Paul Kengor, Author at The Western Journal

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Dr. Paul Kengor is a New York Times best-selling author. He has authored many books, including "Dupes: How America's Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century," and his latest, "The Devil and Karl Marx." Headshot photo credit: Gage Skidmore / Flickr.

Then-President Ronald Reagan poses for a portrait in January 1981 in Los Angeles, California.

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Op-Ed

Remembering the Man Who Helped Ronald Reagan Take Down the Soviet Union

"Dick, my idea of American policy toward the Soviet Union is simple, and some would say simplistic: We win, and they lose."

By Paul Kengor December 1, 2024

A statue of philosopher and revolutionary Karl Marx stands in a public park on May 4, 2018, in Berlin.

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Op-Ed

Paul Kengor: Marxists Always Said if They Can Infiltrate 1% of Society, They Can Control the Other 99%

'All they wanted was 1 percent. Such a modest goal, such a tiny number, but that’s all they felt they needed. Very cynical, and very shrewd.'

By Paul Kengor August 25, 2020

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Paul Kengor: Reagan Made a Mistake, But He Was No Racist

Racism, to Ronald Reagan, was a sin. Reagan learned that at home, as a boy, from his devout Christian mother and from his father.

By Paul Kengor August 1, 2019

State Rep. Brian Sims / Planned Parenthood clinic

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Racist Abortion in Pennsylvania

'It's downright stunning that Sims casts the finger of racist shame in the complete opposite direction.'

By Paul Kengor May 14, 2019

Fire rages through the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral on April 15, 2019 in Paris, France.

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Paul Kengor: The Burning of Notre Dame Is Symbolic of Something Much More Tragic

'The burning cathedral, and the state’s seeming inability to stop the blaze, seemed a harsh symbol of France’s vanishing religious heritage.'

By Paul Kengor April 20, 2019

Sen. Bernie Sanders at the State of the Union.

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Democrats Should Be Alarmed at the Socialists in Their Ranks

'Perhaps the most revealing reaction among the citadels of liberalism was a New York Times article titled, “Painting Socialists as Villains, Trump Refreshes a Blueprint."'

By Paul Kengor February 18, 2019