The New American articles from July 2002

The New American archives from July 2002

Steadfast Freedom Fighter. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2002... I am writing as the first-born child and eldest daughter of Brigadier General J. Andrew Gatsis. Thank you for the inspiring article John F. McManus wrote about my father ("Steadfast Fighter for Freedom," May 6th issue). It is both moving and...

Amtrak subsidies. (Letter to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2002... Regarding "Another Great Train Robbery" ("Correction, Please!," April 8th): As a constitutional conservative and business owner, I certainly agree that we need less government involvement in business. But there are areas of activity that do...

Nickelodeon on homosexuality. (Insider Report).(questions about homosexuality on Nick News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Any casual TV viewer can attest to the homosexual themes permeating America's airwaves. Hardly accidental, such programming is part of the planned assault on America's morality. In their highly influential 1989 book, After the Ball: How America...

EU tax commissars target U.S. (Insider Report).(European Union wants United States financial institutions to collect financial data on non-resident investers)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... In our recent on-scene report from the UN's taxation summit in Mexico (see "March Madness in Monterrey" in our April 22nd issue), we warned that UN global tax proponents are pursuing backdoor strategies, trying to commit the U.S. in principle...

Profit from 9-11 prior knowledge? (Insider Report).(financial trader Amr I. Elgindy accused of profiting by forecasting World Trade Center attack from illegally obtained Federal Bureau of Investigation reports)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Amr I. "Tony" Elgindy, a 34-year-old, Egyptian-born financial analyst, "may have had prior knowledge of the September 11th attacks" derived from "confidential FBI information," reported the June 5th Boston Globe. "He is accused of bribing an...

Bush's global warming flip-flop. (Insider Report).(President George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Radio celebrity Rush Limbaugh, longtime cheerleader for Republican presidents and the Republican Party, has, on more than one occasion, acknowledged that Clinton-Gore programs and policies are being adopted by the Bush administration. The...

No enemies to the left. (Insider Report).(right wing Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn assassinated)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... In early May, a left-wing radical assassinated Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, typically called a "right-wing populist" in most media coverage. This label was a poor fit for Fortuyn, an unabashed homosexual who supported drug use and Holland's...

The EU and the death ethic. (Insider Report).(European Union policy on abortion)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... The European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights voted 21-11 linearly June to approve a report recommending that European Union member states provide "access to abortion," reported Reuters on June 5th. The report asserts that "to safeguard...

Bosnia: a UN-made terrorist haven. (Insider Report).(Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... THE NEW AMERICAN has repeatedly warned that UN/NATO intervention in the Balkans created terrorist "safe havens" in the Yugoslav provinces of Bosnia and Kosovo. Evidence illustrating the accuracy of those warnings has been provided by Carla del...

Terrorists and killers as martyrs. (Insider Report).(labeling political activists jailed for murder as political prisoners)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... The campaign by hardcore revolutionaries to paint convicted murderers and terrorists as victims and martyrs is gaining steam. Cop-killer Mumia Abu Jamal is the superstar of the prison darlings; his image is now a familiar icon on T-shirts,...

New York City's radical Councilman. (Insider Report).(Charles Barron)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... On May 28th, New York City Councilman Charles Barron held a press conference to announce that he would introduce a resolution on June 26th to free all "political prisoners" in the United States. "We are here today because I am introducing a...

Preemption or perpetual war? (Insider Report).(War on Terrorism)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Within a matter of weeks, the party line about the "War on Terrorism" has undergone an Orwellian metamorphosis. In early May, the Bush administration insisted that prior to September 11th, it was literally impossible for anybody to anticipate...

The border war: Mexico is quietly waging war on our Southern border with the complicity of elements in our government who seek to meld the nations of this hemisphere into a regional superstate. (Immigration).
July 1, 2002... Robert Maupin and his daughter Denise share an unwanted distinction: They are probably the only American citizens to be detained and forcibly disarmed, at gunpoint, on U.S. soil, by Mexican soldiers. The incident, which took place in 1985, is...

