The New American

President Obama Visits Afghanistan

Voice of America reported on March 29 that President Barack Obama had returned to Washington from a brief, unannounced trip to Afghanistan, during...

March 29, 2010

New Taxes, Tax Increases in Healthcare Law

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. March 29, 2010

As a candidate, Barack Obama repeatedly promised never to raise taxes on American families earning less than $250,000 a year or on individuals...

On Safari in the Healthcare Jungle

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. March 29, 2010

There are many frightening aspects of the new healthcare law hidden around every corner of its legislative labyrinth, camouflaged behind dense impenetrable briars...

New Healthcare Law: “Change” for the Worse

March 29, 2010

“This is what change looks like,” announced a jubilant President Obama on March 21, shortly after the House passage of healthcare legislation that...

Crist and Rubio Duel in Florida’s Fiery Senate Race

Raven Clabough March 29, 2010

Florida’s U.S. Senate race indicates less competition between Democrats and Republicans and more rivalry between the two Republican contenders, Governor Charlie Crist and...

Socialist Chavez Arrests More Critics

Alex Newman March 27, 2010

In his latest paranoid crackdown on free speech, socialist Venezuelan “President” Hugo Chavez arrested the chief of the last critical television network as...

Dad Ordered Not to Expose Daughter to His Faith

Bruce Walker March 27, 2010

A father in Chicago may find himself in jail, if he exposes his young daughter to his Catholic faith. Joseph Reyes is estranged...

Dingell: Healthcare Law Will “Control the People”

Thomas R. Eddlem March 27, 2010

Democratic Congressman John Dingell of Michigan accidentally let slip a truth about Obama's new healthcare package to a Detroit radio talk-show host, telling the...

Warsaw and Lodz: A Tale of Two Cities

R.J. Stove March 27, 2010

One of the 19th century’s most famous poets, Lord Byron, compressed into two lines of immortal verse an essential truth about how self-respecting...

Google Makes a Good Move on China

Dennis Behreandt March 26, 2010

It’s refreshing to see that at least one large American company is willing to take a stand against tyranny. That company, surprisingly,...

The New Student-loan Program

Raven Clabough March 26, 2010

President Obama’s plan to help eliminate student-loan payments and minimize college students’ reliance on banks was the subject of much controversy, and for...