The New American articles from March 2003

The New American archives from March 2003

Heap of thanks. (Letters to the Editor).
March 10, 2003... Since your publication, THE NEW AMERICAN, began arriving here, it has rapidly become the one I almost always read immediately. It is said the "cream rises to the top," and so it is here, regarding the piles of paper (and other things) on my...

The nature of wolves. (Letters to the Editor).
March 10, 2003... Regarding "Thrown to the Wolves" (THE NEW AMERICAN, January 27th issue), it saddens me to see the wolf used to enact the "new world order" agenda. There are misunderstandings and fears among people dealing with wolves. Wolves in the wild...

"Goforth in Faith". (Letters to the Editor).
March 10, 2003... William Norman Grigg's "The Last Word" column "Goforth in Faith," in your December 16, 2002 issue, raises some interesting questions. Readers of THE NEW AMERICAN will gladly receive his point that hospital administrators and social workers were...

"Forgotten patriot". (Letters to the Editor).
March 10, 2003... Thank you for printing Thomas Eddlem's excellent, factual article "Financier of Freedom" (November 18th issue) about my great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather, Robert Morris. He has been called the "forgotten patriot" by one historian....

Under Bush, AIDS funds to go to abortion groups. (Insider Report).
March 10, 2003... The Bush administration chose Valentine's Day to announce a sweetheart deal to fund the overseas activities of some of the most notorious pro-abortion organizations. "President Bush has decided to allow organizations that promote or perform...

Iran out of the "axis"? (Insider Report).
March 10, 2003... According to Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, "there's one dramatic difference between Iran" and the other two members of the "axis of evil," Iraq and North Korea, "and that would be democracy." The State Department lists Iran as a...

Harmonizing U.S. and Mexican schools. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... During an early February visit to Mexico, Utah's Republican Governor Michael Leavitt "met with top Ministry of Education officials to talk about the problem created for schoolchildren when their families move from Mexico to Utah (and back),"...

Lawsuit: Iraq war requires formal declaration. (Insider Report).
March 10, 2003... Six congressmen, along with several U.S. soldiers and parents of soldiers, filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Boston on February 13th. Their suit seeks to bar President Bush from attacking Iraq without Congress formally declaring war....

"New Europe" or old Soviet bloc? (Insider Report).
March 10, 2003... In late January, eight European heads of state published a letter supporting the Bush administration's drive toward war with Iraq. Insisting that all nations are bound to uphold UN Security Council Resolution 1441, the letter declared: "We must...

UN complicit in Balkans sex trade. (Insider Report).
March 10, 2003... "A senior United Nations official is demanding that her colleagues involved in the sex trade in Bosnia should be stripped of their immunity and prosecuted," reported the February 9th issue of The Scotsman. "Madeleine Rees, the UN High...

Good guys win in Philly. (Insider Report).
March 10, 2003... Since 1997, THE NEW AMERICAN has detailed the travails of four former Pennsylvania Bureau of Narcotics Investigation (BNI) agents whose careers were ruined after they attempted to disrupt a Dominican drug ring protected by the State Department,...

Ashcroft at the CFR. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
March 10, 2003... "Our fight, as President Bush noted, is not just America's fight, but it is the world's fight' declared Attorney General John Ashcroft during a February 10th address to the Council on Foreign Relations. Ashcroft boasted that the Bush...

Your job may be next! Millions of U.S. jobs, as well as thousands of independent businesses, face extinction under policies that favor importing cheap labor and exporting production. (Cover Story: Business).
March 10, 2003... The mood in the conference room was light and festive. It was just two weeks before Christmas 2002 and many of the 300 or so Dell employees were getting set for the holidays and year-end vacation time as they gathered at Dell's campus in...

Chinagate all over again: the disastrous transfers of military technology to Communist China continue apace, much as they did under Clinton. (Cover Story: Business).
March 10, 2003... One of the flagrant offenses of the Clinton administration's treasonous rampage known as "Chinagate" involved the sale of McDonnell-Douglas Plant 85 in Columbus, Ohio, to Communist China. In addition to the 1,000 American workers who lost their...

