American Thinker Blog

September 30, 2012
Can the Polls Be Believed?
So what are the facts? More

September 30, 2012
Rioting Muslims torch Buddhist temples in Bangladesh
Can't wait for laws against blasphemy against the prophet are passed, can you? More

September 30, 2012
Pssst, Mitt! Read this before Wednesday's debate
While Mitt hunkers down with Rob Portman, preparing for the Big Debate #1, the finest minds of the conservative blogosphere are explicating the themes that could win the debate for him More

September 30, 2012
Venezuelan presidential candidate optimistic about his chances
Will Chavez allow fair elections? More

September 30, 2012
Battling the Zombies
Last week I had a conversation with a very elderly neighbor who is an Obama supporter More

September 30, 2012
America Needs a Traditional Conservative
"Stability through equilibrium." More

September 30, 2012
President Obama Said We Are Not At War
Apparently, the use of "all necessary force" against those who planned and carried out the 9/11 attacks is no longer US policy. More

September 30, 2012
New Rules of Engagement in Afghanistan
We have made a major shift in both strategy and tactics, and not to the benefit of the fighting men on the ground. More

September 30, 2012
Buying voters Obama style
Obama and the WARN Act. More

September 30, 2012
Univision Network Coverage of Fast and Furious Intensifies
New investigative report to air Sunday night. More

September 30, 2012
Putting Obama on Hold
Barack Obama has set the tone for his relationships with world leaders. But what comes around, goes around. More

September 30, 2012
Obama's Divisiveness Knocks Me out at Gleason's Gym
More often than not it's the girls who frustrate me the most -- in politics and in the ring. More

September 29, 2012
What could possibly go wrong?
Aviation Week says we're giving these weapons to an Arab government in this country? Really? More

September 29, 2012
Dearborn Muslims rally for anti-blasphemy laws
"We (heart) the Prophet!" More

September 29, 2012
Pentagon loses track of some Syrian chemical weapons
Nothing to worry about, says Panetta. More

September 29, 2012
Two prominent Dems call out the press on lack of Libya coverage
Pat Caddell and Kirsten Powers can see it. It's too bad a few more won't. More

September 29, 2012
What do Soros, Abu Dhabi and Barack Obama Have in Common?
An attack on the phenomenally successful American effort to tap our vast natural gas and oil resources. More

September 29, 2012
Rep. King calls on Susan Rice to resign
Rice has got to go. More

September 29, 2012
Iranian News Agency duped by The Onion
Another hapless victim of the best satirical site on the web. More

September 29, 2012
Civil Rights and the Tea Party
The end of the middle class, and all it stands for, is the civil rights issue of our time. More

September 29, 2012
Is QE 3 Really Just Another Bailout?
Why would the Federal Reserve suddenly decide to purchase $40 billion worth of mortgage securities a month supposedly in order to stimulate the housing market and thereby create more jobs? More

September 29, 2012
Read This While You Can
Read this column by Diana West while you can -- while we still have journalists brave enough to write the truth, and before the truth is censored More

September 29, 2012
Sam Bacille Gets Capwned By the Feds
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, otherwise known by his criminal alias, Sam Bacille, has been arrested federal agents, and he's being held without bail. More

September 29, 2012
The Dictator
Though it got hardly a ripple in the critical columns, Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator goes farther than any popular film at lambasting the deficits and negatives of life in the Arab Middle East. More

September 28, 2012
'Gamechanger': Elizabeth Warren practiced law in Massachusetts federal court without law license
Fauxcahontas in heap big trouble. More

September 28, 2012
Heavy fighting in Aleppo as Syrian rebel offensive rolls
And so it goes, on and on, with no end in sight. More

September 28, 2012
Al-Qaeda prisoners escape after attack on Iraqi jail
Al-Qaeda springs dozens of terrorists. More

September 28, 2012
This Year's Election and Sports Analogies
In a contest with a winner and a loser, sports comparisons sprout up everywhere, and this year has already produced a bumped crop. More

September 28, 2012
NJ high school students to boycott cafeteria lunch to protest Obama guidelines
Ultimate control over the citizenry. More

September 28, 2012
Susan Rice blew off Netanyahu UN speech
Sends a clear message to the mullahs in Tehran More

September 28, 2012
The end of divided government?
Poll shows record number of Americans wanting one party rule. More

September 28, 2012
You stay classy, Utah Democrats
Mia Love gets a racial makeover from Democrats. More

September 28, 2012
Even Dems on the Hill wondering what the heck happened in Benghazi
The death Ambassador Stevens has become a non-event and will stay that way until long after the election. More

September 28, 2012
Anti-Islam filmmaker arrested; held without bail
Lock up the blasphemer! More

September 28, 2012
I am (Not) the 47%
It's time to set the record straight: More

September 28, 2012
Muhammad's Nuptial Example To Be Law In Egypt?
Constitution writers discuss sanctioning marriage of nine year old girls. More

September 28, 2012
Now Who's Interfering in Another Country's 'Internal Affairs?'
President Morsi's speech before the U.N. calls for the rest of the world to conform to his idea of free speech. More

September 28, 2012
Don't Worry
Barack will fix everything. More

September 27, 2012
Obama apologetic about boycotting Ahmadinejad's U.N. speech
It wasn't Ahmadinejad who prompted the U.S. boycott -- it was the Jews. More

September 27, 2012
NASA's Rubber Ruler Scandal
It is one of only two or three such records of global temperatures going back more than a century. It is what all claims of global warming are based on. And about one third of that data changes every month! More

September 27, 2012
100 million will die by 2030 without action on climate change
The real question is who do they think they can convince with these hysterical studies? Chicken Little, perhaps? More

September 27, 2012
Anti-Austerity protests turn violent in Greece; Spain in turmoil over budget proposals
Headed for their own fiscal cliff. More

September 27, 2012
2Q GDP revised downward to 1.3%: Re-elect the President!
"Four more years!" More

September 27, 2012
Are Feature Length, Honest Muhammad Movies in the Offing?
Violent response expected. More

September 27, 2012
Why isn't the FBI investigating the Benghazi terrorist attack?
A combination of bureaucratic infighting and a non-cooperative host nation has torpedoed any investigation. More

September 27, 2012
The world is saved. NFL refs are back to work
Controlling mayhem is not an easy task but at least now, the games will go forward with officials who have a better idea of what they're doing. More

September 27, 2012
Their Idealism Was Squandered on a Charlatan
Don't be afraid to say "I told you so," to those you know who drank the Kool Aid in 2008. More

September 27, 2012
Skewed polls indicate Obama's in trouble - not Romney
Democrats and the liberal media are taking a huge chance by touting polls showing Obama up by double digits in crucial swing states. More

September 27, 2012
Celebrating Bolshevism?
Oh, those government schools! More

September 27, 2012
'Liberal Muslim' Mona Eltahawy Violently Rejects Free Speech
A remarkable video More

September 27, 2012
No Vetting Needed
Obama is out in plain sight before Americans and the rest of the world. More

September 27, 2012
Are voters stupid?
On some topics, yes. More

September 26, 2012
Polls, if you must
More than a little encouragement to conservatives who've prematurely taken to drink because of Romney's current alleged poll deficits. More

September 26, 2012
'Questionable Solar Math' Revisited
After I posted a blog piece on what I called "questionable math" on the payback period for installing solar photovoltaic panels, I received an email More

September 26, 2012
Mia Love up big in Utah House race
Voters responding to her positive message. More

September 26, 2012
Abu Hamza in fresh attempt to avoid extradition to US
Terrorist takes his case to the European Human Rights Court. More

September 26, 2012
Michelle Obama's Share-the-Starvation School Lunch Program
Voracious children who once enjoyed the freedom to choose sloppy joes for lunch are now getting their first taste of oppressive government regulation. More

September 26, 2012
Greek workers strike; Spanish protests growing
Denying reality. More

