The New American articles from October 2003

The New American archives from October 2003

Firsthand history.(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
October 6, 2003... A few days ago I was at the dentist's office awaiting my appointment time when I came upon the September 8th issue of THE NEW AMERICAN. Although I didn't get a chance to do more than a cursory run through of the magazine, it intrigued me. ...

Wind power.(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
October 6, 2003... I disagree with the statement, "But the minuscule amounts of energy available from... alternative sources [solar, wind, and geothermal] will never come close to matching the energy produced by coal, oil, and natural gas...." ("The Sky Is...

Exporting U.S. Jobs.(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
October 6, 2003... Regarding William Norman Grigg's article "Exporting U.S. Jobs" in the September 22nd issue of THE NEW AMERICAN: I believe he failed to mention a very important reason American jobs are being exported, and that is that companies are escaping our...

Brother Jonathan.(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
October 6, 2003... I have been a recipient of THE NEW AMERICAN for many years. I especially like the historical biographies, as did my deceased husband. Your biography of Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull Sr. ("Brother Jonathan," August 25th issue) was...

Correction.(Letters to the Editor)(Correction Notice)
October 6, 2003... CORRECTION: Our September 22nd cover story article "Exporting U.S. Jobs" quoted Company executive Roger Chastain as telling the Durham Herald: "We're basically liquidating our whole middle class, polarizing people on the two extremes, haves and...

Annan: expand UN Security Council.(Insider Report)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2003... UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will seek to expand the Security Council, reported the September 9th New York Times. The council presently consists of five permanent members (the U.S., Great Britain, France, Russia, and Communist China) and 10...

"Mary Doe" joins "Jane Roe" in pro-life ranks.(Insider Report)
October 6, 2003... Sandra Cano, the woman identified as "Mary Doe" in a companion case to the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court abortion decision, "says she wants the ruling that allowed abortion on demand to be overturned," reported the LifeNews.com wire service on...

Is Pyongyang holding U.S. POWs?(Insider Report)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2003... According to the August 22nd Washington Times, a North Korean defector told the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that he had seen four U.S. prisoners of war in Pyongyang in August or September 1993. "The POWs were described as being in their...

Who holds our IOUs?(Insider Report)
October 6, 2003... As the Bush administration prepares to sink another $87 billion into Iraq (merely a down-payment on projected costs of the open-ended occupation) and quietly prepares for annual deficits surpassing $500 billion, Americans may ask themselves:...

Call for complete democracy at UN.(Insider Report)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2003... In his feature article in the September 7th New York Times Magazine, Michael Ignatieff contended that the Bush administration's insistence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was never the main reason for the recent U.S.-led invasion....

Amnesty for illegals.(Insider Report)
October 6, 2003... On September 6, 2001, just a few days prior to 9-11, the U.S. and Mexico issued a joint statement summarizing discussions between President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox. According to the statement, "Both [presidents] stressed their...

What is the "moderate" position on abortion?(Insider Report)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2003... Not many years ago the "moderate" position on abortion was the moral position. Prior to the infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, abortion was not only illegal but was almost universally recognized as a grave sin. And back-alley abortionists, who...

Redefining productivity, Soviet-style.(Insider Report)
October 6, 2003... In his September 9th column, New York Post economics writer John Crudele addresses a puzzling economic anomaly--the ongoing "jobless recovery." Job losses continue, despite a resurgent stock market and reports of robust growth in the Gross...

California's collapse: California's woes--high taxes, costly energy, burdensome regulations, and more--are all symptoms of government run amok.(California)
October 6, 2003... Buck Knives celebrated its century mark in 2002. Its legendary blades have devoted fans worldwide and have been favorites of generations of outdoorsmen. In January 2003, CEO and president C.J. Buck regretfully announced that the company would...

Recall revolution: the recall of Governor Gray Davis gives California residents a historic opportunity to vote for genuine reform, but voters must look beyond the media favorites for real change.(California)
October 6, 2003... Californians go to the voting booths on October 7th * to decide a very simple question. The bilingual ballot asks, in Spanish and English: "Shall Gray Davis be recalled (removed) from the office of Governor?" If 51 percent or more of the...

