The New American articles from February 2002

The New American archives from February 2002

Crossfire on the violence policy center. (Letters to the Editor).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... I have just seen the allegations concerning my alleged employment by the Central Intelligence Agency in your column in THE NEW AMERICAN ("Who Really Stands with Terrorists," by William Norman Grigg, January 14, 2002). Your incorrect and...

UN planetary tax plans. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Are you dreading the annual April 15th income tax deadline? If you think that federal, state, and local taxes are bad enough, imagine a slew of global taxes besides. THE NEW AMERICAN has warned for years that this is precisely what the...

"Conspiracy Theorists" take note! (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Calling all "conspiracy theorists"! Can you guess what paranoid, right-wing publication recently printed the following jaw-dropping disclosures: While the isolationists... tempted millions with their siren's appeal to nativism -- the...

Bush pushes free trade area. (Insider Report).(George Bush )(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Speaking to representatives of the Organization for American States (OAS) and the World Affairs Council in Washington, D.C. on January 16th, President George Bush reaffirmed his commitment to creating a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) by...

WTO tells U.S. to end tax havens. (Insider Report).(World Trade Organization )(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... A January 14th decision by the World Trade Organization (WTO) "could cost American companies billions of dollars in higher taxes," reported the New York Times. A WTO appellate panel ruled that "offshore tax havens allowed by United States tax...

Driving for a national ID. (Insider Report).(driver's licenses)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... September 11th breathed new life into the crusade to convert state-issued driver's licenses into de facto national identification cards. The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators leads the charge. As AAMVA spokesman Jason...

UN protects Balkan Sex Industry. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Ben Johnston, a former employee of DynCorp (a Virginia-based defense contractor), was fired from his aircraft maintenance job in Kosovo after filing complaints against what he described as the "perverse, illegal and inhumane behavior" of the...

Funding UN abortion programs. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Tucked inside a foreign operations funding bill passed by Congress in December is a $34 million sum earmarked for the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF). The bill was signed into law by President Bush, but the funds have not been released to...

Religious persecution in China. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Under house arrest, Bishop Mattia Pei Shangde, 83, died Christmas Eve at a hospital near Beijing. For more than 50 years, since the Communist takeover of China in 1949, Bishop Pei had suffered persecution for his faith, including forced labor...

Nazi Germany's Anti-Christian plans. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Daniel Jonah Goldhagen wrote in the January 21st issue of The New Republic, "[A]ntisemitism's marginalized place in the canonical accounts of Western history may be owed to a simple fact: that the main responsibility for producing this all-time...

NYC Mayor calls for institutionalized abortion training. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Republican Michael Bloomberg, recently sworn in as mayor of New York City, has promised "to make abortion a standard part of OB-GYN instruction in the city's hospitals," reported the January 9th Village Voice. If this promise is carried out,...

Iran's influence in Afghanistan. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Iran's growing influence in post-Taliban Afghanistan should cause concern. Arguably the premier terror-sponsoring state in the Middle East and Russia's principal geostrategic tool for destabilizing and subverting the region, Iran is moving fast...

Homosexuality forced on Romania. (Insider Report).(European Union requires abolition of law)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... "Human rights campaigners in Romania are celebrating the scrapping from the statute books of a law which effectively criminalized the practice of homosexuality," reported the BBC on December 20th. The law in question, Article 200 of the...

Gun grab revival. (Civilian Disarmament).(gun control lobbyists activities)
February 11, 2002... Surging firearms sales after 9-11 briefly disarmed gun control efforts, but anti-gun lobbyists are now exploiting fears of terrorism to renew their attacks on the Second Amendment. In the immediate aftermath of September 11th, many...

The UN's war on firearms: Taking advantage of black tuesday and the ongoing "war on terrorism," the United Nations is intensifying its own campaign against civilian ownership of firearms. (Civilian Disarmament).
February 11, 2002... In matters of disarmament, all roads increasingly lead to the United Nations. This principle applies not only to international "arms control" initiatives, but to civilian disarmament -- or what is commonly called "gun control." Thus it should...