September 26, 2012
Why doesn't the president want the American people to know what happened in Libya?
When will the White House get its story straight? More

September 26, 2012
Coming soon: Pork and bacon shortage
Prices could double by next summer. More

September 26, 2012
Hey kids! Let's have a Constitutional Convention!
What could go wrong? More

September 26, 2012
Professors, Students and Guns.
A Colorado State Supreme Court ruling has forced the university to allow students with concealed weapon permits to carry their guns on campus. More

September 26, 2012
Obama, 'the Prophet of Islam,' and Slander
When the president told the UN that Islam must not be "slandered," was he referring to the Muslim definition? More

September 26, 2012
A Message for the Republican Pundit Class from Outside the Beltway
Assorted pundits, brimming with self-professed gravitas and blind conceit, are blithely taking pot shots at Romney. They fail to see when the time has come to stop this snarky sniping. More

September 26, 2012
No Apologies
Mr. President, it's time to stop apologizing. It is time to stand up for our American values. "The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam" does not cut it. More

September 25, 2012
Claim: Elizabeth Warren doesn't need Massachusetts law license
Did she or didn't she? Surprise! Lawyers disagree. More

September 25, 2012
Wash. Post coverage of Ahmadinejad: Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in New York, using a convenient UN platform to vent his threats to eliminate Israel. But you wouldn't know that by reading the Washington Post's coverage. More

September 25, 2012
PJ Media's Bryan Preston to guest on Moran's show
The presidential race and polling will be discussed. More

September 25, 2012
Greg Buckley's Agony
Lance Cpl. Greg Buckley Jr. was murdered by an Afghan police officer "trainee" in southern Afghanistan. Earlier in the year Buckley was told by a superior officer to apologize to the Afghani trainee More

September 25, 2012
Vets spurning Obama
Veterans can see as well as anybody where Obama's policies have brought us. More

September 25, 2012
How Hillary Clinton really feels about the rich
"There are rich people everywhere. And yet they do not contribute to the growth of their own countries." More

September 25, 2012
A-Jad's charm offensive - Israel will be 'eliminated'
Yes - very charming. More

September 25, 2012
The Media 'Poll' Dance
The only poll that really counts in this campaign is the one we'll be participating in on November 6th. More

September 25, 2012
Mr. and Mrs. Obama Keep Up Pretense of Growing Up Poor
Let's get this straight. Barack Obama never knew a life of financial hardship. Ditto for Michelle. But the First Couple keeps bringing up their impoverished childhoods and student loan debts in stump speeches. More

September 25, 2012
Obama, the greedy boss
The LA Times just revealed that it appears that Obama pays his campaign workers less than the national average wage and Romney pays his campaign workers more than the national average wage More

September 25, 2012
NASA's Rubber Ruler
NASA fudging temperature data to make it seem hotter than it really was. More

September 25, 2012
A Modest German Proposal: Debate, not Censor, Innocence of Muslims
Muslims and others might as well get used to open debate and discussion concerning Islam now. More

September 25, 2012
A chilling signal from the Obama administration
On Monday morning, Israelis walked out of U.N. General Assembly when Ahmadinejad spoke. Representatives of the United States stayed seated in the hall. More

September 25, 2012
Blame It on the Rain
Some people say that Obama is not responsible for the bad economy or the conflagration of the Middle East. Or Fast and Furious. They sing , "Gotta blame it on something / Blame it on the rain." More

September 25, 2012
Distress signal: A Sign for Our Time
At a meeting where the opposition continually prevents you from being heard by shouting you down, your best recourse is to wave a highly visible sign, preferably a picture. More

September 24, 2012
Missing piece surfaces in the Obama puzzle (updated)
Nobody knows for sure how Barack Obama managed to get into and pay for the elite higher education he received. Now a clue surfaces from 1979. More

September 24, 2012
United Nations looks to extract significant profit from Brazilian offshore oil bonanza
United Nations looking to grab up to 7% of profits of the emerging gigantic offshore oil fields off southeastern Brazil. More

September 24, 2012
Elizabeth Warren not licensed to practice law in Massachusetts
Also used her Harvard Law School office for her private practice. More

September 24, 2012
Obama's Bizarro World
Obama channels his inner Seinfeld. More

September 24, 2012
Obama campaign send desecrated flag down the memory hole
The Obama campaign has in effect confessed to what I called "virtual flag desecration" with the grotesque Obama flag campaign stunt, More

September 24, 2012
President Obama's Distortions on '60 Minutes'
Just how bad have Obama's foreign policy blunders been? More

September 24, 2012
Israel concerns about Iran 'red line' is 'noise' Obama says
Is the president taking the Israeli concerns about Iran seriously? More

September 24, 2012
Obama's lie about immigration reform
Obama's whopper told during his Univision interview. More

September 24, 2012
Obama's Bald-faced Lie on Fast and Furious
Blames Bush again. More

September 24, 2012
Debate moderators will spell the difference
Who moderates and how they moderate is tantamount to how the debates will play out. More

September 24, 2012
Barack Obama Strolls Down EZ Street
When the Preezy showed up on EZ Street's show on Washington DC's interactive urban contemporary radio station WKYS More

September 24, 2012
Clinton Lies Again About Obama's Jobs Record
If Democrats want to play the "14-Month Game," then bring it on. More

September 23, 2012
Wash. Post plays war games about Israeli attack on Iran (but not vice versa)
Washington Post demonstrates is that Western mainstream media are worried only about possible Israeli moves, while ignoring the larger threat of a nuclear-armed Iran More

September 23, 2012
A true life simile for Obama's Middle East policy
A New York man's encounter with a tiger illustrates President Obama's Middle East policies. More

September 23, 2012
The Early Voting Travesty
A bad idea now standard operating procedure More

September 23, 2012
The 'hidden' unemployed
4 million discouraged workers and a labor participation rate at the lowest level ever. More

September 23, 2012
Obama campaign manager says forget the polls, we're winning
If they were really that confident of victory, they wouldn't be trying so hard to convince us. More

September 23, 2012
GOP hawks urge Romney not to abandon Afghanistan
Romney has always seemed to be of two minds on the issue. More

September 23, 2012
QE Forever
What's that old saw about repeating something that didn't work over and over again? More

September 23, 2012
A big reason Romney can't seem to get a lead
You'd never know it from the news, but the housing "recovery" stinks. More

September 23, 2012
Are American voters waking up to reality about Israel and the Middle East?
We'll know the answer to that question on November 6th. More

September 23, 2012
An Unsolicited Endorsement of Conservatism
From a high ranking source More

September 23, 2012
Presidente: Donde la verdad?
Mr. President, you and your Attorney General own Fast and Furious. La verdad, por favor. More

September 23, 2012
An Obama Revelation: Supporters Marking Their Right Hands
The latest Obama-worship contrivance is certainly contemptible, but astute readers of the New Testament will find something alarming here. More

September 23, 2012
Deceptive, Uninformed, or Dangerous Naïveté ?
The Presidential miasma of deception and delusion appears steeped in a dangerous naïveté. More

September 23, 2012
Romney was right. So?
Obama is seen as the post-1960s Hollywood anti-hero; the narrow shouldered, soft kind of personality who is seen as a victim fighting against a world out to get him. More

September 23, 2012
What Republicans Must Do
If the GOP is to survive as a party, must oppose the real welfare queens - the crony capitalists and Washington lobbyists who are happy with economic decline as long as they can make money from the ruin. More

September 22, 2012
All is not as it appears in presidential race
Three reasons why Barack Obama is still in trouble. More

September 22, 2012
Libyans seeking to take their country back from the militias
The Islamists may be on the run in Benghazi, but they are gathering strength in other regions of the country. More

September 22, 2012
Will Republicans cave on taxes if Obama wins?
Republicans have already lost the post-election debate - no matter who wins. More

September 22, 2012
Newt Gingrich on the Islamist Challenge
"Politically correct secularists cannot understand that we are participants in a global civil war between the modernizing and irreconcilable wings of Islam." More

