The New American articles from April 2006

The New American archives from April 2006

A new solution.(Letter to the editor)
April 3, 2006... Thanks for another fine issue of THE NEW AMERICAN. The "Bring 'em Home" article (January 9) illustrates succinctly that the U.S. had no just cause to intervene in Iraq. In its never-ending quest toward empire, the current government knows...

Iraqis and democracy.(Letter to the editor)
April 3, 2006... I am glad to see that you're willing to publish a letter that disagrees with you, like the one in your February 20 Letters to the Editor section from Ben Livesay in which he disagrees with your call to remove our troops from Iraq. I, too, have...

Our own worst enemy.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)
April 3, 2006... I read Rita Baum's letter "Likes Wiretapping" in the March 6, issue, in which she scolds THE NEW AMERICAN for being against unregulated wiretapping, and I would like to offer some food for thought. Suppose your sister is married to someone...

Correction.(Correction notice)
April 3, 2006... The article "Loopy Liberal Lawsuits" (March 20) should say that the population of the world has increased by two "billion" since 1980.

Secular assimilation in the Netherlands.(movie on homosexuality shown to immigrants)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... "Two men kissing in a park and a topless woman bather are featured in a film that will be shown to would-be immigrants to the Netherlands," reported the March 12 Times of London. "The reactions of applicants--including Muslims--will be examined...

WTO to enforce Kyoto restrictions?(World Trade Organization)(Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1997)
April 3, 2006... "How's this for the lead sentence of a news article from the near future: 'The World Trade Organization has ruled that the United States broke international trade rules by failing to curb carbon emissions,'" wrote Andrew Leonard in the February...

Oscar 2006: happy to be out of touch.(Academy Awards)
April 3, 2006... They tried to tone down the politics at the 78th annual Oscar ceremony on February 5, despite the controversial, leftist, secular nature of most of the nominees and winners. They didn't quite succeed. They also failed completely at making the...

Was Milosevic poisoned?(Slobodan Milosevic)
April 3, 2006... On March 9, the day before he died in his UN detention cell in The Hague, former Yugoslav ruler and career communist thug Slobodan Milosevic wrote a six-page letter to a legal aide expressing suspicions that he was being poisoned. Two days...

Quick quotes.(Black History Month)(cowboys in movies)(bill introduced regarding abortion)
April 3, 2006... Phooey on Black History Month "You're going to relegate my history to a month? I don't want a Black History Month. Black History is American history." After noting that there are no White or Jewish history months, famed movie star...

Real homeland security: accumulation of power at the federal level is actually making America less secure. The answer is to return to a law enforcement structure consistent with our Constitution.(ON THE HOME FRONT)(Cover story)
April 3, 2006... We must choose, we are told, between security and liberty. If we wish to protect our lives and our nation against terrorists wielding weapons of mass destruction, we must be willing, insist the Bush administration and its many allies, to...

Losing service-oriented police: state and local police departments, once independent and locally accountable, are succumbing to centralized control through myriad federal grants.(ON THE HOME FRONT)
April 3, 2006... One useful measure of the relative freedom of a given country is found in the way its citizens view the police. In dictatorships, the police are ubiquitous, and universally feared. Similar conditions prevail in "Banana Republics," where the...

Local police protect our borders: local police are finding themselves as the only line of defense against illegal immigration--even as the federal government increasingly strips authority from those same officials.(W. Garrett Chamberlain )
April 3, 2006... A police car carrying New Ipswich, New Hampshire, Police Chief W. Garrett Chamberlain and a fellow officer pulled a van over in July 2004 during a routine traffic stop. Inside were nine passengers who openly admitted to being illegal aliens,...

Land of the free? Under legal theories currently being developed and deployed, any individual can be imprisoned, tortured, or even executed on a presidential whim.(ON THE HOME FRONT)
April 3, 2006... The U.S. Constitution was designed to prevent the emergence of a tyrannical government by delegating specific, limited, revocable authority to the central government, and then allocating that power among three contending government branches....

The Homeland Security leviathan: immense, expensive, pervasively corrupt, the Department of Homeland Security is rapidly becoming a militarized menace to American liberties.
April 3, 2006... Bellows Falls, Vermont, population 3,024, has eight full-time police officers--and 16 24-hour surveillance cameras. This is just three fewer than operate in "the District of Columbia, which has 181 times Bellows Falls's population," observes...

Sophie Scholl: the Final Days: a new German film brings to life the shining heroism of the student anti-Nazi martyrs of The White Rose.
April 3, 2006... Acts of heroism in times of great moral crisis--whether in legend, fiction, or historical anecdote--are the stuff that thrill and inspire other souls to leave the path of apathy and cowardice for that of purpose and valor. In Nazi Germany, in...

