American Thinker

Somewhere in the bowels of the CNN Building in Atlanta is a video clip that has been on file since the channel began in 1980. The footage is of a military band performing “Nearer My God To Thee.” The explicit instructions are that this…

Years ago, I knew a guy who desperately wanted to make a mark as a conservative activist. He was seriously naïve and ill-informed about most things (he’d been raised in a kind of self-segregated immigrant community). He used to call me up…

In an alternative universe, over the next four years the news media would run stories under the banner “Democrats pounce,” where its journalists would decide not to hold Republicans to account for any missteps, but rather shift the focus to…

Nothing more highlights the reasons why President Trump (and Republicans) won, why the Kamala/Biden regime lost, and proves Biden’s corruption than the pardons given by Joe in the final days of his failed presidency.In one of Biden’s final…

Just yesterday, at an inaugural prayer service sermon, an Episcopal bishop addressed President Donald Trump directly and urged him to “have mercy upon” illegal immigrants and LGBTQ+ children.The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the…

For the last few days the news cycle has been flooded with reports of Biden's commutations and preemptive pardons. One of his actions involved commuting the death sentences of 37 federal inmates. This decision infuriated a great many…

Crime, the high cost of living, depopulation, and endless waves of illegal aliens are the widely acknowledged reasons for declining fortunes of the New York City. Instead of addressing these obvious problems, New York City’s…

A day after the January 6th protests at the Capitol, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham addressed a joint session of Congress on the Senate floor: "Trump and I, we've had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. Oh my God, I…

If you ask people who William McKinley was, most of them will just shrug.McKinley was president at the turn of the 20th century. Though little remembered, he was one of the most consequential presidents ever. He was also the third president…

At this moment, with President Trump being inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, let us recall the words of Count Otto von Bismarck: God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America. I…