Author: American Thinker

I watched Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator.  (Yeah, I’m a nerd!)  It was made in 2023 by (the very objective) BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions for the (equally objective) BBC and PBS.  It’s the story of a...

No matter how big China’s economy becomes and how outsized Russia’s influence on geopolitics has grown, the United States is still the straw that stirs the drink on climate policy.An article published in the Japan Times about...

On October 7, 2023, Hamas, the Islamic resistance movement, conducted an unprecedented attack on Israel. This raised the legitimate question of why Hamas did it, knowing well the expected Israeli response. In what follows, I...

In the discourse on fiscal policy, the conservative stance on taxation is not merely about keeping taxes low; it’s about fostering an environment where economic freedom and individual prosperity can flourish.  Here’s why, from a...

When I entered Syracuse University in 1959, the doctrine of in loco parentis, from the Latin, in place of the parent, ruled. Never openly admitted, but crystal clear was the aim of thwarting sex, so freshmen women were required...