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This started out as an adjunct to Bookworm Room, my personal blog. Now, it's an adjunct to American Thinker, where we talk about politics and social issues from a conservative perspective. American Thinker also hews to Bookworm Room's motto: "Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts."

Spain invaded! 07/30/2026

Spain invaded! Although the American media haven’t yet caught up (as of this recording), there is a mass invasion taking place in Spain, as thousands of young, military-aged men from Morocco have breached the Spanish border in Ceuta, a small Spanish outcropping that shares a border with Morocco. From there, it’s an open door to the rest of Europe and to Great Britain. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42268600

American Thinker Takeaways, July 29, 2026 07/29/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 29, 2026 A recent statement from Wisconsin’s current leader in the Democrat gubernatorial primary, DSA member Francesca Hong, highlights how different Americans’ constitutional understanding of “freedom” is from what the DSA has planned for us—and we’d better pay attention to the difference because, as Obama said, “Don’t tell me words don’t matter!” If we embrace the DSA meaning of freedom, we will soon find ourselves enslaved. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42258400

American Thinker Takeaways, July 28, 2026 07/28/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 28, 2026 Rand Paul released Anthony Fauci’s diaries, confirming conservatives were right about everything. The diaries also showed that Anthony Fauci was a complete megalomaniac, with way too much power. What’s concerning today, though, is that the vast majority of mainstream media outlets (at least as of 3 p.m. on Tuesday) have assiduously ignored this story. If you’re wondering why your friends and neighbors in the political middle or moderate left aren’t outraged, this is why. The media have intentionally kept them ignorant. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42245105

American Thinker Takeaways, July 27, 2026 07/27/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 27, 2026 This sounds counterintuitive, but the best thing that could have happened for America was that Trump lost in 2020. And those people who caused that loss have been hoist on their own petards in a very satisfying way. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42234375

American Thinker Takeaways, July 26, 2026 07/26/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 26, 2026 A fully veiled woman won a British Citizens Award for her community service “empowering” women. I find it inconsistent that one can be fully veiled and empowered, but what interested me more was her organization and the money and people behind it. They are fully Islamic and manifestly anti-Israel. It made me...let’s say uncomfortable that the United Kingdom is honoring this woman and that organization. It doesn’t feel very British anymore. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42220120

American Thinker Takeaways, July 24, 2026 07/24/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 24, 2026 The evidence is overwhelming: The Overton Window that the Democrats forced into a hard-left shift that allowed so-called transgenderism to take over the public square is returning to normal. Sophie Cunningham is Exhibit A, aided by the fact that the so-called “trans women” out there can no longer control their insanity, deviance, or opportunism. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42208335

American Thinker Takeaways, July 23, 2026 07/23/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 23, 2026 The Democrats cobbled together a coalition based upon race and sexual identity. With the rise of socialism and Islam, that coalition may be collapsing. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42198085

American Thinker Takeaways, July 22, 2026 07/22/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 22, 2026 President Trump announced today that he’s taking the gloves off with Iran, and that anything Iran does in the Strait will be met with a strike on its infrastructure. This is something he should have done a long time ago. You fight wars to win them, and you win wars against a tyranny by bringing it home to the tyrant. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42185045

American Thinker Takeaways, July 21, 2026 07/21/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 21, 2026 China is an interesting country. Its economy is weakening for myriad reasons, but it is also stockpiling energy and has a dangerous amount of control over our energy supply. For those tempted to say it’s a “paper dragon,” it’s not. It’s a powerful and weakened country, with that weakness meaning that it’s still a dangerous geopolitical rival. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42174345

American Thinker Takeaways, July 20, 2026 07/20/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 20, 2026 For decades, whenever Democrats have run Northern leftists candidates (going back to Humphrey and McGovern), they’ve failed to take the White House. They’ve done well with Southern Democrats, though, which may explain Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mimicking Hillary Clinton’s fake Southern accent. That fakery didn’t work before, but AOC is a different kind of candidate and, more importantly, we aren’t the same Americans we were 50 or more years ago. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42156175

American Thinker Takeaways, July 18, 2026 07/18/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 18, 2026 Two takeaways for you today: 0:00 Maine’s Ashley Webb shows how politicized transgenderism denies us the ability to pity people so disconnected from their bodies. 5:58 AI is a good servant but a bad master. We need it for personal productivity, national security, and America’s economic strength, but we must control it. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42138910

American Thinker Takeaways, July 17, 2026 07/17/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 17, 2026 One of the left’s most common rallying cries is that Republicans, from Trump on down, are fascist. That’s a slur going back to the end of WWII and bears no relationship to reality. The world is divided between totalitarian and liberty-centric political ideologies. Fascism and the American left are on the totalitarian side, and American conservatives come squarely down on the side of liberty. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42128350

