The New American articles from January 2003

The New American archives from January 2003

Not a Conservative Victory. (Letters to the Editor).
January 13, 2003... I fully agree with the article by John F. McManus about neoconservatives winning the 2002 elections ("Not a Conservative Victory," December 2nd issue). I think it is safe to say that the Democrats have become Socialists/Communists and the...

Shepard's murder. (Letters to the Editor).
January 13, 2003... In "Unmentionable Vice Goes Mainstream," Mr. William Norman Grigg states that the Matthew Shepard robbery-murder "had no demonstrated connection to Shepard's lifestyle" (THE NEW AMERICAN, November 18,2002). However, according to the Denver Post...

From Republic to Reich. (Letters to the Editor).
January 13, 2003... In all my 54 years, I could never understand how a group of people as intelligent and good-hearted as the German people could allow Hitler to carry out the Holocaust. Now, thanks to William Norman Grigg's article ("From Republic to Reich,"...

Kean steps in for Kissinger: Henry Kissinger's abrupt resignation from the 9-11 commission leaves the cover-up in the hands of an establishment second-stringer. (Conspiracy Update).
January 13, 2003... Forced to choose between cementing the 9-11 cover-up and continuing the cover-up of his corrupt dealings as an international power broker, Henry Kissinger favored the latter. On Friday, December 13th, Kissinger informed the White House of his...

World Bank funds MTV depravity. (Insider Report).
January 13, 2003... Going to MTV for help on preaching responsible sexual attitudes to young people is akin to going to Louis Farrakhan or the Aryan Nations for help on promoting tolerance and racial harmony. Yet that is what the World Bank has done once again. On...

Economic fix: print more money?! (Insider Report).
January 13, 2003... "Like gold, U.S. dollars have value only to the extent that they are strictly limited in supply," explained a Harvard-trained economist during a November 21st speech before the National Economists Club in Washington. "But the U.S. government...

Feducrats in the schoolhouse. (Insider Report).
January 13, 2003... "It's a new era in education and we want you, as parents and community members, to be part of the transformation." So states the greeting at the "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) website of the U.S. Department of Education. What transformation do...

More "help" from feducrats. (Insider Report).
January 13, 2003... "I'm from the government; I'm here to help you." Since FDR's New Deal, with its explosive growth of socialist federal programs, that refrain has carried ominous meaning. But how can anyone oppose a federal government program "for the...

Social Security for Mexico? (Insider Report).
January 13, 2003... "Pushed by the Mexican government, the Bush administration is working on a Social Security accord that would put tens of thousands of Mexicans onto the Social Security roster and send hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits south of the...

Mexican ambulance raids. (Insider Report).
January 13, 2003... From Brownsville, Texas, to Douglas, Arizona, Mexican ambulance drivers "are transporting hospital patients unable to pay for medical care or emergency-room services in their country to facilities in the United States, where their treatment is...

Brazil's Lula sings globalist tune. (Insider Report).
January 13, 2003... While spouting a virulent anti-U.S., anti-capitalist line, Brazil's new Marxist president is pushing a policy that is music to the ears of one-world power brokers and international bankers. President Lula da Silva is pushing for deeper and...

Haass likely next CFR president. (Insider Report).
January 13, 2003... Richard Haass, head of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, is "the most likely choice" to replace Leslie Gelb as president of the Council on Foreign Relations, reported the December 18th Washington Times. Former head of foreign policy...

"War on terror" benefiting Iran. (Insider Report).
January 13, 2003... Even as U.S. troops remain mired in Afghanistan, propping up the pro-Iranian regime of Hamid Kharzai, "the American-backed Iraqi opposition is solidifying ties to Iran," reported the December 13th New York Times. Anticipating an early December...

Priest raps gov. Davis on abortion. (Insider Report).
January 13, 2003... California Governor Gray Davis planned to play Santa Claus at St. Patrick's Home for Children in Sacramento on December 20th. But what was, no doubt, considered a good PR move turned into a media black eye for the governor. Shortly before...

More forests up in smoke? (Insider Report).
January 13, 2003... On January 12, 2001, during the closing days of his administration, President Clinton issued the Roadless Area Conservation Rule barring virtually all road building on nearly 59 million acres of the national forests. This massive, last-minute...