Another Clinton White House? Despite her repeated pledges not to run for president in 2004, Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign machine is going full blast.(At A Glance)
October 6, 2003... The "Clinton for President" campaign has not been officially launched, but it is running full-tilt nonetheless. When she ran for the open New York Senate seat in 2000, Hillary Rodham Clinton repeatedly pledged that she was not using the race as...

America the balkanized: American Indian groups and their political allies, exploiting the Homeland Security issue, are conducting a quiet power grab.(Landgrab)
October 6, 2003... A proposed amendment to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 would imperil the constitutionally guaranteed rights of hundreds of thousands of American citizens. It could also lead to literally hundreds of small, self-contained sovereign nations on...

Beating the odds.(The Goodness Of America)
October 6, 2003... Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an inherited disease that causes progressive muscle deterioration and weakness. There is currently no treatment for the usually-fatal disorder. SMA Type I, the severest form, is the most common single genetic...

Lemon aid.(The Goodness Of America)
October 6, 2003... Seven-year-old Alexandra Scott resides in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, with her parents and three brothers. But the family was living in Connecticut when, two days before Alexandra's first birthday, physicians found a growth on her spinal column....

Honoria: this is the true story of a once great nation, referred to here as "Honoria." The actual identity of the nation--and the lessons we can learn from it--will become apparent.(History--Struggle For Freedom)
October 6, 2003... This is a true story about a nation which was once great. At the outset, we will call that nation Honoria; but you will readily guess her true name, as the story unfolds. Once upon a time, some courageous men decided to leave their own...

Armed Samaritan.(Exercising The Right)
October 6, 2003... Rebecca Lynn Newton is a gas station attendant in Clayton, North Carolina. Shortly before 9 a.m. on August 14th, she was about to insert an envelope with $400 from her paycheck into an ATM machine at her bank when a man shoved her from behind...

Equalizer.(Exercising The Right)
October 6, 2003... At around 11:30 p.m. on August 9th, a 25-year-old Portsmouth, Virginia, woman and her two children were returning home from grocery shopping when the mother (who was not identified by police) noticed that another vehicle was following them....

Home defense.(Exercising The Right)
October 6, 2003... Charles Cryderman owns a paint store in Gardnerwille, Nevada. Shortly before 11:30 p.m. on August 2nd, he and his family were asleep at home when Cryderman heard the front doorknob being rattled. He went to the door, opened it, and found a...

Bat attack.(Exercising The Right)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2003... There had been no reported cases of rabies in Bowie County, Arkansas, since 2000, at least not until August 9th of this year. On that day, eight-year-old Kenneth Burns was playing with some neighbor children in his yard when a bat swooped down...

Politics and gas.(Between The Lines)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2003... ITEM: California Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante "focused on soaring gasoline prices in his campaign for governor... by announcing his support for a constitutional amendment that would give public utility regulators authority over...

The evils of exhalation.(Between The Lines)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2003... ITEM: The Salt Lake Tribune for September 1st accused the administration of showing a "willingness to favor polluting industries over public health and the environment." Cited was a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency acknowledging...

Pilots for cockpit defense.(Between The Lines)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2003... ITEM: "After a slow start in training pilots to carry guns," said an Associated Press dispatch in the Kansas City Star for August 26th, "the government said... that it has filled its weekly classes and expects to arm all quailed pilots who...

How polls can destroy America.(The Last Word)
October 6, 2003... One would have to have been completely asleep over recent weeks to have avoided hearing poll results claiming that "seventy percent of the American people" believe Saddam Hussein was involved in the 9-11 terrorist attack. Of course, no real...

A call to action.(From the Editor)
October 20, 2003... Regular readers of THE NEW AMERICAN are well aware that this is a magazine like no other. It is no ordinary publication of news and opinion. It provides facts and perspective, of course, but it does much more than that. It fearlessly blazes a...

