In American Mind, Michael Anton analyzes the lies, falsehoods and hypocrisy of the ascendant American ruling elite and allied media. Their rhetoric anathematizes political opponents and denies that the “deplorables” have any legitimate interests. Understanding and seeing through this rhetoric, writes Anton, is the first step to thinking clearly.

Toppling a Communist Empire for $2.7 Million
Though widely thought of as focused on waterboarding terrorists or poisoning foreign potentates, it was by smuggling paper that the CIA achieved its most monumental triumph. R.M. Gerecht in a book review for The Washington Free Beacon charts how the late Cold War-era operation to flood Poland with Western books, magazines, printing supplies and audio recordings fatally weakened the country’s Communist dictatorship, setting the stage for the downfall of the entire Soviet empire. Total cost: US$2.7 million.


