
A good idea in theory but the restrictions probably won't be in the final bill. More

June 19, 2011
La Raza taxpayer support boosted by WH hiring of their VP
La Raza has friends in high places. More

June 19, 2011
Obama's Homeland Security SNAFU
Passengers may have flight attendants serving them who are illegal immigrants and have criminal histories. More

June 19, 2011
Obama impersonator physically removed from stage at SRLC
Society draws lines when it comes to humor. Those lines were crossed at this event. More

June 19, 2011
Afghan peace talks: Viet Nam redux
Is history repeating itself? More

June 18, 2011
Wash. Post smears Israel, stands history on its head
Just who was the aggressor? More

June 18, 2011
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June 18, 2011
RFK Jr: Air America 'was beating out right wing radio,' but evil corporate advertisers boycotted it
Conspiracy theorist Robert Kennedy, Jr is one of those leftists living in an alternate universe, a man who feels entitled not just to his own opinions, but to his own facts. More

June 18, 2011
Civil unrest in China
Beneath the facade of a news- and internet-censored placidity, China is roiled by civil unrest. More

June 18, 2011
Mom gets probation for spanking her kid
Child abuse or proper parenting? More

June 18, 2011
Getting rid of a political millstone - Obamacare waivers to end
What isn't mentioned is that there is a distinct possibility that once the 2012 election is history, the political pressure will be off so that extending the waivers past 2014 might be in the offing. More

June 18, 2011
Obama's chief of staff calls economic policies 'indefensible'
Oops! William Daley let the cat out of the bag at a meeting with the National Association of Manufacturers More

June 18, 2011
Obama went lawyer shopping for War Powers Act opinion
If presidents look hard enough, they can probably find a legal justification for just about anything. More

June 18, 2011
Governor Christie: 'Where I send my kids is none of your business.'
A clueless constituent is verbally destroyed by Mr. Christie. More

June 18, 2011
Taking the Longer, Unsettled, View...
Settled climate science - except when it isn't. More

June 18, 2011
Defiant Spanish Language lecture of Texas legislators goes viral with video
Arrogant ethnic chauvinism More

June 18, 2011
'Adolf' Christie says NJ union boss
Hysterical drama queen calls Christie a Nazi. More

June 18, 2011
Marriage Wins Again in the Court of Public Opinion
When people say that same-sex "marriage" is inevitable, recognize it for the peer-pressure, crowd-mentality, intimidation tactic that it is. More

June 18, 2011
Operation 'Fast and Furious' the last straw against Holder
What did Holder know and when did he know it? More

June 17, 2011
Sharia Finance Wins in Great Britain
Yet another move in the "gradual establishment of parallel Islamic financial and legal systems in British public life." More

June 17, 2011
Obama's Father's Day Fraud
Obama doubles down on a provable lie about his family. If the president persists in lying about the first few years of his life, why should we accept his account of the first few days? More

June 17, 2011
A Liberal defends Weiner
New Republic writer is very vexed that Weiner forced out More

June 17, 2011
IMF cuts US growth forecast; warns west they are 'playing with fire' on debt
From anemic growth to virtually no growth. Can it get worse? More

June 17, 2011
Cowardly British Cops Cover Up Muslim Crime
In the U.K., the sword of Allah has trumped the gay blade More

June 17, 2011
California budget circus gets even more bizarre
The nation's largest state is not only near bankruptcy, its government is doing a fine imitation of a banana republic, complete with a shoving and shouting match on the State Assembly floor More

June 17, 2011
Another scathingly brilliant idea from Jimmy Carter
Carter got it half right. More

June 17, 2011
The cost of 'green cars' to the economy
Add $10,000 to the price of a new car and the loss of 260,000 jobs. More

June 17, 2011
Imported from Detroit...Misguided Marketing
To boast that anything is a product of Detroit in these ill-fated times, is reality challenged. More

June 17, 2011
Romney Far Removed From Average Americans
"I should tell my story," Mr. Romney said. "I'm also unemployed." More

June 17, 2011
Boehner threatens to cut off funds for Libya
Obama not forthcoming in his reasoning for going into Libya. More

June 16, 2011
What is Really More Fattening -- Chocolate Milk, or Government Dependence?
The soft tyranny of the nanny state More

June 16, 2011
The lengths the Wash. Post will go to defame Israel
Redefining journalism, at least when the subject is Israel More

June 16, 2011
Weiner reported to be resigning (update: he's gone)
Democrats are breathing a sigh of relief More

June 16, 2011
AMA may withdraw support for health insurance mandate
A grass roots revolt. More