Life-and-death struggle: the John Birch Society is courageously holding the front lines in the fight to preserve freedom and our constitutional republic against a powerful, entrenched Conspiracy.(The Freedom Fight)
October 20, 2003... America is locked in a life-and-death titanic struggle. No, we are not referring to the war in Iraq, or even the larger War on Terror of which the Iraq operation is supposedly a part. The war to which we refer has been going oil for a much...

The JBS leads the way: the organization created by Robert Welch is still in capable hands, accomplishing the seemingly impossible and providing hope that America can be saved.(On The Move)
October 20, 2003... It is not unusual for an organization created and led by a strong leader to flounder and die after the leader's death. But that did not happen to The John Birch Society when its founder, Robert Welch, passed away in 1985. Why? Because Mr. Welch...

Projecting the lines: JBS founder Robert Welch was adept at predicting what the Insiders would do next. The Society has since used his method of "projecting the lines" to stay ahead of the curve.(Track Record)
October 20, 2003... In the midst of all the weighty topics regularly consuming his hours, John Birch Society founder Robert Welch always maintained a sense of humor. He could at one point deliver a lengthy dissertation explaining that "the increasing quantity of...

The big smear: knowing that The John Birch Society could foil their plans, the architects of America's engineered decline have long targeted this patriotic group for defamatory smears.(Enemy Attacks)
October 20, 2003... In the parlance of the Internet age, the word "meme" refers to a self-replicating idea, phrase, or concept that spreads through a population like a virus. Memes can be playful pieces of trivial slang, advertising slogans as indelible as they...

Americanism's standard-bearer: Robert Welch launched an unprecedented movement to expose and rout the worldwide collectivist conspiracy.(The Founder)
October 20, 2003... How often has public calamity been arrested on the very brink of ruin by the seasonable energy of a single man?... One vigorous mind without of rice, without situation, without public functions of any kind... I say...

Soldier-missionary: John Birch, fortified by Christian virtue, fought and died in an effort to liberate, in body and soul, China's oppressed masses.(The Inspiration)
October 20, 2003... In April 1942, America had been at war more than four months. The long, bloody campaign across the islands of the Pacific lay ahead. Imperial Japan had wrested Singapore from the British, and had expanded her dominions across the Philippines,...

Americanism in action: JBS members come from a variety of backgrounds, but they all share a zeal to preserve freedom through responsible activism.(Members Today)
October 20, 2003... The John Birch Society set out early to build up a properly staffed educational army that would have national direction but be organized and active on the local level. It is not a mailing list but a truly grass-roots organization representing a...

Men of honor: among the elite fellowship of those who have earned our nation's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, the John Birch society is well represented.
October 20, 2003... The Medal of Honor has been called our nation's rarest gem. Of the millions of men who have served in our Armed Forces from Pearl Harbor to Somalia, only 842 have received this decoration for heroism above and beyond the call of duty. As of...

Youth respond to truth: Robert Welch University youth camps use the spark of truth to ignite patriotism's fire in the hearts of young people nationwide. These profiled youth are shining examples.
October 20, 2003... Every summer hundreds of high school students attend week-long camps sponsored by Robert Welch University. (These camps were formerly sponsored by The John Birch Society.) Americanism Begins at Home Homeschoolers Jennifer Swanson and...

Heroes of the JBS: throughout the Society's history, patriotic members have staunchly warned of threats to America's freedom and heroically defended the rights and lives of their fellow citizens.(Members Yesterday)
October 20, 2003... In the Foreword to the October 1962 issue of The John Birch Society Bulletin, Robert Welch proudly noted that the Society had "welded together what I honestly believe to be the finest body of men and women ever gathered into one voluntary body...

A better world: founder Robert Welch believed the combination of less government and more responsibility would bring about a better world--materially, politically, and spiritually.(Hope For The Future)
October 20, 2003... As he inaugurated The John Birch Society during its two day founding meeting in 1958, Robert Welch sagely warned: "We can never win... unless both leadership and following have a positive dream which is more important as a hope than the...