PLO: Protected Lethal Organization; Despite their terrorist track record, Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization are not only protected from punishment, but are warmly welcomed at the UN. (Middle East).
February 11, 2002... On January 3rd, Israeli commandos boarded and seized a Palestinian cargo ship, the Karine A, in the Red Sea. The 4,000-ton vessel was loaded with 50 tons of arms from Iran destined for the Gaza Strip, controlled by Yasser Arafat's Palestinian...

New world order cinema: In its depiction of the 1993 "Battle of Mogadishu," Black Hawk Down omits key details while urging American support for a never-ending, UN-controlled "war on terrorism". (Somalia).
February 11, 2002... You're thinking -- stop doing that." This urgent advice is given to Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann by a veteran Delta Force soldier near the end of the 15-hour siege depicted in the new film Black Hawk Down. Largely due to the technical advice...

Life under Communism: Aquariums of Pyongyang is a compelling firsthand account of life under North Korea's oppressive communist regime. (Book Review).
February 11, 2002... Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag, by Kang CholHwan and Pierre Rigoulot, Basic Books: New York, 2001, 238 pages, hardbound, $24.00. Aquariums of Pyongyang is a valuable eyewitness account of one of the most brutal...

The right answers.(gun-crime in Switzerland vs. UK, other questions and answers)(Brief Article)(Column)
February 11, 2002... Q. Is there a higher gun-crime rate in Switzerland, with all its weapons, or in Britain? L.R.R., Mesa, Ariz. A. Using a 1996 massacre in a school as an excuse, British authorities cracked down even further on legal gun owners. Even...

Good Scout. (The Goodness of America).(Utah Boy Scout earns 123 badges)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Jedadiah Curry, 16, is a junior at Altamont High School in the Uintah Basin city of Altamont in eastern Utah. At age 11, after earning virtually every award attainable under the Cub Scout program sponsored by Boy Scouts of America (BSA), he...

Heroic rescue. (The Goodness of America).(teenager rescues baby from burning house)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Kaylin Williams and daughters Taeler Moore, 3, and Chelsea Moore, 4, were asleep in their North Houston, Texas, home on December 30, 2001 when Taeler woke her mom at around 1:15 a.m. to complain that she could not breathe. By then, smoke from a...

Socialist "Saint": revered as a virtuous American hero, the real Martin Luther King, Jr. colluded with communists, plagiarized his doctoral thesis, and led an immoral lifestyle. (In Light of the Past).
February 11, 2002... Fifty years ago, a black preacher's speech captured the dream of a nation from which racial turmoil had been abolished. "We, Negro-Americans, sing with all loyal Americans: My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty; of thee I sing. Land...

Learning from the Swiss. (The Last Word).(U.S. should adopt similar foreign policy as Switzerland)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
February 11, 2002... Switzerland has never joined the United Nations, NATO, or the European Union. Her exemplary spirit of "armed neutrality" has kept her out of wars and intrigues, even free from terrorism. In a recent statement, Swiss attorney Matthias Erne...

Lethal hideout. (Exercising the Right).(man shoots intruder, Connecticut)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... At around 2:30 p.m. on December 15, 2001, police in Hartford, Connecticut, responded to a burglar alarm at Bacon's Antiques, a secondhand merchandise store owned by Manchester resident Jeffrey Andrews. They found a broken front window, but did...

Robbers outgunned. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Since opening in 1968, Avalon Jewelers in downtown Hayward, California, had never been victimized by armed robbers. Then on December 18, 2001, two armed men walked into the family-owned store and threatened one of the owners and an employee....

Inebriated Trespasser. (Exercising the Right).(man shoots intruder, Michigan)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Shortly after 2:00 a.m. on November 24, 2001, Cedar Springs, Michigan, police officer Jack Peters was on patrol when he noticed two hitchhikers who appeared to be drunk. They ran when he flashed his lights on them. One was apprehended, but the...

So much for the crowbar. (Exercising the Right).(man shoots intruder, Florida)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... John Samanns, 37, owns John's Drive-Thru, a liquor store in south Lakeland, Florida. In the wake of previous break-ins, he was sleeping at the store on December 4, 2001 when, at about 1:45 a.m., he heard an alarm go off. Armed with a Taurus 9...

Dressed for defense. (Exercising the Right).(justifiable homicide case, Tennessee)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... Robert Gresham operates his business, Clothes Line, in Nashville, Tennessee. Shortly before 11 a.m. on December 15, 2001, John D. Buchanan, 19, attempted to rob the clothing vendor. As the youth began pulling a gun from his waistband, Gresham,...

