Opinion - The New American

Dollar Values Plunge Worldwide

Just call it irony. The same day the value of the dollar plunged to a current-year low as measured against six other major...

Thomas R. Eddlem July 29, 2009

My Experiences With National Healthcare

Dennis Behreandt July 28, 2009

Obama’s castle-in-the-air, pie-in-the-sky, wish-upon-a-star health care would never, could never, and should never be appropriate for Americans. As Dr. Seuss might put it,...

Bernanke’s Public Relations Offensive

Thomas R. Eddlem July 28, 2009

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke must know he’s in trouble. This week he completed a “town hall”-style meeting for PBS television to promote...

Right to Self-defense Should Know No Borders

Robert Confer July 27, 2009

On July 23, the U.S. Senate voted to defeat one of the most promising gun rights bills to come to the Senate floor...

A Review of Bauerlein’s “The Dumbest Generation”

James Heiser July 23, 2009

The Dumbest Generation is a book that is painful to read, but which Americans dare not ignore. The book’s title reflects the confrontational...

Darwinism: Flawed, Disastrous — and Stolen

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 23, 2009

Within 20 words of the beginning of the prologue to his book, The End of Darwinism, former U.S. Information Agency Assistant Science Adviser...

“Let It Come!”

chuck - July 22, 2009

During Patrick Henry's famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, he said the following: "Mr. President, it is natural to...

Privatization’s Pitfalls

Dennis Behreandt July 22, 2009

As our nationalized economy continues imploding, government feels the financial pinch that used to hurt taxpayers alone. And so a passion for privatization...

When Socialists Are in Power, Expect Tyranny

Dennis Behreandt July 21, 2009

There are three kinds of organizations that require coercion for their successful function: governments, utopians, and criminals. Because the Founding Fathers understood the...

The Fourth Amendment’s Shocking Development

Robert Confer July 20, 2009

In a ruling issued in June, Niagara County (New York) Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza concluded that the Niagara Falls Police Department was justified...

CBO to Congress: Spending & Debt “Unsustainable”

Thomas R. Eddlem July 17, 2009

Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas W. Elmendorf gave a fiscal wake-up call to Senate Budget Committee members in testimony on July 16, noting...

Fed Backers Scared by Ron Paul’s Audit Bill

July 16, 2009

Congressman Ron Paul’s H.R. 1207, calling for an audit of the Federal Reserve, has attracted 270 cosponsors in less than five months. The...

Gregg Knocks Obama Deficits

Jack Kenny July 15, 2009

Sen. Judd Gregg, R-NH, knocked the spending plans of the Obama administration Tuesday, one day after the Treasury Department announced the deficit reached...