June 16, 2011
In Texas, lawmakers lectured by open-borders activist...in SPANISH!
Republican lawmaker has run afoul of the political correctness police for criticizing it More

June 16, 2011
Riots in Vancouver after hockey loss
City authorities were unprepared. More

June 16, 2011
'Return of the Dreaded Misery Index'
1980 campaign redux. More

June 16, 2011
While Americans struggle, Pelosi getting richer
One of the few people in America who are making a killing in real estate. More

June 16, 2011
The Most Shovel-Ready Job in America
Keep digging, Barry... More

June 16, 2011
Herb Keinon, the only witness in the crowd
Nothing to see here folks, just Ahmadinejad being Ahmadinejad. More

June 16, 2011
Wasserman-Schultz: Democrats 'Own the Economy'
She's got the Midas touch - for the GOP. More

June 16, 2011
President Obama has revealed that he occasionally thinks 'one term is enough'
That's what the American people are thinking too, which is why they are going to vote him out of office in the 2012 Presidential election More

June 16, 2011
Why is this man smiling?
Perhaps his legal entanglements seem less arduous now that Anthony Weiner has temporarily supplanted John Edwards as the Democratic Party's most despicable heterosexual. More

June 16, 2011
The Debt Ceiling Showdown in an Uncertain Recovery
Democrats don't want to cut anything out of the budget More

June 15, 2011
The President's Burden
What a burden our president bears. Just ask him. More

June 15, 2011
Obama economy good for some people
If your net worth is not up 62% last year, then maybe you're not Nancy Pelosi/ More

June 15, 2011
Good Morning, Muammar
The Bush Carrier Strike Group has arrived off Libya. More

June 15, 2011
AT taken down this morning by DOS attack (updated)
American Thinker suffered a massive Denial of Service attack this morning, taking our websbite down for over three hours during peak traffic time More

June 15, 2011
A mini-ice age on the way?
Of course, the solutions offered by climate hysterics will be the same. More

June 15, 2011
White House of Mirth
Of course they're laughing. They're clowns. More

June 15, 2011
Boehner demands Obama comply with War Powers Act
It takes longer to justify the unjustifiable than simply telling the truth. More

June 15, 2011
Dems decide not to punish Weiner
Democrats hoping Weiner takes the hint and resigns. More

June 15, 2011
Pakistan arrests CIA informants who fingered bin Laden
Punishing cooperation. More

June 15, 2011
Big brother gets bigger
Who needs the Fairness Doctrine when you have your very own internet... More

June 15, 2011
Perry will be targeted by Ambulance Chasers
Tort reform will be high on his agenda if Perry is elected president. More

June 15, 2011
Michelle Obama shows a real flare for comedy
How could she deliver such hilarious lines and still keep a straight face? More

June 15, 2011
Checklist Climate $cience
Science for hire produces dubious results More

June 14, 2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds law limiting public employee unions
The public employee unions lose a big one More

June 14, 2011
Obama and the automation myth
President Obama demonstrated stunning economic ignorance today. Even basic principles, Econ 101 stuff, elude him. More

June 14, 2011
Debating Islam Last Night
Once again, Mitt Romney did not acquit himself well, revealing an unacceptable, utterly inadequate knowledge of the extent of documented Sharia encroachment in the US More

June 14, 2011
Armed US Drones will be deployed in Yemen
I think this means that Obama will not be in the running for a two-peat on the Peace Prize. More

June 14, 2011
Retail sales down in May for first time in 11 months
Yes, but the drop is not "unexpected" and less than predicted. I bet that makes small businesses feel so much better: More

June 14, 2011
Ed Morrissey, Stephen Green, Jazz Shaw on Moran's Show
A review of the GOP debate and a discussion of Herman Cain's controversial comments on Muslims will be discussed. More

June 14, 2011
How the left wins
The dominance of the Left is not a natural condition. It is imposed by constant Machiavellian power games that circumvent the laws regarding equal opportunity and equal rights More

June 14, 2011
The real news about Obama that's fit to print
Is it possible for the legacy media to be embarrassed? More

June 14, 2011
Lots of empty seats at Obama Miami fundraiser
Oh-oh! The magic is gone for the onetime rock star campaigner. More

June 14, 2011
WikiLeaks? How about WeinerLeaks?
Weiner is a security nightmare waiting to happen. More

June 14, 2011
What Would Lord Nelson Say?
The British welfare state has sunk the Royal Navy. More