September 22, 2012
Rioting for art's sake
The photo of Christ in a jar of urine goes on display in New York. More

September 22, 2012
A brief word about Mitt Romney's taxes
Romney pays 4 or 5 times more in taxes in one year than most of his critics will pay throughout their entire lifetimes. More

September 22, 2012
Chick-fil-A wronged by media again
It pays never trust a news story these days. Chick-fil-A's charitable foundation didn't back off supporting groups that oppose gay marriage because of pressure by big city politicians. More

September 22, 2012
Predicting Genocide
Genocide has happened often enough that it is a legitimate field of study, and a very important one at that. Like hurricanes, they can be predicted. Iran is following the pattern leading up to genocide. More

September 22, 2012
Opulent Obama Parties with Rich and Famous
Mr. Obama definitely gets around -- especially Manhattan parties, basketball courts, golf courses, fundraisers, and campaign rallies filled with the young and the dumb. More

September 22, 2012
The 9 Most Terrifying Words
Ronald Reagan said the 9 most terrifying words in the English language were: "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." Barack is offering 9 even more frightening words More

September 22, 2012
Rick Perry Nailed Obama's Strategy
Governor Rick Perry may have turned out to be a disappointment as a candidate, but let's give him credit for this More

September 22, 2012
Dems in hock to SEIU-owned bank
The union's long reach has gotten a lot longer. More

September 21, 2012
Redistribution: Obama's Religion?
Can America finally stop beating around the bush? More

September 21, 2012
Pledging to Obama 'For All'
There was a day when Barack Obama couldn't muster the energy or desire to lift his hand to cover his heart during the national anthem. Now, the Obama campaign is asking his supporters to do for him what he refused to do for America More

September 21, 2012
Afghanistan 'surge' ends quietly
Did it accomplish anything? More

September 21, 2012
US shutters embassies fearing more protests
Children in Pakistan chant "Death to America." More

September 21, 2012
Chick Fil A to stop funding anti-gay marriage groups
In the end, a business decision. More

September 21, 2012
How biased are the polls?
Some surprising answers. More

September 21, 2012
United Airlines is fast becoming Houston's most hated airline.
United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek is co-hosting a Planned Parenthood gala in Houston. More

September 21, 2012
The Economy, but Not Just the Economy for Romney
An "economy" drumbeat by itself will not work for Mitt Romney. But he can tie the economy to a host of other issues. More

September 21, 2012
Republican Senate majority hopes in danger
With about six weeks until the election, a disturbing picture of the Senatorial elections is emerging. More

September 21, 2012
Recap: Obama's work
Please tell me why this man-child should be allowed four more years as President of the United States More

September 21, 2012
The Redistributionist
Obama's comments in 1998, now receiving so much attention, pale in comparison to these revelations More

September 21, 2012
Do Conservatives Speak to Pollsters?
There is a dangerous game being played by the politicians and the pollsters. Whenever there is a great deal of power and money at stake, one can assume there is power and money in play. More

September 21, 2012
Gulf of Mexico Seafood Catch Has Rebounded to Its Highest Volume Since 1999
Are you beginning to feel you have been played for a fool by the White House? More

September 20, 2012
Fear of the Five Percent
What the "experts" advising Romney seem to overlook. More

September 20, 2012
The Obama You Don't Know
The Washington Examiner just published a ten-part series on "The Obama You Don't Know" focusing on his career in Illinois in ways that the mainstream media never did in 2008 or afterwards. More

September 20, 2012
More Cow Bell, Ben?
Has there ever been a more clear forewarning of the results of this fiscal and monetary idiocy than the current situation in Europe? And we race to join them. More

September 20, 2012
Palestinians Don't Want Peace with Israel and Mitt Romney was Correct to Say So
Mitt Romney said what a president should say. Barack Obama, on the other hand, simply spouts out words with no meaning -- something that he has earned a reputation for doing More

September 20, 2012
Guilty as Sin, Free as a Bird?
A 471-page report finds Attorney General Eric Holder knew nothing about Fast and Furious before February 2011. Really? More

September 20, 2012
Guess who's trashing Obama campaign signs in Austin, Texas?
How to account in a pro-Obama neighborhood for a shocking act of vandalism occurring on the front lawn of Tom and Beth Priem? More

September 20, 2012
Obama store sells Obamerican flag
I am shocked that the Obama store would sell a version of the American flag with the fifty stars replaced by the campaign's iconic O with flowing stripes across the bottom. More

September 20, 2012
Buy-a-Brick for Barry
Endless possibilities for pandering liberals. More

September 20, 2012
Late Night with Barack Obama
With so little to witness that evening, we did see much in those few minutes revealing the substance of our celebrity President. More

September 20, 2012
Does AP stand for 'Associated Propaganda'?
It is willful propaganda to continue to insist that a snippet of garbage from a private citizen is responsible for what American officials knew perfectly well was organized guerrilla warfare against the United States. More

September 20, 2012
Horror of Black Christian Crucifixion in Egypt, Yemen
Insults to their religion are the least of their problems More

September 20, 2012
Why does Homeland Security need 1.4 billion rounds of ammunition?
DHS purchase includes almost half a billion rounds of hollow point ammunition, banned by the Hague Convention of 1899 for use in international warfare More

September 20, 2012
What Next for Civilized People?
Rage is escalating. And I don't mean in the Middle East. More

September 20, 2012
MSM Bypass
American entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well and being used to help bring a spotlight on Obama and his hidden past. More

September 20, 2012
'Jay and Bey' Fete Barry
Obama covers a $280,000 tower of champagne to make himself recognizable by the little guy. More

September 19, 2012
State Department hands Mitt Romney an issue
Thanks, Hillary! Your State Department has all but admitted it was asleep at the switch on 9/11 by trying to hide evidence of its failure to take seriously the obvious threat to overseas on the anniversary of 9/11. More

September 19, 2012
Hillary's Pulpit
Mrs. Clinton took the bait and the opportunity to reinforce several myths about Arab "friendship," Muslim moderation, and the need for continued American finance and forbearance. More

September 19, 2012
Give war a chance?
Challenging the conventional wisdom: how a unilateral Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities could transform the Middle East in positive ways. More

September 19, 2012
Media Matters in Cahoots with DOJ on Fast and Furious
How high up does this bloody gun walking scandal go if Soros' shadow party media group is working 24/7 to stop the truth from getting out? More

September 19, 2012
The Cipher At the Center
For the past four years, Obama has been blaming the president who preceded him. But for the past week, he has taken to blaming the president who is about succeed him. More

September 19, 2012
Nanny-State Ignites Taco War
The one size fits all government feeding program meets a picky eater More

September 19, 2012
As Middle East erupts in anti-American demonstrations, Obama talks with Letterman about White House homebrew
It's time to discard "Forward." as the Obama campaign slogan and replace it with "What, me worry?" More

September 19, 2012
Oops! Turns out Romney 47% tape was 'doctored'
We can take it from the mainstream media themselves that when embarrassing tapes turn out to be missing any portion, they are "doctored" and therefore discredited. More

September 19, 2012
Who's 'dead'?
Progressive pundits need to look in the mirror. More

September 19, 2012
The Redistribution States of America?
Progressive media unwittingly help focus the campaign on issues that work in Romney's favor. More

September 19, 2012
It's a mystery!
Information the media really doesn't want you to know. More

September 18, 2012
IBD's Andrew Malcolm to Guest on Moran's Show
Mitt Romney's comments on producers and takers will be discussed. More

September 18, 2012
Michelle Obama's school lunch rhetoric collides with reality
When first lady Michelle Obama told the nation's school children about the "exciting changes" ahead for them in their school cafeterias this year, it became clear that she has a serious disconnect with reality More

September 18, 2012
The Obama Schedule
Just who is running the country? More

September 18, 2012
Feds' Charge of Criminal Negligence in Gulf Oil Spill Floundering
Decision due two days after the November election More

