Politics

The White House and Media Control

President Barack Obama entered office with a promise of increased transparency, especially regarding the media. However, veteran reporter Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com last...

Steven Yates July 6, 2009

Tea Parties Across America on Independence Day

Steven Yates July 6, 2009

Doubtless I am not the only person who awoke on July 4 — Independence Day — wondering what we are independent from and...

Oklahoma’s Proclamation for Morality Petition

Denise Behreandt July 6, 2009

On Thursday, July 2, State Representative Sally Kern (R-Oklahoma City) and over one hundred political, religious and business leaders gathered at the Oklahoma state capitol to...

Franken Gives Democrats Filibuster-Proof Vote

Thomas R. Eddlem July 1, 2009

It’s not funny, but former Saturday Night Live comedian Al Franken is officially the new senator from Minnesota. Franken was recently declared the...

Obama Will Soon Propose Indefinite Detention Without Trial

Thomas R. Eddlem June 30, 2009

The leftist Brookings Institution has put forth an indefinite-detention-without-trial legislation proposal that National Public Radio says the Obama is considering issuing in executive...

Supreme Court Rules for Firefighters

Steven J. DuBord June 30, 2009

The Supreme Court ruled on June 29 that New Haven, Connecticut, discriminated against white and Hispanic firefighters by disregarding test results that would...

States Plan on Opting Out of Obamacare

Ann Shibler June 30, 2009

Some state lawmakers, in preemptive mode, are considering ballot initiatives for the 2010 election which would allow them to opt out of Obama...

Obama’s Broken No Tax Increase Pledge

Thomas R. Eddlem June 29, 2009

Since he was asking about things that had already happened back in February, George Stephanopoulos might as well have asked White House adviser...

Conyers Refuses to Investigate ACORN

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. June 29, 2009

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) has had a change of heart regarding his earlier decision to investigate the Association of Community...

Sotomayor Overruled in Firefighters’ Case

Jack Kenny June 29, 2009

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has been overturned again. President Barrack Obama’s choice to fill the Supreme Court vacancy being created by the...

“Cap-And-Trade” Tax Bill Narrowly Passes House

Thomas R. Eddlem June 27, 2009

“Cap-And-Trade” global-warming legislation that would — by President Barack Obama's own admission — “skyrocket” electricity rates as well as raise taxes on consumers...

Obama’s Walpin Firing Tip of the Iceberg

Steven J. DuBord June 27, 2009

As previously reported by The New American on June 12, President Barack Obama has fired Gerald Walpin, the inspector general who found out...

Gov. Mark Sanford and Fidelity

Charles Scaliger June 26, 2009

The story is becoming painfully routine: powerful, charismatic, widely-admired politician and family man admits marital infidelity and is pilloried by the press and...