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Governments lie! ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/et_still_works_for_the_cia.html AmericanThinker:Post:161266 J.B. Shurk Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Not Even Scalia Was Sufficiently Conservative

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The problem lay in his hesitancy toward a jurisprudence grounded in natural law. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/not_even_scalia_was_sufficiently_conservative.html AmericanThinker:Post:161264 E. Jeffrey Ludwig Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Trump’s Cleanup Crescendo

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In Latin America, in China, in the Middle East, the outline of Donald Trump's plan of action is becoming clear. It is of a scale to take the breath away.  ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/trump_s_cleanup_crescendo.html AmericanThinker:Post:161263 Clarice Feldman Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Ted Turner, The Last Of The Four Colorful Owners Of The 1970s, Has Left The Field

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Baseball teams are purely corporate entities now, but their owners used to have a major impact on the teams’ looks and management styles. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/ted_turner_the_last_of_the_four_colorful_owners_of_the_1970s_has_left_the_field.html AmericanThinker:Post:161262 Will O'Toole Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 The American Revolution: The Dominion Of Providence Over The Affairs Of Men

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Today is the 250th Anniversary of one of the most important sermons of the Revolutionary War. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/the_american_revolution_the_dominion_of_providence_over_the_affairs_of_men.html AmericanThinker:Post:161196 Craig Seibert Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Time To Rid Government Of Leftism

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And restore America to her rightful place as a shining city on a hill. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/time_to_rid_government_of_leftism.html AmericanThinker:Post:161158 Anthony J. DeBlasi Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 End Judaism, End Western Civilization

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After COVID failed to end the American experiment, antisemitism became the new front in the left’s endless war against Western civilization. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/end_judaism_end_western_civilization.html AmericanThinker:Post:161250 Allan J. Feifer Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 The Left’s Oedipus Racket

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Effectively, what the modern college-bred left has produced is a novel means of maintaining political discipline. And it’s pretty creepy. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/the_left_s_oedipus_racket.html AmericanThinker:Post:161249 Brian Cabana Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 We Need To Detransition America

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It’s profoundly wrong that we have government policies that support so-called “transing” children, and that needs to stop now. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/we_need_to_detransition_america.html AmericanThinker:Post:161248 Anthony Constantino Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Islam And The American Experiment

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There is nothing new about America’s conflicts with Islam. That aggressive theocratic system has been at war with America almost since the U.S. was born. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/islam_and_the_american_experiment.html AmericanThinker:Post:161247 Button Gwinnett Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 In War, There Is No Substitute for Victory

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It is time to bring closure and victory to our conflict with Iran. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/in_war_there_is_no_substitute_for_victory.html AmericanThinker:Post:161246 Scott S. Powell Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 China and Trump’s Business-first Framework

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The post-World War II order treated the world as a chessboard of fixed spheres. Trump’s business-first diplomacy treats it as a balance sheet where every aggressive move carries an immediate debit. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/china_and_trump_s_business_first_framework.html AmericanThinker:Post:161245 Monty Donohew Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Do You Really Want Washington As Your Doctor?

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You didn’t choose them and you don’t want them, but they control your medical decisions nonetheless. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/do_you_really_want_washington_as_your_doctor.html AmericanThinker:Post:161244 Deane Waldman Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Reclaiming The Human Home

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Roger Scruton’s defense of beauty and home against the modernist assault. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/reclaiming_the_human_home.html AmericanThinker:Post:161224 Lars Møller Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Trump's Business First Diplomacy

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While the media frames President Trump’s Beijing summit with Xi Jinping as just another high-stakes photo-op, the real story runs deeper and looks strikingly familiar.  ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/trump_s_business_first_diplomacy.html AmericanThinker:Post:161221 Monty Donohew Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 James Madison's Truth

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Federalist 10 by James Madison is a noble founding document which is being seriously misrepresented in many of today’s classrooms. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/james_madison_s_truth.html AmericanThinker:Post:161220 Stephen M. Astrachan Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 The Climate Myth that Sought to Change Our Way of Life

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For more than three decades, climate policy has been built on a central premise: that rising populations and expanding economies would inevitably drive ever-increasing pressure on the planet.  ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/the_climate_myth_that_sought_to_change_our_way_of_life.html AmericanThinker:Post:161219 Roland Duchatelet and Samuel Furfari Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Britain Is the Canary in the Coal Mine

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Replacing globalism with national self-sufficiency is a life-or-death decision. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/britain_is_the_canary_in_the_coal_mine.html AmericanThinker:Post:161202 J.B. Shurk Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Baltic States Warn Against Defense Policy Funded by the Printing Press

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Politicians from the Baltic states are warning about the consequences of debt-financed defense policy.  ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/baltic_states_warn_against_defense_policy_funded_by_the_printing_press.html AmericanThinker:Post:161203 Thomas Kolbe Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 What Role Did UNC play with COVID?

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North Carolina taxpayers and families deserve to know whether their flagship public university played any role in the research that may have sparked the COVID disaster. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/what_role_did_unc_play_in_covid.html AmericanThinker:Post:161201 Don Brown Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Russia Is Struggling Badly

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It went into Ukraine imagining a swift and decisive victory, but after four years, its energy and business sectors are increasingly fragile. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/russia_is_struggling_badly.html AmericanThinker:Post:161198 Allan J. Feifer Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 The Last Refuges

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Elite hubris and the desecration of Britain’s countryside. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/the_last_refuges.html AmericanThinker:Post:161194 Lars Møller Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 The Political Economy Of SWIFT

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A marginal policy adjustment can, at times, illuminate the deeper structure of an entire system. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/the_political_economy_of_swift.html AmericanThinker:Post:161190 Peter C. Earle Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 DEI Effects On CIA Analyses And National Policymaking

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DEI hasn’t just affected America’s education and corporate institutions. It’s had a profound and damaging effect on our intelligence community. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/dei_effects_on_cia_analyses_and_national_policymaking.html AmericanThinker:Post:161186 John A. Gentry Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Democrats Spit on Democracy, Midterm Voters Should be Scared

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Democrats posture ab0ut being saviors of democracy, but their behavior in Virginia tells another story. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/democrats_spit_on_democracy_midterm_voters_should_be_scared.html AmericanThinker:Post:161185 Joseph Ford Cotto Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400