Why the race to the bottom? Why does America's elite support policies that export jobs and technology, import foreign workers, erode national sovereignty, and destroy our standard of living? (Cover Story: Business).
March 10, 2003... " Will America be a Third World country in 20 years?" That provocative question concluded a recent column by Paul Craig Roberts. It is a question that demands serious and immediate pondering by every American. One may quibble with the time line...

Getting it wrong: with his latest novel, William F. Buckley continues his effort to rewrite history to his liking, this time targeting the John Birch Society. (Conservatism).
March 10, 2003... Sliders, a mid-1990s science fiction TV series, was built on a mildly provocative premise: What if the reality we inhabit branches off into myriad alternative universes? Each would involve a recognizable version of our present world, but as a...

Years ahead on OKC cover-up: the Associated Press has recently reported some of the OKC bombing evidence The New American first brought to light many years earlier. (At a Glance).
March 10, 2003... On February 12th, many of the nation's newspapers carried an Associated Press story by John Solomon stating: "Two federal law enforcement agencies had information before the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing suggesting that white supremacists living...

Armada of the cross: the future of Europe depended on the victory of an underdog Christian fleet holding back the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto. (History: Struggle for Freedom).
March 10, 2003... Autumn had come to the Mediterranean, and more than a hint of the blustery winter to come was in the air, as two formidable armadas gathered for battle near Corinth. By far the larger force was the fleet commanded by Ali Pasha, servant of...

The Goodness of America.
March 10, 2003... Answered Prayer On December 19th of last year, Mrs. Diana Kurtz of New Hartford, Connecticut, lost her car keys. As reported by the December 31st Hartford Courant, Mrs. Kurtz prayed that the keys would turn up. Her prayers were answered,...

Exercising the right.
March 10, 2003... "...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Self-defense Vindicated Kenny Der and Darrell R. Kifer own Abacus Business Service, a furniture and wood-refinishing establishment located in a two-story...

Correction, please!
March 10, 2003... Abortion Politics ITEM: Following President Bush's State of the Union address, Tom Shales of the Washington Post commented on January 29th: "Not by nature a gifted public speaker, Bush did well for the most part, warming up himself and the...

Cannibalizing the innocent. (The Last Word).
March 10, 2003... Now and then something profound surfaces that broadens and deepens our understanding of an issue that seems to have been exhaustively examined and debated. Yet it's amazing how impenetrable certain people are; you'd think that the invention of...

Teacher's aid. (Letters to the Editor).
March 24, 2003... I read your magazine frequently -- as it is passed along to me from our school office. I find many enlightening and interesting stories that are useable in discussing historical and current events in my high school history classes. Today I read...

Give Yimou a break! (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
March 24, 2003... I am disappointed that your review and commentary of Zhang Yimou's new movie Hero left out some important information about Yimou ("Chinese Omens," February 24th issue). In the past, he has been punished by the Chinese Communist government for...

Marxist Dialectic in action. (Letters to the Editor).
March 24, 2003... Page eight of the "Insider Report" in your December 30, 2002 issue began with a short article entitled "Outcry Scuttles TIPS Spy Program" followed by an article entitled "TIPS Down, but What About TIA?" The first article describes the...

Terrorist arrests long overdue. (Insider Report).(Osama "Sami" Al-Arian, professor, University of South Florida, alleged leader in Islamic Jihad Organization)
March 24, 2003... Federal agents arrested University of South Florida (USF) professor Osama "Sami" Al-Arian on February 20th, charging him and seven other individuals with operating a racketeering enterprise, conspiracy to kill and maim, conspiracy to provide...

Major pro-life court victory. (Insider Report).(NOW v. Scheidler, 17-year court battle concluded)
March 24, 2003... In an 8-1 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court on February 26th handed down a surprising decision in favor of pro-life activists. The ruling concludes a 17-year court battle through which radical pro-abortion forces misused federal laws against...

