The New American

Unemployment Continues to Climb

The U.S. Labor Department reported unemployment rose to 9.7 percent during the month of August from 9.4 percent, the highest unemployment rate in...

Thomas R. Eddlem September 4, 2009

Resurrecting the Black Regiment

chuck - September 4, 2009

Most Americans today would probably still recognize the stirring words from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Concord Hymn”: “By the rude bridge that arched the...

Buying American

Robert Confer September 4, 2009

It can be said with certainty that the ever-expanding global economy, and our nation’s weakened position in it, is of America’s doing. Many...

Obama’s Snitch Line Reminescent of Cuba

Ralph R. Reiland September 4, 2009

Like good and obedient informants for the government, we’re supposed to contact Obama’s snitch line to report anything “fishy” that’s being said about...

Next Japanese PM Meets With U.S. Ambassador

September 3, 2009

Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama met with the new U.S. ambassador to Japan John Roos on September 3, just four days...

Ban Warns of Environmental “Abyss”

James Heiser September 3, 2009

Confronted by a negotiation process that some are characterizing as “walking in wet sand,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to get things...

Are Extremists Blowing Smoke Over Cap and Tax?

James Heiser September 3, 2009

With the Obama administration’s plans to collectivize healthcare threatened by a prairie fire of public outrage, the Left may be shifting targets once...

Reporters Dragged Into North Korea

Steven J. DuBord September 3, 2009

The American television reporters who were imprisoned in North Korea, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, say they were “violently dragged” from Chinese soil...

Law of the Sea Treaty: Through Rose-colored Goggles?

Kurt Williamsen September 3, 2009

On January 22, the Worldwatch Institute, a group having the goal of bringing the global community together to address climate change,...

Lords of Chaos: The Kremlin’s Arms Merchants

Patrick Krey September 3, 2009

“There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That’s one firearm for every 12 people on the planet. The only question is:...

Risks of the Swine Flu Vaccine

Alex Newman September 3, 2009

The coming swine flu vaccination campaign is expected to begin in October. But with vaccine safety tests being fast-tracked under “public health emergency”...

Karzai Leads in Afghan Election, But Runoff Likely

September 2, 2009

With more than 60 percent of the votes tallied from Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election, incumbent President Hamid Karzai had received 47 percent...