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By Thomas Kolbe

Le Pen's attempt to turn France's domestic fragmentation into its neighbor's problem even before the vote could smother the national-conservative turn in the EU in the bud. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/is-marine-le-pen-losing-the-plot/ AmericanThinker:Post:164986 Thomas Kolbe Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Marxists, Deception, And Violence

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By John A. Gentry

From Lenin and Stalin to today’s radical left, the history of communism reveals a recurring pattern of false promises, political repression, and revolutionary violence. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/marxists-deception-and-violence/ AmericanThinker:Post:164980 John A. Gentry Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Nidal Hasan: Fort Hood's Danny Deever

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Some parallels to a famous poem by Rudyard Kipling. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/nidal-hasan-fort-hood-s-danny-deever/ AmericanThinker:Post:164969 Civis Americanus Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Democrats And Muslims: The Doomed Alliance

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By Richard C. Crandall

It’s convenient for Democrats now, but it will come back to bite them. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/democrats-and-muslims-the-doomed-alliance/ AmericanThinker:Post:164965 Richard C. Crandall Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Think, Vote, Win

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By J.B. Shurk

You control the outcome of the midterms. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/think-vote-win/ AmericanThinker:Post:164961 J.B. Shurk Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 What Doesn’t Kill You: Politics, Resilience, and Mental Health

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By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.

Does worldview shape how we handle adversity? ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/what-doesn-t-kill-you-politics-resilience-and-mental-health/ AmericanThinker:Post:164931 Brian C. Joondeph, M.D. Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Ke Huy Quan’s Life Proves You Should ‘Never Say Die’ To The American Dream

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By Arthur Schaper

A book review of Ke’s newly released memoir. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/ke-huy-quan-s-life-proves-you-should-never-say-die-to-the-american-dream/ AmericanThinker:Post:164917 Arthur Schaper Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 What Midterm Voters Prefer

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By David Keltz

Let’s hope Americans look beyond candidates’ rhetoric and focus on their record. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/what-midterm-voters-prefer/ AmericanThinker:Post:164964 David Keltz Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 What Inflation Obsession Misses

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By Frank Ryan

We’re all obsessed with the ‘basket of goods.’ But affordability goes deeper than that. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/what-inflation-obsession-misses/ AmericanThinker:Post:164958 Frank Ryan Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 The Use and Misuse of Science

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By Clarice Feldman

Elon Musk has made engineering the heroic, progressive enterprise we once thought it was, not the diddly work of guys in short sleeves with pocket protectors. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/the-use-and-misuse-of-science/ AmericanThinker:Post:164957 Clarice Feldman Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 In Northern Ireland, Obama Throws Bombs at Israel

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By Jeannie DeAngelis

‘Are you just going to be behind walls and wipe out everybody around you?’ ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/in-northern-ireland-obama-throws-bombs-at-israel/ AmericanThinker:Post:164949 Jeannie DeAngelis Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 The West Against Itself

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By Lars Møller

Moral exceptionalism, the “long march,” and the road to a new tyranny. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/the-west-against-itself/ AmericanThinker:Post:164942 Lars Møller Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Europe's Bridge Too Far: When Common Sense Fails

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By Allan J. Feifer

The greatest danger is not that Europe fails to recognize its mistakes, but that it recognizes them, understands their consequences, yet still cannot bring itself to act. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/europe-s-bridge-too-far-when-common-sense-fails/ AmericanThinker:Post:164932 Allan J. Feifer Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 The Five Interlocking Legal Pillars of the DNC

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By Matthew G. Andersson

Congress, courts, climate, capitalism, and the electoral college.   ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/the-five-interlocking-legal-pillars-of-the-dnc/ AmericanThinker:Post:164946 Matthew G. Andersson Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Work Together To Save The Country

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By Linnea Lueken

The generations need each other, need to empathize with and work together, to save the country from the real problem: far-left Democrats. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/work-together-to-save-the-country/ AmericanThinker:Post:164944 Linnea Lueken Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 A 'No' Vote On Virginia Amendment 2 Is A Vote for Marriage

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By John M. Grondelski

Marriage is not some esoteric thing. It has been part and parcel of the lives of most human beings for millennia.  ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/a-no-vote-on-virginia-amendment-2-is-a-vote-for-marriage/ AmericanThinker:Post:164943 John M. Grondelski Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Omar, Obama, And The Danger Of False Identities

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By J.B. Shurk

Be on the lookout for John Brennan. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/omar-obama-and-the-danger-of-false-identities/ AmericanThinker:Post:164926 J.B. Shurk Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 The Media’s Mind-Forged Manacles

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By Jeffrey Folks

The best way to reclaim your sense of joy is to turn off the television. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/the-media-s-mind-forged-manacles/ AmericanThinker:Post:164925 Jeffrey Folks Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Two Nations, Two Elections, One Fate

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By Max Dublin

The clock is ticking for both Israel and the United States. What happens next? ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/two-nations-two-elections-one-fate/ AmericanThinker:Post:164923 Max Dublin Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Marco Rubio: The Spirit That Created Western Civilization

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By Richard Kirk

Seldom does a politician deliver a speech with more historical and cultural breadth than Marco Rubio’s recent speech in Greece. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/marco-rubio-the-spirit-that-created-western-civilization/ AmericanThinker:Post:164921 Richard Kirk Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 James Talarico -- 'Gone Boy'

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By John M. Williams, Sr., M.D.

Talarico needs to come clean and tell us where he was and what he was doing during his “lost weekends.” ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/james-talarico-gone-boy/ AmericanThinker:Post:164920 John M. Williams, Sr., M.D. Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Parallel Societies

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By Lars Møller

Muslim immigration, institutional favoritism, and the corrosion of American civic trust. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/parallel-societies/ AmericanThinker:Post:164908 Lars Møller Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 The Trouble With Words, The Architecture Of Meaning, And General Vulnerability

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By David DeMay

Meanwhile, computer programs continue to battle it out for mastery. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/the-trouble-with-words-the-architecture-of-meaning-and-general-vulnerability/ AmericanThinker:Post:164904 David DeMay Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Hailing Satan At City Council Meetings

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By J. Robert Smith

Why would a community give center stage to an apostle of destruction?  ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/hailing-satan-at-city-council-meetings/ AmericanThinker:Post:164901 J. Robert Smith Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 How The Nobel Committee Supports Terrorism

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By Robert Sibley

When terrorists applaud what you’ve done, you need to reconsider whether you’ve done the right thing. ]]> https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/how-the-nobel-committee-supports-terrorism/ AmericanThinker:Post:164899 Robert Sibley Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400