Culture - The New American

Vatican and Traditional Catholics Meet

According to media reports, Pope Benedict XVI is continuing his efforts to return some disaffected Catholic traditionalists to the “fold.” In the wake...

James Heiser October 26, 2009

Remembering Geoffrey Chaucer

Rebecca Terrell October 23, 2009

This October 25 marks the 609th anniversary of the death of Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the most famous writers in the history of...

’60s Comic Artist Mocks Book of Genesis

James Heiser October 22, 2009

That an “artist” would be accused of publicly assaulting the Christian religion is hardly news; even the obscene scribblings on display recently at...

Boy Set on Fire in Brutal Revenge Attack

Selwyn Duke October 21, 2009

In one of the most heinous crimes imaginable, a 15-year-old Florida boy was set ablaze by five other teens in a revenge attack...

Another Honor Killing?

R. Cort Kirkwood October 21, 2009

Police in Peoria, Arizona, just outside Glendale, are searching for a suspect in the attempted murder of his daughter. ...

Former Lesbian Lover Awarded Custody of Non-biological Children

Gregory Hession October 20, 2009

The Montana Supreme Court has awarded custody of two children to the non-biological partner of a former lesbian couple, when the actual adoptive...

Popular Presidents

Jack Kenny October 16, 2009

In 1909, in the great state of Illinois, school teachers one February day were directed to spend at least half the school day...

Mussolini Worked for British Intelligence

Bruce Walker October 16, 2009

Reuters reported on October 14 that Benito Mussolini had been in the pay of British intelligence services during the First World War. The...

Rifqa Bary Must Return to Ohio

R. Cort Kirkwood October 14, 2009

Rifqa Bary, the 17-year-old Christian girl who fled her parents because she feared they would kill her, must return to her home state...

The New Face of Psychiatry

Beverly K. Eakman October 13, 2009

To ensure that psychiatry “permeate every educational activity of national life” and “infiltrate the professional and social activities of [all] people” was a...

Celebrating Columbus Day

James Heiser October 12, 2009

Columbus Day — once a time to celebrate one of the heroes of modern Western Civilization — is dying a slow death. Besieged...

The Oldest Constitutional Republic

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. October 9, 2009

The Constitution of San Marino was adopted on October 8, 1600, making the tiny European enclave arguably the world's oldest constitutional republic. ...