Politics - The New American

A Presidency Fit for a King

It is said that on the final day of deliberation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a female passerby asked an exiting Ben...

Patrick Krey March 19, 2009

Globalization Driven by New, Apocalyptic Horsemen

William F. Jasper March 17, 2009

Over the past several months, a steady drumbeat in elite media circles has been pounding out a persistent theme: global crises have exposed...

Roland Burris Goes From the Frying Pan into the Fire

Jack Kenny March 17, 2009

Just when it looked like things couldn't get any worse for Illinois Sen. Roland Burris, it got worse. The state's governor and its...

Earmarks and the Federal Budget

Gary Benoit March 16, 2009

When President Barack Obama discussed earmark reform last week, he favorably cited the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as an example...

Obama & Sanford Spar Over Stimulus Funds

Patrick Krey March 16, 2009

Governor Mark Sanford (R) of South Carolina has repeatedly made national headlines by being one of the fiercest critics of President Barack Obama's...

Tenth Amendment Movement: Taking On the Feds

Gary Benoit March 16, 2009

We Americans are expected to play by the rules — to obey traffic regulations, pay taxes, observe zoning ordinances — in short, to...

Gov. Mark Sanford on Stimulus, Economy

Patrick Krey March 15, 2009

Governor Mark Sanford (R) of South Carolina has been a vocal critic of President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan, and in the process has...

Obama’s Budget: Where’s the Peace Dividend?

Thomas R. Eddlem March 13, 2009

Candidate Barack Obama pledged to get the United States out of Iraq, one of the two costly wars of occupation in which the...

Obama Plans to Renew Public Education

Kurt Williamsen March 13, 2009

On March 10, President Barack Obama spoke in generalities about his plan to improve the nation’s public schools. His plan can be summarized...

Republicans Open to More Stimulus

Ann Shibler March 12, 2009

"Second verse, same as the first," go the lyrics to a '60s Herman's Hermits song about Henry VIII and repetition ad naseum. And...

Some Trade Restrictions on Cuba to Be Lifted

Kurt Williamsen March 12, 2009

The U.S. Congress has moved to lift some of the punitive economic measures the United States takes against Cuba. President Obama supports a...

Pelosi: More Bailout Funds Needed

Ann Shibler March 11, 2009

On both sides of the aisle, lawmakers are beginning to express doubts that more bailouts will solve the nation’s economic problems and have...

Obama Lifts Ban on Embryonic Stem-cell Research

March 9, 2009

President Barack Obama signed an executive order on March 9 that reverses the current ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem-cell research....