The New American articles from October 2006

The New American archives from October 2006

From the editor.(Editorial)
October 2, 2006... Everyone has heard about the European Union, the collection of countries in Europe that joined in economic union, but fewer know that this "economic union" has evolved over time into a full-fledged European government. As the common citizens of...

Inside track.(US foreign policy)
October 2, 2006... "Americans must think that our political and academic elites have gone utterly mad at a time when three-and-a-half years, approaching four years after September 11, we still don't have border security. And this group of elites is talking about...

Creating the North American Union: the plans for a North American Security and Prosperity Partnership are steps on the way to a North American Union.(OVERVIEW)
October 2, 2006... On June 21, viewers of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight heard the alarming introduction to a segment of the program devoted to the future of the United States of America. "The Bush administration's open-borders policy and its decision to ignore the...

Myth vs. fact: in their myth-busting attempts, the architects of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) use half-truths and lies to conceal the real intent inherent in their plans: building a North American Union.(SPP LIES)(SPP Myths vs. Facts)
October 2, 2006... When President Bush and his counterparts from Canada and Mexico created the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, they took a substantial step toward unifying the three nations in a North American Union. Aware of the potential...

Your new North American ID card: one element of the merger of the United States, Canada, and Mexico is an effort to create a common "North American" ID card.(ID CARD)
October 2, 2006... Beef cattle come down a loading chute leading into a slaughterhouse, mooing as they walk. Each steer has a yellow ear tag containing a radio frequency identification (RFID) device, which is scanned by a tag reader to assure that the proper...

GOP deeds under a microscope: by failing to oppose the dangerous policies of the Bush administration, much of the GOP leadership has proven that their talk about border security is nothing but rhetoric.(THE GOP)(Grand Old Party (US Republican political party) )
October 2, 2006... Since the inception of the Bush administration's post-9/11 "War on Terrorism," both the White House and congressional Republicans have paid generous lip service to the need to improve border security, an important part of controlling terrorism....

"SuperSlab" paves the way: the NAFTA Super Highway, nicknamed "SuperSlab" by some, is a planned system of roads, rail lines, and more that will speed up the unification of North America.(NAFTA SUPER HIGHWAY)(Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico)
October 2, 2006... In 2004, Austin residents heard rumblings of plans for converting local roads, enjoyed by drivers for years as free ones, to toll roads. Soon we learned that plans for new toll road construction, conversion of existing roads to toll roads,...

Green light from the border to K.C.: as part of the NAFTA Super Highway system, a Mexican customs inspection facility is planned to be constructed on U.S. soil in Kansas City, Missouri, far away from the border.(KANSAS CITY CUSTOMS)
October 2, 2006... Although not as attention grabbing as the Dubai port story, the current pilot project to establish a Mexican government customs inspection facility in Kansas City, Missouri, is just as shocking. As a resident of Kansas City, I have watched the...

Following the EU path: the designers of the Security and Prosperity Partnership plan to transform North America into a regional government modeled after the European Union.(EU MODEL)(Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico)
October 2, 2006... Eventually our long-range objective is to establish with the United States, but also with Canada, our other regional partner, an ensemble of connections and institutions similar to those created by the European Union. --Mexican President...

Expert analysis of the NAU: Dr. Jerome Corsi shares his in-depth knowledge of the effort to create one political entity out of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.(North American Union)(Interview)
October 2, 2006... Dr. Jerome Corsi earned his Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Political Science from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He then earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University. He has taught at the University of New...

Looking at the end game: the proposed North American Union is a major building bloc in a plan to merge the entire world into a UN-supervised, centrally planned economy.(BIG PICTURE)
October 2, 2006... With Wyoming's mighty Teton Mountain Range providing a suitably Olympian background, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke eagerly preached the gospel of global economic integration. "One of the defining characteristics of the world in...

China: manufacturer for the world? With vast amounts of slave labor to employ and the help of Western corporate leaders to build manufacturing plants, China is fast becoming the manufacturer for the world.(CHINA)
October 2, 2006... In a gambit few could have predicted, China is becoming a foil in the game to create a North American Union. Since the liberalization of China's economy after the Tiananmen Square massacre, China's manufacturing sector has shifted into high...

Fighting the good fight: in Fighting Immigration Anarchy, author Daniel Sheehy recounts the stories of everyday American patriots who are battling to save our nation.(Book review)
October 2, 2006... Fighting Immigration Anarchy: American Patriots Battle to Save the Nation, by Daniel Sheehy, Bloomington, Indiana: Rooftop Publishing, 2006, 344 pages, paperback, $19.95. (To order through AOBS, use the order form or contact information in the...

Even groucho would join this club!(THE LAST WORD)(Anti-North American Union/Security and Prosperity Partnership Association)
October 2, 2006... Some problems and issues facing our world are so enormous that they appear insurmountable. When we read about them, or talk about them with friends, the issue of "But what can I do about it?" seems unanswerable. That's why we humans form...

Ethanol proponent.(Letter to the editor)
October 16, 2006... Your June 26 issue contained some excellent commentary on how the energy marketplace is constrained by government. I must take issue, however, with comments made in "An Expert Look at the Energy Crisis," suggesting ethanol's current popularity...

Warm-period correction.(Letter to the editor)
October 16, 2006... I'd like to correct a point about my research with Stephen McIntyre concerning the IPCC global warming "hockey stick" graph in the article "Global Warming: Too Hot or Not?" (September 18 issue). In your article you said we "confirmed the...

Ahmadinejad at the CFR.(Council on Foreign Relations questions Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Over the objections of the administration and Jewish groups that boycotted the event, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has become the defiant face of Iran, squared off with the nation's foreign-policy establishment, taking questions...

