The New American

Geithner: No Double Dip

When he appeared on ABC News's This Week on February 7, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was quizzed about the risk of the...

Bob Adelmann February 10, 2010

Who Cares?

Becky Akers February 10, 2010

I’ve stayed home lately, and no doubt you’re leery of traveling too, given that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) still limps along without...

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Black Opportunity Destruction

Dennis Behreandt February 10, 2010

"Do you mean he is taller than me am?" sarcastically barked Dr. Martin Rosenberg, my high school English teacher, to one of the...

World Economic Forum Pushes Global Controls

William F. Jasper February 9, 2010

The annual meeting of the rich and super-rich at Davos, Switzerland, ended January 31 with the usual calls for greater empowerment of the...

No, Sir, That Ain’t History: A Review of David Aaronovitch’s “Voodoo Histories.”

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. February 9, 2010

David Aaronovitch has not written a “whodunit;” he has not written a “who really dunit;” he has a written a “why only idiots...

Animal Tracking: Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Rebecca Terrell February 9, 2010

The Obama administration is shifting some responsibility for its animal disease tracking system to the states. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom...

Federal Stimulus Almost Gone: Education Budget Woes

Raven Clabough February 9, 2010

Sam Dillon of the New York Times reports that the depletion of federal stimulus money will result in schools approaching "a funding cliff."...

U.S. War in Pakistan Takes Casualties: 3 U.S. Soldiers Dead

Thomas R. Eddlem February 8, 2010

The deaths of three American soldiers in Pakistan February 3 has exposed “Obama’s secret war inside Pakistan," according to theLondon Times February 7....

Light-hearted Tebow Super Bowl Ad Disarms Critics

Dave Bohon February 8, 2010

A 30-second Super Bowl ad, which pro-abortion and feminist groups had feared would offer a strong pro-life, anti-abortion message, instead did what the...

Yemen: Intervention, Nation-building, and the Constitution

Bob Adelmann February 8, 2010

When Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) vented his frustration at further involvement by the United States in foreign countries despite constitutional limitations against such...

“Tobin Tax” and UN Global Taxman Making A Comeback

William F. Jasper February 8, 2010

For decades, the "Tobin Tax" — a proposed global tax on currency transactions — has remained far from economic mainstream thought, being primarily...

New Unemployment Numbers Conceal Many Issues

Steven Yates February 8, 2010

January’s unemployment numbers were released late last week. According to the official report, unemployment fell from 10.0 to 9.7 percent last month. Employment...