Rick Perry: Another Four Years of George W. Bush?
This past weekend, as the victors of the Ames Straw Poll were being determined in Iowa, Texas governor Rick Perry declared his candidacy for the presidency. The talking heads...
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Manners and Civilization
Recently, Al Gore was permitted an opportunity to indulge his obsession with “global warming” at the Aspen Institute, and the former Vice President had some rather choice words for...
Republicans and Democrats; Mirror Images
Although I remain something of a talk radio junkie, it has been some time since I recognized that the “conservatism” of the air waves is really nothing of the...
“Capitalism” and Christianity
“Capitalism” is a word for which I don’t much care. There are a couple of problems with it. ...
Debt Limit Raise: a Victory for Obama
The highly publicized debt ceiling debate has drawn to a close. Politicians and commentators from both political parties are hailing this as a victory for the Tea Party. I...
The Debt Ceiling Deal: A Victory for the Tea Party?
It appears that Republicans and Democrats, Congress and the White House, have arrived at agreement on the debt ceiling. To sum it all up: the debt ceiling will be...
The True Character of Science
Semester after semester, I continue to encounter students for whom the proposition that science alone is the embodiment of unimpeded Reason is axiomatic. But it isn’t just my college...
The Debt Limit and Republican Curiosities
The latest debate over “the debt limit” has all but monopolized the attention of politicians and pundits alike. I confess, I for one am not at all pleased by...
Walter Williams: Black Libertarian
Walter Williams is associated with that paradoxical phenomenon typically known as “black conservatism.” However, while Williams is a fierce opponent of the leftist political ideology that has overcome the...
Some Thoughts on Republicans
The first time I recall having exercised my right to vote was in 1992, when I was 20 years old. From that time to the present, I have never...
Black and Conservative: Thomas Sowell on Race and Rationalism
While it is true that the majority of black Americans lean leftward, and while it is no less true that the majority of black American intellectuals are full blown...
A Forgotten Black Conservative: A Closer Look at George S. Schuyler
Over the years, The John Birch Society — the organization of which The New American is an organ — has been besmirched by its ideological rivals for all manner...
A Forgotten Black Conservative: Another Look at George S. Schuyler
In my companion article ("A Forgotten Black Conservative: A Closer Look at George S. Schuyler") I wrote about George S. Schuyler, a great conservative who also happened to have...
Toward a Philosophy of Art
To the voluminous body of evidence that the television and film industries are comprised of doctrinaire leftists determined to promote their political program via these media, we can now...
Neoconservatives vs. Conservatives: Who Are the Real “Extremists”?
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the Republican Party establishment — I refer to both politicians as well as the punditry class constituting the so-called “new” or “alternative media” —...
History Politicized
Those on the conventional right incessantly lament the ignorance of history from which younger generations of Americans suffer. While it is true that Americans appear to know frighteningly little...
Procedural Justice and a Nation of Laws
Casey Anthony, the young woman arrested and tried for having murdered her three-year-old daughter, has just been acquitted of the most serious charges that had been leveled against her....
The Evil of Crime
In promoting the nation-building enterprises upon which President George W. Bush embarked the U.S. military, the most visible and loudest voices of the conventional right are forever reminding the...
“The People” and our Freedom
Central to the politics of states with democratically-constituted governments is the notion that all sovereignty resides in “the People.” In no place and at no time has this idea been more prevalent...
“Legislating Morality”: An Analysis
For decades, those on the left have clashed swords with those on the right over the issue of “legislating morality.” The latter believes, not only that it is appropriate...