American Thinker Takeaways, July 16, 2026 07/16/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 16, 2026 A Black Lives Matter era screen grab from Netflix shows the company describing the 1939 classic Gone With The Wind as racist and recommending that viewers check out Black Lives Matter (presumably as opposed to watching the movie). I argue the opposite: GWTW is truly a great American novel, written by a woman who clearly understood the rot of the Antebellum South. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42120325

American Thinker Takeaways, July 15, 2026 (UPDATED) 07/15/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 15, 2026 (UPDATED) This is a single-issue program about the D.C. gossip claiming that tonight—Thursday—Donald Trump will announce that he has evidence that the 2020 election in Georgia was illegitimate, meaning that Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are never elected. There are several problems with that, especially the fact that neither of those Senators was elected in the November 2020 election, but the rumor raises larger questions about election integrity and the process when fraud taints a Congressional election. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42106415

American Thinker Takeaways, July 15, 2026 07/15/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 15, 2026 This is a single-issue program about the D.C. gossip claiming that tonight—Thursday—Donald Trump will announce that he has evidence that the 2020 election in Georgia was illegitimate, meaning that Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are never elected. There are several problems with that, especially the fact that neither of those Senators was elected in the November 2020 election, but the rumor raises larger questions about election integrity and the process when fraud taints a Congressional election. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42103640

American Thinker Takeaways, July 13, 2026 07/13/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 13, 2026 This is a single-issue program. My topic is my “catch them being good” philosophy, which I used to raise my children. However, I’ve realized over the years that it can help us remake American society for the better. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42062235

American Thinker Takeaways, July 12, 2026 07/12/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 12, 2026 Today I discuss just one subject: A crazy new recycling rule that may destroy a large part of California’s dairy industry or, at the very least, make an essential nutrition source for children much more expensive. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42049885

American Thinker Takeaways, July 10, 2026 07/10/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 10, 2026 In today’s podcast: 0:00 Zohran Mamdani rewrites New York City’s immigrant history 8:16 Ireland and the problem of mass Islamic immigration 11:25 The center cannot hold because there is no center /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42038670

American Thinker Takeaways, July 9, 2026 07/09/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 9, 2026 In today’s podcast: 0:00 Has the post-MOU era created a Vance v. Rubio foreign policy schism? 8:32 The left’s blind spot for Islam, which represents everything leftists purport to hate I read at length from four things: A . A . A . A . /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42026175

American Thinker Takeaways, July 8, 2026 07/08/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 8, 2026 In today’s podcast: 0:00 Regarding Iran, was this Trump’s plan all along? 4:20 The Democrats revisit the Biden play with Graham Platner 7:08 The Democrats’ horrible crime against American blacks. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/42008330

American Thinker Takeaways, July 6, 2026 07/06/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 6, 2026 Today’s video podcast tackles just one topic, which is the common thread that runs through raising children, training dogs, and dealing with Muslims on American soil who have dreams of caliphate glory. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/41984290

American Thinker Takeaways, July 2, 2026 07/02/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, July 2, 2026 Today’s video podcast tackles the following topics: · 0:00 Introduction · 1:05 European inertia · 9:52 Conservative Americans’ malaise I almost kept to my upper limit of ten minutes, and hope to do better next time. You can also watch the video on /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/41946220

American Thinker Takeaways, June 30, 2026 06/30/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, June 30, 2026 Today’s video podcast tackles the following topics: · 0:00 Introduction · 0:39 Never vote for the antisemite · 7:22 No, TPS doesn’t mean we have to save the whole world · 11:45 Socialist delusions about food redistribution · 17:53 Our almost socialist American medical care · 27:56 My lack of sympathy for Caitlyn Clark · 38:31 Europe’s lying communists against A/C /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/41901215

American Thinker Takeaways, June 23, 2026 06/23/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, June 23, 2026 Today’s video podcast tackles four topics: One. The surprising nature of employees at major airports given the identity of most hijackers since the 1960s. Two. The non-stop leftist propaganda at Seattle Airport. Three. Our quisling institutions are part of why Trump signed the Iran MOU. Four. Apparently, the Holocaust will soon be a forbidden subject at schools for fear of offending...certain people. · 0:00 Introduction · 04:21 Airport Security · 13:37 Seattle Airport indoctrination · 18:28 Quisling institutions and the MOU · 26:09 The forbidden Holocaust curriculum /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/41735060