Harvesting tax dollars. (Correction, Please!).(farm subsidies)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... ITEM: "Federal farm subsidies," contended the Houston Chronicle for January 2nd, "are supposed to help family farmers keep their heads above water so they can stay on their land." ITEM: Wisconsin's Green Bay Press-Gazette for January 7th...

Overstaying their welcome. (Correction, Please!).(legal and illegal aliens)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... ITEM: Critics of the immigration system condemned it after September 11th, said the Washington Post. "But the most significant development in the national immigration debate is what hasn't happened: No lawmaker of influence has moved to reverse...

Exports that don't compute. (Correction, Please!).(export controls on supercomputers to China)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2002... ITEM: President Bush "allowed U.S. companies to sell high-speed computers to countries such as Russia, China and India, easing a Cold War-era ban designed to halt the spread of nuclear arms," reported Reuters for January 3rd. Larger computer...

Kinkade, Tolkien & Rowling. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
February 25, 2002... First you gave us Kinkade "The Painter of Light" and now "The Lord of the Rings" (see "A Beacon in the Night" by William F. Jasper in the December 17,2001 issue of TNA, and "Tolkien's Tale Bears Ring of Truth"/"Rings Runs Circles Around...

Elderly Serbian civilian. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
February 25, 2002... Regarding "The UN's War on Firearms" by William Norman Grigg in your February 11th issue, I was deeply saddened to see the photo of the elderly Serbian civilian being led from his home by U.S. peacekeepers (page 18). While U.S. citizens still...

Bush Push to federalize education. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... Once anathema to Republicans, federal intrusion into education has blossomed under George W. Bush. Gone are the days of GOP pledges to abolish the Department of Education (DOE) created by a Democrat Congress and President Jimmy Carter....

Federalizing "Volunteer" service. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... During his 1988 presidential campaign, George Bush the elder announced his "a thousand points of light" initiative for a "kinder, gentler world." Shortly after becoming president, George Bush declared: "Today I announce a new initiative calling...

"Streamlining" homeland security. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... The Washington Post reported on January 27th that the Pentagon is considering placing a four-star military officer in charge of troops to defend the American homeland, as part of the effort to improve homeland security. Concerned at the alleged...

Homosexual adoption endorsed. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... A committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) "has endorsed homosexual adoption, saying gay couples can provide the loving, stable and emotionally healthy family life that children need," reported the AP on February 4th. "It's not a...

Homosexual-Terrorist alliance. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... Seeking expert comment regarding the AAP's endorsement of homosexual adoption, AP writer Lindsey Tanner called up Steven Drizin, "an attorney with Northwestern University's Children and Family Justice Center." Not surprisingly, Drizin applauded...

World Economic Forum in New York. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... For the first time in its history, the World Economic Forum (WEF) held its annual meeting outside of Davos, Switzerland. After the 9-11 terror attacks, the WEF decided to meet in New York City from January 31st-February 4th. The meeting was...

Budget blues. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... On February 4th, President Bush submitted to Congress a budget for fiscal 2003. If approved, it would set a new federal spending record of $2.13 trillion, besting fiscal 2002 by some $76 billion. The budget books came wrapped in a red,...

Little opposition to Utah land grab. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... Just before the 1996 presidential election, then-president Bill Clinton designated 1.7 million acres of southern Utah as a national monument, the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Effectively closing off the area for mining, the act...

Western property rights victory. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... After more than a decade of trials and tribulations in the federal regulatory maze and the courts, the Wayne Hage family of Nevada has scored a major victory for ranchers and for property rights. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a...

Putin: Ally or terrorist?: Counting Vladimir Putin as an ally against terrorism ignores his career in the murderous KGB/FSB and his ongoing support for terrorist regimes and organizations. (Cover Story - Russia).(Cover Story)
February 25, 2002... "Lena Goncharuk, aged 38, said that she was the only one to survive out of a group of six who were ordered out of the cellar where they had been hiding and shot at point blank range. Resting in her hospital bed, her voice barely rising above a...

