How the New York Times Helped Tyrants
The New York Times may have a reputation as America’s premiere newspaper, but it also has a well-deserved reputation among informed Americans as a flunky for every big-government scheme...
About: Thomas R. Eddlem
Posts by Thomas R. Eddlem
Satellite Spying on Americans
When the Associated Press leads a story with the headline that “Homeland security kills domestic satellite program,” can you rest easily that your civil liberties will be protected? ...
Ford Takes 5.9 Billion Government Loan
Ford Motor Company was supposed to be the only major U.S. automaker not in need of a bailout, but this week Ford accepted a $5.9 billion loan subsidy under...
Congress to Vote on $846 Billion “Cap-and-Trade” Tax
The Washington Post has reported today that Congress will vote Friday on the 1,092-page American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) to restrict carbon-dioxide emissions in order to...
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 further than the supplemental appropriations H.R....
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 Fed probably performed better than most...
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 by the Obama administration's Department of...
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 now left-wing media pundits say it’s...
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. The measure, often simply called “PayGo,”...
Chrysler-Fiat Bailout Cost: $870,000 Per Job Saved
Last week’s Chrysler-Fiat alliance cements a total federal commitment of $33.48 billion in federal loans and aid to the Chrysler Corporation, its suppliers, and Chrysler Financial. The billions were...
More Corporate Welfare: “Cash For Clunkers”
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $4 billion “Cash for Clunkers” bill on June 9 that is aimed at both increasing fuel economy of cars and bailing out...
Chrysler Bankruptcy & Political “Fiat”
All you need to know about the dynamics behind the Chrysler-Fiat “Alliance” being pushed by the White House — and temporarily stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court on June...
Federal Reserve Hiring Lobbyist for Political War
The Federal Reserve caused the current economic crisis by suppressing interest rates and creating the housing bubble, Texas Congressman Ron Paul, Euro Pacific Capital president Peter Schiff, and others...
Chrysler-Fiat Deal: U.S. Government as “God”
The June 6 Wall Street Journal has reported that the U.S. federal government pressured Chrysler into a post-bankruptcy deal with Italian carmaker Fiat, a pressure that had at least...
Another Dr. Paul in Congress?
Dr. Ron Paul’s son, Rand Paul, has formed an exploratory campaign for U.S. Senate from Kentucky. Rand Paul is similar to his father in ideology; he favors a strict...