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Herbert E. Meyer
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May 2, 2017
How to Defuse the Crisis with North KoreaIt's time for some original thinking on how to deal with Kim Jong-un and the North Korea problem.
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July 17, 2015
TAKEDOWN: From Communists to Progressives, How the Left has Sabotaged Family and MarriageIn TAKEDOWN, historian Paul Kengor reminds us that marriage and family have been under attack from the left since 1848, when Marx and Engels called for “Abolition of the family!” in their Communist Manifesto.
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August 4, 2014
How to Solve the Putin ProblemImposing sanctions is the right strategy; what they haven’t got right is the objective of these sanctions.
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February 14, 2014
Reagan's Roadmap to VictoryA roadmap to victory for today's conservatives courtesy of the Master.
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October 30, 2013
Competence Comes FirstOur political differences have grown so profound, and become so nasty, that we've lost sight of the one thing that matters more than policy: competence.
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October 28, 2013
A Judgment on IntelligenceWhat could we possibly hope to learn from Angela Merkel's cellphone conversations that's worth the risk of offending one of our country's most important allies?
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October 26, 2013
Three Cheers for Chuck!Every so often an ordinary man does something extraordinary that delights the rest of us, and keeps us smiling as we go about our own mundane business.
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June 3, 2013
The Smoking Gun in Plain SightA relationship that no one voted for, saw coming, or imagined could happen so quickly and so quietly.
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September 11, 2012
A Dose of Real-World Intel on IranAs the debate over Iran comes to a boil, it's crucial to understand how the intelligence game gets played and inject a dose of what the national security side of the Reagan administration used to call "real-world intelligence."
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July 25, 2012
The Commie's CommiePaul Kengor utterly destroys the reputations of those liberal journalists and fawning Obama biographers who do claim to be investigative journalists, and who twisted themselves into pretzels to avoid noticing that Obama's mentor was a Communist.
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July 16, 2012
'Romney Picks Petraeus for Veep!'Actually, no. Gov. Romney hasn't named his choice for vice president. But were you electrified by that headline?
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May 21, 2012
Elderly Montreal 'student' rioters protest tuition hikeLooks to me like these, um, students have aged rapidly under the pressure of studying.
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February 23, 2012
A U-Turn Strategy for the GOPA wholly new approach to the 2012 election -- not just for whoever emerges as the GOP's challenger to President Obama, but for Republican candidates at all levels of government.
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January 26, 2012
Why, Precisely, is America so Great?"Politics" isn't just about choosing one candidate or another, or even about choosing one party or another. Politics is the relationship between the individual and the State.
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November 15, 2011
A Double-Dose of SpenglerBack in the 1990s, a publication no one had ever heard of, Asia Times, began to run a column written by someone calling himself "Spengler." Now, writing under his real name, he has published two books simultaneously.
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September 6, 2011
An Economics Lesson Even a Liberal Can GraspSince the president and his advisers haven't got a clue about how our economy works, here's an economics lesson so short and simple even a liberal can grasp it.
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July 27, 2011
The Astonishing World to ComeI've just read one of the most brilliant, most important -- and most optimistic -- books about world politics that's been written in the last hundred years.
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March 10, 2011
Three Cheers for Jack CashillJack Cashill proves in Deconstructing Obama that it is preposterous to believe that President Obama actually wrote his lyrical, extravagantly praised autobiography, Dreams from My Father.
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February 14, 2011
Egypt is an OpportunityEgypt's had half a revolution, which means the country's future is in play. We have suddenly entered one of those rare moments in history when the world is about to be remade.
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January 23, 2011
A Stunning Upset in WashingtonThis weekend the Washington State GOP dumped its chairman and elected longtime radio host - and serious pro-life conservative - Kirby Wilbur to lead the Party into the 2012 elections.
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December 15, 2010
The Only Thing That Will Save Us Now Is Fear ItselfLet me use a little story to illustrate the effect of fear on human behavior.
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October 11, 2010
Dupes -- and TraitorsOne of the last mysteries of the Cold War is why so many seemingly intelligent Americans believed to the bitter end that the Soviet Union -- history's most vicious dictatorship and an economic basket case -- was paradise on Earth.
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March 23, 2010
The ACLU Goes AWOLWhen George W. Bush was president, the ACLU and its liberal allies were driven nearly berserk by the possibility that the FBI might know what library books Americans had borrowed.
