Opinion - The New American

Encyclopædia Britannica Adjusts to Reality, Stops Printing

Encyclopædia Britannica’s president Jorge Cauz (left) announced on Tuesday that his company would no longer print its 129-pound, 32-volume sets of its iconic...

Bob Adelmann March 15, 2012

Can America Be Cured of Its Marxist Cancer?

Sam Blumenfeld March 14, 2012

When you consider how close we’ve come to the total destruction of our constitutional system of government, one must ask if it is...

Amendment to End Energy Subsidies Fails in the Senate

Bob Adelmann March 14, 2012

Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C., left) introduced the Energy Freedom & Economic Prosperity Act (EFEPA) in February and then offered his bill as an...

The Free Market’s “Thank You” System

Jacob Hornberger March 14, 2012

In an economic transaction, who should be the one saying thank you — the buyer or the seller? Or in an employment relationship,...

My Grandmother and Moral Philosophy

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. March 13, 2012

The notion that moral conduct is primarily a matter of “obeying” rules or principles alleged to be universal in scope has figured prominently...

The Big Hoax

Thomas Sowell March 13, 2012

There have been many frauds of historic proportions — for example, the financial pyramid scheme for which Charles Ponzi was sent to prison...

North Dakota: A Study in How the Free Market Works

Bob Adelmann March 13, 2012

The continuing boom in North Dakota seemingly has no end. Last June oil production from the Bakken Formation exceeded 11 million barrels a...

What America Still Can Be

Sam Blumenfeld March 12, 2012

By all accounts, America at this time should be enjoying its greatest economic expansion and its greatest creation of wealth in its history....

White House Jobs Growth Celebration is Premature

Bob Adelmann March 12, 2012

White House announcements celebrating the jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) were optimistic: “Private sector employers added 233,000 jobs to...

Pie-in-the-Sky Energy Planning

Ralph R. Reiland March 12, 2012

“Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels of Europe,” said Dr. Steven Chu, director...

ECRI Stays with Recession Call

Bob Adelmann March 12, 2012

When Lakshman Achuthan (left), co-founder of Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) appeared on CNBC to defend his prediction last September of an “imminent”...

Alex Haley’s Fraudulent Roots

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. March 12, 2012

This year is the 35th anniversary of the ground-breaking television miniseries, Roots. Based on Alex Haley’s wildly successful novel, Roots: The Saga of...

February’s Deficit the Highest Ever

Charles Scaliger March 11, 2012

In yet another sign that the looming American debt crisis is close to spiraling out of control, February’s monthly federal deficit was the...

D.C. Receives $885M in Stimulus Money and Unemployment Rises

Brian Koenig March 9, 2012

Washington, D.C. raked in more than $885 million from President Obama’s economic stimulus package, but the D.C. government cannot report how many jobs...