Opinion

More Fright-peddling, More Bailouts

Round two of the economic crime of the century has begun. On January 12, Lawrence Summers, President Obama's designee to become director of...

William F. Jasper January 19, 2009

Banks, Nationalization, and the Times’ Spin

Gary Benoit January 17, 2009

In an unwonted episode of lucidity, the New York Times proclaimed in a recent headlilne that the "Rescue of Banks Hints at Nationalization."...

Stimulus Price Tag Continues to Rise

Gary Benoit January 15, 2009

The price tag for the incoming Obama administration's proposed stimulus bill continues to rise. This morning, a few hours in advance of a...

Obama’s Stimulus Plan Will Cost at Least $187,800 Per Job

Gary Benoit January 13, 2009

According Barack Obama's presidential transition team, the new stimulus plan being prepared by the upcoming Obama administration can be expected to create between...

Ready to Be an Extremist Again

Steven J. DuBord January 8, 2009

Back in September 2005, I wrote a short column for The New American stating that "I'm okay being middle-of-the-road." The column chronicled how...

GM Bailout a Sop to Cerberus?

Gary Benoit January 2, 2009

The recent decision by the federal government to bail out GMAC, the financing arm of General Motors, encouraged the illusion that the federal...

Ron Paul: A Man of Ideas and Ideals

Steven J. DuBord December 29, 2008

Ron Paul: A Life of Ideas, the first book-length biography of the noted congressman, tells the back story of the man behind the...

That Thing Called Feminism

Gary Benoit December 26, 2008

Sometimes the apple does fall far from the tree, and sometimes that's a good thing. You may not know the name Rebecca Walker,...

Bailout Mania!

William F. Jasper December 22, 2008

The Treasury Department and Federal Reserve are spending trillions — and Congress is letting them get away with the biggest theft in history....

Bernanke’s Money Maneuvers

Steven J. DuBord December 22, 2008

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's radical policies have prompted alarm that they might worsen our economic recession/depression. ...

Ponzi, Madoff, and the Fed

William F. Jasper December 22, 2008

Poor Charles Ponzi is getting another media drubbing. News stories, of late, have been declaring Bernard Madoff's spectacular investment fraud case "the biggest...

Bernard Madoff and Financial Pyramid Schemes

Dennis Behreandt December 17, 2008

The world’s wealthy and well-connected are reeling from disclosures that an international investment giant – Wall Street-based Bernard Madoff Investment Securities LLC, run...