Politics
The Prejudice of Atheists
Ever since the separation-of-church-and-state ruling in 1947, there has been an ever-intensifying effort to denude our public sphere of religious symbols and sentiments....
John Yoo: President Can Ignore Law
Bush-era Justice Department Attorney John Yoo is mad that various inspectors general have concluded that his legal memoranda on Bush-era warrantless eavesdropping have...
Read moreHillary Clinton Lets CFR Cat Out of the Bag
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not yet a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. After her July 15 speech at the...
Read moreDouble Jeopardy OK’d for John Demjanjuk
The U.S. Justice Department may indeed get their man this time even if justice is tossed out the window. Retired auto worker John...
Read moreSotomayor Confirmation Hearings Enter Day Three
As we entered day three of the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings, what should we have expected? Predictability, for sure. Yesterday Sotomayor labored to parry...
Read moreThe Sotomayor Hearings—Day One to Day Two
The first day of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings made two things clear. First, her chances of being confirmed are better...
Read more‘Jane Roe’ Arrested At Sotomayor Hearings
As Sonia Sotomayor faces tough questions about her stance on the volatile abortion issue, pro-life protesters have made their presence known. Earlier today,...
Read moreSotomayor Confirmation Hearings Begin
Today Sonia Sotomayor begins what will likely be a tough confirmation process. The Senate Judiciary Committee will decide this week whether Sotomayor will...
Read moreCongress Rebukes Obama on Dictatorial Claim
The U.S. House of Representatives on July 9 voted almost unanimously to rebuke President Barack Obama over his June 24 signing statement openly...
Read moreSenators Ask Administration to Reassess Honduras Stance
Breaking the silence masking an almost unanimous consensus among U.S. government leaders in support of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, a group of...
Read moreCIA Lies and Other Redundancies
Seven Democratic members of Congress recently penned a strong letter to CIA Director Leon Panetta asking him to apologize for claiming back in...
Read moreHastings’ Amendment Attack on First Amendment
The House of Representatives passed a measure that is a direct attack on the First Amendment on June 25 by a vote of...
Read moreNew “Freedom Index” Grades Every Congressman
The current (July 20) issue of The New American includes our first congressional scorecard on the 111th Congress, which convened in January. The...
Read more“The Age Of Despotism”
This past Independence Day weekend, my friend, LCDR (Retired) Guy Cunningham, delivered an outstanding address here in Pensacola, Florida, in which...
Read moreAudit-the-Fed Legislation Faces Roadblocks
It will come as a surprise to many Americans to learn that the Federal Reserve, created by Congress in 1913, has never been...
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