June 14, 2011
GOP New Hampshire debate kept the gloves on
There was no circular firing squad last night at St. Anselm's College in Manchester More

June 14, 2011
Flag Day 2011
June 14th is Flag Day, but for most Americans Flag Day passes by unnoticed or with very little thought More

June 14, 2011
Obama jokes about his own incompetence
The rest of us are not amused. More

June 14, 2011
US in even worse shape than Greece - Pimco founder Gross
$100 trillion in unfunded liabilities. More

June 13, 2011
Weiner's Public Service
Thanks to the hands-on, crack photography of Anthony Weiner, we have our first glimpse of the never-before-seen Congressional Gym More

June 13, 2011
AZ legislature lets Obama off the hook (updated)
What kind of heartless (and brainless) State legislature would cut off 15,000 unemployed workers from a measly $214 in weekly unemployment benefits? More

June 13, 2011
Toll of dead civilians in Syria climbs to nearly 1300
Assad still has a ways to go in order to catch up with Gaddafi's brutality. But it's obviously not for lack of trying. More

June 13, 2011
Reports: Obama pressuring Netanyahu on negotiations based on '67 borders
Obama doubling down on his '67 borders speech More

June 13, 2011
Whatever happened to that $6.6 billion in cash we sent to Iraq?
"We played football with some of the bricks of $100 bills before delivery." More

June 13, 2011
About Those Pro-Weiner 9th District Polls
A resident of the District explains the tricks behind them. More

June 13, 2011
Graph for the Day for June 13, 2011
"I wish I could tell you there was a quick fix to our economic problems." More

June 13, 2011
'Lesbian Syrian blogger' confesses to being an American man
A deception that didn't harm anyone? More

June 13, 2011
Retired Cop Gets $293,000 Thanks to Union Contract
Perhaps the "thin blue line" should be called the "fat blue line." More

June 13, 2011
Weiner's 'Official' Problem
"Officially" toast. More

June 13, 2011
Abortion Good, Circumcision Bad: Celebrity Empty-Headedness on Grand Display
Russel Crowe tweets stupidity. More

June 13, 2011
Politics Stand between a Church and the Disadvantaged in Virginia
The Fredericksburg, VA city council has provided a clear reminder that you don't have to be a child to make life hard on a child. More

June 13, 2011
Little known hero Mietek Pemper laid to rest in Augsburg
A remembrance of the courageous man who typed Schindler's List. More

June 13, 2011
'Miracle on Hudson' survivors united (and saved) by shared values
Middle and upper-middle class Americans with shared values: Values, you might say, that played a critical role in saving their lives. More

June 13, 2011
The Palin that every American should know
They still might not vote for her, but she will receive a respect from fair minded people that wasn't there before. More

June 12, 2011
Obama and his Jewish supporters
Discussing the Obama's Administrations deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, double- dealing duplicitous betrayal of Israel with my Jewish friends has become increasingly hazardous to our friendships. More

June 12, 2011
NY Times hankers for 'Arab Spring' revolt in West Bank
So determined to link Israel with discredited regimes in the Arab world that it ignores actual facts and living conditions in Palestinian territories. More

June 12, 2011
Woman not charged in accident that killed guitarist
She may well be an illegal Mexican immigrant, has driven without a license for years, and has gotten numerous traffic citations -- yet police dare not inquire about her immigration status. More

June 12, 2011
Delta baggage kerfuffle not the airline's fault
You've probably heard how Delta charged some servicemen returning from Afghanistan huge fees for extra luggage. Sen. Boxer and the media have it wrong. More

June 12, 2011
Obama and Russia's descent into tyranny
All he cares about is the fact that Russia's dictators seem willing to help him create the illusion of foreign policy cooperation More

June 12, 2011
NYT editor: 'This is not a witch hunt'
In a statement eerily reminiscent of Richard Nixon's "I am not a crook" moment, New York Times assistant managing editor Jim Roberts denies the obvious truth of the media frenzy over Palin's emails More

June 12, 2011
'Obama's Road to Nowhere'
Mark Steyn: "This is Main Street, Obamaville: All bumps, no road." More

June 12, 2011
Huge increase in electric bills seen in the next few years
Has there ever been a great nation that committed economic suicide for no real reason? More

June 12, 2011
Syrian tanks and helicopters attack civilians
The world stays silent as Assad continues to shed the blood of innocent civilians. More

June 12, 2011
Forget the death threats and find some dirt on Sarah Palin!
The NYT and WaPo are busy making mountains out of molehills. More

