The New American

Catholic Student Group Wins Legal Battle With University of Wisconsin

Chalk up a small victory for religious liberty on campus. On March 7 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of...

Dave Bohon March 9, 2011

Planned Parenthood Launches Truth Tour — But Not Really

Raven Clabough March 9, 2011

In an effort to rally opposition to congressional efforts to end funding for Planned Parenthood, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America has implemented...

Handouts, Morality and Common Sense

Walter E. Williams March 9, 2011

Whether Americans realize it or not, the last decade's path of congressional spending is unsustainable. Spending must be reined in, but what spending...

The UN’s Comic Attempt to Indoctrinate the Young

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. March 8, 2011

While many of the acts of the United Nations are accurately described as laughable, their latest idea is literally comical. ...

Georgia Supreme Court Upholds State Photo ID Act

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. March 8, 2011

On March 7, by a 6-1 vote, the Supreme Court of Georgia upheld that state’s law requiring voters to provide government-issued photo identification...

Maine Legislator Introduces Nullification Resolution

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. March 8, 2011

As has been well chronicled in The New American and elsewhere, over a dozen states (16 at least) have recently proposed bills seeking...

Illinois Legislature Debates Gun Ownership Privacy

James Heiser March 8, 2011

Approximately 1.3 million residents of Illinois hold state-issued Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) cards, and if the current plan of Attorney General Lisa Madigan...

AWOL Wisconsin Senators Could Return Soon

Alex Newman March 8, 2011

After spending more than three weeks in Illinois seeking to block a Republican reform bill aimed at reining in a multi-billion dollar deficit...

Nullify Now! Tour Reaches Cincinnati

Raven Clabough March 8, 2011

This year, the Nullify Now! tour continues to boast large crowds and an impressive array of speakers. On Saturday, March 5, the tour...

Bond Rating Services Latest Scapegoat in Greek Crisis

Bruce Walker March 8, 2011

Collectivists always choose some enemy to blame for their failures. In America, the mantra against “the rich” is one example of that deliberate...

Obama: Prison for Life Without Trial Is Okay

Thomas R. Eddlem March 8, 2011

President Obama announced that he will continue to keep approximately 50 Guantanamo detainees imprisoned indefinitely without trial in an executive order released March 7,...

Union Myths

Thomas Sowell March 8, 2011

The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for corporations...

“Modest” Education Proposal Revealed

William P. Hoar March 8, 2011

Item:An Education Weekblog for February 14, in a piece entitled “Obama Proposes Modest Hike in Education Spending for FY 2012,” reported that “education...

Race to the Top Commencement Challenge in Dire Straits

Raven Clabough March 8, 2011

President Obama may be humbled by the dramatically decreased number of schools requesting his presence at commencement ceremonies. Last year, more than 1,000...