Terror trail: WTC, OKC, 9-11; journalists and congressional investigators are beginning to trace the terror trail backward from 9-11 to Oklahoma City and the earlier World Trade Center bombing. (Terrorism).
July 1, 2002... Ramzi Yousef, the reputed mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, sits in a federal maximum-security prison in Florence, Colorado, serving a life sentence. Terry Nichols, the convicted co-conspirator of Timothy McVeigh in the...

Stepping stones to convergence: the recent arms-reduction treaty with Russia and Russia's entry into NATO are two more steps on the road to the new world order. (Russia).
July 1, 2002... On May 24th, President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Moscow and agreed to an arms reduction treaty. Less than a week later, on May 28th, the two met again in Rome where Russia was welcomed into NATO, not as a full...

Sum doesn't add up: besides its faulty casting and poor production quality, the movie The Sum of All Fears subversively promotes U.S.-Russian convergence in the name of fighting terrorism. (Cultural Currents).
July 1, 2002... Devouring over $30 million at the box office during its first weekend in theaters, the movie adaptation of Tom Clancy's novel The Sum of All Fears has been praised for its timeliness and supposed realism. Advance screenings of the film, which...

Knowing where it's at. (Making a Difference).(home schooled boy wins 2002 National Geographic Bee)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... The National Geographic Society developed the National Geography Bee (later renamed National Geographic Bee) in the late 1980s after a 10-country survey revealed that young Americans were scoring lower in geography tests than their foreign...

Father of the constitution: James Madison, more than any other individual, is responsible for the U.S. Constitution. But his legacy extends beyond that priceless document of ordered liberty. (History -- Greatness of the Founders).
July 1, 2002... James Madison is best known for the most tangible legacy he left America: the U.S. Constitution, and rightfully so. The U.S. Constitution is the oldest national constitution still in force and a model for ordered liberty to the rest of the...

James Madison on government. (Worth Repeating).(quotations from 'The Federalist Papers')(Excerpt)
July 1, 2002... The following quotes are excerpted from James Madison's essays in The Federalist Papers: ... democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of...

Domestic dispute. (Exercising the Right).(criminal charges dropped against man using firearm against armed assailant)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... On February 11th in Topeka, Kansas, James Collins, 33, went to the home of ex-girlfriend Christine Hockman, 34, to take their four-year-old son for visitation. An argument ensued and police were called as they had been on numerous earlier...

Three up, three down. (Exercising the Right).(Zambian farmer kills three armed home invaders who returned for revenge)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... On May 25th, The Spectator of London reported the harrowing saga of a 70-year-old Lusaka, Zambia, resident, identified only as "Robert," and his family. Earlier this year, three thugs broke into Robert's home (a farm deep in the Zambian bush),...

Lucky. (Exercising the Right).(man drives off armed burglars with small caliber shotgun)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... On May 19th, Oak Hill, Tennessee, residents Roy and Patsy Luckett were awakened at around 2 a.m. by the home alarm system. Mr. Luckett, 67, had the choice of grabbing either his own .45-caliber handgun or his wife's .38-caliber firearm. He...

Correction, please!(rebuttals to news reports about Chinese foreign policy and other liberal news reports)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Beijing's Two Faces ITEM: "Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz," reported the Associated Press on May 29th, said "it is unclear whether an increasingly strong China will emerge as a force for peace in East Asia or as a 'threatening...

Bush, the UN, and the ICC. (The Last Word).(George W. Bush, United Nations and the International Criminal Court)(Brief Article)(Column)
July 1, 2002... Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) is well known to readers of this magazine as a leading opponent of the UN and other international agencies that compromise our national sovereignty. Since 1997, Representative Paul has introduced H.R. 1146, the...