June 12, 2011
GOP Governors a Boost to Obama?
It isn't likely that voters will vote for President Obama in order to send a message to some unpopular GOP governors. More

June 12, 2011
Graph for the Day for June 12, 2011
"...General Electric, Chevron and Lehman Brothers are backing Mr Gore's push for global limits on climate-changing carbon emissions" More

June 12, 2011
Weiner takes the 'I'm sick, not a degenerate' line
Character flaws, not illness, led to Weiner's downfall. More

June 12, 2011
Rick Perry's Conservative Credentials
Perry's support for Gore in 1988 should be seen in the context of Democratic party conservatives dominating the state of Texas. More

June 12, 2011
Circumcision protects against HIV in Africa
Now that Russell Crowe and the San Francisco City Council have come out against male circumcision, it's worthwhile looking at the scientific literature. More

June 12, 2011
US African embassy bomber dead
In recent years, Mohammed had hooked up with the Islamist group al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda franchise in Somalia. More

June 11, 2011
Politically Correct Washington Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction
A killer, caught on videotape, will walk free over imaginary "racism" by a prosecutor More

June 11, 2011
Good news: China ratings house says US already in default
Paying off our debt using devalued dollars. More

June 11, 2011
Who Will Weep Over Newt's Ashes?
Self immolation as political expression is tragic and macabre. As a figure-of-speech, self-inflicted wounding for a career politician is rarely an act of courage, just stupidity. More

June 11, 2011
'We didn't sign up to be hucksters'
Newt Gingrich - cuckold. More

June 11, 2011
Why Weiner can't quit
If he quits his day job, he'd have to rely on his wife's salary. Wouldn't you be nervous too? More

June 11, 2011
Coulter's new book describes 'The mob mongering left'
The Party of the Mob. More

June 11, 2011
Obama sides with Argentina, against Britain, in Falklands dispute
More evidence that our "special relationship" the with Brits isn't so special. More

June 11, 2011
America's Poochatroopers
There is something about warriors and dogs that seems to transcend all other relationships. More

June 11, 2011
Top Democrat operative launches plan of attack in Wisconsin recall elections
As the recall process moves forward in Wisconsin, the DNC and their union allies have brought in one of their big guns to help Steele victory. More

June 11, 2011
Robert Gates Shrugs
Outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told Europeans that in joint military and defense matters, the United States increasingly wants to take a pass on leadership. More

June 11, 2011
Cruising with Freedom and Hillsdale College in the Baltics
A lesson in freedom and how fragile it may be if we are not vigilant. More

June 11, 2011
Bobby Fischer Against the World
The decline and fall of a genius chronicled in a new documentary film airing today on HBO. More

June 10, 2011
European E-coli outbreak traced to organic farm
One German organic farm has killed twice as many people as the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the Gulf Oil spill combined More

June 10, 2011
Dalai Lama: 'I am a Marxist'
There is no better way to proclaim your lack of spiritual and philosophical depth than by, two decades after the fall of communism, disclosing that you're a Marxist. More

June 10, 2011
Fact-Checking Limbaugh's Seminar Caller
On Thursday, a victim of the Reid-Pelosi recession -- an out-of-work lawyer -- phoned Rush Limbaugh's conservative radio show More

June 10, 2011
Perry: It's a go?
With Newt Gingrich imploding, the door opens for a first tier candidate. More

June 10, 2011
Obama's missile secrets betrayal
Obama ignoring Congress, giving missile secrets to Russia? More

June 10, 2011
Palestinians change bargaining stance
Thanks, President Obama! The Palestinians understand that you gave them a huge gift, and are taking advantage of it. More

June 10, 2011
Fighting rages outside of Misrata (update: report that Gaddafi's son seeks terms)
Gaddafi now a target. More

June 10, 2011
WaPo and the Times call for Online activists to help smear Palin
The release of 24,000 Palin emails will furnish plenty of fodder for manufactured scandal. More

June 10, 2011
The President's lies about why employment growth is so anemic
And it isn't "Mother Nature." More

June 10, 2011
The Broussard Interview: Was Weiner's sexting partner an innocent bystander?
Are women off the hook for this type of behavior because they're liberated? More

June 10, 2011
Weiner is no Tiger Woods
I didn't understand the concept of schadenfreude; today, thanks to you, I'm wallowing in it. More

June 10, 2011
Spewing Red Ink, Red Tape and Red Politics
What's for show and what's for real in regulatory reform. More

June 10, 2011
Chuck Roger on the air
AT contributor Chuck Roger will be a guest on the Rob Schilling Show on station WINA at 12:30 PM EDT. An internet live feed and podcast are available. More

