The New American

Tips for the Republican Voter

As the presidential campaign for 2012 gets under way, conservatives, libertarians, and others typically disposed to vote for Republican candidates would do themselves...

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. May 31, 2011

Seductive Beliefs

Thomas Sowell May 31, 2011

One of the painfully revealing episodes in Barack Obama's book Dreams From My Father describes his early experience listening to a sermon by...

Fair Tax? Flat Tax? The Case for No Tax

Bob Adelmann May 31, 2011

Stephen Moore’s math in his Wall Street Journal article is compelling: by the time the Democrats' proposed three-percent surtax on incomes over $1 million...

Will the Crises in Spain Combine to Make the “Perfect Storm”?

Bruce Walker May 31, 2011

The financial crisis threatening to bring down the economies of Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain (the so-called “PIGS” countries) has long-term consequences which...

Symbolic Debt Ceiling Bill Voted Down

Michael Tennant May 31, 2011

As expected, the bill to raise the federal debt ceiling that House Republicans brought to a quick vote today failed overwhelmingly. The bill,...

Murder, Tulips, and Taxes

Ralph R. Reiland May 31, 2011

Last week, we took the midnight train to Chicago. It's an easy ride, with a bedroom both ways — except I get the...

Congress Lets Obama Ignore War Powers Act in Libya

Jack Kenny May 31, 2011

By all means let us continue to remember and honor our war dead, as many (though too few) did yesterday in observance of...

G8 Promises Billions in Aid to the Arab Spring

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. May 31, 2011

At last week’s meeting held in Deauville, France, the assembled leaders of the so-called G8 (the “wealthiest industrialized nations”) agreed to send at...

Nullify Now! Tour Finds Support in Los Angeles

Raven Clabough May 30, 2011

Saturday, May 28, marked yet another successful Nullify Now! tour, this time in Los Angeles, California. Sponsored by the Tenth Amendment Center, the...

The Neoconservative Philosophy

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. May 30, 2011

Although it had been in circulation for decades, it was only during the tenure of our last President that the term “neoconservatism” really...

Los Angeles Pols Would Protect Illegal-Alien Criminals

R. Cort Kirkwood May 30, 2011

In the latest act of treason from the illegal-alien lobby, Los Angeles city council members have announced they want the city to stop...

Homeschoolers Win High-school Mock Trial Championship

Sam Blumenfeld May 30, 2011

We already know of Patrick Henry College’s superb homeschooled debating team, which won against prestigious Oxford University in December 2004. Its students have...