Autor: American Thinker

In the past few weeks, militant jihadism has won two major propaganda coups. First, Al Gore, the world’s most famous critic of dirty oil, sold his „progressive network” Current Media, LLC, to the oil sheikhs of Qatar for a reported $500 million. Second, Naomi Wolf, renowned author of Vagina: A New Biography and other top… Continuă lectura Dangerous Times: Naomi Wolf Sleeps with the Patriarchs

It was not long ago that the zeitgeist of America was the Horatio Alger story, a patchwork of tales serving as the reigning motivational compass pointing towards individual success. It was the time of the Bootstrap Ethic: the notion that a man was limited only by his own zeal and perseverance in service to his… Continuă lectura Human Excellence and Dependency: Who Built What?

How can we tell that the conclave made a good decision in elevating Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy?  Exhibit A (through at least D): liberals are annoyed.  But leftists’ problems with Pope Francis, well-emblazoned as they were within hours of the announcement, reveal some crucial truths about the Church that even many Catholics are… Continuă lectura Pope Francis: A Disappointment for Catholics Who Don’t Like Being Catholic

In the terrible economic crisis of 1922 Benito Mussolini got 25% of the vote in Italy. Two years later he had more than a majority. You know the rest. In the economic crisis of 2013, Beppe Grillo received 24% of the vote (see last week’s analysis of Grillo’s political beliefs). This week he blocked a… Continuă lectura Dangerous Times: How Euro-socialism Set off a Fascist Bomb

One afternoon in May, 1990, Robert Kosilek murdered his wife, Cheryl. Brutally. He strangled her with piano wire, virtually decapitating her, and left her body in a mall parking lot in a suburb of Boston. Since his conviction, Kosilek, now 64, has been serving a life sentence at Norfolk, a high-security prison for men. For… Continuă lectura The Third Sex in Massachusetts

Tired.  That is my overriding sensation as I write this.  How to bang one’s first impressions of hell out on a keyboard?  Let us begin a new day, in a new world, with a first principle of sorts – in this case, a negative principle.  Here is a short list of words or turns of… Continuă lectura A Few Things I Never Want to Hear Again

I have never been so unhappy to be right. I’ve long said that Barack Obama would win re-election, and two weeks ago I stated as much in print. In making this prediction, I was almost alone among traditionalist pundits, with some, such as Dick Morris (Mr. Batting Zero), actually forecasting a Mitt Romney landslide. And,… Continuă lectura Where We Go From Here

This has been a mean-spirited campaign, and the meanest, most destructive people won. So be it. In the last two Democratic administrations we have seen a sleazier, angrier and more selfish part of America rising up more and more in our political class. The Founders told us that ultimately our elected politicians are a mirror… Continuă lectura The Death of Ordinary Decency

While countless pundits slice and dice the election, some core truths remain the underpinnings of the apparent outcome. First, as Pat Caddell so rightly and passionately stated, the mainstream media has become an enemy of the people. „Journalists” in America have sunk to such a new low they rarely even bother to pretend to be… Continuă lectura The Big Picture

One overlooked influence on Barack Obama’s political philosophy and governing style (if those are the terms I’m groping for) involves the Islamosocialist dictator typical of Islamic states during the mid-20th century. This class of ruler was washed up in the wake of the colonial period, as the Western imperial states retreated with no serious efforts… Continuă lectura Why Obama Must Go