Category: The American Thinker

Few people I know trust our government to be truthful.  Perhaps the greatest lie of consequence is an executive-level decision by our country’s leaders to hide Iran’s non-stop efforts to develop a nuclear weapon, the means...

I like to study history a bit further than most people — probably not as deep as “professional” historians, but deep enough to know that much of what drives nations and foreign policies is more mythologized history than actual...

Jews first came to Ireland in 1079.  But when Britain expelled all of its Jews in 1290, the Jews of Ireland were forced to leave.  A small number returned in the late 15th century as refugees from the Inquisition in Spain and...

The Reece Committee, a continuation of the Cox Committee, launched an investigation into the activities of tax-exempt foundations in 1954. Functioning as an investigative committee of the House of Representatives, the Reece...

We live in a world where it’s harder and harder to hide. The internet, social media, connected devices, and cameras all make it more difficult to hide or disguise what’s actually happening. And yet, in some instances, it can...

To tax or not to tax tips is currently a hot topic. To tax tips or not sounds simple: yes or no. However, if we say ‘yes,’ several other issues arise, such as it’s not clear how many of these workers will...

Speaker Johnson failed to get the debt limit extended with his “negotiated” Continuing Resolution. His 1,500-page “compromise” fell afoul of Grok’s prodigious abilities. Count on it: Elon didn’t read the entire bill. He had his...

“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”Since that quote was first published in 2017 by G. Michael Hopf in Those Who Remain, it has become one of...

It is welcome news that Sweden’s Aid Minister, Benjamin Dousa, has said that Sweden will no longer fund UNRWA, apparently satisfied with Israel’s evidence that it has been a HAMAS front. The Arabs there need not worry, though,...

It was just over five years ago, in August 2019, that President Trump spontaneously proposed purchasing Greenland from tiny Denmark, making waves around the world as members of the diplomatic and national security community...

On Sunday, December 22, a US Navy guided-missile cruiser, the USS Gettysburg, mistakenly shot down an American fighter jet over the Red Sea. This was not the first incident of friendly fire by the U.S. Navy, nor the most...

If 2024 did nothing else, it showed candidates and others involved in politics that podcasts can be important.It was his push for his dad to appear on podcasts like Joe Rogan’s that 18-year-old Barron Trump may have played a...