The New American

NASA Committee Weighs Future of Manned Space Program

In an age of out of control government spending — over $30 billion a week in budget deficits, 130,000 troops in Iraq and...

James Heiser August 21, 2009

The Private Sector and the future of Space Exploration

James Heiser August 21, 2009

An article at Wired.com (“Rocket Booster: Let Private Sector help NASA”) keeps a free-market focus on the future of American space exploration: “After...

Myanmar Asks for End to Sanctions

Warren Mass August 20, 2009

Commentary from Myanmar's military junta appearing in three official newspapers on August 20 proposed that western nations end their economic sanctions of the...

Microsoft Appeals Ban on MS Word

Steven J. DuBord August 20, 2009

Microsoft on August 18 filed an appeal to a judge’s ruling that the company’s Word application violates a Canadian firm’s patent. The ruling...

Save Rifqa Bary From an Honor Killing

R. Cort Kirkwood August 20, 2009

Americans and Europeans have learned at least one unpleasant truth about unfettered immigration, even if government officials don’t want to admit it: many...

Details of Mission for CIA ‘Black’ Helicopters Revealed

Alex Newman August 20, 2009

In a tale that sounds like something out of a spy movie, the New York Post has revealed intricate details about a secret...

AARP Members Leaving Over Health Reform

Steven J. DuBord August 20, 2009

As many as 60,000 AARP members have left the group in protest over its stance on healthcare reform, CBS News reported on August...

Embryonic Stem-Cell Study Delayed

Steven J. DuBord August 20, 2009

The first study of embryonic stem-cell therapy in human beings has been delayed by the Food and Drug Administration, Bloomberg News reported on...

Obama preaches Healthcare Reform to Religious Leaders

James Heiser August 20, 2009

After several decades of complaining about the influence of “Conservative Evangelicals” on the political process, the American Left has been stepping up its...

In the Shadows of Promise

Thomas R. Eddlem August 20, 2009

President Barack Obama took office with an extraordinary set of promises as a candidate. He has fulfilled many of the promises to the...

New, Lower Deficit Estimate: $1.58 trillion

Thomas R. Eddlem August 20, 2009

President Obama is expected to revise his fiscal 2009 deficit estimate to $1.58 trillion, which is down from the $1.84 trillion estimate earlier in...

CIA Hired Blackwater for Assassinations

Thomas R. Eddlem August 20, 2009

The CIA outsourced its assassination program to controversial security company Blackwater Worldwide, according to the New York Times for August 20. The assassination...