Opinion - The New American

Santa and Frank

People who remember the old comic strip "Peanuts" will recall an often repeated situation where Lucy offers to hold a football for Charlie...

Dennis Behreandt July 12, 2010

Do We Really Need Three Liberal New Yorkers on the Supreme Court?

Sam Blumenfeld July 12, 2010

The nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court by President Obama seems to ignore the democratic notion that members of the Supreme...

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The Founders’ Vision Versus Ours

Dennis Behreandt July 12, 2010

The celebration of our founders' 1776 revolt against King George III and the English Parliament is over. Let's reflect how the founders might...

Foreclosures Hit Rich and Poor

Bruce Walker July 11, 2010

The rich as well as the poor are losing their homes to foreclosures. That fact helps demonstrate the vast silliness of the federal...

Despicable Me and the Plot to Steal the Moon

Raven Clabough July 10, 2010

For parents interested in a pleasant way to pass the afternoon with their children, consider newly released Despicable Me (that is, if Toy...

Sarah Palin, Soccer Moms, & Mama Grizzlies

Jack Kenny July 9, 2010

We have had “soccer moms,” “hockey moms,” “waitress moms,” and other designations for women voters candidates like to target. Now Sarah Palin, who...

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Let’s Be Honest About Sen. Robert Byrd

Wallis W. Wood July 9, 2010

There’s been a lot written over the past 12 days about the death of Robert Byrd, the so-called “last lion of the Senate.”...

When a People Tyrannizes Itself

Selwyn Duke July 8, 2010

All around the realm was heard a fateful cry: ?'Twill make us sleep the nightmare if ye tax the other guy. ?We...

What Goes Around Comes Around

Dennis Behreandt July 7, 2010

There’s a maxim everyone’s heard, personally mouthed, and undoubtedly believes: “What goes around comes around.” Or, “the boomerang effect. Remarkably, however, although...

Book Reveals Neo-Con Influence in GOP

larrywaters July 7, 2010

Tom Pauken, a lawyer and conservative political activist hailing from Texas, wrote Bringing Home America: How America Lost Her Way and How We...

“Fuller Strategy” Needed to “Explain” Afghan War

Jack Kenny July 7, 2010

Back in the 1950s there was a TV commercial designed to induce headaches in viewers in order to increase demand for the product...

The Last Airbender: Visually Stunning Failure

Eric Egan July 6, 2010

The Last Airbender is M. Night Shyamalan's ninth directorial effort and is an imaginative and wonderfully visual film — as long as no...

There Oughtn’t To Be A Law

Becky Akers July 6, 2010

Pick your peeve: illegal immigrants, toxic television with its pornographic programs, second-hand smoke, ballooning budgets. Even the smallest of small-government advocates sometimes assume...