June 10, 2011
Newt staff exodus no surprise
Gingrich has a history of driving his staff nuts. More

June 9, 2011
Apparently, 75% of Americans want to be dragged back to the Jim Crow era
75% of Americans support voter ID. Time for the GOP to make this a national issue More

June 9, 2011
Newt's senior staff bail out
Newt vows to restart campaign, but others looking for a fork to stick in him, because he's done. More

June 9, 2011
Defiant Weiner won't resign
Hang in there, Tony. More

June 9, 2011
Obama's Libya debacle
President Obama is in deep water, well over his head, in the misbegotten Libya adventure into which he dragged America More

June 9, 2011
Maxine Waters ethics probe being stalled
California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters was supposed to be on trial last November for abuse of power before the House Ethics Committee More

June 9, 2011
Citigroup says bankcard accounts hacked
200,000 accounts accessed. More

June 9, 2011
Our secret war in Yemen
A necessary action to prevent al-Qaeda from consolidating power. More

June 9, 2011
Reuters headline: 'New Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise'
Maybe the media should start looking for different experts. To be so consistently wrong makes them useless. More

June 9, 2011
Debt Ceiling Negotiations: the GOP's Advantage
This latest debt ceiling battle could prove pivotal to Republicans as the nation moves toward the 2012 elections. More

June 9, 2011
The First Amendment Lives
What is all this noise about Anthony Weiner? Yes, his name is a bad pun, but that's not his fault. It is unfortunate that the poor man's ancestors were from Vienna.  Because of Anthony Weiner a lot of Democrats suffer... More

June 9, 2011
Rev Guard website article: 'The Day After Iran's First Nuclear Test is a Normal Day'
Who authorized it and what is their game in publishing it? More

June 9, 2011
Democrats very late to board the Weiner resignation bandwagon
The American people should take note of the Democrat's reluctance to stand up for decency and give Weiner the ax. More

June 9, 2011
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Democrats to Form 'Perfect Slavery to Allah Party'
How's that Arab Spring working out, Barry? More

June 9, 2011
Commies on parade
Two generations after the communists began to seriously infect the American public education system, communists proudly flaunt their leftist idealism and hatred for all things traditionally American. More

June 9, 2011
DOE 'SWAT' raid still troubling after story corrections
What does DOE need a paramilitary unit for in the first place? More

June 8, 2011
OPEC does it again
$100 a barrel oil may be the new floor, not the ceiling, as OPEC's internal balance of power shifts. More

June 8, 2011
AT updated software teething period nearly over
When AT updated our comments and publishing software last week, we knew that there inevitably would be technical problems to be worked out. More

June 8, 2011
Bernanke channels his inner Pollyanna for growth estimates
Why is this man smiling when talking about the economy? More

June 8, 2011
Revisiting administration unemployment projections
To borrow a phrase from the great Bob Uecker in the film "Major League"..."Juuuust a bit outside." More

June 8, 2011
Obama's troubled personal relations with foreign leaders
Carrie Budoff Brown writes in Politico that President Obama has very poor personal relations with most world leaders. Guess who he "respects and admires"... More

June 8, 2011
Graph for the Day for June 8, 2011
"Stiff headwinds." More

June 8, 2011
The light bulb police
Nanny state nonsense. More

June 8, 2011
A Texas Town Honors a Soldier Killed in Afghanistan on Memorial Day
A scene repeated in small towns across America. More

June 8, 2011
How to sweep Weinergate under the rug
Pelosi's ploy a disgrace. More

June 8, 2011
Weiner resignation: Be careful what you wish for, GOP
No good can come of a Republican call on Rep. Weiner to resign. More

June 8, 2011
Pointing Fingers at Weak Fields
You want a weak field? Start with the weakling Obama administration and work your way down. More

June 8, 2011
College board asks for 'alternative' to national anthem
Slaves to diversity. More

June 8, 2011
General Motors CEO Dan Akerson Calls for Hike in Federal Gasoline Tax
What is good for GM is not good for America. More

June 7, 2011
A likely GOP pickup in House of Representatives
The son a popular Democrat former governor will retire from the House in one of the most GOP-friendly states. More

June 7, 2011
US Mosque Data Bill O'Reilly Requested Now Available
Mr. O'Reilly has remained adamant that American Muslims are somehow uniquely resistant to the jihadist mentality. More

June 7, 2011
New Civility Chronicles (continued)
A TV star vows to assassinate Sarah Palin if she is elected president. More