September 18, 2012
The Cloward-Piven way
If the Cloward-Piven agenda were being implemented, would it look any different? More

September 18, 2012
Romney's 'gaffe' a plus for him
Romney's talking about [gasp] the dependency of the 47%, and has the temerity to conjecture that he's unlikely to receive their vote to boot! More

September 18, 2012
Professor allegedly required students to sign pledge to vote for Obama and Democrats
The corruption of higher education in this country has reached the point where a professor allegedly sees nothing wrong with requiring students to sign a pledge to vote for Obama More

September 18, 2012
Rodeo clown media frantically distract from Obama's foreign policy disaster
A recording made 4 months ago surfaces just as Obama's foreign policy blunders ignite grave national security crisis. More

September 18, 2012
The Purpose of the Party
What does it mean to be a Republican? A way to win elections? Or a commitment to certain values? More

September 18, 2012
Obama plays the Race Card in Cincy
Throws down the race card, saying Republicans want him to wash their cars. More

September 18, 2012
The 2012 Presidential Election Campaign and Decision
A comprehensive list of all the issues voters need to know about in anticipation of election day. More

September 18, 2012
Doing What Must Be Done
There is much talk about "demoralization." The narrative in a nutshell goes something like this: The media is against us and the polls are skewed. It is part of a plan to demoralize us. More

September 17, 2012
Questionable Solar Math at the Wall Street Journal
Solar advocates have overstated the promise of solar power for decades. It is disappointing when a reputable paper like the Wall Street Journal participates in this deception. More

September 17, 2012
Why the New York Times forgets 9/11
The NY Times is a wonderfully strange place, and I think I've finally figured out why they can't seem to remember 9/11 More

September 17, 2012
Thanks for clarifying that, CNN
"The most trusted name in news" gives away the game. More

September 17, 2012
Hillary's 2016 dilemma
Secretary Clinton appears to be in a box. More

September 17, 2012
Obama in hiding about the Chicago teachers strike
No win situation for Obama, but media let him skate More

September 17, 2012
It's Time to Get Serious about Iran
Western nations should take out the Iranian regime and/or they should eliminate Iran's capacity to develop nuclear weapons before it's too late. More

September 17, 2012
Obama's black turnout nightmare may be coming true
Black pastors reportedly telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day. More

September 17, 2012
Enemies without, enemies within and the battle for free speech
In this, the land of the free, what the appeasers of Islam would gladly surrender is not theirs to give. More

September 17, 2012
Which one is real?
Spot the real Obama More

September 17, 2012
A Surprising Proposal from Israel
Perhaps the most unexpected development yet in the current Middle East crisis. More

September 17, 2012
Teenage jihadist held in Chicago for targeting a bar
No doubt President Obama will find no justification for such a planned attack - except when there is. More

September 16, 2012
Some Precursors of Obama's 'Yes, we are better off!'
Claiming victory in the midst of the ruins of defeat is an old political ploy; it is the ubiquitous little black nothing of propaganda. More

September 16, 2012
Yes we are 'impotent,' Ambassador Rice
We don't have a problem. The perpetually outraged Muslims do. More

September 16, 2012
U.S. Government Supports Pussy Riot (But Not 'Innocence of Muslims')
Selective support for freedom of expression. More

September 16, 2012
'Why Barack Obama Should Resign'
Instapundit asks Obama to do the right thing. More

September 16, 2012
Except for Catholics
Obama says he has "respect" for all religions. Oh, really? More

September 16, 2012
Community Organizing, Cairo Style
Any community organizer worth his salt would have to admit that the community-organizing stratagem Barack Obama so closely identifies with is what is now crudely on display in the Arab world. More

September 16, 2012
Wyle E. Obama and His Acme Administration
'It's The Video's Fault.' More

September 16, 2012
Timely reminder of Jewish ties to Jerusalem -- From your nearest synagogue
Who would have thought even a few years ago that Jews would need to remind the world of their historical and biblical ties to Jerusalem? More

September 16, 2012
The Danger of Bernanke's 'Imaginary Mandate'
Somehow promoting inflation has crept into the Bernanke Fed mandate. More

September 16, 2012
A tale of two teacher's strikes
In the tony Chicago suburb of Lake Forest, teachers are also on strike. More

September 16, 2012
Obama Continues Pleading for 'Mursi'
What Obama fails or simply refuses to see is that Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood do not recognize or care about the rules. More

September 16, 2012
Ignatius Puzzled by Netanyahu's Iranian Red Line Push
The bottom line is that Bibi doesn't trust Obama. More

September 16, 2012
Getting My Money's Worth
It's the little things. More

September 15, 2012
Report: Obama to meet with Netanyahu, as Naval ships heading for Strait of Hormuz
Are matters coming to a head in the Middle East? According to a report by Sean Rayment of the UK Telegraph, the leaders of the United States are going to meet tomorrow, something that had previously not been announced, as... More

September 15, 2012
The Fallen, The Ceremony, And The Campaign
Why did thirty dearly departed warriors, including 25 SEALs, get such a muted recognition last year, compared to four, including a diplomat, yesterday? More

September 15, 2012
Another ratings agency downgrades US debt
We're not in danger of having our rating downgraded to the level of Greece - yet. More

September 15, 2012
Just the facts please
Non-partisan, impartial fact checkers. More

September 15, 2012
Google defies government; refuses to remove controversial anti-Islam video on YouTube
Kudos to Google for standing up to these bullies -- and for standing up for free speech More

September 15, 2012
Reuters mythmaking about Occupy Wall Street
OWS is a media creation, not a mass movement. More

September 15, 2012
'No more Solyndras'
A bill that puts taxpayers at the front of the line in recovering bad loans. More

September 15, 2012
Oh, the delicious irony!
It's like Inspector Javert getting caught stealing a loaf a bread. More

September 15, 2012
Confronting an Obama administration stonewall
On Thursday September 13, the House Natural Resources Committee took a giant step toward achieving accountability in the Department of Interior More

September 15, 2012
America Attacked: No time for a Metro-Sexual President
In our Oprah-rized, touchy-feely metro-sexual society, the mainstream media and Democrats are trying to portray Romney as an out-of-control reckless cowboy. More

September 15, 2012
The 'Enemies' of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan
Did Maj. Hasan shoot people known to him as lifesavers and non-combatants? More

September 15, 2012
The Teachers' Union Strikes Back
How ironic that, so loathsome and naked is the Chicago union's power grab, they make even a hardened, cynical pol like Rahm Emanuel seem imbued with Luke Skywalker-esque purity. More

September 15, 2012
Samuel L. Jackson needs to tell the President to 'wake up'
Foul mouthed actor Samuel L. Jackson is asking Democrat voters to "Wake the F--- Up" and vote for Obama. More

September 15, 2012
And You Wondered Where Your Taxes Went...
The Chief Diversity Officer in the State Department warned his colleagues that a large number of common idioms, such as "hold down the fort" and "rule of thumb" described racist attitudes. More

September 14, 2012
Hillary Clinton, Defender of Infidelity and the Killers of Infidels
Much like her complicated and confounding pseudo-marriage, Clinton said that her question about Libya "reflects just how complicated, and at times, how confounding the world can be." More

September 14, 2012
US warns of possible threat to homeland over anti-Islam video
Beware of "Sudden Jihad Syndrome." More

September 14, 2012
Bernanke Sucker-Punches Romney Campaign
Bernanke's gambit is designed almost entirely to undercut the main pillar of the Romney campaign: that the economy remains moribund and that Obama is unqualified and incompetent to fix it. More

September 14, 2012
America was warned of Libya consulate attack and did nothing: UK Independent
A "serious and continuing breach in security." More

September 14, 2012
Muslim Brotherhood Lies So Obvious Even the US Cairo Embassy Not Fooled!
The Brotherhood threatens all who disrespect the prophet. More