I am woman. (The Right Perspective).
January 13, 2003... Roughly four months after Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, I was born. The youngest of three sisters, I grew up in a female dominated household at a time when women were being taught that they could achieve anything they put their minds to. It...

Post-Roe America: ever since Roe v. Wade first struck at the right to life, America has been sliding down a slippery slope toward infanticide, euthanasia, and the "duty to die". (Cover Story: Abortion).
January 13, 2003... The very first time her mother met me, her green-eyed girl had been a mother-to-be for two weeks; I was out of a job and she was in school, life was fast and the world was cruel, we were young and wild--we decided not to have a child. ...

The clone sars: transhumanists embrace genetic engineering as a means to create a post-human species. If they prevail, all human beings may no longer be "created" equal. (Cover Story: Abortion).
January 13, 2003... A wit once described the typical Victorian Englishman as "a self-made man who worships his creator." That gibe acquires an ominous undertone when considered in the context of human cloning. Last November, Italian fertility doctor Severino...

Bush: a pro-life president? A truly pro-life president would oppose abortion without exception, and would view the embryo as lie as opposed to potential life. (Cover Story: Abortion).
January 13, 2003... President Bush won the 2000 election largely because the pro-life community dedicatedly supported him. But the president's policies and public speeches over the past two years have indicated that he has not staunchly defended the principles of...

Congress has the solution.
January 13, 2003... The U.S. Congress has the most potent power to effect a repeal of Roe v. Wade under Article Three, section two of the U.S. Constitution. That section grants to the Supreme Court powers of "appellate jurisdiction" over most federal cases, "with...

Worth repeating.
January 13, 2003... Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Jeremiah 1:5 My biological mother was 17 years old and seven and one-half...

Lifelong foe of tyranny: Vilius Brazenas has spent a lifetime battling on behalf of freedom. Through writing and speaking, he has opposed tyranny in America and in his native Lithuania. (Interview).
January 13, 2003... In a few months, Vilius Brazenas will celebrate his 90th birthday. Throughout his many years, he has spent considerable energy working to achieve freedom for his native Lithuania and preserve it in the United States. Beginning in 1994, he began...

Nurse wins fight for beliefs. (Making A Difference).
January 13, 2003... Cynthia Day of Marrero, Louisiana, is a Public Health Nurse III employed by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (LDHH). For nearly a decade she has worked at a state clinic in New Orleans that offers family-planning services. ...

Pro-Life group recognized. (Making A Difference).
January 13, 2003... Last year, some students at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis formed a pro-life club called Law Students Pro-Life (LSPL). The fledgling club of about 20 members sought recognition as an official campus organization from the...

The man who "started" the cold war: when World War II ended, the Soviet Union was one of the "allies"--but Igor Gouzenko knew better. He defected and exposed the Soviet spies secretly waging war on the West. (History--Struggle For Freedom).
January 13, 2003... The young Red Army lieutenant's heart was pounding furiously and his mind was racing. He had just taken the most momentous step of his life, and he knew he was making a dangerous gamble. He had not realized, however, just how dangerous, nor...

Good citizen does his duty. (Exercising the Right).
January 13, 2003... At around 10 p.m. on November 2, 2002, Eric Endres of South Bend, Indiana, was walking his dogs in his yard when he heard glass breaking. He investigated and noticed a man emerging from a nearby computer store with an armload of goods. ...

Overreaction avoided. (Exercising the Right).
January 13, 2003... Shortly before 3 a.m. on October 27, 2002, two teenagers, ages 15 and 16, lingered outside a 7-Eleven in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Both a store co-owner and a customer, Jim Smith, were immediately suspicious. "I don't like the looks of this'...

Benevolent banditry. (Correction, Please!).
January 13, 2003... ITEM: "Hundreds of welfare recipients [in New Jersey] who have reached their state-imposed limit on cash benefits will continue to receive payments through September 2003," reported an account in the New Jersey News for December 5th. "The...

Court guns down history. (Correction, Please!).
January 13, 2003... ITEM: "A federal appeals court, upholding California's assault-weapons ban, decided that the Second Amendment does not guarantee individuals the right to bear arms," reported an AP dispatch in the San Francisco Chronicle for December 6th. "The...

