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Georgia Supreme Court Upholds State Photo ID Act
On March 7, by a 6-1 vote, the Supreme Court of Georgia upheld that state’s law requiring voters to provide government-issued photo identification...
Maine Legislator Introduces Nullification Resolution
As has been well chronicled in The New American and elsewhere, over a dozen states (16 at least) have recently proposed bills seeking...
Read moreIllinois Legislature Debates Gun Ownership Privacy
Approximately 1.3 million residents of Illinois hold state-issued Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) cards, and if the current plan of Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
Read moreAWOL Wisconsin Senators Could Return Soon
After spending more than three weeks in Illinois seeking to block a Republican reform bill aimed at reining in a multi-billion dollar deficit...
Read moreNullify Now! Tour Reaches Cincinnati
This year, the Nullify Now! tour continues to boast large crowds and an impressive array of speakers. On Saturday, March 5, the tour...
Read moreObama: Prison for Life Without Trial Is Okay
President Obama announced that he will continue to keep approximately 50 Guantanamo detainees imprisoned indefinitely without trial in an executive order released March 7,...
Read moreNYC Council Passes Gag Rule Against Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
As a follow-up to a story previously reported by The New American, the New York City Council, as expected, passed legislation that curbs...
Read more“Pro-Choice” Columnist: Abort Planned Parenthood’s Federal Funding
Give Kirsten Powers credit. She may be a liberal, abortion-rights supporter, but she is also willing to modify her opinion on the basis...
Read moreCan We Cut “Defense” Spending?
Andrew Ferguson of the Weekly Standard summed up the neoconservative case against cutting U.S. defense spending in a February 21 article entitled “The...
Read moreInflation Drives Up Grocery Prices
In a clear indication of the times, economists predict that the odious tide of inflation will continue to ravage the U.S. economy, as...
Read moreBritish Health Care Official Advocates Letting Premature Babies Die
Because prominent members of the Obama administration continue to tout British health care as an example for America to emulate, it’s necessary to...
Read moreABC Asks If Jobs Can Be Created by Buying American
On Sunday, March 6, Christiane Amanpour, moderator of ABC’s This Week, continued the network’s series “Made in America.” ...
Read more“Modest” Education Proposal Revealed
Item:An Education Weekblog for February 14, in a piece entitled “Obama Proposes Modest Hike in Education Spending for FY 2012,” reported that “education...
Read moreRace to the Top Commencement Challenge in Dire Straits
President Obama may be humbled by the dramatically decreased number of schools requesting his presence at commencement ceremonies. Last year, more than 1,000...
Read moreATF Agent Ordered to Let U.S. Guns Into Mexico
John Dodson, one of seven front-line Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF) special task force agents in a Phoenix-based operation named...
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