September 14, 2012
Hey Republicans: stop saying 'Forward'
Is there something about Barack Obama's campaign slogan that they just can't seem to resist saying it almost every time they open their mouths? More

September 14, 2012
Senseless Violence?
Further evidence that President Obama doesn't understand the threat of radical Islam. More

September 14, 2012
Quantitative Appeasing. Bernanke's big bet on the Phillips Curve.
Mortgage backed securities? Wasn't that the problem a few years ago? But Ben is all in, like in Texas Holdem'. His reputation, our chips. More

September 14, 2012
Insight on the Middle East from an unusual data point
Explains both anger on the Arab street and the absence of easy solutions. More

September 14, 2012
A lot of explaining to do
Why does Valerie Jarrett enjoy far more federal security protection than Ambassador Stevens had in Benghazi? More

September 14, 2012
Obama can run from the press but he can't hide
Even the media is getting tired of his evading them. More

September 14, 2012
Taxing Soda Better Than Banning It?
Nanny Bloomberg's soda ban has a new critic. More

September 14, 2012
A Helpful Suggestion for The Late Show
Poor David Letterman. No matter what he does, from innuendo about Bristol Palin to his own sex scandal, he just can't seem to beat the even less amusing Jay Leno in the competition for pole position in the late night ratings. More

September 13, 2012
Defenseless
Our worst fears concerning the safety our US Marines and our foreign diplomats have been confirmed. More

September 13, 2012
What's a 'full time' employee?
ObamaCare legislation lets unelected bureaucrats determine what "full time" means, triggering mandatory health insurance requirements. Even French bureaucrats aren't this crazy More

September 13, 2012
On Bended Knee
The most powerful nation and military in the world has the Joint Chiefs Chairman pleading with a Pastor of a 50 member congregation in Florida More

September 13, 2012
Romney 'reckless remarks' feeding frenzy at Boston Globe
I had to cancel my subscription to the Boston Globe today, for health reasons. (I know, I should have done it years ago, but the kids like the comics.) More

September 13, 2012
Journalists, not
Media bias is no natural occurrence. More

September 13, 2012
Sorry your feelings were hurt, you stalwarts of religious tolerance.
As radical Islamist thugs stormed the US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and ripped to pieces then burned the American flag, the Obama-led US government swiftly responded with a negative movie review. More

September 13, 2012
Perpetually Outraged Muslims storm embassies in Yemen, Tunisia
The nearly peace loving, almost tolerant, but not exactly learned members of the Religion of the Perpetually Outraged. More

September 13, 2012
Sebelius violated Hatch Act, says special counsel
Yes, but the violation was "technical and minor" says the Secretary. More

September 13, 2012
No Republican customers for me
Fashion mogul demonstrates liberal's idea of "diversity." More

September 13, 2012
US Cairo Embassy delete fail
Deleting damning tweets never works. More

September 13, 2012
Vulgar Rapper's Mom on Chicago Board of Education
A radical, cop-hating, misogynistic rapper's mom has influenced the Chicago school system in her various capacities as teacher, principal and now Board member, hand-picked by Rahm Emanuel More

September 13, 2012
America's New First Amendment
The perpetually outraged versus the First Amendment. More

September 13, 2012
Jihad denial
3 Senators who cannot let themselves believe that there actually is a sizable group of people in the world who want to conquer us and subject us to life under Sharia Law. They're not Democrats, either More

September 13, 2012
Obama goes soft
The saddest part of both attacks is they happened and will continue to happen, because the only people who fear Barack Obama are Americans. More

September 13, 2012
The government share of the economy and the tipping point
It goes far, far beyond what government spends. More

September 13, 2012
Taxing Mothers' Milk and Our Daily Bread
Two lies are used to promote the world's highest carbon tax - the lie that carbon dioxide is "pollution" and the lie claiming that Australians are "the world's biggest carbon polluters". Calling carbon dioxide "pollution" makes no more sense than... More

September 13, 2012
Boxing Romney
As we are witnessing the next chapter of the Arab Winter unfold, the media, as usual, are asking all the wrong questions of the wrong person. More

September 12, 2012
Romney Stuffs Obama, John Sununu Needs To Stuff It
While Romney wasted no time in leading from the front, his otherwise trusty ally and effective campaign proxy bulldog, former NH Gov John Sununu said " He probably should have waited..." More

September 12, 2012
American Thinker Comments System - Update
American Thinker recently updated our comments system. Unfortunately some issues developed after implementation on the site. As a result, we've returned to the previous version of Disqus and everything should be functioning properly again for our members. We apologize if... More

September 12, 2012
9/11 - The International Day of Jihad
9/11 has become a celebration of Salafism in much of the Middle East. It is a recruiting tool and a reminder to the faithful of the jihad that must be fought until the end More

September 12, 2012
Report: Obama skipped intel briefings in the week leading up to Cairo and Benghazi attacks
This is not exactly unusual for the Golfer-in-chief More

September 12, 2012
To the Shores of Tripoli
Benghazi isn't quite Tripoli, but the shores are the same. We now have boots on the ground in Libya as Marines are being deployed More

September 12, 2012
Obama's Arab Spring becomes the Arab Winter
The horrific photo of Chris Stevens, who died in service to his country, is the new icon for Obama's naïve Arab Spring mantra. More

September 12, 2012
Libyan Jihadists' Free hand
An eyewitness in Benghazi reports on the free hand given the murderous mobs. More

September 12, 2012
Christopher Stevens and the fall of Gaddafi
An AT article published almost a year ago revealed the key role played by the late (now) Ambassador Christopher Stevens in the fall of Gaddafi, and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood More

September 12, 2012
What's really going on in Cairo and Benghazi attacks?
Why didn't the US Marines use the necessary force to defend the Cairo and Benghazi diplomats? Something smells wrong More

September 12, 2012
Islamism's Future and What it Means for the West
If you think things are so bad that they can't get any worse, think again. More

September 12, 2012
Obama's 'smart diplomacy' now a bad joke
What a difference a day makes! Just 24 hours ago, the "informed" commentariat was telling us President Obama's foreign policy was going to be a big plus for him in the election. More

September 12, 2012
Obama to invest in ads for Wisconsin
A state the president won by 14 points in 2008 is now very competitive. More

September 12, 2012
Bill Clinton plays the Obama hole card against Romney
We predicted the Mormon card was coming, but didn't anticipate the player. More

September 12, 2012
Moody's may join S&P in downgrading US rating
Worries over the fiscal cliff. More

September 12, 2012
Embassies in Algeria, Tunisia warn of protests
Americans told to lay low. More

September 12, 2012
DNC used backdrop of Russian ships
While retired Admiral John Nathman, a rare liberal among the retired, multistar-wearing military, spoke to the delegates in Charlotte, the Democrat campaign operatives showed their true colors by providing him a backdrop of Russian warships. More

September 12, 2012
Obama administration disavows Cairo embassy statement criticizing free speech
They were for the statement before they were against it. More

September 12, 2012
US Ambassador, three other Americans, assassinated in Libya
Benghazi consulate burned to the ground. More

September 12, 2012
Right on cue
Were the stakes not so grave, it would be quite amusing to note how the Secretary of Defense demonstrated the wisdom an article published on AT within hours after it was published More

September 12, 2012
Persistent Pragmatism Over Relentless Radicalism
That's the choice in November. More

September 12, 2012
The Wrong Response in Cairo
In short, we apologized for making them mad. More

September 12, 2012
The FY2012 Budget Deficit in Perspective
The deficit of just one month (August 2012) of $192 billion is larger than thirty two months of Bush Tax Cuts for the Rich. More

September 12, 2012
Termites in Our House
Time to change the pest control service. More

September 11, 2012
Terrorism expert Dr. Jonathan Schanzer guests on Moran's show
The VP for research at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies will discuss terrorism since 9/11 and some future threats we may face. More

September 11, 2012
How The NYT Commemorates 9/11: 'It Was Bush's Fault'
These shameless,brazen lies demand a response. More