French Huguenots noted. (Letters to the Editor).
July 15, 2002... Thank you for Mr. William Norman Grigg's article on the history of Vendeans and their pursuit of freedom in France ("The Valiant Vendeans," June 17th). The mercy of Artus, the Marquis of Bonchamps, stands as a wonderful example of virtue in an...

UN prosecutor appointed. (Insider Report).(David M. Crane)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... The Bush administration eagerly invited publicity for its May 6th decision to "un-sign" the International Criminal Court treaty. However, it did little to call attention to the appointment of Defense Department attorney David M. Crane to serve...

UN judicial arrogance. (Insider Report).(United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for Yugoslavia says journalist must testify)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... The United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for Yugoslavia ruled on June 7th that retired Washington Post reporter Jonathan C. Randal must testify concerning allegations of Serb atrocities in Bosnia. In May, French bailiffs, under directives from...

The ICC as protection racket. (Insider Report).(United Nations International Criminal Court)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... On June 19th, the Bush administration proposed a UN Security Council resolution to "exempt peacekeepers from prosecution" by the International Criminal Court, reported the AP. "We will not put American men or women under the reach of the...

EU adapts UN's "NGO Strategy". (Insider Report).(problems for non-government organizations)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... In recent years, many conservative and pro-family groups in the U.S. and elsewhere have created UN-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in order to participate in UN conferences and summits. Such activists reason that there is value...

Marxist-islamic terror network. (Insider Report).(attorney Lynne Stewart arrested for providing materials to terrorist)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... A Muslim fundamentalist clergyman and a Marxist lesbian feminist? One would expect them to be mortal enemies. What could they have in common? Revolution. Destroying America. Perhaps additional goals as well. On April 8th, federal...

Carter invited to Venezuela. (Insider Report).(Jimmy Carter invited by Hugo Chavez)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... No sooner had Jimmy Carter returned from his Cuban junket than Fidel Castro's Venezuelan stooge, Hugo Chavez, contacted the former U.S. president and invited him to Venezuela. Ever since surviving last April's abortive coup, Chavez has moved...

Homeland security bandwagon. (Insider Report).(Homeland Security Department gets support from all sides)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... It was bad enough when longtime lefties like Senator Joseph Lieberman, Rep. Dick Gephardt, and former Senator Gary Hart came out in support of President Bush's Homeland Security Department. Can anyone recall any measures these politicos have...

EU summit approves Euro-Police. (Insider Report).(European Union border patrols)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... National leaders attending an EU summit in Spain "moved to establish an EU border police force to patrol shores, ports and crossing points against illegal immigrants," reported the June 23rd London Telegraph. "The heads of government said that...

Rise of the garrison state: using the pretext of responding to terrorist threats, President Bush proposed changes that, in reality, have long been planned to consolidate police-state powers at the federal level. (On the Home Front).
July 15, 2002... "Thousands of trained killers are plotting to attack us, and this terrible knowledge requires us to act differently." Thus spoke President Bush in his nationally televised June 6th address unveiling "the most extensive reorganization of the...

Idaho GOP says "Get US out!" (The Right Perspective).(resolution to extricate from United Nations)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... Covering the Idaho State Republican Convention for the state's largest and most influential newspaper, the liberal Idaho Statesman, Gregory Hahn completely glossed over the mid-June adoption of a resolution calling for U.S. withdrawal from the...

The conservative index: our third look at the 107th Congress shows how every member of the house and senate voted on key issues, including the farm bill, campaign financing, and the ICC. (Congress).
July 15, 2002... House Vote Descriptions 41 Economic Stimulus. This bill (H R. 3090) would grant businesses and individuals $99.5 billion in federal tax cuts in fiscal 2002, and a total of $159.4 billion in reductions over 10 years. The bill would also...

Worth repeating.(political quotes)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great Master, Author, and Founder of society....

Honesty rules! (The Goodness of America).(test shows honesty of South Carolina citizens)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... The May 31st edition of CBS' 48 Hours included a segment about an honesty test in Charleston, South Carolina. The prototype for the project was the earlier experience of Savannah, Georgia, resident Wanda Johnson, 35, a hospital housekeeper and...