Paying it forward.(heroism act of Kevin Stephan and nurse Penny Brown)
April 3, 2006... An act of heroism in upstate New York came full circle and paid unexpected dividends recently. The story began seven years ago, when 11-year-old Kevin Stephan of the Buffalo suburb of Lancaster was accidentally hit in the chest with a bat at a...

Church helps its southern neighbor.(Baptist Church )(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... It's been some time since we've reported about Good Samaritans helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina, but--just as surely as victims of the powerful storm still need help--that help continues to arrive. One of the hardest-hit cities last...

Mayor keeps the peace.(H. Abram Wilson)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... H. Abram Wilson, the mayor of San Ramon, California, cannot be accused of passing the buck when it comes maintaining law and order in his city. A brawl was breaking out in a supermarket parking lot one night in February, and Mayor Wilson...

Law enforcement in the Old West: unlike Hollywood's frequent portrayal of Old Western townsfolk as cowards, these hardy individuals took care of themselves and did not rely solely on government for protection.(High Noon criticised)(Column)
April 3, 2006... To this day High Noon remains one of the greatest Westerns ever made. Gary Cooper, the lone town marshal, stands his ground against the return of the Miller gang. The stunningly beautiful Grace Kelly wrestles with her pacifistic conscience but...

He definitely made a difference; from FBI field agent to police chief to protector of the Constitution, W. Cleon Skousen took on tough duties and excelled at them.(IN MEMORIAM)(Biography)
April 3, 2006... W. Cleon Skousen understood that extreme vigilance, accurate information, and dedicated patriotism are needed to uncover the enemies of freedom. Few Americans today understand the attack on our nation's local police personnel as well as Skousen...

Gratifying outcome.(Keith McGinley accused Dan Herpolsheimer for attemp to murder)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... Keith McGinley was shot by Dan Herpolsheimer, and so he sued Herpolsheimer. But at the end of the day, McGinley lost in court, and he now owes Herpolsheimer at least $250,000. He could end up owing as much as $750,000. McGinley ended up on...

Concealed carry law and crime in Texas.(Concealed Handgun Act)
April 3, 2006... Jerry Patterson, the author of Texas' concealed carry law that was enacted 10 years ago, wrote in a recent publication of Texas Insider about the legacy of his bill's passage. He happily announced that the success of the concealed carry law...

Ninja versus bullets.(a woman attacked by an armed man)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... On February 27, an unidentified Healdsburg, California, woman went outside to walk her dogs in what was described by the San Francisco Chronicle as a "semi-rural" area when she was attacked by "an armed man wearing a black, ninja-style mask."...

Aid given may not be legal.(Perry Stephens was accused for shooting George Temple for 5 times as he was attacking tarffic police)
April 3, 2006... In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on February 17, Perry Stephens, despite wearing a neck brace and using a cane, went to the aid of police officer Brian Harrison, who was being pummeled by a man who had been pulled over for a traffic violation....

Prescription for disaster.(Prescription drug plans laws)
April 3, 2006... ITEM: "Some of America's elderly are snubbing Medicare's new prescription drug benefit, saying they still get better deals buying their medicine through Canadian pharmacies," according to an account published in the Charlotte Observer on March...

Cross-border drug-trafficking.(may effect trade relations between United States and Canada)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... A report issued in February by the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute entitled "Price Controls, Patents, And Cross-Border Internet Pharmacies: Risks To Canada's Drug Supply And International Trading Relations," by Brett J. Skinner, concludes that...

The high cost of "free" care.(public health spending in Canada)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... Many Americans are also unaware that it is illegal for Canadians to charge for medical operations that would be "free" in a public hospital--despite the lengthy waits required before treatment in those hospitals. Nadeem Esmail, senior...

Mounting Medicare costs in the U.S.(Correction, Please!)
April 3, 2006... Americans should not be smug. We are moving closer to Canadian-style healthcare than many realize, as the government takes over responsibility for more of our healthcare system. Healthcare spending in the U.S. has jumped from about 5 percent of...

Scaring seniors over choices.(drug prescription laws)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... Democrats and liberals will have none of this tapping on the brakes. They are already trying to scare seniors into believing that they can't be trusted to make the choices within the prescription drug bill. Many statists prefer a system akin to...

Political posturing & the ports flap.(Dubai Ports World's acquision takes political turn)
April 3, 2006... Both sides in our nation's latest exercise in political posturing succeeded. Democrats who were anxious to make Republicans look bad and Republicans who increasingly find a need to distance themselves from a president with plummeting poll...

