Trans Texas Corridor: Here We Go Again
Battle-weary Texans who spent much of the last decade working to defeat the proposed — and hugely unpopular — gigantic north-south highway through Texas up to Canada, known as the Trans...
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Phoenix John Birch Society Members Defeat “Con-Con” in Arizona
Successes in states around the nation in defeating a “con-con,” or Article V convention to change the Constitution, are playing out in Arizona, too. Last week, constitutionalists in the Grand Canyon...
Jane Eyre: Classics are Classic for a Reason
The most recent incarnation of Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 romantic novel is a welcome one among modern movie choices. The movie generally follows the novel, and is refreshingly free of elements found...
Central America: Drug Wars Escalate While Aided by U.S.-funded Highway
The almost unrestrained drug trafficking in Mexico has pushed violent drug wars deeper into Central America, as drugs are funneled through small countries ill-equipped to handle the squeeze of traffickers using...
Pennsylvania County Rejects Agenda 21
The Mercury, March 8, reported that Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, will be letting its membership in ICLEI (International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives), lapse due to constituent pressure and dislike for ICLEI's...
Edmond Oklahoma Dumps Agenda 21
Person by person, town by town, county by county, opposition to ICLEI (ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA) and its Agenda 21 message is growing. Edmond, Oklahoma is following the example of municipalities...
Guatemalans Sue United States for 1940s STD Inoculations
In October 2010, The New American examined the findings of Dr. Susan Reverby of Wellesley College, which showed that between 1946 and 1948, hundreds of Guatemalan citizens had been deliberately inoculated...
Utah to Require Teaching that U.S. is a Republic, Not a Democracy
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, March 8, a bill requiring Utah schools to teach that the United States is a republic and not a democracy, is being sent to the governor...
Texas Republican State Rep. Gains Democrat Support in Opposing TSA
Texas State Representative David Simpson (R-7th District), who recently introduced three bills — H.B.1937, H.B 1938, and Concurrent Resolution 80 — in the Texas Legislature to restrain the abusive screenings of...
Texas Has Bipartisan Support for Anti-TSA Legislation
Texas state Representative David Simpson (R) is taking Texas-style aim at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) with the filing of three bills in the State Legislature to stop TSA abuses. ...
ABC 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.” ...
ATF 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 “Fast and Furious,” has blown the whistle on...
Juarez Cartel Leader “The Condor” Killed in Mexico
According to the Daily Mail Reporter online, one of Mexico’s most wanted, “The Condor,” was killed February 26 in a gun battle with police in a busy Chihuahua street. Three alleged...
Gun Connected to ICE Agent Zapata’s Death Traced to Texas
A single high-powered 7.62 mm gun purchased in north Texas is connected to the fatal shooting of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jaime Zapata last month in northern Mexico, as...
Facts Reveal Juarez is Deadlier Than Afghanistan
On Friday, Feb. 25, CNSNews.com reported figures that show that 3,111 civilians were murdered in Ciudad Juarez in 2010, compared to 2,421 civilians killed in all of Afghanistan in 2010, according...