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February 18, 2010
The Re-Establishment of AmericaAmerica is on the verge of something unprecedented in history: the peaceful, constitutional replacement of our country's entire political establishment.
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January 13, 2010
Why Intelligence Keeps FailingSimply put, the reason our intelligence service keeps failing to connect the dots is because the officials in charge don't know how.
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August 26, 2009
What the President's Attack on the CIA Really MeansOne way or the other, the President's historic decision is going to settle the debate over the war that now divides us.
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July 28, 2009
Did the CIA 'Cook the Books' on Iran?Do you remember that 2007 U.S. National Intelligence Estimate which concluded -- to virtually everyone's astonishment -- that four years earlier Iran had suspended its nuclear weapons program?
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May 20, 2009
Revolutionsome of us have called this left-right, liberal-conservative split a "culture war" or even a "second Civil War." The precise, technical word for what is happening in the United States today is revolution.
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April 4, 2009
Bruce Walker's The Swastika Against the CrossWalker shows -- proves, really -- that Hitler's war against the Jews was merely a prelude to the war he planned to wage against Christianity.
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March 27, 2009
An Ambassador's Warning to the French PeopleMark Twain once cracked that mankind is halfway between the angels and the French, and those of us who've dealt with France's diplomats tend to share this sentiment.
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November 27, 2008
Repealing Roe v. Wade - in RussiaPeter the Great once described Russia as a country in which things that just don't happen, happen. It's true.
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September 27, 2008
Clowns in the CockpitAs you've probably noticed by now, the twenty-first century has gotten off to a rocky start.
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September 8, 2008
The Culture War's Decisive Battle has BegunUnexpectedly -- perhaps even astonishingly -- this year's presidential campaign is shaping up as the decisive battle in the Culture War that's been tearing apart our country for decades.
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August 6, 2008
A Hard Look at Casualty NumbersA new report for members of Congress from the Congressional Research Service provides some astounding statistics
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July 31, 2008
Political PrismsWhat's going on today in our country isn't normal politics. It is more like a domestic Cold War.
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June 8, 2008
The EU Strikes AgainThe next time you're feeling discouraged, or infuriated, by the fecklessness of our country's bureaucrats, keep in mind that things are even worse in Europe.
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June 8, 2008
An Update on Iraq's Cell Phone TowersThe good news is that Iraq's cell phone towers are still standing. The bad news is that the towers now are being "protected" by a Shia militia that may have ties to Iran.
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May 14, 2008
The Bum Rap on BiofuelsOne of the striking features of modern politics is the speed at which a candidate, or a cause, can topple from the pedestal to the doghouse.
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April 29, 2008
An Urgent Memo to the SecDefOn May 13 about 70 percent of Iraq's mobile telephone network will cease to operate. This will be a serious blow to the Iraqi economy, and many Iraqis will no longer be able to phone in tips on terror activity.
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April 11, 2008
While senators fiddleEverything about this week's Senate hearings was disgraceful. Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, started the hearing by reading his conclusions.
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April 7, 2008
Heston's hidden movie masterpieceCharlton Heston deserves all the accolades he's getting as one of Hollywood's greatest actors. But as yet I've seen no mention of one stunning performance in a movie he also directed.
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March 6, 2008
The Trouble with RussiaVladimir Putin has the heart and soul of a KGB Commissar -- which, of course, he once was. He's a thug, and he's learned nothing from his country's history
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December 30, 2007
Ronald Reagan's Top HandThe Judge, by Paul Kengor and Patricia Clark Doerner, is an astute, uncommonly affectionate biography of perhaps the most modest, self-effacing and effective aide that any of our presidents has been lucky enough to have.
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December 5, 2007
The Key Question about the NIE's Key JudgmentHere's the key question about the Key Judgment of the National Intelligence Council's new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear intentions and capabilities: Is this judgment supported by the evidence?
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October 12, 2007
Pulling for the EnemyWhen all else fails -- look at the evidence. Vasko Kohlmayer put together a list of all the Democrats' statements and actions about the war.
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July 10, 2007
The War About the WarThe 9-11 attacks did more than start a war; they started a war about the war.
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June 23, 2007
The entertainment industry's guy at the CIAIf this is true -- and it must be, because it's on the CIA's official website -- the "Impeach Bush" crowd may have a new recruit.