September 11, 2012
Moody's threatens lower U.S. credit rating
How Obama will react More

September 11, 2012
Obama's support down 25% in key demographic
One group in particular stands out in its decline in support for President Obama. Oddly enough, the major media are ignoring this startling finding. More

September 11, 2012
Al-Qaeda #2 in Yemen, former Gitmo inmate, killed in air strike
Saudi "rehab" didn't take. More

September 11, 2012
Bloomberg, Cuomo strike deal on Ground Zero Museum
It shouldn't have taken so long for these politicians to put aside their egos and come to an agreement on something so fundamentally important to the city, the state, and the country. More

September 11, 2012
Remember the 9/11 Jihad Terror Attacks,
And the more than 20,000 deadly jihad terror attacks since. More

September 11, 2012
Is Obama sending out anti-Mormon messages
Is this part of a plan to cleverly paint Romney just not into a corner but paint him as the "other?" More

September 11, 2012
Soaring rhetoric, sorry record
"[I]t's hard to make the case that our current president's deeds live up to his lofty, soaring words." More

September 11, 2012
Strictly a local problem?
A candidate for Congress drops out the race because of a scandal and the story goes no further than the local section of the Washington Post. Her wrongdoing is something the media insists is not a real problem: vote fraud. More

September 11, 2012
The Miracle of Human Goodness
An uplifting tale on a difficult anniversary for the United States of America. More

September 11, 2012
Who Stole God and Jerusalem from the Democratic National Platform?
Turning myself into a combination Inspector Clouseau and Detective Columbo, I decided to form my own list of possible suspects More

September 11, 2012
San Francisco's Second Annual Slut Walk
For sheer colorful political lunacy, no spot on earth matches San Francisco. More

September 11, 2012
NY Times ignores Gaza's millionaires, hypes poverty, blames Israel (natch)
Reluctance to level with readers about Gaza: sanitizing Hamas and slapping Israel go with the paper's anti-Zionist creed. More

September 11, 2012
9/11: Remember the Jumpers
These people, like responsible adults, simply showed up for work on 9/11. Don't forget them. More

September 11, 2012
Mr. Romney, Time to Show us The Money
Romney must take the gloves off and speak truth to grossly corrupted power. More

September 10, 2012
No picketing allowed in front of Mayor Emanuel's home
Chicago, where Saul Alinsky lived and trained his acolytes, has seen more than its share of demonstrations in front of homes of chief executives. More

September 10, 2012
Canada Suspends All Diplomatic Relations with Iran
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government in Canada is showing the Obama administration what international leadership looks like. More

September 10, 2012
A little perspective, please, on Chicago teachers
High unemployment, higher than average salaries, and yet they want raises at a time when most taxpayers are struggling? More

September 10, 2012
The GOP's Independent Voter Fixation
The "Gee, bless his heart, the president just hasn't gotten it right, gosh darn it!" theme is thin porridge for voters. Independents need to see that the president's policies -- and their ensuing failures -- were predetermined by his deep-rooted beliefs. More

September 10, 2012
Hezb'allah Is Coming
With America's attention turned to elections, there have been some pretty creepy dealings in the hemisphere that haven't gotten much note. More

September 10, 2012
Bob Woodward Inadvertently Confirms The Coming Economic Apocalypse
Obama administration geniuses were rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic instead of addressing the iceberg that will sink the country More

September 10, 2012
GM loses $49,000 on each Chevy Volt it sells
Obamanomics at work. More

September 10, 2012
Narrow win for Obama in August fundraising
All that begging and pleading by Obama paid off last month. More

September 10, 2012
Chicago teachers go on strike
400,000 kids with nothing to do and many have nobody to watch them. More

September 10, 2012
'Gaps' in Obama's leadership, says Woodward
A sorry story of a lack of leadership. More

September 10, 2012
'It isn't the economy, stupid'
Will the race will be decided on the basis of which candidate will voters think can improve the economy? More

September 10, 2012
Romney and Obamacare
Is Romney for repeal? Or isn't he? More

September 10, 2012
By Bailing Out GM and Chrysler, Obama Was Betting Against America
It was Mitt Romney who was ready to bet on American Law in order to save GM and Chrysler. More

September 10, 2012
Education Reformer Michelle Rhee Says GOP Shouldn't 'Kowtow' to Tea Party
It looks like the reformer has become the terminator of union dominance in traditional public schools. Just what the right had wanted. But she's all for a central office tying funding to reform through a massive bureaucracy More

September 10, 2012
Democratic platform abandons pro-Israel positions on borders, refugees, Hamas
If you rely only on mainstream media, you might think that the Democratic Party's plank on Israel ended up solidly pro-Israel, notwithstanding a raucous dispute over Jerusalem. More

September 10, 2012
Hopeful Barack Obama, the Merchant of Hopelessness
If joblessness, homelessness, and injured war heroes provide Mr. Obama with optimism, just imagine the potential hope that 46.7 million people on food stamps, a worsening foreclosure crisis, a $16 trillion debt, and a nuclear Iran has the potential to inspire. More

September 10, 2012
The Truth About the Unemployment Rate in 2 Graphs
Here's what they're not telling you More

September 10, 2012
'Tell Me This Isn't a Government Operation'
Given the proclivity for President Obama to try and sell the American people on the idea that government is the fount of all goodness in life, perhaps someone will offer to show him the film, Apollo 13. More

September 9, 2012
Obama's Failure On Freeing US Hostage
Utterly inadequate efforts to free a US hostage in Cuba More

September 9, 2012
Obama Screws our Soldiers - Again
Administration fails to set up voting offices at about half of military installations. More

September 9, 2012
'Occupy' terrorists now called 'radical right' by Southern Poverty Law Center
Did you know that the Occupy Movement is actually a part of the "radical right"? So says the Southern Poverty Law Center, now that Occupy bomb plotters have confessed. More

September 9, 2012
FBI facial recognition technology a threat to liberty?
You don't have to be a paranoid to ask legitimate questions about where all this is leading. More

September 9, 2012
Assad wants Iran to do more to help him
Create a state of war with the Gulf states? More

September 9, 2012
Mob of Arab men attacks Israeli village
"Slaughter the Jews!" More

September 9, 2012
Juvenile politicians delay opening of Ground Zero Museum
Bloomberg and Cuomo at loggerheads over funding and control. More

September 9, 2012
The Greatest Show on Earth
Walter Russell Meade on political junkies. More

September 9, 2012
Decision in November: Ride Amtrak or buy a Ford
What happens when government runs a business? More

September 9, 2012
Questions
Why do intelligent people, in the face of certain disaster, cling so wretchedly to a failed ideologue and a discredited ideology? More

September 9, 2012
Where exactly is the common ground between Clinton and Obama?
I give you Bill Clinton, the first black President. He is here to sing the praises of the other first black President, Barack Obama. More

September 9, 2012
Elizabeth Warren and Private Enterprise
Do oil companies "guzzle down profits?" More

September 8, 2012
Clint Eastwood Hangs 'Em High
Clint Eastwood just dropped another nuke on Obama More

September 8, 2012
Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy freed from jail
Prosecutors set to drop charges in bizarre case. More

September 8, 2012
Are we 'A Nation of Sandra Flukes?'
Democrats in denial. More

September 8, 2012
Verdict is in: Obama speech a flop - even with Democrats
Does it matter? More

September 8, 2012
State Department still playing patty-cakes with Pakistan over terrorism
Hard to fight a war when you deny basic realities like -- just who is the enemy? More

September 8, 2012
Grievances and Condescension
Puzzling themes and clear omissions at the DNC More

September 8, 2012
Jesse Jackson, Jr. back in Washington
Treated for bi-polar depression. More

September 8, 2012
How solid is the black vote for Obama?
Small signs of discontent accumulate More

September 8, 2012
The New Hermeneutics of Barack Obama
The magic of Obama in 2008 was just a "language event." More