Rescue. (The Goodness of America).(man rescues girl from fire)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... On January 22, 2001, two-year-old Makayla Klingler was asleep in the master bedroom of a mobile home in Olney, Illinois, when fire broke out in the living room. The flames spread rapidly, filling the dwelling with dense smoke and preventing a...

Bad cop? Good cop! (The Goodness of America).(off-duty Tennessee police officer apprehends criminal)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... Rocky Croy is a lieutenant with the Carter County, Tennessee, sheriff's office. During his 20-year law enforcement career, he has compiled an exemplary record, but recently he was charged with two counts of writing bad checks (totaling less...

Protector of the Nez Perce: chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe excelled as a military strategist, courageously fought as a warrior, and valiantly protected those entrusted to his care. (History-Struggle for Freedom).
July 15, 2002... They called themselves the "Nimipu" -- a name, like so many others taken by American Indian tribes, meaning simply "We People." Their territory extended across much of what would become northern Idaho and western Montana, but their home was the...

Taxi driver. (Exercising the Right).(uses gun to avert robbery)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... Former taxi driver John Lutters of Seymour, Connecticut, drove a cab in the Nutmeg State for about three years. Shortly before midnight on June 15, 2001, he picked up a fare who placed a pair of scissors at his neck and sought to rob him. When...

Jewel heist foiled. (Exercising the Right).(gun used to prevent crime)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... In December of last year, Terrance McLaughlin of Las Vegas, Nevada, placed a newspaper advertisement for some jewelry he wanted to sell. On December 10th, John Dimick, 31, and girlfriend Desirae Bueti, 19, visited McLaughlin in response to the...

Free at last. (Exercising the Right).(man shoots intruders)(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... On November 16, 2001, Edwin Manuel Rivera, 21, was in his apartment in Upland, California, when a group of men arrived and began scuffling with some of his relatives outside the apartment. Rivera grabbed a .22-caliber rifle and went outside to...

Correction, please!(current events)(Column)
July 15, 2002... The Famine Feast ITEM: At the World Food Summit in Rome on June 10th, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan told delegates there was "no time to waste," stated a UN press release. "If we want to reverse the current trends and halve hunger by...

Suspending Habeas Corpus. (The Last Word).(war on terrorism)(Brief Article)(Column)
July 15, 2002... Some things are true even if the Washington Post says them. Reviewing the Bush administration's conduct in the case of accused terrorist Yaser Esam Hamdi, a June 20th Post editorial concluded that under the powers claimed by the administration,...

Founders and the pledge. (Letters to the Editor).
July 29, 2002... I really enjoyed the article on James Madison ("Father of the Constitution" by Thomas R. Eddlem, July 1st issue). It made me wonder. With all the furor over the 9th Circuit Court declaring the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional because of...

Death Penalty Fallacies. (Letters to the Editor).
July 29, 2002... Never has the death penalty been better explained than in Thomas R. Eddlem's article in THE NEW AMERICAN ("Ten Anti-Death Penalty Fallacies," June 3rd issue). I have many irons in the fire and one of them is the appropriateness of the...

Correction, please! (Letters to the Editor).
July 29, 2002... THE NEW AMERICAN has usually exhibited evidence of careful research and proofreading. However, you committed some real horrors in the recent July 15th issue, p.33, "Protector of the Nez Perce," first paragraph, sentence beginning with "In...

The ICC threat. (Letters to the Editor).
July 29, 2002... Warren Mass's article "Bush, the UN, and the ICC" (July 1st issue) is extremely well-written and contains much pertinent information needed to effectively fight the UN and the International Criminal Court, or ICC. However, Mr. Mass...

