Opinion - The New American

The Other Guys: Hilarious Satire for Grownup Audiences

If you’re looking for a hilariously inappropriate but original film on which to spend some money, I have three words for you: The...

Raven Clabough August 7, 2010

Democrats Bite Democrats, Part II

Dennis Behreandt August 5, 2010

Rumors of Congressional Democrats privately expressing disapproval of the Obama administration's actions and policies have been given more credence by such things as...

“Adam and Steve” in Judge Walker’s America

Jack Kenny August 5, 2010

A question on many Americans' minds now is whether and when the Supreme Court of the United States will overturn a federal court's...

Recession or Recovery: Symptoms and Salves

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. August 5, 2010

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s assurance that the Great Recession is over will undoubtedly convince many Americans that relief is on the way and...

Democrats Bite Democrats

Dennis Behreandt August 4, 2010

You expect Republican politicians to criticize Democratic administrations and vice versa. But when Democrats start criticizing Democratic administrations, that is news. Someone once...

“Stimulated” Out of Jobs

William P. Hoar August 4, 2010

Item: Speaking in Canada where he was attending the Group of 20 summit, “President Barack Obama said on Sunday he would follow through...

Geithner: Welcome to Reality

Bob Adelmann August 4, 2010

Claims that “we are on a path back to growth” by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in an op-ed in the New York Times...

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Is Profiling Racist?

Dennis Behreandt August 4, 2010

We live in a world of imperfect and costly information, and people seek to economize on information costs in a variety of ways....

Drum Out the VA

Becky Akers August 4, 2010

On May 7, 1818, a veteran of the Revolutionary War named Asher Wright "personally appear[ed]" before Presiding Judge Sylvester Gilbert in the "District...

“Slippin’ and a-slidin’” in Our Litigious Society

Ralph R. Reiland August 3, 2010

I don’t write a self-help column, or about household hints, but here’s a warning about how I flew out the bathtub a few...

I Demur

Dennis Behreandt August 2, 2010

Emily Dickinson spoke to her time as well as ours when she penned this penetrating line: ...

Railroading Chesser?

Dennis Behreandt August 2, 2010

Warriors on Terror must be thanking their lucky stars for "Top Secret America and its 854,000 workers": given bureaucrats' legendary incompetence and sloth,...

Charlie St. Cloud: A Film Celebrating Life

Raven Clabough July 31, 2010

Everything about Burr Steven’s Charlie St. Cloud is predictable, except for the spiritual gravity and Christian undertones, rendering an otherwise teen “chick flick”...