September 8, 2012
Need a Recap?
It isn't just the old MSM that is biased. More

September 8, 2012
The First time Chicago Teachers Pushed My Button
Memoirs of a textbook salesman More

September 8, 2012
As We Approach the Final Battle to Save America
Patriots, it is going to take each of us doing "our thing" to win this final battle. More

September 8, 2012
Rep. Cleaver loves the Castro brothers
When I saw the kind of energy Rev. Cleaver brought to his convention speech, I wondered if perhaps he was so fired up because he'd heard that the Castro brothers were in the audience More

September 7, 2012
Bill and Barack
Clinton's impassioned advocacy for Obama amounts to little more than lies from his own point of view. More

September 7, 2012
Pathetic jobs numbers
Unemployment rate falls but more people too discouraged to look for work. More

September 7, 2012
We Have Ways of Making You Change Your Mind
Trying to Intimidate a pollster a new low. More

September 7, 2012
Fact checking the fact checkers
If you're checking facts, a fact can only be true or false More

September 7, 2012
Bill Clinton's Masterful 2016 Triangulation Strategy
Hillary can now successfully run against either a failed Obama Presidency or a badly battered and weakened Romney Presidency in 2016. More

September 7, 2012
Abolish the Department of Education?
30 years ago, Ronald Reagan called for the termination of the Department of Education. But instead of disappearing, the Jimmy Carter creation has become a federal leviathan with no signs of abating in growth. More

September 7, 2012
If you need a reason to vote against Obama...
Obama and his surrogates have made it impossible to discuss his record without playing the race card. More

September 7, 2012
Obama, the 'fourth transformative progressive'
George Will asks can he conceal what his record reveals? More

September 7, 2012
Obama's plea for a second chance (Updated)
The speech was vintage Liberal Speak steeped in Occupy Theology. More

September 7, 2012
Obama State Department officially refusing to say Jerusalem is Israel's capital
The day after the Democrats booed God and Jerusalem, the State Department acted on those sentiments. More

September 7, 2012
God, Jerusalem, and the Daffy Dems
It has been marvelous entertainment to watch Obama and his gang twisting themselves into pretzels on this platform issue. More

September 7, 2012
Busting the Democrat myth of the Koch brothers
Merely mention the monstrous Koch brothers and Democrats go berserk. More

September 7, 2012
Thomas Lifson on the air
AT editor Thomas Lifson will be a guest on the syndicated Dennis Miller Show today. The live feed will take place at 7:45 AM Pacific Time, and may be heard online. More

September 6, 2012
Will Slick Willie's Mojo Help Obama?
So wonder most Democrats, who have growing concerns about President Obama's reelection chances. More

September 6, 2012
Dems to God and Everybody Else: Drop Dead
Democrats have provided the capstone moment on their march-to-the-gallows counter cultural revolution. More

September 6, 2012
Plouffe: Don't expect big bounce for Dems from convention
"I think for the next 61 days it's going to remain tight as a tick." More

September 6, 2012
President Obama's Tin Ear
The troops have a firmer grasp on the present than does the President. More

September 6, 2012
Democrat -style democracy, revealed
The sham vote on revising the Democrats' platform shows us how they rig elections. More

September 6, 2012
An Army Without Food
There are 489,000 people in Palm Beach and Broward counties on food stamps and still the local Salvation Army is out of food. More

September 6, 2012
Woodward book blames Obama for debt deal collapse
This is a book that won't do Obama any good at all. More

September 6, 2012
Poly Sci--Fi
The last DNC events begin with the court jester and end with the man behind the curtain. More

September 6, 2012
Democratic Party Theology Explained: There is a God and They Hate Him
Solving the mystery. More

September 6, 2012
Nice Try Bill (Updated)
The former president fails to connect his presidency with Obama's. More

September 6, 2012
Democrat Convention enters fiasco territory (updated)
Democrats shot themselves in the foot in the second day of the convention. Twice. More

September 6, 2012
Obama knew of the omission of God and Jerusalem from the platform before the convention
The president only reacted when GOP criticism erupted. More

September 6, 2012
An Iraq War Every Year
Each and every year, President Obama spends more than President Bush did, by the equivalent cost of the entire Iraq War. More

September 6, 2012
Mitt Romney: This Time It's Personal?
Considering Barack Obama's incessant below-the-belt attacks against him, Romney might be realizing that the man is in fact not an opponent, but an enemy. More

September 6, 2012
Tapping the Democrat Tuning Fork
Like a one note samba, the Democrats really have only one note for their constituents. Victimhood steeped in racism. More

September 6, 2012
That Unalienable Right to Your Neighbors' Labor
It is 19th century thinking - pre-Civil War thinking, yes even Dred Scott thinking -- to legislate rights that entitle someone to the labor of another without paying for them. More

September 6, 2012
DNC Promoting 'Wimpy' Government Policies
"I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today." More

September 6, 2012
Drowning in Red Ink
To keep pace with federal expenditures, we now borrow 42¢ out of every dollar that is spent. More

September 5, 2012
Democratic Convention - First Night
Did I say, "Thank God"? Sorry. There is no God in the Democratic Party Platform. Officially. More

September 5, 2012
Did the President Endanger His Family's Finances?
Or did the First Lady lie about their financial situation? More

September 5, 2012
Michelle Obama Supermarket Sweeper
Michelle Obama has a backup plan for those who find it impossible to keep the grocery cart far from the sugar, fat and salt aisle. More

September 5, 2012
DNC starts with a new Obama low
If there's anything more gut-wrenching than seeing a child with a serious health problem, it's seeing a politician take advantage of a child with a serious health problem. More

September 5, 2012
Just How much is 16 Trillion?
16 Trillion dollars is enough to carpet the entire states of Delaware, Rhode Island, and Florida in dollar bills. More

September 5, 2012
Thinking about an Israeli first strike on Iran
Israel's largest newspaper starts thinking the unthinkable. More

September 5, 2012
Democrats Did Not Drop God's Name from Their Platform
God's Name isn't "God". More

September 5, 2012
The 'Incomplete' Democratic National Convention
And a few other things that are incomplete. More

September 5, 2012
DNC ad touches the Unholy Grail of anti-Constitutional thought
Even in jest, you cannot make up this level of stupidity espoused by a national political party. More

September 5, 2012
The CBS Double Standard for Obama and Romney
Spot the dummy. More

September 5, 2012
Obama scapegoats his kids
They will join the club of those responsible for his failures: ATMs, Republicans, George Bush, the tsunami, the EU financial troubles, The Arab Spring, "lazy" and "soft" Americans. More

September 5, 2012
Expanding the List of Two Achievements
The Obama campaign has taken to a new slogan: "Osama bin Laden is dead. GM is alive." I believe this was first coined by Joe Biden, so that tells you something right there. More

September 5, 2012
Who Says New Ideas Always Are Better?
If the principle's not broken, there may be no need for new ideas. More

September 5, 2012
'Fact-checking' Michele Bachmann
Probably no recent candidate was subjected to more intensive "fact-checking" than Michele Bachmann. More

September 5, 2012
PolitiFact's Faux Fact Checking
PolitiFact is really a propaganda site. It makes selective use of facts to boost President Obama. More

September 5, 2012
Split in Democrat Ranks Over Education?
Teachers unions find out their loyalty to the Democrats is not being reciprocated. American children may be the big winners as Dems turn on one another. More

September 5, 2012
Election 2012: Great Society vs. New Left Radicals
There's some striking contrasts between the Republican convention in Tampa last week and the Democratic convention in Charlotte this week. More

September 5, 2012
Madeleine Albright: Still Clueless about Some Women's Legal Rights
Bill Clinton's secretary of state is claiming that she can't understand why any woman would chose to vote for Mitt Romney. This is not exactly surprising. More

September 4, 2012
Five Words You Want the President to say in his Speech
The possibilities are endless. More

