The New American

U.S. Regulators Approve First Nuclear Power Plant Since 1978

U.S. regulators on Thursday authorized plans to construct the nation’s first nuclear power plant in three decades, despite concerns stemming from Japan’s 2011...

Brian Koenig February 11, 2012

Courts and Dept of Justice Agree: Videotaping Police is OK

Bob Adelmann February 10, 2012

Ken Paulsen (left), president and CEO of the First Amendment Center, wrote in USA Today that “just as police officers use technology to...

Syrian Christians Fear Genocide if al-Assad Falls to Muslim Extremists

Bruce Walker February 10, 2012

Catholic bishops are warning that if the Bashar al-Assad (left) regime in Syria falls to Islamists, there may well be a mass genocide of...

Washington State Legislature Approves Homosexual “Marriage”

Dave Bohon February 10, 2012

The state of Washington is one step away from the legalization of homosexual marriage following passage of legislation in the state house of...

Forest Service: Jesus Statue Will Stay in Montana National Forest

Dave Bohon February 10, 2012

The U.S. Forest Service has announced that a statue of Jesus Christ that has graced the Big Mountain ski hill in northwestern Montana’s...

New Iran Sanctions: President Signs Executive Order Citing NDAA Authority

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. February 10, 2012

Once again, a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act is being cited by Washington as justification for a new policy position. ...

Romney’s Criticism of Obama’s Contraception Policy Rings Hollow

Michael Tennant February 10, 2012

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has lately been arguing strenuously against the Obama administration’s decision to force all employers, regardless of their religious...

Critics Call Obama’s Contraception “Compromise” a “Distinction Without a Difference”

Dave Bohon February 10, 2012

Christian and pro-family groups are blasting President Obama’s “compromise” on his contraception mandate for religious groups as a meaningless distinction without a difference....

Arizona Files its First Brief in Supreme Court Immigration Case

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. February 10, 2012

On Monday, attorneys representing Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (left) filed their opening brief with the clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court. In the...

Army Censored Military Archbishop’s Letter Condemning Obama Contraception Mandate

Dave Bohon February 9, 2012

In the latest controversy over President Obama’s infamous “contraception mandate,” the administration is coming under attack for attempting to prevent military chaplains from...

Egyptian Government May Prosecute Foreign Activists

James Heiser February 9, 2012

Egypt’s purportedly ‘transitional’ government — upheld throughout the past year as the example of the “Arab Spring” movement that was destined to bring...