Mike Rowe Touches the “Third Rail” of Retailing: Walmart
The Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe gave his Facebook fans a lesson in free market economics when he "touched the third rail" of retailing, Walmart. ...
Economic Commentary
Ben Bernanke Joins Globalist Think Tank
The ex-chairman of the Federal Reserve is the newest fellow at the Brookings Institution, one of the most influential “progressive” think tanks promoting world government (or “global governance,” the euphemism the...
Congressional Budget Office Report Ignores Critical Factors
The Congressional Budget Office left out two critical elements in its announcement that deficits now appear to be under control: birth rates and tipping points. ...
Amtrak: Railroading the Taxpayers
Today is our lucky day, the day each year my wife and I get to be on the receiving end of multiple doses of federal welfare — for our overnight Amtrak...
Orrin Hatch Pushes for Passage of Trans-Pacific Partnership
In an op-ed, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) praises the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Hatch, a consistent supporter of all things globalist, argues that when one is presented with the “facts” about the...
The Folly of Embracing China as a Financial Angel
U.S. governors, cities, counties, and companies look to China as a financial angel, but there are many devils in the details. ...
Fed Nominee Yellen, a Staunch Inflationist and Establishmentarian
If the U.S. Senate confirms Obama Fed nominee Janet Yellen, she will use her power to ensure the continued ascendancy of the “money trust,” to the long-lasting detriment of America’s dwindling...
Scary Default Scenarios Based on Faulty Treasury Department Release
A poorly researched and documented report by the U.S. Treasury on the hazards of a default was picked up uncritically by members of the media who should know better. ...
Why the Government Shutdown Is a Welcome Development
The very fact that the government shutdown has forced Washington to admit that much of what it does is “non-essential” is an important wake-up call. ...
Obama: “Don’t Tell Me How to Mop!”
“We got our mops and our brooms out here and were cleaning stuff out and they're sitting there saying, ‘Hold the broom better, that's not how you mop,’ ” claimed Obama...
How to Enrich or Impoverish a Nation
What has lifted more people out of poverty, charity or economic freedom? It’s not even close. ...
The Future of Social Security
Social Security appears to be only a little “broke” — instead of really broke — because of accounting gimmicks. The fact is that it is irredeemably flawed. ...
The Atlantic Magazine Downplays America’s Debt Burden
The Atlantic magazine derided a series of economic studies estimating "unfunded liabilities" facing the United States at between $38 trillion and $200 trillion, determining through simplistic assumptions that U.S. liabilities are...
Stephen Broden Reflects on the March for Jobs Rally
VIDEO - Stephen Broden, guest correspondent for The New American, reflects on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill that is currently in the House of Representatives. ...
Head of Jobs Pac Comments on Amnesty Bill S.744
VIDEO - Steve Salvi, founder of the Ohio Jobs & Justice Pac, shares his thoughts on what will happen in the United States if Bill S.744 gets passed by the House...