Opinion - The New American

Translating the Debt Ceiling Deal

Now that the Tea Party has not only demonstrated its power to force the Republican Party to begin acting like a true party...

Sam Blumenfeld August 4, 2011

The Debt Ceiling Deal: A Victory for the Tea Party?

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. August 4, 2011

It appears that Republicans and Democrats, Congress and the White House, have arrived at agreement on the debt ceiling. To sum it all...

Redefining “Poverty” to Benefit the Welfare State

Thomas Sowell August 3, 2011

If there were a contest for the most misleading words used in politics, "poverty" should be one of the leading contenders for that...

Licensing and Permitting Laws: Barriers to Upward Mobility

Walter E. Williams August 3, 2011

What does it take to be able to own and operate a taxi and earn $30,000, $40,000 or more a year? You need...

U.S. Credit Rating Still at Risk

Bob Adelmann August 3, 2011

Moody’s announcement on Tuesday that it would retain its AAA rating of U.S. government sovereign debt as a result of the debt-limit agreement...

Bobby Franklin, Liberty’s Hero

Becky Akers August 3, 2011

I was researching REAL ID, the Feds’ scheme to turn driver’s licenses into a national ID, when I stumbled across this bombshell at...

An Amy Winehouse Government: Our Spending and Debt Binge

Ralph R. Reiland August 3, 2011

It feels like we’re dealing with an Amy Winehouse form of governing. “These overdoses happen because these guys drink 20 beers and then...

“Why Has ‘Capitalism’ Failed?”

Selwyn Duke August 2, 2011

While discussing socialism on a talk show recently, I was confronted with the question: If “capitalism” is so great, why has it failed?...

Misleading Words

Thomas Sowell August 2, 2011

Many years ago, the Saturday Evening Post was one of the best-known magazines in America. But somehow I learned that the Saturday Evening...

The Hegelian Statist Virus in the Republican Party

Sam Blumenfeld August 1, 2011

It was the indefatigable investigative historian, Antony Sutton, who finally exposed the Hegelian statist virus that has plagued American politics since the early...

The True Character of Science

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. August 1, 2011

Semester after semester, I continue to encounter students for whom the proposition that science alone is the embodiment of unimpeded Reason is axiomatic....

Debt Ceiling Crisis: Putting Things Into Perspective

Bob Adelmann August 1, 2011

The compromise bill that emerged Sunday night from behind closed doors is being loudly trumpeted in an attempt to persuade recalcitrant conservatives in...