The New American articles from April 2003

The New American archives from April 2003

Best snowstorm ever! (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
April 7, 2003... Due to a New England snowstorm, I was forced to stay home. It was the best thing that ever happened because I was able to read in its entirety the special February 10th "Media Cartel" issue of THE NEW AMERICAN. This issue contained masterful...

Getting to the truth Behind the Big News. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
April 7, 2003... As a longtime reader of THE NEW AMERICAN, I know I'm getting the truth in the news. Your recent issue on the "Media Cartel" is excellent. I rarely read the editorial pages of our newspapers as they usually make me angry because of the...

Divine law. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
April 7, 2003... You published a very good interview with Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore ("Defender of the Decalogue," December 16, 2002 issue). I very much respect his persistence and chivalry for standing up against the forces of this world....

After Lepanto. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
April 7, 2003... It was very interesting and informative reading the article on the Christian victory over the Ottoman Turks in October 1571 at the Battle of Lepanto ("Armada of the Cross," March 10th issue). Only one more historical fact should be added:...

Aiding the axis of evil. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
April 7, 2003... Now wait a minute! The subtitle to William Norman Grigg's article "Aiding and Abetting the 'Axis'" in the February 24th issue of THE NEW AMERICAN states: "Even as he prepares to mount an unnecessary war against a prostrate Iraq, President Bush...

Major leaguers against abortion. (Insider Report).
April 7, 2003... Over 90 players and executives from Major League Baseball have joined an organization staunchly opposed to abortion under any circumstance, including cases of rape, incest, and saving the life of the mother. Calling itself "Battin' 1000," the...

Congressional war power endangered. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... On September 19, 2002, President Bush requested Congress to support his efforts to enforce United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq. On October 3rd, when the request came before the House International Relations Committee...

Police and guns. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... According to civilian disarmament advocates, only police and military personnel can be trusted with firearms. Gun prohibition activists quickly point to gun-related tragedies involving irresponsible civilian gun owners, such as crimes,...

Murder at the Border. (Insider Report).
April 7, 2003... On February 26th, the body of 23-year-old U.S. Border Patrol agent Jorge Luis Salomon Martinez was found near Bacocahi, Sonora, Mexico -- about 40 miles south of Arizona. The young Mexican-American agent was apparently beaten to death by four...

No rights for "detainees". (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... A three-judge federal appellate court panel ruled on March 11th that "U.S. courts had no authority to determine whether foreigners imprisoned outside the U.S. were being held lawfully," reported the Financial Times. According to the decision by...

U.S. bases in Eastern Europe? (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... As part of his call for radically restructuring NATO, General James L. Jones wants to reduce the number of U.S. soldiers stationed in Germany and move many of them to newer bases in Eastern Europe. A former commandant of the Marine Corps and...

Reversing yorktown? (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... "Some 2,000 U.S. troops will be placed under British command in the event of a war on Iraq... the first time such an arrangement has applied since the second world war," reported the March 3rd Financial Times. "The unusual arrangement by which...

Importing terrorism: the U.S. government has thrown open our borders to potential Iraqi terrorists disguised as refugees. .(Cover Story)
April 7, 2003... On the eve of war with Iraq, federal agents swept through the country in pursuit of suspected Iraqi and al-Qaeda "sleeper cells" -- small groups of saboteurs waiting orders to commit terrorist acts. According to the March 5th Los Angeles...

WTC, OKC, 9-11 terror connections. .(Cover Story)
April 7, 2003... The World Trade Center bombing, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the 9-11 attacks are all connected to an extensive terrorist network in the United States. Both the Clinton and Bush administrations have covered this up and hindered investigations...

Alien America: even as we fight a war on terrorism abroad, the U.S.--thanks to the UN--is importing a potential terrorist "fifth column" at home. (Cover Story: Immigration).
April 7, 2003... Like many small towns across the United States, Lewiston, Maine (population 36,000) has struggled for several years to cope with the economic downturn. The mill and factory jobs that once sustained that small community are almost entirely gone....

