Culture - The New American

Study Links TV Profanity to Teen Cursing and Aggression

Young people who are exposed to profanity on television and in video games are not only more likely to use profanity themselves, but...

Dave Bohon October 31, 2011

N.C. County Appeals to Supreme Court in Case that Bans Christian Prayers

Dave Bohon October 30, 2011

A North Carolina county wants to resume its longtime practice of beginning government meetings with prayer, and is asking the U.S. Supreme Court...

Christian Kids’ Club Sues Okla. School District

Dave Bohon October 28, 2011

An after-school Christian kids' club is suing the school district of Owassa, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa, for preventing the club’s organizers from...

Robert Taft: Count Him Conservative

Jack Kenny October 28, 2011

If Robert Taft had been a baseball player instead of a United States Senator, he might have led the league in left-handed compliments....

NFL’s Tim Tebow Steadfast Despite Animosity Toward His Faith

Dave Bohon October 27, 2011

Tim Tebow just doesn’t seem to get it. The NFL quarterback, whose mother ignored a doctor’s advice to abort him, and who himself...

How Would George Washington Counsel Us Today?

T. Dan Tolleson October 26, 2011

Rev. Mark Collins (left) of Yorktown, Texas, enjoys a national reputation as a portrayer of George Washington. Since July 4, 2002, Rev. Collins has...

Connecticut High School Students Walk Out on Homosexual Play

Dave Bohon October 25, 2011

Students from a public high school in Hartford, Connecticut, walked out on a school assembly after realizing that the play they were seeing...

Secular Group Demands Halt to School’s Flagpole Prayer Meeting

Dave Bohon October 25, 2011

A Florida elementary school principal has been targeted by the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFR) for promoting a regular prayer gathering at his...

NYC’s Sex-Ed Curriculum Provokes Parental Rights Debate

Raven Clabough October 25, 2011

The debate over sex education in public schools has always been contentious, but the often-graphic new sex-ed curriculum being taught in New York...

After Judge’s Ruling, Gay Activists Target Pro-family Petition Signers

Dave Bohon October 24, 2011

A federal judge has ruled that individuals who signed a petition seeking the repeal of a 2009 Washington State law expanding homosexual partnerships...

Tim Tebow’s Wonderful Life

Isabel Lyman October 24, 2011

At the Oct. 22 Drudge Report, which is heavy on political coverage, there was this headline: “Tebow gets a miracle!” Tebow (number 15,...

Mississippi to Consider Defining Personhood

Kelly Holt October 19, 2011

According to U.S. News for October 14, Mississippi voters will be presented with Amendment 26 on their November ballots, an initiative redefining "personhood.” U.S....

Solyndra’s Bankruptcy and the Failure of 19th-century Steam Subsidies

Brian Koenig October 19, 2011

The social and economic upheavals caused by environmental subsidies, as seen in the demise of Solyndra and other energy companies, are devastating but...