Mexico's consolidation scheme. (Insider Report).(plans to unite transportation and trade links with Central America)(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... Speaking to the "Club XXI" at Madrid's Hotel Eurobuilding on May 16th, Mexican President Vicente Fox declared: "Eventually our long-range objective is to establish with the United States, but also with Canada, our other regional partner, an...

Peacekeepers and Prostitutes. (Insider Report).(United Nations Peacekeepers investigated for soliciting prostitution)(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... UN-occupied Bosnia, in addition to being an international terrorist haven, has also become notorious for its prominence in the Balkan sex trade, reported the June 30th Sunday Herald of London. "There is absolutely no dispute that the sex...

Anti-communists need not apply. (Insider Report).(former communists lead governments of Eastern European countries)(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... Throughout Eastern Europe, reported Brian Mitchell in the June 25th Investor's Business Daily, "the U.S. and its European allies have worked to defeat popular center-right governments and replace them with left and center-left governments. The...

FBI cover-up artist and 9-11. (Insider Report).(Thomas A. Kelly, who obstructed investigation of FBI actions against Branch Davidians, is heading effort to investigate FBI handling of Sept 11 bombings)(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... "The official in charge of ferreting out information about the FBI for a joint congressional intelligence panel allegedly obstructed a Justice Department probe of the bureau two years ago," reported the June 22nd Washington Post. "As the FBI's...

U.S. opposition to ICC a sham? (Insider Report).(George W. Bush crumbles under international pressure to support the International Criminal Court)(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... On July 10th, the UN Security Council gave its member states the opportunity to criticize the U.S. stance on the International Criminal Court (ICC). The controversy over America's reluctance to embrace the flawed and dangerous global court...

Russian nuclear assistance to Iran. (Insider Report).(Russians helping Iran to build up nuclear capabilities)
July 29, 2002... "As Aeroflot Flight 515 from Moscow begins its predawn descent into Teheran, the group of middle-aged Russian experts on board begins to fill out landing cards for Iran," begins a June 21st Christian Science Monitor report. "Pulling out...

First Europe, now Africa. (Insider Report).(African Union to be modeled after European Union)(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... On July 8th, African heads of state gathered in Durban, South Africa, to create the new African Union (AU), a pan-African organization modeled after the European Union and designed to achieve the same outcome. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, a...

Aid to Russia, Africa. (Insider Report).(American economic assistance to Africa and Russia)(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... The foreign aid gravy train rolls on, thanks to Bush's "compassionate conservatism," globalist-style. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill returned recently from a fact-finding junket in Africa, in which rock star Bono, vocalist for the Irish band...

The Devil in the UN dock? (Insider Report).(United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia consider cases again Bill Clinton and members of his administration)(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... "I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake," explains St. Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons, a dramatization of More's martyrdom. The principle contained in that statement applies to the proposal that Bill Clinton and...

One nation under God: the supremacy of God as Creator, Lawgiver, and Source of individual rights is at the center of our nation's vision of liberty under law. (Cover Story: Pledge of Allegiance).
July 29, 2002... The late, great comedian Red Skelton once remarked on national TV, concerning the Pledge of Allegiance, "Since I was a small boy... two words have been added to the Pledge...: 'under God.' Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said 'That is a...

One nation under the state? intended by its socialist composer to advance the worship of the State, the Pledge of Allegiance was revised by patriots into a concise statement of the ideals of Americanism. (Cover Story: Pledge of Allegiance).
July 29, 2002... Militant atheist Michael Newdow "never had a problem reciting the Pledge of Allegiance when he was in elementary school," observed the June 30th San Francisco Chronicle. "He just didn't want to repeat the words 'under God.'" The lawsuit filed...

Worth repeating.(quotations by various presidents)(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... Almighty God, Who has given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will. Bless our land with honorable ministry, sound learning, and pure...