Monopoly on snail mail. (Correction Please).
January 13, 2003... ITEM: President Bush, reported CBS News on December 11th, "signed an order creating a commission to look into overhauling and perhaps even privatizing the U.s. postal system.... American Postal Workers Union president Bill Burrus told CBS Radio...

Behind the Lott Imbroglio. (The Last Word).
January 13, 2003... Who killed Trent Lott, and why? The postmortem is still in progress, and the list of suspects and motives grows longer and more sordid. As we write, Lott has just announced his resignation as Senate Republican leader, the first time a...

More on Fujimori. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
January 27, 2003... In "Pulling the Plug on Fujimori" (THE NEW AMERICAN, December 30, 2002), William F. Jasper laments the downfall of the Peruvian presidency of Alberto Fujimori and describes those who facilitated his downfall. For example, he states: "The...

Russia's nuclear aid to Iran. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... Iran, another member of the "axis of evil," continues to get military aid from Russia, our supposed ally in the war on terrorism. A December 26th New York Times story reported: "Iran and Russia signed an agreement today to speed up the...

Feeding the "axis of evil". (Insider Report).
January 27, 2003... "The Bush administration plans to continue humanitarian food shipments to North Korea in the new year, despite what President Bush has called a 'diplomatic showdown' over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions," reported a January 1st Reuters dispatch....

Using torture in the war on terrorism? (Insider Report).
January 27, 2003... In a CIA-controlled facility at Bagram air base in Afghanistan, captured al-Qaeda operatives and Taliban commanders "are sometimes kept standing or kneeling for hours, in black hoods or spray-painted goggles," reported the December 26th...

Merry whatever. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... "U.S. soldiers stationed [in Bosnia-Herzegovina] are quick to point out that the large pine tree decorated with lights and holiday ornaments near the center of the base is not a Christmas tree," reported a December 29th Washington Times...

Anti-"gay" hate speech outlawed. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... On December 3rd, Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker "signed legislation that gives homosexuals statewide legal protection from verbal harassment and hate crimes -- a move that critics argue targets church leaders who preach against the...

Bush advances "gay" agenda. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... "Just five years ago," noted the December 29th San Francisco Chronicle, "President Bill Clinton's decision to appoint gay San Franciscan James Hormel as an ambassador provoked an ugly, prolonged national debate. But President George Bush has...

Watching your every move: comprehensive government database and new invasive technologies threaten our system of checks and balances, presenting an unprecedented potential for tyranny. (Cover Story: On the Home Front).
January 27, 2003... There is no place to run and no place to hide in the 1998 techno-thriller, Enemy of the State, where Robert Dean (played by Will Smith) is an innocent everyman framed for murder. The man who has framed him is a sinister top official with the...

The evil eye: the occult symbol chosen for the Orwellian Information Awareness Office has links to ancient paganism and modern revolutionary Communism. (Cover Story: On the Home Front).(Cover Story)
January 27, 2003... The all-seeing eye chosen for the logo of the federal Information Awareness Office (IAO) is an ancient symbol steeped in mystery and foreboding. Some commentators assert that the insignia, which first appeared on U.S. dollar bills in 1935,...

Bill of rights' implausible defenders: don't look to the ACLU and its left-wing allies to defend your liberty and the constitution against the encroaching police state. (On the Home Front).(Cover Story)
January 27, 2003... An incredible deception is underway. Ultra-leftist groups with long histories of supporting totalitarianism are posing as the chief defenders of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights against the current onslaught of police-state legislation....

9-11: FBI futility and failure: FBI agents have testified that FBI headquarters has blocked investigations of certain terrorists with connections to 9-11. Why? The bureau itself appears to need investigation. (Terrorism).
January 27, 2003... "September 11th is a direct result of the incompetence of the FBI's International Terrorism Unit. No doubt about that. Absolutely no doubt about that." These words were spoken by FBI Special Agent Robert Wright during the December 19th...

Thrown to the wolves: wolves are being reintroduced to wildlands to drive people out, intentionally putting human life at risk for the sake of creating a UN biodiversity preserve. (Environment).
January 27, 2003... Across the nation, particularly in western states, ranchers are feeling the bite of the so-called "wolf recovery" program, which began with reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995. Stemming from the Endangered Species Act...