Correction.(Correction notice)
April 17, 2006... CORRECTION: The article "Huge Win for Property Owners" in the March 20 issue should have said that in court proceedings on June 30, 1993, the United States stipulated that Wayne Hage does own the range and water rights that he claimed under...

Truth in evolution vs. Intelligent Design.(Letter to the editor)
April 17, 2006... The January 23 issue ran an article by Mr. John Eidsmoe entitled "An 'Intelligently Designed' Ruling?" This article addressed the judicial decision by Federal District Court Judge John E. Jones III against the Dover Area School District's...

Objection to "honest look at Abe" book review.(Letter to the editor)
April 17, 2006... The comments made about the book The Real Lincoln (March 20 issue) do not meet with your normal high academic standards. The obvious bias in the article is clearly shown by the use of the moniker, "The War Between the States,"--a clear term of...

New ports fiasco: letting Communist China screen for nukes!(INSIDER REPORT)
April 17, 2006... If you thought that President Bush's plan to give authority over crucial U.S. ports to Dubai Ports World was bizarre and outrageous, you're going to like his latest port deal even less. After suffering a stinging defeat on the Dubai Ports...

Christian conversion a capital offense.(Abdul Rahman)
April 17, 2006... Sixteen years ago, Afghan native Abdul Rahman, born and raised a Muslim, became a Christian. Under the tenets of Islam as propounded by Mohammed and enforced by most religious leaders who esteem him as Allah's Prophet, it is a capital offense...

FBI agent warned superiors 70 times about Moussaoui.(Harry Samit)(Zacarias Moussaoui )
April 17, 2006... Harry Samit, the Minnesota FBI agent who arrested Zacarias Moussaoui three and a half weeks before the September 11,2001 terror attacks, provided explosive testimony against his superiors during cross-examination by Moussaoui's defense...

Illegal aliens stage mass protests against immigration bill.(INSIDER REPORT)
April 17, 2006... More than 500,000 demonstrators took to the streets in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 25, in a massive protest against immigration bills now before Congress. While the Los Angeles event was by far the largest demonstration for "immigrant...

An agency rife with fraud would administer guest-worker program.(Government Accountability Office investigating Citizenship and Immigration Services)
April 17, 2006... As President Bush and his allies in the Senate push forward for amnesty for the 11-12 million illegal aliens already in the United States and for a guest-worker program that would bring in millions more "temporary" workers, they are withholding...

Oklahoman protests Fedgov's wild spending.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... "We don't have too little money in government. What we have is not enough will to cut the spending or reform the programs." As he tries to rein in government spending, Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has earned the thanks of many Americans.

A wall at Mexican border would not resemble the Berlin Wall.(Antonio Garza criticised immigration from Mexico)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... "Think about it. Does anyone honestly remember waves of people climbing over the Berlin Wall heading East?" In his embassy newsletter, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Antonio Garza sharply criticized those who have likened plans for a U.S.-built...

Illegal immigration foe tells illegal immigrants to follow the law.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... "I'm sorry that they're fearful that we're going to enforce the law. Maybe that's a sign that they should return home and reenter this country by our rules. Then they would have nothing to worry about. They could hold their heads high." ...

Iraqi leader puts a name on his country's conflict.(Iraq War, 2003 religious aspects)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... "If this is not civil war, then God knows what civil war is. We are losing each day, as an average, 50 to 60 people through the country if not more" Former prime minister and current member of the 275-seat Iraqi National Assembly, Ayad...

Military analyst angered by Russian treachery.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... "This is one step short of firing upon us themselves with Russian equipment. It's actively aiding and abetting the enemy tactically. It's hard to get more unfriendly than that." After disclosures showed that Russian diplomats passed sensitive...

Grim humor emerges from new Orleans.(about hurricane katrina)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... "I survived Katrina and all I have is this T-shirt... really." As the returnees to the damaged city try to recover, they find T-shirts with the above message being offered to tourists.

President's claim to be above the law evokes objection.(George W. Bush)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... "The president's constitutional duty is to faithfully execute the laws as written by Congress, not cherry-pick the laws he decides he wants to follow. It is our duty to ensure, by means of congressional oversight, that he does so." ...

Future tech: 8 amazing scientific and technological advances on the horizon--made by mixing hefty parts of human ingenuity with the freedom to employ it.(TECHNOLOGY)(Cover story)
April 17, 2006... Every age has its pessimists. The '60s had Rachel Carson and her overblown manifesto Silent Spring, which foretold of the poisoning of the planet by man. The '70s were influenced by the radical ideas of Paul Ehrlich, whose 1968 book The...

