The New American

Border Claims and Other Fables

Item: In a speech in El Paso, Texas, on May 10, President Obama mocked those who have resisted his policies on illegal immigration...

William P. Hoar June 8, 2011

Alabama Joins States’ Crackdown on Illegals

R. Cort Kirkwood June 8, 2011

Alabama has joined Arizona in the legal battle against illegal aliens. Last week, the state passed a law that, legislators hope, will send...

In the Founders’ Corner A Balanced Budget Amendment?

June 8, 2011

Do we need a “Balanced Budget” Amendment? NO! A constitutionally sound, informed electorate could quickly bring about the conditions that would allow the...

Utah Man Cited After Paying Disputed Medical BIll With 2,500 Pennies

Bruce Walker June 8, 2011

When Jason West of Vernal, Utah, tried to pay his disputed medical bill last week with 2,500 pennies, he was issued...

Obama’s Dodgy Remarks on Auto Industry Bailout

Michael Tennant June 8, 2011

President Barack Obama has lately been touting the government’s takeover of two of the Big Three automakers as an unqualified success. This is...

Grilling Weiner

Becky Akers June 8, 2011

“And another one gone, and another one gone Another one bites the dust…” ...

Irksome Things

Walter E. Williams June 8, 2011

There are a lot of things, large and small, that irk me. One of them is our tendency to evaluate a presidential candidate...

Obama Admin Continues to Focus on Obesity

Raven Clabough June 7, 2011

After the U.S. Department of Agriculture released the newest food diagram, which will replace the food pyramid, the Agriculture Department also announced that...

NY Cong. Weiner’s Scandal: Online Lewd Photos, Illicit Relationships

Raven Clabough June 7, 2011

Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) is no stranger to controversy, as he is known for his willingness to chew out colleagues, constituents, and media...

Turbines Killing Birds, Bats

R. Cort Kirkwood June 7, 2011

The law of unintended leftist consequences has come home to roost again, this time in the form of dead birds. The Los Angeles...

What’s a Conservative to Do Come Election Day?

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. June 7, 2011

Readers of this column will notice that I tend to be more critical of Republicans and “conservatives” than I am of Democrats and...

Scores of Germans Reenact Civil War Battles

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. June 7, 2011

A story published recently in PRI certainly knows how to grab a reader’s attention: "On a warm spring morning about 50 miles north...

Wisconsin GOP Accused of Electoral Manipulation

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. June 7, 2011

According to a cache of letters obtained by the Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Journal-Sentinel Online (JSO), a cadre of Republican insiders have devised a plan...