Court upholds attack on Pledge. (Insider Report).(U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit refuses to reconsider Pledge of Allegiance case)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2003... In a March 1st decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco refused to rehear the ruling by two of its judges that public school recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. The case was brought by Sacramento...

GOP support for hate crimes bill. (Insider Report).(United States Republican Party; gay-inclusive version )(Brief Article)
March 24, 2003... According to the March 18th issue of The Advocate, Republican supporters in the Senate of homosexual "rights," including Oregon Senator Gordon Smith, "say passage of a hate-crimes bill would be the best way to prove that Republicans aren't...

Bush's bait-and-switch. (Insider Report).(George W. Bush )(Brief Article)
March 24, 2003... "Before getting elected... George W. Bush's team said it would pursue a unilateral foreign policy," noted British attorney Jon Holbrook in the February 25th edition of the on-line journal Spiked Politics. "But once it was elected, the Bush...

Orwell and the EU. (Insider Report).(European Union's xenophobia and racism laws, Great Britain citizens could be extradited )(Brief Article)
March 24, 2003... The February 18th London Daily Telegraph warned that under the European Union's laws dealing with "xenophobia" and "racism," citizens of Great Britain could be extradited to stand trial before foreign courts. "Legislation now before Parliament...

Iraq's embattled Christians. (Insider Report).(welfare of Iraq's Assyrian Christians in jeopardy due to Muslim Kurds)
March 24, 2003... Determined to create a scripturally accurate depiction of the betrayal, passion, and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Academy Award-winning actor/director Mel Gibson commissioned a script written entirely in New Testament Latin and Aramaic. While...

Administration keeps Iraq secrets. (Insider Report).(United Nations report of Iraq's weapons missing key pieces; United States removed information from document to protect power elite)
March 24, 2003... "The Devil can cite scripture for his purpose' observed Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice. In the spirit of the Bard's grudging acknowledgement, we take notice of an article in the March/April issue of The Humanist entitled, "What Bush...

Airport background checks. (Insider Report).(new security program, Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System, CAPPS II, to rate passenger's risk potential)
March 24, 2003... The threat of terrorism is being cited to justify ratcheting up federal police-state measures at airports. Under new regulations published in the Federal Register, authorities have set up a new computer database system to check credit reports,...

Under a Chinese moon? (Insider Report).(China prepares to become spacefaring society )(Brief Article)
March 24, 2003... While the U.S. space program reels from the Columbia space shuttle disaster, Communist China slowly but steadily prepares to become only the third spacefaring society in human history. Beijing is planning a manned Chinese orbital mission for...

Recycling radicalism: the militants running the "anti-war" demonstrations are following a plan to organize, mobilize, radicalize, militarize, and globalize. (Cover Story War & Peace).(revolutionary violence)(Cover Story)
March 24, 2003... Is America on the brink of another violent epoch of 1960s-style upheaval and polarization? Will riots and violent street demonstrations erupt in your city? Will our country be torn by on-going strife and renewed bouts of terrorism? The dials...

Same ends, different means: while disagreeing about the necessity of war with Iraq, both the "conservative" Bush administration and the Marxist-led "peace" movement seek to empower the UN.(United Nations)(Cover Story)
March 24, 2003... Although they may disagree about the means, the Bush administration and the international "peace" movement are in accord regarding the objective in Iraq: Both sides eagerly seek to enhance the power and prestige of the UN by enforcing Security...

True patriotism: constitutionalists are challenging UN entanglements and the call to war. Some false conservatives are denouncing this principled stand as unpatriotic, even treasonous. (Cover Story: War & Peace).(Cover Story)
March 24, 2003... "TRAITORS!" That was the head line screaming in huge yellow letters from the cover of a supermarket tabloid. Below the headline was a short list of familiar names of Hollywood stars opposing President Bush's rush to war in Iraq. Now, there...

