Opinion - The New American

Morality versus Godliness

There is much talk these days about something called “Judaeo-Christian values.” This is the name that is invariably assigned to the morality to...

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. March 30, 2012

Education and Individual Freedom

Sam Blumenfeld March 29, 2012

Individual freedom is derived from the concept of religious freedom, which is derived from the Biblical teaching that salvation is an individual and...

Fed Is Buying 61 Percent of U.S. Government Debt

Bob Adelmann March 29, 2012

In his attempt to explode the myth that there is unlimited demand for U.S. government debt, former Treasury official Lawrence Goodman explained that...

A Slice of Life on the Wackier Side

Ralph R. Reiland March 29, 2012

Every week, I think it can't get any crazier — and then it does. ...

“Monumental” Traces America’s Godly Foundations, Her Way Back to Greatness

Dave Bohon March 29, 2012

Kirk Cameron is seriously alarmed about the nation his and the children of other Americans will inherit in the years to come. Like...

Health Insurance Mandate: Immoral, Unnecessary

Sheldon Richman March 28, 2012

The Obama administration argued to the U.S. Supreme Court this week that people must be compelled to buy medical insurance (designed by the...

A Lesson in History, Now Known as “Social Studies”

Sam Blumenfeld March 28, 2012

As many of my readers know, history is no longer taught in our schools as the means of knowing the past in chronological...

Geraldo’s Point on Hoodies

Thomas Sowell March 28, 2012

It is not often that I agree with Geraldo Rivera, but recently he said something very practical and potentially life-saving, when he urged...

Defusing the Middle East Would Lower Gas Prices

Sheldon Richman March 27, 2012

Republicans see rising oil and gasoline prices as an opportunity to score political points on President Obama. To be sure, Obama is partly...

Monumental: Inspiring Film Retraces America’s Roots of Faith and Greatness

Dave Bohon March 27, 2012

What made America one of the greatest nations on earth? Can its citizens rediscover that greatness before their nation is overcome by mediocrity,...

The Homeschool Convention Season Is On

Sam Blumenfeld March 26, 2012

Spring is here, and all across America homeschool conventions are sprouting like mushrooms in virtually every state in the Union. And with each...

“Stand Your Ground” and Self Defense

Robert Confer March 26, 2012

Imagine that you and your family find yourselves in a potentially deadly situation in which an armed thug has entered your home in...

New Book Reprises Old Keynesian Canards

Bob Adelmann March 26, 2012

On April 3 the book White House Burning, authored by two hard-core Keynesian economists and internationalists, will be released, and the noisy propaganda...