Not a whole Lott of difference: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will continue to support establishment objectives, signaling no real change in the senate. (Politics).
January 27, 2003... At the December 5, 2002 birthday party for retiring Senator Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (RMiss.) uttered his now-famous comment that the country would have been better off if Thurmond had been elected president...

Marine shoots back. (Exercising the Right).(Sergeant James C. Lowery)(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... Sergeant James C. Lowery, 22, serves with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, based at the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, North Carolina. Members of his squadron fly tankers that refuel aircraft while in flight. ...

Gun law lunacy. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... Canarsie, New York, resident Ronald Dixon, 27, is a computer analyst and Navy veteran. Shortly before 8 a.m. on December 14, 2002, a loud noise awakened him. Glancing at his bedroom mirror, he saw the an intruder's reflection in a hallway near...

Shop owner stops robber. (Exercising the Right).(Roosevelt Johnson Jr)(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... At about 3 p.m. on December 12, 2002, a man bent on robbing a Subway sandwich shop in South Memphis, Tennessee, stood in line and purchased a sandwich before pointing what appeared to be a gun at store owner Roosevelt Johnson Jr. The thug then...

Jewel heists thwarted. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... Shortly before 5 p.m. on October 7, 2002, a man walked into Frank's Jewelry Store in a Forest Hills, Pennsylvania, shopping center and placed a gun to the head of store co-owner Diana Curto. Mrs. Curto's husband, Frank, confronted the would-be...

Quotable. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... Writing in the Detroit News for December 30, 2001, Dr. John R. Lott Jr., a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and author of More Guns, Less Crime, noted the crucial role that armed Israeli citizens play in their nation's...

Little hero. (The Goodness of America).
January 27, 2003... On Thanksgiving Day last year, Tammy Adams-Hill, 28, and her three children (Titus, 7, Tiffany, 4, and Tierra, 1) were returning to their home in Galeton, Colorado, after spending the day with relatives. But when Mrs. Adams-Hill unbuckled her...

Still the best policy. (The Goodness of America).
January 27, 2003... Kansas residents Joe and Heidi Tomassi have two children: daughter Laney, 2, and son Griffin, 6 months. Shortly after Griffin was born last July, he was diagnosed with TAPV (Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return), a life-threatening condition...

Good tip. (The Goodness of America).(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... Sarah Nilsen, 22, waits tables twice a week at the Newcomb Farms restaurant in Quincy, Massachusetts. She also works full-time at a Boston insurance agency while husband Jeffrey attends the University of Massachusetts-Boston. On December...

The new americanism: to fight against collectivism, citizens must fight for a new americanism: a philosophy of freedom that actively seeks less government and more personal responsibility. (Opinion Past).
January 27, 2003... Mr. Welch delivered this speech at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1957, the year before founding the John Birch Society. He articulated a body of timeless principles for ordered liberty that he called "the new americanism." Those...

Colonial hero of the high seas: against seemingly insurmountable odds, John Paul Jones sailed to military victory time after time, becoming one of America's greatest naval commanders. (History - Struggle for Freedom).
January 27, 2003... Little known is the history of an officer of the infant Continental Navy who took the War of Independence all the way to British soil to carry out surprise raids. Responding to Britain's looting and burning of Colonial America, this early naval...

Defending missile defense. (Correction, Please!).(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... ITEM: When the Pentagon announced it would deploy missile defenses, ABC'S John McWethy complained on December 17th that, "the administration plans to spend $17 billion to rush into the field a system that may not work against a threat that...

"Morning-after" mockery. (Correction, Please!).(Brief Article)
January 27, 2003... ITEM: A December Knight Ridder report in the Tallahassee Democrat stated: "Emergency contraception, or the 'morning-after pill,' is playing a growing role in reducing abortions in the U.S. and may account for almost half of the recent decline...

German help for Saddam. (Correction, Please!).(Saddam Hussain)
January 27, 2003... ITEM: "Germany will not give a single euro to any war effort in Iraq, its finance minister has declared," reported CNN on December 23rd. "Hans Eichel said Germany's weak economy could not cope with providing any financial assistance to a U.S....

Reclaiming family life. (The Last Word).
January 27, 2003... When was the last time your family turned off the TV and video games for the evening, popped up a batch of popcorn, and -- with all family members present -- played a game together that did not have to be plugged in? A high percentage of...