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March 4, 2007
Intelligence and Iran's NukesIn her latest essay on Iran's nuclear weapons program, American Thinker contributor Rachel Neuwirth raises some important questions
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February 26, 2007
Islamism is the new totalitarianismOne of the most striking features of our age -- and one of the most disturbing -- is that we argue before we understand. And of all the subjects over which we argue, none is more important to our survival than the war.
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February 5, 2007
Canada and immigrationIt looks like this is spreading. And in multi-culti Canada of all places. Good.
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February 4, 2007
"Personnel is Policy"Back in the Reagan Administration, we had a saying that always drew sneers from the press and from the Washington establishment: "Personnel is policy." Now, just consider two recent personnel decisions by the Bush Administration:
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January 31, 2007
The heroes of Herouxville (updated)Kudos to the mayor and six city counselors of Herouxville, a small community northeast of Montreal. Fed up with the demands of immigrants that the city change its values to accommodate them -- can you guess the religion of these demanding immigrants? -- the city has published a set of standards that is, well, priceless
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January 15, 2007
Ronald Reagan: The CrusaderThe complicated business of understanding how Ronald Reagan led the Free World to victory in the Cold War has just become much easier. Run to your nearest bookstore and buy a copy of The Crusader, by Paul Kengor.
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January 6, 2007
Transplanting Al-Aqsa: responseDan Gordon's astonishing proposal -- that Israel turn over Al-Aqsa, on the Temple Mount, to Saudi Arabia -- reminds me of all those Cold War liberals who twisted themselves into pretzels trying to find some formula for nuclear-arms control that the Soviet Union would accept.
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January 3, 2007
Fidel's Flunkies Keep FlailingIt's probably too early to award the 2007 prize for Dumbest Commentary, but this column by a former chief of staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee surely will be among the finalists.
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December 27, 2006
How to Think About the WarWhether we are winning or losing in Iraq is open to debate, but it's clear that our national conversation about the war has begun to fail. Today our elected leaders, our most influential commentators, and even ordinary Americans chatting among themselves at work or at their dinner tables, have begun to repeat their lines like wind-up dolls.
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December 2, 2006
"Forced" -- my Foot!I read Richard Cravatts' essay on the book publishing industry with special interest. I'm an author and -- more to the point -- I also own one of those 70,000 book publishing companies whose declining standards he's bemoaning.
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November 30, 2006
Guess whose side the Dems are on?Watching the Democrats adopt one policy after another that undermines American security, a lot of Americans are starting -- belatedly -- to ask, "Whose side are these guys on?" Now we have the answer.
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November 25, 2006
Q&A on global warmingThis is the best-ever overview of the issue. It's from AEI's new magazine, The American, and the first issue is terrific.
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October 8, 2006
The Star Wars Enigma -
October 1, 2006
The Big Secret of that Leaked NIE -
September 26, 2006
That Leaked N.I.E. on Iraq is a Flop -
August 1, 2006
To Hell with Hezbollah -
June 7, 2006
I Had a Dream -
April 18, 2006
The Generals are Revolting -
April 3, 2006
Why Americans Hate This 'Immigration' Debate -
February 20, 2006
What if Dick Cheney Hadn't Stiffed the Press? -
February 7, 2006
Take Out the Mullahs – Tonight -
January 3, 2006
Common Sense About the NSA 'Scandal' -
December 13, 2005
Leave the Nukes, Take Out the Mullahs -
November 28, 2005
Why it Isn't Over, Over There -
November 23, 2005
A Second Letter to Opponents of the War in Iraq -
November 4, 2005
Two Questions for George Tenet -
November 1, 2005
One Question for Chuck Schumer -
August 24, 2005
The War is now a three-way split -
August 8, 2005
How to Read an NIE -
August 2, 2005
An Open Memo to the Homeland Security Secretary -
June 27, 2005
An Open Letter to the President -
May 25, 2005
A talent for intelligence -
April 27, 2005
The Real Bolton 'Scandal' -
March 21, 2005
Hold principles sacred (in principle) -
March 18, 2005
A revolutionary change -
January 27, 2005
Russia's revolution has begun -
January 4, 2005
An open letter to opponents of the War in Iraq -
November 11, 2004
An open letter to Europe -
November 1, 2004
One big question -
October 20, 2004
The Lessons of 9-11