The New American

Obama’s Faith-based Initiatives

President Obama on February 5 fulfilled another of his campaign promises by expanding on former President Bush's faith-based initiatives. Obama created a new...

Patrick Krey February 9, 2009

“Supersizing” the IMF

William F. Jasper February 8, 2009

Is the International Monetary Fund headed toward becoming the Federal Reserve of the world? Although one-world elitists in political and banking circles have...

T-Bills Gone Wild: A Crash in Progress?

Thomas R. Eddlem February 7, 2009

The credit rating of the U.S. government is falling fast. Treasury debt mechanisms have crashed in bond markets this year, forcing Treasury officials...

Russia’s Puzzling Role in Afghan Theater

February 6, 2009

On February 5, we reported about the fate of the U.S. air base at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, which has played a key role in...

Fate of U.S. Base in Kyrgyzstan Uncertain

February 5, 2009

Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on February 3 that his government had decided to shut down the U.S. air base at Manas. Manas...

Obama Bows to EU Demands on Stimulus

William F. Jasper February 5, 2009

Caving in to pressure from the European Union, President Barack Obama signaled this week that he wanted “Buy American” provisions struck from the...

Holodomor: The Secret Holocaust in Ukraine

James Perloff February 5, 2009

When Ukraine resisted Soviet attempts at collectivization in the 1920s and '30s, the Soviet Union under Stalin used labor camps, executions, and starvation...

A Bad Deal Revisited — Obama and FDR

Steven J. DuBord February 5, 2009

ITEM: Writing for Newsweek's online edition on January 13, Daniel Gross complains: "Even before President-elect Obama takes office, critics are circling his yet-to-be-released...

Whatever Happened to Global Warming?

Steven J. DuBord February 5, 2009

Now that record-cold temperatures across the globe are making a mockery of human-caused global warming, we look to see if this is merely...

First Iranian-produced Satellite Launched

February 4, 2009

Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, announced on February 3 that on the previous day the Islamic nation had launched its first domestically produced...