Crying "peace" while waging war: millions of people around the world are demonstrating against the U.S./UN war on Iraq. Most of them are unaware of the hidden revolutionary agenda of the "peace" leaders. (War & Peace).
April 7, 2003... "Communism must be built with non-Communist hands," V.I. Lenin is purported to have remarked. To accomplish this goal, Lenin instructed, will require the help of many "useful idiots." Throughout the past century, millions of "useful idiots"...

Who decides if America goes to war? (Worth Repeating).
April 7, 2003... According to George W Bush, the president decides when America will wage war. But according to the Constitution, only Congress may declare war. -- Editor "The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States....

Why should America go to war? (Worth Reporting).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... President Bush repeatedly stated that he would go to war, if necessary, to enforce United Nations resolutions to disarm Iraq. But those resolutions have nothing to do with September 11th or defending the American homeland. When America goes to...

SUVs prove their utility. (The Goodness of America).
April 7, 2003... Political and environmental zealots have savagely assailed sports utility vehicles (SUVs) in recent months, insisting that they are weapons of mass destruction driven by financiers of terrorism. To the chagrin of their critics, a cadre of...

Teen heroes. (The Goodness of America).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... On June 22, 2001, at a racecourse in Gorham, New Hampshire, a car driven by Edward Romney left the track, struck a tree, and caught fire. Christopher Duplessis, 14, was working nearby as a course volunteer. He and his father, who live in Mason...

Inside the United Nations. (New Products).(Book Review)
April 7, 2003... The United Nations has been in existence for more than a half century, but its origins and objectives are poorly understood by many Americans. This book is a brief, easy-to-read introduction to the United Nations and to the people who created...

The U.N. Deception. (New Products).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... The U.N. Deception reports what the nightly news does not: the UN's creators intended their organization to become a world government. Learn how top United Nations proponents exploit small arms, the environment, and justice to pressure Capitol...

Behind the Big News. (New Products).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Most Americans know the mainstream media manipulates stories, manufactures illusions, and exploits fears. But the problem is more than just liberal bias or sloppy reporting. Behind the Big News exposes a revolutionary agenda -- originating...

Father of our country: George Washington sacrificed for his country's well-being and never sought personal gain. With his leadership and moral character, he embodied the true spirit of America. (History: Greatness of the Founders).
April 7, 2003... Twenty-three-year-old militia Colonel George Washington had been bedridden for nearly a week with a fever and splitting headache. But Washington insisted on heading up to the front as the British army, under the command of General Braddock,...

Incoherent intruder. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... On the afternoon of August 8, 2002, Paul Redmond of Lemon Springs, North Carolina, was in his mobile home when a stranger came to the front porch and began yelling that he wanted to come inside. When Redmond refused, the man, later identified...

Rescuer shoots rapist. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Shortly before noon on January 25th, Scott Denton of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was estimating costs on a building for his construction company when he heard a woman's cries for help. Investigating, he found a man and woman struggling in a car parked in...

Blessing in disguise? (Exercising the Right).
April 7, 2003... Forty-five years ago, Darrell Deal landed a job as bag boy at the Better Buy Market in Stockton, California. Working his way up, he bought the store about 15 years ago and has since become what the February 15th Stockton Record described as "a...

Market heist thwarted. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Martin McLafferty owns Michigan Market in St. Louis, Missouri. At about 12:30 p.m. on January 14th, two masked men bent on robbery entered the store. When one moved toward McLafferty and pointed a sawed-off shotgun in his face, the store owner...

Correction, please!(Correction Notice)
April 7, 2003... Warming to a Radical Task ITEM: British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced "ambitious new targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions and urged industrialized countries to redouble their efforts to tackle global warming," reported...

It's the UN, stupid! (The Last Word).(Column)
April 7, 2003... "This war is all about UN resolutions," observed radio commentator Rush Limbaugh on March 14th. Perhaps the most influential of the Bush administration's media flacks, Limbaugh somehow lurched into the truth about the administration's policy...

Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
April 21, 2003... Your Job May Be Next! I wish to congratulate William F. Jasper for the insightful articles regarding the losses of American jobs ("Your Job May Be Next!," "Chinagate All Over Again," and "Why the Race to the Bottom?") in your March 10th...

Afghanistan morass deepens. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... Even as hundreds of thousands of U.S. and allied troops fight a major war in Iraq, "an 11,500-strong multinational coalition remains deeply engaged" in Afghanistan, observed a March 27th AP report. "The troops face challenges that a postwar...

Population control and terrorism. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... Nearly a decade ago, THE NEW AMERICAN warned that a backlash was brewing in the Muslim world against the UN-promoted population control agenda, which promotes abortion, contraception, and radical feminism. At a press conference held during the...

Bribes in the "war budget". (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... The war budget submitted by President Bush contains nearly $20 billion in economic and military aid for Turkey and Israel. In the weeks leading up to the war, the Bush administration offered Turkey a $75 billion bribe to allow coalition forces...

U.S.-Mexico collective security. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... According to the March 22nd New York Times, the U.S. and Mexico are now "coordinating military missions" for defending our joint border from terrorist attack. Mexico has dispatched 18,000 troops to guard airports, seaports, border posts, and...

Aussie pilot disobeys American order. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... On March 24th, an Australian pilot flying an FA/18 Hornet refused to obey a bombing order made by an American commander. The reason given was that the pilot could not positively identify the target and therefore could not confirm its...

Red alert means virtual lockdown. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... The fine line between counter-terrorism and police-state dictatorship is rapidly blurring. What happens if the new Department of Homeland Security issues a "red alert," the highest in the federal government's color-coded terror alert system?...

Another anti-U.S. WTO ruling. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... In a March 26th decision, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled that steel tariffs imposed by President Bush in 2002 are illegal, reported the New York Times. The case was brought by the European Union, which accused the U.S. of illegally...

Who's the victim? (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... Kimberly Shaumburt, a teacher at Bay Minette Middle School near Mobile, Alabama, was writing an assignment on her classroom blackboard when two students seized her by the arms. One of them reportedly cut her on the right arm with a butcher...

Is Code Red coming? (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... "Don't be surprised if in the coming hours or days we go to Code Red," predicted former Senator Gary Hart, co-chair of the Commission on National Security for the 21st century, during a March 19th panel discussion organized by George Washington...

Arnett fired for pro-Iraq propaganda statement. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... Peter Arnett was known as "Hanoi Pete" for his biased war reporting from Vietnam for the Associated Press. Later, he was known as "Baghdad Pete" for his pro-Saddam propaganda for CNN during the 1991 Desert Storm war. At the beginning of the...

Bipartisan socialism abroad and at home. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... "Universal health care. Rebuilding the nation's schools. Repair of the road and rail networks. Sounds like a Democratic domestic agenda, right?" So asked former Democrat President Bill Clinton in his two-minute debate with former GOP Senator...

Bush adviser resigns over charges. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... Richard Perle, a leading neoconservative and an influential architect of President Bush's Iraq and Middle East policy, has resigned as chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board (DPB) over charges of financial conflict of interest. The...

Why we fight: all Americans worthy of the name support our troops and pray for their success--but what are we seeking to win in Iraq? (Cover Story: Iraq War).
April 21, 2003... Though we knew it was coming, the spectacle of American soldiers dying and being held captive by the enemy was all but unendurable. One of war's cruelest ironies is that it takes the brave and noble, while sparing those of lesser character--a...

Rallying 'round what flag? In Iraq, U.S. fighting men--for the first time in our nation's history--were forbidden to display our flag as they went into battle. (Cover Story: Iraq War).
April 21, 2003... Eleven U.S. Marines were killed near Nasiriyah after an Iraqi unit, feigning surrender, opened fire. Although those killed in action were from Florida, Indiana, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and California, the loss was keenly felt in Jacksonville,...