The "Geek Gap": the erosion of America's manufacturing base is undermining our research and development capacity--and, unless reversed, will lead to a shortage of hi-tech engineers.(INDUSTRY)
April 17, 2006... In May 1961, shortly after the Soviet Union placed Yuri Gagarin into orbit, President John F. Kennedy issued a challenge to send an American to the moon before the end of the decade. Roughly eight and a half years later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz...

Terror in Chinatown: President Bush calls Communist China a "partner" in the war on terror, but some Chinese Americans are accusing China of bringing its own terror campaign to the USA.(TERRORISM)
April 17, 2006... President Bush calls China a "strategic partner" in the war on terror, but some Chinese Americans are accusing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of bringing its own terror campaign to the USA. They believe the CCP ordered the murder of Allen...

Openly attacking American sovereignty: globalists are now openly revealing their true goal of submerging the United States in a world government.(GLOBALISM)(Column)
April 17, 2006... Those who know what to look for these days should have no trouble recognizing the reality of an ongoing, behind-the-scenes effort to destroy the sovereignty of this country. As the process has accelerated during the past 12 years (the NAFTA...

"Great leader democracy": most Americans are disinclined to think deeply about the tyrannical actions of government, but James Bovard's Attention Deficit Democracy will open their eyes.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 17, 2006... Attention Deficit Democracy, by James Bovard, New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2005, 291 pages, hardcover, $26.95. For ordering information, see the ad on page four. Every ruling elite covets a subject population who will trust, rather than...

West Virginia schoolgirl saves grandmother.(Danyelle Kinser)(Mildred Vickers)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... Danyelle Kinser, a first-grade student at Lashmeet-Matoaka School in Mercer County, West Virginia, was riding with her grandmother to her school bus stop on the morning of March 3. Suddenly, her grandmother, Mildred Vickers, lost control of her...

Good neighbor saves family.(Eric Smith)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... Lynn, Massachusetts, is most famous as the home of Marshmallow Fluff and the Fluffernutter sandwich. It is also the hometown of this writer's wife. At 4 a.m. on March 3, a two-alarm fire broke out in this north suburban Boston city, trapping...

Firefighter and wife "rescue" ring.(John Kilcooley )(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... John Kilcooley is a lieutenant with the Boynton Beach, Florida, Fire Rescue unit, but he and his wife, Una, recently were recognized for a "rescue" that had nothing to do with a life-threatening emergency. The story began when the...

To the shores of Tripoli: long before the term "state-sponsored terrorism" was coined, the Barbary pirates took hostages and exacted tribute from nations around the world, including the United States.(HISTORY--STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM)
April 17, 2006... On February 16, 1804, young Stephen Decatur, Jr., a naval lieutenant, completed his dangerous and extraordinary mission to destroy one of America's best naval ships, the frigate Philadelphia, moored deep within the harbor of Tripoli (Libya,...

Securing the home.(Brian Stevenson encountered one more burglary incident)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... A security guard had to secure his own home and possessions, not his employer's, from a burglar on February 25. When William Griffin entered Brian Stevenson's Muncie, Indiana, house at 10:30 p.m. through an unlocked window, Stevenson took...

Hello and goodbye.(Tony Hernandez self defence case)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... After perusing the evidence, District Attorney Doug Harcleroad determined that a man who was attacked in his apartment by an intruder was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed the intruder. According to the Register-Guard of...

Hard head, fast draw.(Alaskan Guns and Ammo's robbery case)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... The fact that proprietors of gun shops are often inclined to be armed while at work was driven home to three teenagers when they attempted to rob Alaskan Guns and Ammo in Fairbanks on February 8. The three young men apparently put some...

Veneer of safety.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(man shoots attackers)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... On St. Patrick's Day, a Bel Air, Maryland, business owner probably had safety in mind when he went to his bank--presumably to make a deposit--in the Village of Cross Keys, a place described by the Baltimore Sun as "an upscale and gated...

Danger in just standing.(homeowner robbed)(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... According to a police press release, on February 8 at about 10:30 p.m., four men bolted up to a house in Fairfield, California, where the homeowner and his friend were chatting outside. The men demanded money. As the homeowner's friend made a...

Reinvigorating Mao.(Mao Zedong)
April 17, 2006... ITEM: "After three decades of free-market economic reforms, China's leaders are re-emphasizing the study of Marxism and urging ruling party members not to turn their back on the communist ideology that's guided the nation since Mao Zedong's...

Last chance on immigration reform?(THE LAST WORD)
April 17, 2006... This is it. The battle that has been raging over immigration is headed down to the wire. Very soon, Congress will vote on a bill that will pretty much cast in stone our immigration policies for the foreseeable future. If we take the 20th...