American Thinker Takeaways, February 10, 2026
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Today’s topics are the real reason the NFL went with Bad Bunny, some thoughts about American football versus soccer, watching Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, and knitting and the magic of AI.
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American Thinker Takeaways, February 8, 2026
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Today’s topics are (once again) our grossly dishonest media, the story of Obama’s “fixer” and Jeffrey Epstein, the tragedy of blacks failing in Marin County’s school district (and one local media’s effort to hide that), Europe’s continued downfall as it bows before Islam, and the Ivy League college scam.
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American Thinker Takeaways, February 5, 2026
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Today’s topics are Trump’s brilliance in negotiating a trade deal with India, the reality of the hijab (and it shouldn’t be celebrated), the bizarre priorities of Senate Republicans when it comes to the SAVE Act, and understanding leftist Jews.
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American Thinker Takeaways, February 3, 2026
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Today’s topics are (1) more examples of the “de-Judaization” of the Holocaust and the total inversion as a vehicle to attack Jews, and (2) the weird thing about Michelle Obama’s answer when she was asked whether she’d urge Obama to run again if Trump goes for a third term.
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American Thinker Takeaways, February 1, 2026
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Today’s topics are the terrible consequences of electing communists, the leftist view of religious rights, the dangerous drift toward “de-Judaizing” the Holocaust, and pure schadenfreude when looking at leftist expectations about “Melania,” the movie.
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American Thinker Takeaways, January 15, 2026
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Today’s topics are one doctor’s testimony in the Senate reveals how ideologically corrupt medical education has become, an essay by Ireland’s former president reveals more than she realizes when she rants against infant baptism, Scott Adams’s death highlights (again) how utterly corrupt the media are (but change can happen), and the necessity for Trump to act in Iran.
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American Thinker Takeaways, December 19, 2025
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Today, there’s only one topic: Singapore. I spent 12 days there and have opinions (plus, if you’re watching the video, photographs).
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American Thinker Takeaways, November 17, 2025
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Today’s topics are tariffs, and why Trump’s tariffs are good, not bad; the divisions (perhaps good ones) that come from our siloed media world; and the reason that medical costs are so high and—sorry—will never go down.
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American Thinker Takeaways November 12, 2025
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Today’s topics are why the shutdown’s end was inevitable, why New York City doesn’t matter anymore, the problem of rogue judges, a (good) cultural shift and the evidence supporting it, a bad shift in South Korea, the Palestinian “fatocide” (and why, inevitably, the absence of starvation genocide is the Jews’ fault), and whether God serves man or man serves God.
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American Thinker Takeaways, November 2, 2025: Charles Murray interview
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This is a special edition of the American Thinker Takeaways podcast. I had the opportunity to interview Professor Charles Murray about his new book, , about his intellectual journey to faith.
info_outlineHelp me develop a polite, persuasive argument to challenge a young friend of mine who has bought into the media narrative about right-wing extremism.
I have a young friend — my children’s age — who is an extremely bright, thoughtful, and (so he believes) informed young man who wants to pursue a graduate degree in politics and terrorism. His biggest concern is “right-wing extremism in America.”
When I first heard this, my initial impulse was to say, “That’s just wrong. It’s a stupid Leftist lie. You’re being brainwashed. If you want to make a difference in the world, tackle left-wing extremism.”
Fortunately, I’ve finally figured out that insulting people is not the way to get them to agree with you. There are better persuasion techniques. Because I respect my young friend’s intelligence, I want to take some time to assemble an argument that will present data in a way that challenges his beliefs without insulting his intelligence. This post represents the first draft of that email.
Maybe it’s my legal training, but I believe that one of the best ways to challenge an argument is to start by identifying bias, both my own and the bias of the person(s) advocating the opposite view. I’ve been open with my friend about my bias. My problem is to convince him that the media from which he gets his ideas about right-wing extremism is biased too. Very biased.
The other day on his podcast, Andrew Klavan played two videos, one of the media celebrating Trump’s anticipated downfall and the other celebrating Obama’s allegedly scandal-free presidency. In both videos, raw partisanship is on display. The video below is Andrew Klavan’s show, which I’ve queued up to those back-to-back videos, starting at 19:15:
[To read the rest, rather than listening to the podcast, please go here.]