The New American

CBO Report: Medicare Cost-saving Programs Fall Short

President Obama, along with the Democratic-led Senate and formerly Democratic-led House, touted the 2010 healthcare overhaul as a landmark law that would curb...

Brian Koenig January 23, 2012

Kucinich Bill Would Tax Away “Unreasonable” Oil Company Profits

Michael Tennant January 23, 2012

Feeling pain at the gas pump? Congressman Dennis Kucinich thinks he has a solution: Tax “unreasonable” oil company profits. The Ohio Democrat has...

Sen. Rand Paul Blocked from Flight for Refusing TSA Groping

Alex Newman January 23, 2012

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) missed a flight to Washington, D.C., this morning after being detained by screeners with the Transportation Security Administration...

The Beauty of Private Property — from China?

Bob Adelmann January 23, 2012

A farmer in the communist collective of Xiaogang, a small village in eastern China, was starving, along with his family and his neighbors....

Unemployment Numbers, Regime Uncertainty, and Regulatory Surge

Bob Adelmann January 23, 2012

Last Friday’s unemployment numbers, on the surface at least, appeared to reflect a growing, albeit slowly, economy. The number of new unemployment claims...

Obama Is Not an Insourcer

Robert Confer January 23, 2012

As an industrialist, I’ve taken an interest in President Barack Obama’s insourcing kick which has occurred over the past few weeks, highlighted by...

Gingrich Wins South Carolina, Third GOP Winner In As Many States

Thomas R. Eddlem January 22, 2012

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina primary January 21 with 40 percent of the vote, making Gingrich the third GOP...

Top “Fast & Furious” Official Pleads the Fifth; Refuses to Testify

Alex Newman January 21, 2012

A senior official with the U.S. Department of Justice involved in the growing “Fast and Furious” federal gun-trafficking scandal told Congress that he...

Guttmacher/WHO Study Is Abortion Propaganda, Pro-Life Leader Says

Dave Bohon January 21, 2012

A British-based pro-life leader said that a recent study by two influential organizations supposedly showing that “unsafe” abortions are on the rise is...

Alger Hiss Conviction Highlighted Communist Subversion of U.S. Gov’t

Bruce Walker January 21, 2012

The Soviet Union since its earliest days described the United States as the “main enemy.” The penetration of American government and society was...

S.C. Debate Includes Exchange Between Santorum, Paul on Pro-life Credentials

Dave Bohon January 20, 2012

Lost in the Newt Gingrich morality play that was the January 19 South Carolina GOP presidential debate was an exchange on the issue...

New York’s Long-Distance Body Scanners Challenge 4th Amendment

Bob Adelmann January 20, 2012

New York Police Commissioner Joe Kelly (left) is considering the latest in technology — Terahertz Imaging Detection (TID) — to be mounted on police...

Ron Paul Introduces Bill to Repeal NDAA’s Indefinite Detention

Raven Clabough January 20, 2012

Texas Congressman and GOP presidential contender Ron Paul is continuing his battle for liberty even as he is focused on his fight for...

The Tragic Politics of Envy and Resentment

Thomas Sowell January 20, 2012

Different histories, geography, demography and cultures have left various groups, races, nations and civilizations with radically different abilities to create wealth. ...