The UN unmasked: in his new book, Steve Bonta shows that behind a facade of peace, the UN and its supporters are ruthlessly determined to create an all powerful world government. (Book Review).(Book Review)
March 24, 2003... Inside the United Nations -- A Critical Look at the UN, by Steve Bonta, Appleton, Wisconsin: The John Birch Society, 2003, 127 pages, paperback. (For ordering information, see page 4.) At a February 21st press conference, White House...

Scout to the end. (The Goodness of America).(George E. Freestone, world's oldest Boy Scout, dies at age 104, February, 2003)(Obituary)
March 24, 2003... The scouting movement was founded in England in 1907 by Lt. General Robert S.S. Baden-Powell. In 1909, Chicago newspaper publisher William D. Boyce lost his way in a dense London fog. A young Scout came to his aid, and, after guiding him to his...

Brave soldier stands tall. (The Goodness of America).(Henry Lincoln Johnson, acclaimed member of New York National Guard, Harlem Hellfighters, decorated for 1918 heroism)
March 24, 2003... Henry Lincoln Johnson was born in North Carolina in the late 1890s, but the exact year and date of his birth are unknown. His family moved to Albany, New York, where he grew up, and where as a youth he worked as a redcap at Union Station. In...

Equalizer at hand. (Exercising the Right).(woman uses .45-caliber handgun on armed intruders )(Brief Article)
March 24, 2003... Shortly after midnight on January 27th, two armed men entered a home in Pasadena, Maryland, through a front door that had been left unlocked. The only person in the rented duplex at the time was a 26-year-old woman whose husband was away....

From yard work to Burglary. (Exercising the Right).(former yard worker attempts burglary; homeowner uses handgun for protection)(Brief Article)
March 24, 2003... At around noon on January 20th, Dana Pritt of Pace, Florida, was asleep at home when a loud banging noise awakened him. Hearing a sliding glass door open, he grabbed a .22-caliber handgun from his nightstand and went to investigate. Walking...

Crazy coyote runaround. (Exercising the Right).(Jimmy Hawthorne attacked by rapid coyote, uses 12-gauge shotgun to shoot torso, preserves head for rabies testing)
March 24, 2003... Jimmy Hawthorne lives on a 300-acre wooded site in eastern New Kent, Virginia. On January 26th, he was riding his lawn mower some 400 yards from his home when a coyote emerged from a nearby thicket. Without provocation, the animal attacked him....

Young Gunmen misfire. (Exercising the Right).(Richard Jarvis uses handgun to protect himself against three youths, permit valid )(Brief Article)
March 24, 2003... Shortly after 11 p.m. on February 11th, Richard Jarvis was confronted by three youths in the parking lot of a condominium complex in Manchester, Connecticut. One of the teens, later identified as Pastor Guzman, 18, was armed with a sawed-off...

Patriotism vs. Nationalism: the new Civil War film Gods and Generals accurately depicts the true causes of that tragic conflict, and the Christian faith and nobility of those who fought. (Movie Review).(Movie Review)
March 24, 2003... In his morally obtuse review, movie critic Roger Ebert sneers that the Civil War film Gods and Generals "is the kind of movie beloved by people who never go to the movies, because they are primarily interested in something else...." ...

The other Charles Lindbergh: the father of the famous aviator, like his son, was an authentic American hero. As a congressman, he championed America's independence and battled the Money Trust. (History - Struggle for Freedom).(Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr.)
March 24, 2003... "We (that's my ship and I) took off rather suddenly. We had a report somewhere around 4 o'clock in the afternoon before that the weather would he fine, so we thought we would try it." The ship was the Spirit of St. Louis, the man was Charles A....

Correction, please!
March 24, 2003... Gaul and Wormwood ITEM: At a Franco-African summit, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe "told French radio he 'felt at home' in Paris and praised French President Jacques Chirac for inviting him," reported the South African Press Association...

President or ruler? (The Last Word).(George W. Bush)
March 24, 2003... "God supports President Bush," proclaimed a sign displayed at a February 23rd pro war rally at the Alamo. By saying that God is on President Bush's side, as opposed to the reverse, the sign placed The Almighty in the curious position of...