June 7, 2011
Slave masters, real and imagined
"When I want a sex-slave, I go to the market and pick whichever female I desire and buy her." More

June 7, 2011
Those who seek to run our lives
By treating powerful politicians as though they are special and gifted, we reinforce the notion in their minds they are our betters. More

June 7, 2011
Misunderstanding Obama's Momma
Her media champions won't even talk about her defining act, her great achievment More

June 7, 2011
What's important about Weinergate...And what's not
He really isn't worth all the attention. More

June 7, 2011
3 in 10 companies will drop health insurance coverage once Obamacare takes effect
The more CEO's know about Obamacare, the more likely they are to drop employee insurance plans. More

June 7, 2011
NPR defends Palin?
A classic public radio moment where the interviewer doesn't get quite the response to a question she was looking for. More

June 7, 2011
Obama no longer receiving daily economic briefings
An annoying distraction from his leisure activities? More

June 7, 2011
Obama even with Romney in new ABC poll
Few believe we are out of recession or that the economy is getting better. More

June 7, 2011
Big Media Eats Crow While Palin Plays Gotcha
Palin was right about Paul Revere. More

June 7, 2011
Bernanke's Posturing Ignores Inflation Reality and Hurts Americans
The bottom line is that Bernanke's story and reality are two fundamentally different animals. More

June 7, 2011
Anti-gun physicians in Florida claim right to ask patients about gun ownership
What business do doctors have asking about where a citizen keeps their guns? More

June 7, 2011
Democrats are right...it's not about Sex...
It's about national security. More

June 7, 2011
Romney's Scarlet Letter
Aren't we allowed just one tiny little "litmus test?" More

June 6, 2011
NYT ignores 'Salute to Israel' parade
Sunday was the Salute to Israel up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan - by some accounts record turnouts (30,000) in marchers and onlookers ( maybe 1,000,000). More

June 6, 2011
Weiner: 'I haven't told the truth'
Speaking to the press assembled at a Sheraton hotel in New York City, Anthony Weiner admitted he did send the notorious crotch photo to a Seattle coed More

June 6, 2011
Krugman says Medicare is 'sustainable'
The Nobel laureate comes out for putting government in charge of medical decisions More

June 6, 2011
Sarah Rides Roughshod over Media Mutts
I don't think Sarah Palin could possibly have picked a better way to attract the attention and the admiration of millions of Americans than by making total fools of the liberal media More

June 6, 2011
Bostom Interviewed About Survey Revealing 81% of US Mosques Promote Jihad
audio feed available More

June 6, 2011
Wasserman Schultz watch: Dim bulb Debbie is at it again (updated)
Dim Bulb Debbie is at it again. More

June 6, 2011
Weinergate not petering out (updated - new pictures)
It's been a tough 10 days for Rep. Anthony Weiner, and if his nemesis Andrew Breitbart is correct, this week is going to be even worse. Updated: yep, it's worse More

June 6, 2011
AT writers on the air
Frequent AT contributor Stuart Schwartz will be Brian Wilson's guest on station WSPD AM 1370 in Toledo at 4:35 PM today. An internet live feed is available More

June 6, 2011
Graph for the Day for June 6, 2011
No political act of the last century has so changed America More

June 6, 2011
Assad stages bloody confrontation at border with Israel
A Syrian show from start to finish. More

June 6, 2011
Obama's lock-step liberals on the Supreme Court
It's easy to be a liberal. More

June 6, 2011
Obama's Commerce Nominee Wants to Limit Energy Consumption and Redistribute Wealth
Just another day in Barack Obama's crony capitalist paradise. More

June 6, 2011
Will the Arab Spring Turn into Winter?
Over our history we have come to understand that a democracy has certain environmental requirements. More

June 6, 2011
Palestinian who slaughtered Fogel family has no regrets
Will the 'PA' add two more monsters to the payroll? More

June 6, 2011
Is it time to push Cass Sunstein over the cliff?
You've seen the Democratic commercial of a man pushing a terrified wheelchair bound grandma off a cliff. In real life the head driver and chief pusher is Professor Cass Sunstein. More

June 6, 2011
David Brooks is willing to give war a chance
With the appointment of a new executive editor, it's a time of renewal at the New York Times. More

June 6, 2011
A Strange Death in Strange Circumstances
Maybe Raymond Zack's last moments have something to say to us, something we need to hear and ponder. More

June 6, 2011
Remembering D-Day
June 6th, 1944, D-Day, is something our current media tends to forget. More

