Politics
California Welfare Recipients go to Hawaii
A review of California welfare recipients shows that almost $70 million was spent by these recipients out of state. This includes $12 million...
Family’s Home Burns After Fire Fee Not Paid
Tennessee firefighters in Obion County allowed a family’s home to burn to the ground last week because the family had not paid a...
Read morePoll Numbers Not Looking Good for Dems
According to a Gallup generic ballot for Congress among registered voters, Republicans maintain a 3-point lead over Democrats, 46 to 43 percent. To...
Read moreTea Party Giving Neocons Heartburn
Several neoconservative writers have recently expressed nervousness about Tea Party supporters threatening to make substantial cuts in military expenditures in order to rein...
Read moreAlaskan Senatorial Candidate Supports Repeal of 17th Amendment
The vigorous and timely advocacy of the enforcement of the Tenth Amendment has been well chronicled in the pages of The New American...
Read moreThe Karzai Family Fortune, Courtesy of U.S. Taxpayers
The average Afghan — and, indeed, the average American — may be deriving very little benefit from the United States’ continued occupation of...
Read moreScott Bradley’s Quixotic U.S. Senate Run
Scott Bradley aims to give Utah voters a real choice in the November U.S. Senate race. The longtime Republican-turned-Constitution Party candidate faces an...
Read moreRahm Emanuel Announces Candidacy But Is He Eligible?
President Barack Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, resigned from his post on October 1 amid rampant speculation that he would run for...
Read morePoll Shows Overlap Between Tea Party and Religious Right
A poll released on October 5 by the nonprofit Public Religion Research Institute indicated that nearly half (47 percent) of Americans who consider...
Read moreWhen a Colt .45 Isn’t Just on the Bar Menu
Despite the best efforts of gun-control organizations, Americans are gaining more and more freedom to keep and bear arms. Forty-eight states now have...
Read moreStuffing the Lame Duck (Congress)
In their haste to leave Washington and attempt to rescue whatever might be left of their political careers, politicians put off until a...
Read moreSan Francisco Ponders Regulation of Happy Meals
San Francisco is considering a new city ordinance that would prohibit McDonald’s from putting a toy in its Happy Meal boxes unless it...
Read moreSharron Angle’s Private Meeting Recorded
In a private meeting that took place last week, Nevada's Republican senatorial candidate Sharron Angle was recorded urging third-party candidate Scott Ashjian to...
Read moreFlorida Congressional Candidate Calls for End of the U.N.
In the taxonomy of politics circa 2010, the Tea Party is typically classified as the party of the Constitution. Newspapers nationwide have chronicled...
Read moreTaliban Claims Responsibility for NATO Supply Truck Attacks
Voice of America and other news sources reported on October 4 that the Pakistani Taliban had claimed responsibility for an attack on about...
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