Our enemy, our ally: Russia, supposedly our ally in the war on terrorism, continues to arm and support terrorist states, including Iraq. (Cover Story: Iraq War).
April 21, 2003... After his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Bush said he "looked into his soul" and decided that Putin was a good man. After 9-11, the Bush administration embraced Putin's regime as a key "strategic partner" in the...

In honor of.(captions)
April 21, 2003... Once again, members f the U.S. Armed Forces have answered the call of their country. America's sons (and daughters) are fighting and dying in a foreign, hostile land. Like millions of brave souls who have gone before them, they go into harm's...

Utah Get US out! Campaign; citizen activists and legislators work together to send a message to Congress: "Get US out! Of the United Nations". (United Nations).
April 21, 2003... How do you educate 104 state legislators? Patiently, persistently, and enthusiastically--if the experience of Get US out! of the United Nations activists in Utah is any indication. Using this approach, the educational efforts of Utah's citizen...

Veterans remember UN betrayals: Korean War veterans tell state legislators of "horrifying" experiences and call on them to urge Congress to Get US out! Of the United Nations. (United Nations).
April 21, 2003... Representative Don E. Bush is the last remaining World War II veteran still serving in the Utah State Legislature. He is also a decorated combat veteran of the Korean War, the "first UN war." During that conflict he began to see the problems...

A timely proposal: Rep. Ron Paul has reintroduced H.R. 1146, a measure that would end U.S. involvement in the United Nations. With anti-UN sentiment growing, the time may be right to Get US out! (United Nations).(Interview)
April 21, 2003... Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas), a medical doctor, represents the 14th district of Texas. He is one of the few steady voices for fiscal restraint and strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution. Recently, Dr. Paul reintroduced in the new...

Generous young fundraiser. (The Goodness of America).
April 21, 2003... On the afternoon of January 5th, Moses and Brenda Canty of Wilmington, North Carolina, were watching television with their three children when a fire broke out. The Cantys made it safely outside, but the house, its furnishings, and most of...

Heroic teenage survivor. (The Goodness of America).
April 21, 2003... Mrs. Allison Kay Phillips of Alamosa, Colrado, had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder (which entails wide mood swings), but had stopped taking medication for the malady last October. On January 2nd, Phillips, her daughter Kayla, stepsons...

Architect of U.S. military training; during the darkest days at Valley Forge, Washington's prayers were answered: a military master capable of turning untrained troops into efficient soldiers arrived on the scene. (History--Struggle for Freedom).
April 21, 2003... One of my earliest childhood memories is that of riding past a "Dutch colonial," brown sandstone farmhouse built on the bank of the Hackensack River in River Edge, New Jersey. Whenever we crossed the bridge spanning the river near the old...

Harrowing home invasion. (Exercising the Right).
April 21, 2003... Shortly after 2 a.m. on March 6th, Sherry Lewis was asleep in her living room when she was awakened by the sound of three intruders who had entered the rural Grant County, Indiana, residence through an unlocked door. Also at home at the time...

Trucker ready for robbers. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... Shortly before midnight on March 5th, big-rig driver Byne Delorto of Mt. Shasta, California, stopped for a snack at an auto plaza and truck stop in Lodi. While walking back to his truck from the gas station's mini-mart, Delorto was...

Fatal obsession. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... A few years ago, Charlotte Gates of Peoria, Illinois, had a son with Chris Winder. When the couple eventually broke up, Winder remained obsessed with her. Last year, he was convicted on domestic battery and aggravated assault charges involving...

Quotable. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
April 21, 2003... On November 28, 2002, David B. Roosevelt, grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor, was a guest on CNN's Larry King Live to discuss his new book about his grandmother. At one point during the interview, he recalled...

Conservatism reconsidered. (The Last Word).
April 21, 2003... Conservatism in America has reached a defining moment in its history. The political party with which it is associated is firmly entrenched in the halls of power. The White House is occupied by a Republican president who enjoys widespread...