June 5, 2011
Israel demonstrates more efficient mettle in guarding its border against Syrian provocations
Unlike the May 15 protests to commemorate the Palestinian "catastrophe" of Israel's founding that resulted in a breach of Israel's northern border, this time the IDF was better organized More

June 5, 2011
Wasserman Schultz looking ridiculous again
Debbie does defense for Anthony Weiner, and contradicts her previous position. More

June 5, 2011
Mitt Romney's global warming blunder
Mitt Romney panders again, while another climate scientist rediscovers his own integrity More

June 5, 2011
4 dead, 12 hurt on Israeli-Syrian border in 'Naksa day' clashes
The gullible will be taken in. More

June 5, 2011
Yemen's Saleh in Saudi Arabia for 'medical treatment'
Uncertain whether the dictator can return. More

June 5, 2011
Will Bono and U 2 save the world?
Only if they can avoid paying the high taxes in their home country of Ireland. More

June 5, 2011
Blago's retrial less of a circus, more focused
All but 5 "schemes" dropped from original indictment. More

June 5, 2011
Howard Dean: Palin could beat Obama
Inside the beltway conventional wisdom is wrong. More

June 5, 2011
'Cornered' Obama and the administration's lies about the economy
They spin fantastic tales of a rebounding economy, a country "continuing to move in the right direction." More

June 5, 2011
Gunfight at the DC Corral: Palin vs Obama.
Nothing frustrates me more than GOP candidates walking on eggs, cautious not to offend or anger the despicable, lying, agenda-driven and evil liberal media More

June 5, 2011
Afghanistan as it really is
A very affecting article by Anna Badkhen at FP highlights many of the reasons why Barack Obama's Afghanistan plan will fail and our efforts wasted. More

June 5, 2011
Top jihadist leader killed in drone strike
AQ's "military brain" taken down in South Waziristan. More

June 4, 2011
The liberal mindset hits reality again
The addled thought process of left-wing leaders that they can successfully go where others have failed and thwart the laws of economics More

June 4, 2011
Obama and Boehner: Golfing buddies
A golf summit? More

June 4, 2011
NATO deploys Apaches in Libya for first time
Helicopters in the battle zone will be vulnerable to small arms fire. More

June 4, 2011
Where is Yemen's President Saleh?
If he's out of the country, will they let him back in? More

June 4, 2011
Is Paul Ryan going to run for president?
Ryan may be reconsidering his refusal to run. More

June 4, 2011
Dennis Kucinich and Michele Bachmann on the same side?
Is the end of the world really at hand? More

June 4, 2011
Drill here Drill now works - because it already has!
Proof is available More

June 4, 2011
Faithful Democratic Presidents Serve Just One Term
Sexual fidelity has had a dark side for the Democratic presidents of the last century because marital loyalty is strongly correlated with serving just one term as president. More

June 4, 2011
Why Libs do Not Deserve a Pass on Ethics Scandals
Lib TV Hosts Lawrence O'Donnell explained that Congressman Weiner and other Libs that get caught up in scandal deserve a pass because they don't preach against immoralities, but Republicans do More

June 4, 2011
The grim math facing the jobless
Numbers that would depress a hyena. More

June 3, 2011
Jaw-dropping
Imbecility has no known limits. More

June 3, 2011
Fiddling while Rome burns
We need a genuine leader, but we've got Mr. Obama instead. More

June 3, 2011
Unemployment rate much worse than 9.1%
It depends on what the meaning of "labor force" is. More

June 3, 2011
NYT scrubs the new editor's embarrassing words (update of earlier post)
Has Jill Abramson, the new executive editor of the New York Times, been taking lessons from Newt Gingrich on how to start a new venture, and Anthony Weiner on how to handle an embarrassment? More

June 3, 2011
Dorothy Rabinowitz Dismisses Doomsday Talk about Big Government
Who's the one guilty of "high-minded talk, rooted in fantasy?" More

June 3, 2011
Obama camp knows he has a problem with Jewish voters
They won't ever admit it, but the signs are obvious: Obama's 1967 borders speech is costing them votes and money needed in 2012. More

June 3, 2011
It's official: John Edwards indicted
Can you send a guy to prison for being a total jerk? More

June 3, 2011
Yemen's president injured in attack on palace
7 high ranking officials injured in shelling. More

June 3, 2011
May unemployment up to 9.1%
Expecting 170,000 net jobs, only 54,000 are created. More

June 3, 2011
Is there really a connection between the unemployment rate and presidential elections?
The rate of unemployment not as important as which way it is heading on election day. More

