The New American

NATO Offers Mixed Signals on Afghanistan

AP reported statements from NATO leaders on June 11 declaring that the alliance had “regained the initiative” in the Afghan war, along with...

June 11, 2010

Eminent Domain and the Rights of Property

Dennis Behreandt June 11, 2010

In China, one man has had enough. Yang Youde, who lives near the city of Wuhan, has had to begin defending his property...

Think Nationally, Act Locally

Patrick Krey June 11, 2010

Varg Freeborn, president of the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) chapter at Youngstown State University in Ohio, had no idea the levels that...

North Korea: A Grim Warning for the West

Michael Tennant June 11, 2010

The New York Times — the newspaper whose reporter Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer Prize in 1932 while deliberately covering up Joseph Stalin’s...

The Pledge in Spanish Sparks Controversy

Jack Kenny June 11, 2010

A school principal in Wrightstown, Wisconsin, has defended on constitutional grounds the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish at the school....

“Who Needs Siblings?” Asks Britain

Bruce Walker June 11, 2010

“Be fruitful and multiply” is an injunction not only in the faith of Christians and Jews but throughout most great civilizations. Devout Christians...

Is U.S. Funding Both Sides in Afghan War?

Jack Kenny June 11, 2010

Is the United States indirectly funding the Taliban insurgents who are killing our troops in Afghanistan? The New York Times reported an ongoing...

Arizona Illegals Already Appear to be Exiting

Mary McHugh June 11, 2010

Although the new Arizona Senate Bill 1070 has about seven weeks remaining before going into effect, it seems to be having an impact...

Mithraic Mysteries and the Cult of Empire

June 11, 2010

The proud Roman general stood with his commanders and retinue as the wild hillsmen, dressed in the ragged but still-flamboyant clothes of corsairs,...

The Fourth and Freedom

Becky Akers June 11, 2010

If you had to choose one amendment from the Bill of Rights that most undergirds liberty, which would it be? I’d probably go...

That Pesky Constitution

Kelly Holt June 10, 2010

Fox News (June 9) reported that small publisher Wilder Publications has taken political correctness to the extreme with its disclaimer about America’s founding...

Cap-and-trade Con

Rebecca Terrell June 10, 2010

Last month, Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) unveiled their “American Power Act,” custom-tailored to President Obama’s plans to set up...

Physicians Group Condemns U.S. Biological Torture Experiments

Thomas R. Eddlem June 10, 2010

Physicians for Human Rights filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)...