Politics - The New American

Obama’s New Course: More of the Same

President Bush leaves office amidst the greatest economic calamity in several generations, perhaps ever. The federal budget deficit is poised to triple last...

Gary Benoit January 8, 2009

The Trouble With Leon Panetta

January 7, 2009

On January 5, the nation's new media learned that President-elect Barack Obama would nominate former congressman and Clinton administration official Leon Panetta as...

Obama’s Plan: Increase the $1.2 Trillion Deficit

Thomas R. Eddlem January 7, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama has a plan to bring the federal budget under control: spend more and increase the record $1.2 trillion deficit projected...

Kissinger Urges Obama to Build a “New World Order”

William F. Jasper January 7, 2009

According to Henry Kissinger, the various political and economic crises currently conflicting the world offer President-elect Barack Obama an opportunity to create a...

Neoconservatism in the Obama Age

Steven J. DuBord January 6, 2009

Neoconservatives are elated with Obama's appointments, recognizing that the new guard is very much like the old. ...

Skepticism About Second Amendment Support

Steven J. DuBord January 6, 2009

ITEM: The Chicago Sun-Times reported on December 8: "As gun sales shoot up around the country, President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday that gun-owning...

Is Conservatism Dead?

Steven J. DuBord January 5, 2009

The rise of the neoconservatives within the GOP has not only discredited the Grand Old Party but tarnished the image of conservatism. ...

Paul Weyrich Passes Away

December 29, 2008

A leader of what became known as the "New Right," veteran conservative activist Paul Weyrich passed away on December 18 after a long...

Rick Warren, the CFR, and Barack Obama

Dennis Behreandt December 19, 2008

Is Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at the presidential inauguration purposefully driven? The news media, Evangelicals, the gay community,...

Obama Names Duncan Education Secretary

Ann Shibler December 17, 2008

On Tuesday, President-elect Barack Obama nominated the head of the Chicago school system, Arne Duncan, to serve as education secretary for the new...

Ohio Constitutional Convention Resolution Killed by Grassroots Pressure

Larry Greenley December 16, 2008

On December 10 the Judiciary Committee of the Ohio House held a hearing on House Joint Resolution No. 8 (HJR 8), “Applying to...

Run Auto Companies? “We Cannot Even Run the Government,” Ensign Says

Gary Benoit December 13, 2008

Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.) wonders how the government could successfully run the Big Three automakers when it cannot even run itself. On December...