The New American

What America Still Can Be

By all accounts, America at this time should be enjoying its greatest economic expansion and its greatest creation of wealth in its history....

Sam Blumenfeld March 12, 2012

Chick-fil-A Attacked for Supporting Christian Groups

Dave Bohon March 12, 2012

Students at Boston’s Northeastern University have succeeded in blocking fast-food chain Chick-fil-A from opening a franchise on the school’s campus, following complaints that...

Murder of Civilians Puts Further Strain on U.S-Afghan Relations

Jack Kenny March 12, 2012

A U.S. Army staff sergeant is in military custody following a gruesome shooting spree in rural villages of Afghanistan Sunday that killed at...

White House Jobs Growth Celebration is Premature

Bob Adelmann March 12, 2012

White House announcements celebrating the jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) were optimistic: “Private sector employers added 233,000 jobs to...

ECRI Stays with Recession Call

Bob Adelmann March 12, 2012

When Lakshman Achuthan (left), co-founder of Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) appeared on CNBC to defend his prediction last September of an “imminent”...

Pie-in-the-Sky Energy Planning

Ralph R. Reiland March 12, 2012

“Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels of Europe,” said Dr. Steven Chu, director...

Alex Haley’s Fraudulent Roots

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. March 12, 2012

This year is the 35th anniversary of the ground-breaking television miniseries, Roots. Based on Alex Haley’s wildly successful novel, Roots: The Saga of...

February’s Deficit the Highest Ever

Charles Scaliger March 11, 2012

In yet another sign that the looming American debt crisis is close to spiraling out of control, February’s monthly federal deficit was the...

Utah State Legislature Unanimously Passes Anti-NDAA Resolution

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

Earlier this week, lawmakers in Utah stood together and expressed their opposition to the indefinite detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act...

Predicted Solar Storm Fizzles Out, More Storms Likely

Bob Adelmann March 10, 2012

Many were surprised when the prediction by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of potential major disruptions of power grids, Global Positioning...

Time to Repeal Daylight Saving Time?

William F. Jasper March 10, 2012

The Aborigines of Frago-Mungo Land beat the ground with a Kooji-bird feather for three days in early spring. They are celebrating a tradition...

Latin America Debates Drug Legalization; Obama Demands More War on Drugs

Alex Newman March 10, 2012

Leaders throughout Latin America are increasingly hinting that they may defect from the United Nations-inspired and U.S. government-led “War on Drugs.” But the...

Wind Farms Paid to Stop Producing Power

James Heiser March 9, 2012

While President Obama travels around the United States touting “green energy” as the solution to the nation’s spiraling energy costs, the wind farms of...