The New American

China Announces More Open Gov’t., Less Open Internet

In response to rising citizen demand for government transparency and efficiency, this year China plans to defog the secretive workings of the government...

Brian Koenig January 19, 2012

Is SOPA on the Ropes?

Michael Tennant January 19, 2012

On Wednesday Internet users got a taste of what opponents of an intellectual property bill currently before Congress say the web could look...

Rabbinical Alliance Urges Social Conservatives to Reject Romney

Bruce Walker January 19, 2012

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...

Maryland County Considers Bill to Accommodate Cross-Dressing Men

Dave Bohon January 19, 2012

Maryland’s Baltimore County is considering an ordinance that critics warn would allow transvestites, cross-dressers, and men confused about their gender to access women’s...

Constitutional Authority House Rule XII Largely Ignored

Bob Adelmann January 19, 2012

All new legislation offered by members of the House of Representatives since January 3, 2011 is required to include, under House Rule XII,...

Another Taxpayer-funded Solar Company Lays Off 40 Employees

Brian Koenig January 18, 2012

Another taxpayer-funded solar-panel company, Willard & Kelsey Solar Group LLC, is undergoing operational issues, as it recently laid off about 40 people indefinitely...

SOPA, PIPA Blackouts Are Working

Bob Adelmann January 18, 2012

After months of discussion between and among 1,800 contributors to Wikipedia, the online information source, it decided to “go black" on Wednesday to...

Sen. DeMint Not Ready to Endorse Romney

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. January 18, 2012

In a recent article published by The Daily Beast, its Washington bureau chief, Howard Kurtz, reasoned that if “moderate” Mitt Romney wins the...

Texas Conservative Confab Exposes Fragmented Evangelical Vote

Dave Bohon January 18, 2012

While the Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins crowed about a “consensus” vote for GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum (left) at the special evangelical...

Campaign Finance Reform and the Formation of the Super PAC

Brian Koenig January 18, 2012

The Republican presidential race has become a hot potato for the American electorate, as revealing campaign ads and heated presidential debates underscore the...

Two Pro-business Groups File Legal Challenge to Obama’s Recess Appointments

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. January 18, 2012

Last Friday, two pro-business organizations filed motions in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the constitutionality of President Barack...

Report: Israeli Spies Posed as CIA to Recruit Anti-Iran Terrorists

Alex Newman January 18, 2012

An explosive report published late last week by the magazine Foreign Policy, citing half-a-dozen current and former U.S. intelligence officers, claimed that spies...

Could Hungary Break the Back of the EU?

Bob Adelmann January 18, 2012

The European Commission (EC) on Tuesday threatened to take legal action against Hungary unless it revised its brand new constitution to allow the country’s...