Education in Nazi Germany: Modern-Day Parallels?
Bishop Joseph McFadden of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — noting that the public school system in his state has undertaken to make sure that all students are instructed...
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Fifty Years After the Algerian War of Independence
Algeria — just west of Libya in northwest Africa — has been part of the civilized world since before Christ. In ancient times, it was first associated with the...
Indiana Republicans Enact Right-to-Work Law
On February 1, Indiana became a Right-to-Work state when Governor Mitch Daniels (left) signed the bill the day after it passed the Indiana House of Representatives. This event is but the...
The 66th Anniversary of Tito’s Yugoslavia
The nation of Yugoslavia was a creature of the Versailles Treaty, first cobbled together out of the remnants of the old Austro-Hungarian empire and the nations of Serbia and...
Recalling the Moscow Show Trials
Seventy-five years ago, on January 25, 1937, the terror known generally as the Moscow Show Trials entered its second phase. The first phase began in August, 1936, and the...
“Do Not Deport” Policy Presents Problems
Our nation's ability to defend its borders against the ongoing onslaught of illegal immigrants has been severely compromised by our government's granting of "do not deport" status to illegal...
Alger Hiss Conviction Highlighted Communist Subversion of U.S. Gov’t
The Soviet Union since its earliest days described the United States as the “main enemy.” The penetration of American government and society was a natural goal of the Soviets,...
Rabbinical Alliance Urges Social Conservatives to Reject Romney
The 70-year-old Rabbinical Alliance of America has called upon Republican primary voters in South Carolina to reject the candidacy of Mitt Romney. The socially conservative organization — which represents...
1982’s “Cold Sunday” and Global Warming
Thirty years ago, on January 17, 1982, America experienced the famous “Cold Sunday,” when temperatures in various parts of the nation plummeted to astonishing record lows. A massive cold...
UN Brings Virulent Cholera Strain to Haiti
In November 2010,The New American reported that United Nations peacekeepers had introduced a deadly strain of cholera to victims of earthquakes and related disasters in Haiti, even while the...
Greek Debt Crisis Causes Drug Shortage in Pharmacies
An economic meltdown such as that which Greece is enduring produces some consequences that are not as obvious as others. As one example, over-the-counter medicines in Greek pharmacies are...
Interior Sec’y Puts 20-year Ban on New Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar has imposed a 20-year ban on new uranium mining claims on one million acres of public land near the Grand Canyon. The ban would...
Recalling the Failure of Wilson’s “Fourteen Points”
On January 8, 1918, less than one year after the United States had declared war on Germany and its allies in the First World War, President Woodrow Wilson gave...
A Century of “Bolshevism”
Communism, for a long time, was simply “Bolshevism” in the western world. The Russian term means “majority” and it originated during the Second Party Congress of the Russian Social...
Mainland China’s Last 100 Years: Free Republic to Communist Tyranny
There is little doubt that the nation of China has enormous potential and that Chinese civilization has had a profound influence upon the rest of eastern Asia. Several of...
China Finds “Rare Earth” Monopoly Losing Money
China is the largest producer of rare earth elements, or “rare earths, “which are important for many sophisticated technology applications. In fact, it has been estimated that China has...
Judge Rules Tucson Schools’ Mexican-American Studies Illegal
Arizona's Administrative Law Judge Lewis Kowal determined on December 27 that the Tucson Public School District’s Mexican-American Studies Program violated state law. In his opinion, the judge stated that...
Christian, Jewish Groups Seek Exemption from Contraceptives Mandate
A broad coalition of non-Catholic Christians as well as Jews has sent President Obama a letter protesting the new and narrower definition of “religious employer” for purposes of the...
Persecution May End Christian Mideast Presence
Leonard Leo, Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), warned in a video interview with Terry Jeffrey at CNSNews.com that despite the long-term U.S. military occupations...
Gallup World Poll: French Gloomiest About Their Nation’s Economy
Although a September Gallup poll showed that close to half of Americans believe that the economy will be worse in a year than it is today, the French have...