United States - The New American

Starbucks Sticks With Second Amendment

As reported previously, Starbucks has found itself enmeshed in the struggle between activists who are attempting to deprive Americans of their Second Amendment...

James Heiser April 6, 2010

Obama Reserves Option to Nuke Iran

Jack Kenny April 6, 2010

It's getting harder and harder these days for a President of the United States to be hawkish enough to please the proponents of...

The Value of Liberal Arts Education

April 6, 2010

“The Death of Liberal Arts” lamented a headline in an April 5 Newsweek.com article that carried the subhead: “How the recession and unemployment...

Obama’s “Race to the Top” Rewards Disappointing

Raven Clabough April 5, 2010

President Obama’s Race to the Top program was intended to award states that implement “coherent, compelling, and comprehensive education reform.” Governors from a...

Senators Question Flawed NASA Climate Data

Alex Newman April 5, 2010

According to NASA, its own temperature data is more flawed than the temperature data from the University of East Anglia, the British institution...

Is Military Confused on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?

Dave Bohon April 3, 2010

What exactly is the status of the U.S. military’s official policy on the 17-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, which allows homosexuals to...

Federal Judge Rules Warrantless Wiretapping Violates FISA

Thomas R. Eddlem April 2, 2010

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled March 31 that the executive branch cannot flatly ignore the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of...

Obama’s Boring Plan: Throw a Wrench in Offshore Drilling

Rebecca Terrell April 2, 2010

President Obama is opening limited areas on the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, and Alaska to offshore drilling in a supposed effort...

Obama & Co. Want National Biometric ID

Alex Newman April 2, 2010

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is teaming up with the Obama administration to legalize illegal immigrants and require biometric national ID cards...

Fed Ends MBS Intervention

Bob Adelmann April 2, 2010

The Federal Reserve ended its largest intervention in the housing market on April 1, ceasing its purchase of Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) that began...

Real Unemployment Still in 17 Percent Range

Steven Yates April 2, 2010

According to the U.S. Labor Department, the economy added 162,000 jobs in March, the most since the beginning of the worst recession since...

John Barry: True Father of the American Navy

April 2, 2010

Who was the “brilliant child of the wind and waves” who fired the inaugural volley at the Royal Navy’s pride by being the...

Mumbai Terrorist Was US Agent

Alex Newman April 1, 2010

After terrorist conspirator and “former” U.S. government agent David Coleman Headley received promises of leniency and extradition protection from American prosecutors...