June 3, 2011
Congress, White House showdown on War Powers Act
Boehner challenges Obama to follow the law. More

June 3, 2011
In TX school district, say 'Amen' and go to jail
Someone's got a political agenda here. And it isn't those who are defending expressions of faith in the public square. More

June 3, 2011
China's 'blue army' just warming up with cyber-attacks
The latest example of China's cyberwar against the USA, hacking into Gmail accounts of senior US officials, is a warning sign of much worse to come. More

June 3, 2011
Democrat State Senator punches colleague on chamber floor
There is never a dull moment in the Illinois Legislature. More

June 3, 2011
Detroit's Death Rattle
The Muslim call to prayer can be heard all over Detroit -- the baleful sound of the adhan -- what President Obama called "the most beautiful sound on earth." More

June 3, 2011
Romney in: Says Obama has 'failed'
One of his problems is that people know him too well. More

June 2, 2011
Dumb... dumber... dumbest... Wasserman Schultz
In the internet age, fact checking is not too hard to do. So the new DNC chair probably needs to learn that bald-faced lies won't cut it. More

June 2, 2011
The Jewish video Obama doesn't want on the web
Mysteriously, the Office of the President has requested that a video of a Jewish singing group performing at the White House be removed from the web. More

June 2, 2011
RomneyCare vs. ObamaCare: Does Page Count Matter?
Every day Governor Romney spins and obfuscates about RomneyCare is another day that he digs a deeper hole for himself politically. More

June 2, 2011
Arab leaders betray the Palestinians -- again
Arab leaders are most generous in aiding Palestinians with fulsome rhetoric, but when it comes to concrete actions, including hard cash, they turn tail. More

June 2, 2011
Illinois Democratic gerrymander a disgrace
Makes DeLay's 2003 Texas efforts look small in comparison. More

June 2, 2011
Obama and his cronies give his base in Chicago a big favor-free internet and PCs
If this isn't blatant favoritism I don't know what is. More

June 2, 2011
Manufacturing sector not recovering during Obama recovery
Jobless claims, consumer confidence, personal spending - all going in the wrong direction. More

June 2, 2011
The bitter harvest of ethanol
President Obama's re-election peril thanks to ethanol. Talk about delicious irony. More

June 2, 2011
Administration shoots down IN denial of funds to Planned Parenthood
Feds stretch logic to the breaking point in denying IN the right to regulate its own businesses. More

June 2, 2011
Newspaper death throes (continued)
A metropolitan daily offers voluntary buyouts to almost one quarter of its employees. More

June 2, 2011
Scientific discovery that changes our notions of life here and elsewhere
Rethinking fundamental questions about life. More

June 2, 2011
Fined for 'illegally' selling rabbits
Yes, but $90,000 on a profit of $200? More

June 2, 2011
Obama fails to impress House GOP at WH meeting
A "frank" exchange of views. More

June 2, 2011
Planning vs. the Free Market
"What is threatened by the interventionists, the schemers, the centralized planners, the socialists "is no less than our present civilization itself." More

June 1, 2011
Anthony Weiner 'can't say with certitude' that the picture isn't him
Has Anthony Weiner taken so many pictures of his tumescent crotch that he can't remember them all? More

June 1, 2011
Andrew Bostom Interview: 'Islamo-Nazism in Egypt'
An 8 minute radio interview available online More

June 1, 2011
Giving a whole new meaning to the term 'Limousine Liberal'
Let them eat cake, eh liberals? More

June 1, 2011
Geert Wilders Closing Remarks at His Kafkaesque Trial
Dutch politician on trial for telling the truth about Islam lays it on the line for the court More

June 1, 2011
77,000 federal workers paid more than governors
No concept of "public service." More

June 1, 2011
Muslim man gets sexual assault sentence reduced because of 'culture shock'
Judge decides newly arrived Muslim man just can't control himself seeing the way western women dress More

June 1, 2011
WI panel OK's 3 more GOP recall elections
A long, hot summer for WI GOP. More

June 1, 2011
House rejects debt ceiling increase
Is Boehner tough enough to get the job done? More

June 1, 2011
What's in a name, and what isn't
Weiner, Wiener, Whiner More

June 1, 2011
This year, next year, all the years in Jerusalem
Celebrating Jerusalem Day in Israel. More

June 1, 2011
The beach is closed; Heat related illnesses?
Do you believe Mayor Rahm Emanuel? More

June 1, 2011
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Dismantling Mubarak's State for a Sharia State
The only viable organized political force in Egypt is realizing its agenda More