Moscow-Beijing terror axis: Russia and China are now abandoning the Cold War-era ruse of a "Sino-Soviet split," and cooperate openly on many endeavors -- including sponsorship of terrorism. (Cover Story - Russia).(Cover Story)
February 25, 2002... On November 5, 2001, in his first interview with an American journalist since the September 11th terrorist attacks, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to Barbara Walters about terrorism, Afghanistan, and Russian-U.S. cooperation. In one...

World Government by design: America's subservience to the United Nations and transformation into the world's policeman is not accidental but is part of a grand design to establish world government. (United Nations).
February 25, 2002... As with so many of history's so called trends, America's transformation into global policeman isn't accidental. Official admissions of this little-known truth aren't commonplace, but the do occur. Take journalist Michael Hirsh' stunning...

Global lawgiver?: The UN Security Council arrogantly considers itself the lawgiver for the world, and the Bush administration's submission to its Resolution 1373 puts U.S. sovereignty and liberty at risk. (United Nations).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... In 1950, when the United Nations was just five years old, future Secretary of State John Foster Dulles wrote: The Security Council is not a body that merely enforces agreed law. It is a law unto itself. If it considers any situation as a...

How best to achieve justice?: A military response to the Black Tuesday atrocity was necessary, but the ongoing "war on terrorism" fails several critical moral and constitutional tests. (Morality of War).
February 25, 2002... "Our war on terror is well begun, but it is only begun," declared President Bush in his January 29th State of the Union address. "This campaign may not be finished on our watch -- yet it must and it will be waged on our watch." While the...

Indiscriminate warfare: Although combat frequently results in unintended civilian casualties, the collateral damage in our "war on terrorism" shows insufficient concern for the innocent. (Morality of War).
February 25, 2002... Within hours of the terrorist attack upon our country, President George W. Bush promised that hose responsible for that atrocity would be brought to justice. He also warned, "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed...

Bike shop burglar. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... Jack Tant, 74, owns Bicycles 'N Things, a bicycle and lawn mower repair shop in Columbus, Georgia. In the wake of numerous burglaries, he began using guard dogs to deter interlopers, but to no avail, since the animals were not only futile as a...

Home defense. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... Between 1984 and May of last year, Murray, Utah, resident Glen Snyder, 35, compiled an extensive record of run-ins with the law. His rap sheet included convictions for escape from official custody, theft, aggravated assault, criminal mischief,...

Ax attack. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... Siltcoos Resort is an apartment and mobile home complex located in the Westlake area of Dunes City, Oregon. Byron Lee Sanchez, 28, was living at the resort while doing some apartment repairs when, shortly after 9 p.m. on December 17, 2001, he...

Starting off the New Year Right. (The Goodness of America).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... On New Year's Day, David Krogh, 43, was driving with daughter Dani, 15, from his home in Murray, Utah, to Wendover, 113 miles to the west, where Dani's mother works. About 20 miles into the trip, the disabled veteran nearly hit a Chesapeake...

Teen risks life to save young girls. (The Goodness of America).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... On November 30, 2001 in Arlington, Texas, some children were jumping on a trampoline and riding bicycles in their neighborhood as two pit bulls barked behind a wooden fence in a nearby yard. The dogs somehow escaped and began chasing two...

Back to basics: The principles of freedom are eternal. Our legacy of freedom will endure only so long as we understand and apply those principles. (Constitution).
February 25, 2002... America's Founders gave us a Constitutional Republic. Because of them, we were born free. Nevertheless, we could die as slaves because we have, as a people, lost sight of basic truths: 1. Freedom cannot exist without morality. The phrase...

The right answers.
February 25, 2002... Q. From where did the bombers leave an those long-distance missions over Afghanistan? -- H.P., East Haven, Conn. A. The first U.S. Air Force combat missions over Afghanistan included a number that actually originated in Missouri. For...

Correction, please!
February 25, 2002... Exploiting Terrorism Fears ITEM: "Amid the raft of antiterrorism bills passed by Congress since Sept. 11, some lawmakers have spotted what they consider a glaring omission: tougher gun control laws," according to the Copley News Service in...

Russia-Middle East connection. (The Last Word).(Brief Article)
February 25, 2002... Do you drive a car or heat your home? Then you undoubtedly have had at least a few fleeting anxious thoughts since September 11th about how the war on terror and the escalating turmoil in the Middle East will affect gas pump prices and the...