The New Jacobin Elite
The Socialist Party of Great Britain is celebrating the reissuing of Peter Taaffe’s book, The Masses Arise: The Great French Revolution 1789 -1815....
Politics
Dangers of a Constitutional Convention
The current economic crisis has served as a wakeup call to many Americans that there is a major problem with the policies emanating...
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Sonia Sotomayor’s Selection
The judicial rulings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are “marked by diligence, depth and unflashy competence,”...
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Congress Passes a Mingle of More War and Waste
If anyone ever wanted proof of columnist Joe Sobran’s dictum that “war is just one more big government program,” they need look no...
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Obama: Fed “Performed Better Than Most Other Regulators”
President Barack Obama praised the efforts of the Federal Reserve Bank during his press conference June 23, telling reporters, “I think that the...
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The Accelerating Push to Criminalize the Right
The New American recently warned that Americans who oppose policies emanating from Washington are being tarred as right-wing extremists and even potential terrorists...
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PBS Bans New Religious Programming
On June 16, the Public Broadcasting Service decided to forbid member stations from carrying any new religious TV programs while allowing the few...
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Nanny State Targets Tobacco
The term "Nanny State" refers to the increasing government intrusion in personal life decisions for the "peoples' own good." Advocates of a nanny...
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From Farming to Serfdom
Another sweeping draconian measure from your representatives in Washington is quickly taking shape under H.R. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act (FSEA) of...
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Terror Book Author Wins Round #1 in Censorship Battle
In spite of a 20-month campaign of intimidation by one of the most powerful prosecutors in America, author Peter Lance has succeeded in...
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Obama’s “Pay As You Go” Deception
President Barack Obama announced last week that he’d like to restore the “pay-as-you-go” budgeting guidelines that Congress imposed upon itself in the 1990s....
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The New Push to Criminalize Dissent
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrew its controversial report on “Right Wing Extremism” (PDF) as a terrorism threat back in May, but...
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Will the Federal Reserve Be Audited?
It will come as a surprise to many Americans to know: 1) the Federal Reserve is not part of the U.S. government, but...
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Obama Fires Inspector Who Found Misuse
President Barack Obama has fired the inspector general who found misuse of AmeriCorps funds at a nonprofit education group headed by Sacramento Mayor...
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May Deficit Was Nearly $190 Billion
The Treasury Department reported on June 10 that the federal budget deficit for May was just shy of $190 billion, and the total...
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