The New American

We Are the Resistance!

I didn’t waste time listening to the [Mi]Stake of the Union last night, and I hope you didn’t either. Life contains enough indignities...

Becky Akers January 26, 2011

More Sizzle Than Steak in State of Union Rebuttals

Jack Kenny January 26, 2011

Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin Congressman chosen to give the "official" Republican response to the President's State of the Union address,...

Can Our Nation Be Saved?

Walter E. Williams January 26, 2011

National debt is over $14 trillion, the federal budget deficit is $1.4 trillion and, depending on whose estimates are used, the unfunded liability...

Jesse Ventura Sues TSA and DHS Over Airport Screening Violations

Kelly Holt January 25, 2011

Former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura is set to wrestle with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through a lawsuit...

Supreme Court Acts as Trial Court in Two-State Dispute

Bruce Walker January 25, 2011

The Supreme Court of the United States has but modest status in the U.S. Constitution. The court is mentioned only in Article III,...

Amendment Would Ban Government from Owning Corporations

Jack Kenny January 25, 2011

Rep. Mike Turner, (R-Ohio) has introduced a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit federal government ownership in private enterprises. Called the Preserving Capitalism in...

New Heroes vs. Old

Thomas Sowell January 25, 2011

When I mention that my family used kerosene lamps when I was a small child in the South during the 1930s, that is...

Glenn Beck vs. Frances Fox Piven

Raven Clabough January 25, 2011

In the wake of the Tucson shootings, conservative pundit and Fox News television host Glenn Beck called upon all Americans to reject violence....

Wave of Police Shootings Could Indicate War on Cops

Raven Clabough January 25, 2011

Authorities agree that a recent wave of police shootings is likely not a coincidence, as 11 police officers have been shot in just...

EPA Approves E15 Ethanol Mix

Raven Clabough January 25, 2011

Despite the environmental and financial failure of federally subsidized ethanol, the Environmental Protection Agency has approved even greater use of the fuel additive....