Constitutional Trojan horse: seemingly innocuous constitutional amendments -- designed to appeal to good, patriotic Americans -- contain hidden dangers that would greatly harm our republic. (The Law).
July 29, 2002... The familiar story of the Trojan horse offers an apt metaphor for ongoing efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution. Virgil's Aeneid relates how the Greeks used the gift of a giant horse to gain access to the fortified city of Troy and conquer it...

Putting the Pied Piper in perspective: tapped by the Establishment to lead the conservative movement astray, William F. Buckley, Jr. has enjoyed undeserved status as the political Right's leading apostle. (Book Review).
July 29, 2002... William F. Buckley, Jr.: Pied Piper for the Establishment, by John F. McManus, Appleton, Wisconsin: The John Birch Society, 2002, 259 pages, hardcover, $24.95. Available from American Opinion Book Services, P.O. Box 8040, Appleton, WI 54912...

Father of the American Revolution: pious, principled, and passionate for liberty, Samuel Adams championed the cause of independence with his unique ability to communicate, motivate, and organize. (History: Greatness of the Founders).
July 29, 2002... Shortly after the Declaration of Independence had been ratified by the 13 independent colonies, the British routed American forces on Long Island and Manhattan Island in New York. The British commander, Admiral Lord Howe, called for a...

Quiet conscience. (The Goodness of America).(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... In late October of last year the VP American Gilsenite Company in Vernal, Utah, received an envelope with no return address or name of the sender. Inside was another envelope on which was penned a note reading: "For Things Taken While Working...

Unrequited honesty. (The Goodness of America).(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... The Long Center is a recreation, education, and athletic complex in Clearwater, Florida. The center regularly hosts youth camps sponsored by the leisure services division of the city of Safety Harbor, including Totally Teen religious-oriented...

Support your local police. (The Goodness of America).(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... On May 2 1st, 11 seniors at Central Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio, were eating lunch in the school's parking lot when, at about 1:15 p.m., they heard someone yell, "That guy just robbed the bank." A branch of the National City Bank was...

Close call. (The Goodness of America).(rescue of boating accident victims)(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... Three adults and two children were in a 17-foot boat on Lake Delta in Rome, New York, on June 28, 2001, when the boat's engine suddenly stalled. During attempts to restart it, the current began drawing the craft toward the spillway of a dam...

Wrong victim. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... At about 9 p.m. on June 14th, a young woman approached William Joseph Hunt, 75, in the parking lot of an Albertson's grocery store in Gainesville, Florida. Implying that she had a firearm, she threatened to shoot Hunt unless he surrendered his...

Not guilty. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... An incident involving neighbors occurred in Ramseur, North Carolina, on May 7th when apartment building residents Mohammad Moshan Chaudhry, 21, and Larry Gene Chriscoe, 48, became embroiled in an argument about the loud music Chriscoe was...

Former cop cleared. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... Shortly after 4 a.m. on April 21st of this year, retired NYPD police officer Luke Blake walked to his car after a meeting of the motorcycle club to which he belongs. As he was about to unlock the driver's side door, he was approached by a young...

Bad neighbors. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... Carl E. Heerwagen, 40, and Clem L. Roberts, 45, were neighbors in a Spokane, Washington, apartment complex. Heerwagen lived on the second floor; Roberts resided on the third. On June 12th, the two men had apparently been feuding when, at about...

Quotable. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... Wyoming physician Eugene P. Podrazik, M.D., from his letter published in the July 30, 2001 edition of American Medical News (a publication of the American Medical Association): "Guns in the hands of otherwise law-abiding citizens do much to...

Correction, please!(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... Snake-oil Salesman ITEM: Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) is rekindling the health-care battle, enthused Thomas Oliphant of the Boston Globe on June 23rd. The senator "has returned to the overall struggle," said the columnist. "Kennedy's...

Contradictory classroom coercion. (The Last Word).(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... In Newdow v. Congress, the Ninth Circuit Court's notorious anti-Pledge of Allegiance decision, the court posed as the guardian of a parent's right to protect his child from classroom coercion. Like all organs dominated by the liberal elite,...