Publication: American Thinker
American Thinker
has 67.5% among publications.
BS Score: 2.6%.
Articles analyzed: 20.
Words analyzed: 92,497.
Analyzed articles
American Thinker
- By Jim Cardoza
- 7/3/2026, 12:00 AM
Hasty Generalization 53.6% - Negativity Bias 34.3% - Appeal to Emotion 15.5%
Modern Americans often debate liberty as though it were merely one political option among many -- as if freedom and government control are simply competing preferences on life’s menu. But history tells a far different story. Individual liberty is not mankind’s default condition. It is civilization’s rarest achievement. For thousands of... more
American Thinker
- By Michael Applebaum
- 7/3/2026, 12:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 24.3% - Hasty Generalization 23.6% - Negativity Bias 13.8%
The American Dream was never a promise of guaranteed success or material comfort. It was a promise of opportunity—the right to rise through discipline, labor, perseverance, and moral character, regardless of birth "station." It guaranteed nothing except the opportunity to participate in the contest of life. What happened next, i.e., how... more
American Thinker
- By Charlton Allen
- 7/3/2026, 12:00 AM
Appeal to Emotion 30.9% - Biased Writer Voice 25.5% - Negativity Bias 19.2%
This Fourth of July, Americans rightly celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—the document drafted in Philadelphia, then debated, amended, and approved in the Pennsylvania State House, the building posterity would know as Independence Hall. We remember Jefferson’s timeless words, which still echo today. We... more
American Thinker
- By John Smith
- 7/3/2026, 12:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 36.1% - Unattributed Quote 16.4% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 16.1%
In the high-stakes theater of Middle Eastern geopolitics, Washington has long relied on the U.S. dollar as its primary disciplinary tool. The logic is straightforward: cut off a rogue state, proxy network, or financial institution from the global dollar clearing system, and its ability to move capital across borders becomes harder,... more
American Thinker
- By David DeMay
- 7/2/2026, 12:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 50% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 22.8% - Confirmation Bias 20.4%
In three previous essays I argued that modern public panic follows a single repeatable script: detect something, strip away quantitative context, declare a crisis, and reorganize enormous institutions around the alarm before the slow, rigorous science has had time to deliver its verdict. I called the media the hare and peer-reviewed... more
American Thinker
- By Monty Donohew
- 7/2/2026, 12:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 29.3% - Politically Right Leaning Bias 25% - Halo Effect 18.6%
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is taking place in venues across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The trinational hosting arrangement, once sold with the feel-good slogan “United as One,” commenced amid genuine tensions over trade, borders, immigration enforcement, and the looming USMCA review. The event presents an important and highly... more
American Thinker
- By J. Robert Smith
- 7/2/2026, 12:00 AM
Negativity Bias 24% - Biased Writer Voice 22.4% - Indoctrination 20.8%
Last Tuesday, there was a Broadway premiere of sorts. In New York City, elections revealed the Democrat Party’s future. Avowed socialists won with the backing of Zohran Mamdani and dollars from leftist NGOs. There’s no spinning it. Democrat grandees aren’t even trying. Bill Maher claims he’s open to voting for... more
American Thinker
- By James Zumwalt
- 7/1/2026, 12:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 41.8% - Overconfidence Bias 18.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.3%
The movie “Wrath of Man” was released in 2021. The plot involved an armoured car security guard who, to would-be robbers, appeared to be an easy target. However, as they would discover, they were deadly wrong. That plot, in a nutshell, sums up how Ukraine initially appeared to Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2022 when he decided to... more
American Thinker
- By Peter Murphy
- 7/1/2026, 12:00 AM
Optimism Bias 32.4% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 23.6% - Appeal to Emotion 20.6%
As the nation soon celebrates its 250th birthday, it is worth recalling that religious freedom and practice were vital to the birth of our constitutional republic and are necessary to sustain it. The various school choice laws in states, along with the new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit law, are a growing confirmation that the government... more
American Thinker
- By S. David Sultzer
- 6/30/2026, 12:00 AM
Politically Right Leaning Bias 39.1% - Hasty Generalization 28.6% - Confirmation Bias 15.4%
In *Trump v. Slaughter*, published yesterday, the Supreme Court held that the President has plenary (that is, unfettered) authority to fire the heads of regulatory agencies (though not the governors of the Federal Reserve Board, as explained in a note at the end of this post). The decision is hugely consequential. It is both a massive... more