September 4, 2012
Obama lowers his own grade
From B+ to incomplete. (You can't move on to the next term with an incomplete hanging over your head.) More

September 4, 2012
Ambassador Jaime Daremblum guests on Moran's show
The former ambassador to Costa Rica joins co-host Fausta Wertz and Moran for a discussion of the upcoming presidential election in Venezuela and Obama's Latin American policy More

September 4, 2012
From One Amateurish President to Another
Today's quick history remembers Bill Clinton as a successful president whose tenure was marred only by his sexual peccadilloes. Not so fast. In reality, the hallmark of the Clinton White House was its utter disorganization. More

September 4, 2012
A Reply to the Democrats' Reply to Romney
"Better off' than 4 years ago? More

September 4, 2012
Boffo Box Office for 2016
If a documentary by a left wing media darling like Michael Moore were performing this well at the box office there would be far more major news stories about the film and how well it is doing at the box office. More

September 4, 2012
The significance of the 'Are you better off...' question
Obama's response to this question on Thursday may make or break his campaign. More

September 4, 2012
Can Obama fill Bank of America stadium for his speech?
Beating the bushes for Obama supporters. More

September 4, 2012
Enthusiasm gap among key constituencies could doom Obama
The president will make his pitch to the young, Latino, and black voters on Thursday. More

September 4, 2012
Eastwood Showed the Way for Mitt's Ad Men
Clint Eastwood's improv performance scared liberals, confused and even embarrassed certain conservatives and was an advertising gold mine for the Romney advertising team. If they have the wit to learn from him More

September 4, 2012
Narcissist in Chief Selfishly Shortens Soldiers' Holiday
Yet another example of how little the Obama Administration understands the military it commands. More

September 4, 2012
New York Times drifting into self-parody territory
This is going to be an amusing campaign season. More

September 4, 2012
Welcome to the Hornet's Nest, DNC
President Obama's heralded entry to Charlotte may turn out as badly as did that of General Cornwallis, who termed it "a nest of hornets." More

September 4, 2012
Dems embrace of Planned Parenthood could cost them dearly
As the Democrats kick off their convention, perhaps they should heed the old saying that you are the company you keep More

September 4, 2012
Muslim Reformer in Denial
While no one can doubt that the Muslim world needs reform, those who would lead the charge must have clear eyes. More

September 4, 2012
When The Government Allowed the Capitalists to Care
Hedrick Smith of the New York Times reaches back well over a half century to find a prescription to cure our social ills, while ignoring all of the real factors hindering our current economy today. More

September 4, 2012
The Undocubus rolls into Atlanta, and on to Charlotte
Illegal immigrants demanding permission to break our immigration laws with impunity will seek Democrats in Charlotte this week. More

September 3, 2012
Obama's True Agenda For the Middle East Revealed
Right there, in the New York Times. More

September 3, 2012
Obama reveals what 'moves' him
I, for one, am relieved to finally understand what moves our president, because it surely isn't our men and women in uniform being killed by our so-called peace partners in Afghanistan. Or babies left to die after botched abortions. Or tens of millions of Americans out of work. More

September 3, 2012
MIA at the RNC
After three and a half years the Republican Party still won't bring "third rail" issues to the fight. Why? It didn't work for John McCain. More

September 3, 2012
Michelle Obama Shares Her Supermarket Savvy, Or Something
Another example, even though no one asked her to, of Michelle Obama taking it upon herself to coach adults on the proper way she thinks we should live our lives. More

September 3, 2012
Why Republicans Ignored Afghanistan at the Convention
Perhaps the GOP needs to be saluted, not attacked, for not using Afghanistan as a stick against the President More

September 3, 2012
Romney's invisible bounce from the convention
Little or no boost from the RNC. More

September 3, 2012
Elizabeth Warren and the Cab Driver
Elizabeth Warren continues to amaze with her tone-deaf and arrogant approach to campaigning. More

September 3, 2012
Swinging the Swing States
Romney and Ryan are attracting large crowds. So did Sarah Palin. Large crowds are fantastic, but do not an election win. More

September 3, 2012
Wash. Post ombudsman urges extensive coverage of Israeli nukes -- ignores bigger dangers
An equation that ignores vital elements of the story More

September 3, 2012
Dems won't answer 'Are you better off than 4 years ago?'
Flip flop by Governor O'Malley. More

September 3, 2012
Money In Politics
The short story: money is still in politics, most of it is from big-dollar donors, and Democrats get most of it. More

September 3, 2012
MSNBC Redefines American History in the Context of Obama
All they can see is that our entire American experience is the sum total of when Obama took office More

September 3, 2012
If you did not succeed, somebody else made THAT happen
If it is true that BHO's got game, then it is of the blame variety. More

September 2, 2012
Clarence Page and his War of Disinformation
Clarence, are you there? More

September 2, 2012
Axelrod: 'We're in a better position than we were 4 years ago'
Sounds like a lie even if it isn't. More

September 2, 2012
Shed a tear: Mount Obama is no more
A metaphor for the Obama presidency. More

September 2, 2012
The case for Obama's re-election
Get emotionally and irrationally involved today, More

September 2, 2012
MSM Blatantly but Unsurprisingly Botches Republican Convention Coverage
OK, so I am watching a CNN panel discussion about Romney's acceptance speech.... More

September 2, 2012
Obama's failure of leadership
President Obama has turned living beyond your means into an art form. More

September 2, 2012
When Evil Collides With Itself
Al-Qaeda in Syria threatens Hezb'allah. More

September 2, 2012
If this had been a Republican...
In the world the media occupies only Republicans wage war on women and create cultures of corruption. More

September 2, 2012
Mark Shields Gets Mitch Slapped
Unseen by almost everyone, mild-mannered Mitch McConnell stepped out of the phone booth the other evening as SuperMitch and delivered the most succulent and exquisite thrashing of a media hack yet delivered this election season. More

September 2, 2012
Clint Made My Day
AT talks with John Voight about the Clint Eastwood RNC speech. More

September 2, 2012
You're a Racist and You Didn't Even Know It
All the words that prove you're a racist if you use them. More

September 2, 2012
Farm Bill-Inspired Food Fight
Kids revolt against the federally-mandated contents of their lunch plates.. More

September 1, 2012
My name is OBAMANDIAS (updated: karma has struck)
This is not a joke. Or it at least it isn't meant as one. More

September 1, 2012
'Give the people what they want, and they'll show up'
Very bad news for Obama (and the New York Times, too) More

September 1, 2012
Chrissy Matthews can dish it out but he can't take it
An ill-tempered lout. More

September 1, 2012
House probes stim money to MSNBC for ads
Are we ever going to get a full accounting of where that $831 billion went? More

September 1, 2012
Targeting regretful 2008 Obama voters
One of the most effective ways of reaching them will be featured tonight on Fox News. Set your DVR and tell your friends. More

September 1, 2012
Obama's speech to soldiers a dud
Not much enthusiasm for the CIC. More

September 1, 2012
Dirty Harry's Revolutionary Act
What will ObamaCare do to the next Clint Eastwood? Rachel Maddow has the answer: "he's 81", so what more needs to be said? More

September 1, 2012
John Walker Lindh Doesn't Deserve the Right to Pray
John Walker Lindh has shown that while individual rights are inalienable, they are forfeitable. More

September 1, 2012
Obama's second term: Abolish checks on his power
A profound strike against democracy. More

September 1, 2012
Romney leads from the front, Obama leads from behind
Obama campaigns while Romney visits storm ravaged Louisiana. More

September 1, 2012
Who Would Fail to Help a Baby Fighting to Survive?
A thought experiment More

September 1, 2012
Who Built Barack Obama?
To twist a line from William Hazlitt, Living the life of a Democrat is the art of being well deceived. More

September 1, 2012
Elizabeth Warren and the Cab Driver
Who's the friend of the working man? More

September 1, 2012
Media pack tear into Romney's speech
Too bad fact checkers don't check media outlets. More