American Thinker Takeaways, May 26, 2026 05/26/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, May 26, 2026 Today’s video podcast, which is going to be my last full podcast before I leave for a three-week trip, focuses on two topics: One. Memorial Day and stories of war, especially WWII, the war that cast a shadow over my childhood, despite my being born 16 years after it ended. Meanwhile, leftists want to talk about George Floyd. Two. Why Trump’s Iran deal (if it comes through) is probably as good as it’s going to get. · 0:00 Introduction (including some discussion about my upcoming trip) · 6:00 Remember those who fought and died for America, especially WWII · 18:57 The Iran Deal. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/41419320

American Thinker Takeaways, May 19, 2026 05/19/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, May 19, 2026 Today’s video podcast tackles four topics: One. On Monday afternoon, Trump announced that he was calling off a planned military strike that was to have taken place today, since the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE promised that—honest!—this time there really is a deal with Iran on the table. I support Trump’s war effort 100%, but I worry that he’s being played. Two. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is almost ready to hit the theaters. That gives me a chance to talk about bad translations, boring teachers, my real problem with the story itself (and the Greek myths, too). Three. I believe that Great Men and Women create history, and that the left is lying when it tells young people otherwise. Throughout history, change starts with individuals who have the power to bring down kingdoms. Four. The American public education model is an awful one. A very expensive private school is using AI to beat it, but it basically just seems to be a space-age Montessori approach, and that’s a good thing. If you can put your children in Montessori, go for it. · 0:00 Introduction · 1:24 Is Iran playing Trump to buy time? · 14:20 The problems with The Odyssey · 27:07 The Great Man (and Woman) approach to the past and present · 41:16 The problem with education and the Montessori solution /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/41342725

American Thinker Takeaways, May 13, 2026 05/13/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, May 13, 2026 Today’s topics are: · 0:00 Introduction · 0:16 Islam’s sado-sexual culture · 10:52 How America is doing in Iran and China · 21:47 The reasonable reason for halting redistricting in South Carolina · 26:43 A society cannot be structured around damaged people First, I examine the dueling reports about the unspeakable crimes Arabs committed against Jews on October 11 and Nicholas Kristof’s blood libel about raped Arabs in Israeli prisons. I’ll explain exactly why the former reports are manifestly true and the latter obscenely false. Second, I look at how we’re doing vis-à-vis Iran and China. Maybe I’m a cockeyed optimist, but I think all is well under Trump’s management. Third, before people get their knickers in a twist about the fact that the South Carolina legislature is dragging its heels on redistricting, there’s reasonable thinking going on there. Fourth, and last, based on people I know and know of, a reminder that a society cannot organize itself around its most damaged members, no matter how sad their lives are. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/41272300

American Thinker Takeaways, May 5, 2026 05/05/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, May 5, 2026 In today’s video-podcast, I begin by riffing off of a —“scholastic” terrorism. He was talking about the way Democrats, as a general matter, create a mindset in which assassination seems not only reasonable, but desirable, but I focused on academia. And speaking of Democrats’ desiring death for their political opponents, it’s bigger than that. Like Iran itself, they seek “death to America.” For the first time in our history, a major political party, during a war, openly roots for the opposing side, even though the opposing side is genuinely evil by any American metric. It’s not just in the war, though, that Democrats seek America’s demise. It’s also on America’s streets, and nothing more perfectly illustrates this than Rashida Tlaib’s proposed Homeless Bill of Rights. No wonder Barney Frank, in his twilight years, is desperate for Democrats to back away from the edge of the crazy cliff. And finally, sex and Congress are in the news, both because of Eric Swalwell’s extreme sexcapades and because of Nancy Mace naming names. · 0:00 Introduction · 1:09 “Scholastic” terrorism · 13:42 Democrats: America’s suicide party (as in they want America to die) · 31:07 Sex problems in Congress · 43:28 Signing off /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/41151135

American Thinker Takeaways, April 20, 2026 04/21/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, April 20, 2026 Something new today because I ran out of time to do one of my carefully curated preparations: It’s just me, some ideas, and a camera. Yikes. I can tell you generally that I talk about The unconstitutional madness in Virginia and how hard it is to pull the country back from the downstream effects of a state that goes crazy Absolute morality versus the purely situational morality of the left, with examples drawn from Hiroshima, the IRGC, and pop culture. The entitlement of publicly funded “artists.” It’s a wild ride because my brain was crowded today, but you might find it amusing, if nothing else. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/40949655

American Thinker Takeaways, April 17, 2026 04/17/2026

American Thinker Takeaways, April 17, 2026 Today’s topics are: · 0:00 Introduction · 0:38 Hennepin County is indicting ICE agents · 9:16 Is this the real reason Trump forced a settlement in Gaza? · 19:16 Laughing at oil-rich states and nations facing oil shortages · 25:42 Wrapping up. /episode/index/show/bookwormroom/id/40918180

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