Fed Is Buying 61 Percent of U.S. Government Debt
In his attempt to explode the myth that there is unlimited demand for U.S. government debt, former Treasury official Lawrence Goodman explained that there is high perceived demand because...
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U.S. Defense Department Announces Step Toward the North American Union
Another step toward the North American Union (NAU) was announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Defense in its press release noting the “inaugural trilateral meeting” of North American...
Legal Spat with Koch Bros. Risky for Cato Institute
The death of William Niskanen (left), chairman of the Cato Institute, on October 26, 2011, should have been noted and his life’s work honored quietly by his friends and...
New Evidence Clashes With Preconceived Conclusions in Florida Shooting
The shooting of Florida teen Trayvon Martin (left) has drawn national attention to the incident with many commentators already drawing conclusions about guilt and innocence in the matter. New...
Obama’s Surprise Nominee to World Bank, Jim Yong Kim
Friday’s announcement by President Obama that his nominee for president of the World Bank would be Dartmouth College’s President Jim Yong Kim (left) was a surprise, for a number...
New Book Reprises Old Keynesian Canards
On April 3 the book White House Burning, authored by two hard-core Keynesian economists and internationalists, will be released, and the noisy propaganda surrounding its publication has already begun...
Speech: Bernanke Fails at Transparency, Rails at Gold Standard
When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke donned his professorial cap and addressed 30 undergraduate students at George Washington University on Tuesday, he claimed it was all in the interest...
Energy Independence for America?
On top of recent articles at The New American here, here and here about huge oil deposits in the United States, now comes Ed Morse, writing in the Wall...
White House Shifts Legal Gears as ObamaCare Heads to Supreme Court
The pressure of the continuing countdown to Monday, March 26, when the Supreme Court takes on the challenge to ObamaCare, has forced legal advisors to the White House to...
Obama Economic Recovery Still Underwater
For proof that the Obama “recovery” remains unimpressive compared to previous recoveries, Cato Institute scholar Dan Mitchell gathered evidence from a number of sources to make his point. ...
Is Ryan’s Budget Plan Headed in the Right Direction?
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) announced on Tuesday the Republican budget plan to take into the election debate; it is in sharp contrast to the Obama administration’s budget announced last...
NSA’s Spy Program “Stellar Wind” Exposed
The lead story in Wired magazine for April exposed the Stellar Wind program for its intended purpose: to spy on every jot and tittle of every American citizen’s life...
Encyclopædia Britannica Adjusts to Reality, Stops Printing
Encyclopædia Britannica’s president Jorge Cauz (left) announced on Tuesday that his company would no longer print its 129-pound, 32-volume sets of its iconic print encyclopedias. He put the best...
Roger Stone, Former Nixon Hit Man, Now a Libertarian
In a note to his readers on February 15th Roger Stone (left) announced his resignation from the Republican Party, changing his voter registration to the Libertarian Party. A self-proclaimed “GOP hit-man,”...
Amendment to End Energy Subsidies Fails in the Senate
Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C., left) introduced the Energy Freedom & Economic Prosperity Act (EFEPA) in February and then offered his bill as an amendment to the Transportation Bill last...
Gas Prices Up, Obama Poll Numbers Down
As gasoline prices approach (and in some places exceed) $4 a gallon nationally, the president appears to be taking much of the blame with two recent polls showing sharp...
North Dakota: A Study in How the Free Market Works
The continuing boom in North Dakota seemingly has no end. Last June oil production from the Bakken Formation exceeded 11 million barrels a month. In February it reached 16...
White House Jobs Growth Celebration is Premature
White House announcements celebrating the jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) were optimistic: “Private sector employers added 233,000 jobs to their payrolls in February [which] means...
ECRI Stays with Recession Call
When Lakshman Achuthan (left), co-founder of Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) appeared on CNBC to defend his prediction last September of an “imminent” recession, challenges came from many observers,...
Predicted Solar Storm Fizzles Out, More Storms Likely
Many were surprised when the prediction by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of potential major disruptions of power grids, Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, and internet communications...