Bush administration wants U.S. citizen tried in Iraqi court.(INSIDER REPORT)(George W. Bush)
October 16, 2006... The Bush administration insists that U.S. courts have no jurisdiction to deal with the case of Jordanian-born U.S. citizen Shawqi Omar, a former Minnesota National Guardsman imprisoned in Iraq on charges of harboring insurgents and abetting...

"Non-aligned nations" hold anti-U.S. summit in Cuba.(INSIDER REPORT)(Nonaligned Movement)(Conference news)
October 16, 2006... The Marxist-led "non-aligned" movement, created and controlled by "independent" Marxists during the Cold War, is enjoying a revival as a counterpoint to the Bush administration's interventionist foreign policy. Little was said about the...

"Able Danger": is Defense Department report a whitewash?(INSIDER REPORT)
October 16, 2006... On September 21, the Defense Department's inspector general issued a long-awaited report dismissing claims by military officers and defense contractor employees that a secret intelligence operation known as "Able Danger" had identified and...

A "compromise" that makes things worse.(INSIDER REPORT)(military tribunals for terrorists)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... The Bush administration-backed bill to create special military tribunals for terrorist suspects would permit the detention and "coercive interrogation"--that is, torture--of noncombatants, including U.S. citizens, who allegedly "supported...

Global energy socialism.(INSIDER REPORT)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... The world's 13 largest oil and gas firms are either partially or wholly state-owned--meaning that "big oil" is very much a government-dominated industry, from a global perspective. To judge from the angry mock-populist rhetoric that pours...

Iran supports UN-imposed universal nuclear disarmament.(INSIDER REPORT)(United Nations. General Assembly)
October 16, 2006... Embedded, but largely ignored, in a well-publicized interview with Time magazine was a statement from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterating a call made last year for universal nuclear disarmament through the United Nations. In...

President admits the obvious.(George W. Bush)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... "I think a lot of Americans are frustrated with the United Nations, to be frank with you." During a September 15 press conference, President George W. Bush acknowledged America's increasing disenchantment with the world body.

Movie executives accuse Chinese firms of piracy.(Frank Ritman of Motion Picture Association)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... "The mountain we are climbing is high, and the pirates are busy building the mountain every day." Demanding damages and an apology, Motion Picture Association lawyer Frank Ritman filed suit against two unauthorized Beijing-based copiers of...

Need for border security grows.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... "We have to come to grips with the fact that our Border Patrol agents need a fence on our southern border... where we're now facing infiltration by members of Hezbollah." One of the 283 House members who approved a measure to build 700...

President Bush asserts world role for our nation.(QuickQuotes)(George W. Bush)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... "We enforced the demands of the world." Asked by NBC's Matt Lauer why our nation went to war against Iraq, George W. Bush indicated his belief that America must undertake what the world wants done.

New York city school teaches Koran to youngsters.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... "It's almost like a bank account for the afterlife." The Muslim school in Queens, New York, runs from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for 7- to 14-year-olds like Zawar Ahmed, who is determined to memorize all 6,200 verses in the Koran and earn the...

Reviewer points to sordid side of LBJ.(QuickQuotes)(Alan Brinkley on Bill Clinton, Los Angeles Business Journal)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... "He had terrible relations with the press. He was personally (and sexually) reckless in ways that make Bill Clinton seem a model of rectitude." While favorably reviewing LBJ: Architect of American Ambition by Randall Woods, Professor Alan...

Most powerful force on earth.(QuickQuotes)(compound interest)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... "Albert Einstein once said that the most powerful force on Earth is not hurricanes or nuclear power, but compound interest. When you have money to save, the force is with you. When you are deeply in debt, you are at its mercy." Congressman...

Comparing Mayan civilization to Iraq war.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... "What's human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?" At a recent screening for his new film Apocalypto at a Texas film festival, Mel Gibson drew a parallel between human sacrifice in the Mayan civilization as depicted in...

Iran behind the veil: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is being falsely cast as conciliatory and cooperative by U.S. elites, which will likely lead to a disastrous appeasement strategy.(IRAN)
October 16, 2006... Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial visit to New York City to address the United Nations on September 19 has highlighted the Tehran regime's new center-stage role in world affairs. Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside...

Iran's global terror network: from Iraq to Afghanistan to South America to the United States, Iran's global terror network is rapidly expanding.(IRAN)
October 16, 2006... In June 1985, the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism, chaired by Sen. Jeremiah Denton (R-Ala.), issued an important report entitled State-Sponsored Terrorism. One of the documents reproduced in that report was an Iranian...

Terrorist team-up: Iran is the new locus of the clash between East and West. But with its ties to Venezuela, the Middle Eastern power is extending its dangerous influence to the Western Hemisphere.(IRAN)
October 16, 2006... On September 17, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the oil-rich South American nation of Venezuela. The visit further cemented the already-cozy relations between the two nations. Earlier, on July 30, Iran awarded Venezuelan...

Iran and "the bomb": while Iran does appear to have the uranium-enrichment capability needed to make an atomic bomb, that is not the same as having a bomb and being able to deliver it.(IRAN)
October 16, 2006... Does Iran have the atomic bomb? If so, how many? Are they deliverable? If not, is Iran attempting to build them? How close to completion are they? What are plans for the reactor complex at Bushehr? And what's going on Natanz? Just like...

Behind the koranic curtain: a look at life under the rigid theocracy ruling Iran's Islamic Republic, where nonconformity to Shari'a law is punishable by imprisonment, beating, amputation, and even death.(IRAN)
October 16, 2006... Last April, the bodies of six young women between the ages of 20 and 30 were found dumped in a remote area outside of Tehran. The victims, all unidentified, had been brutally murdered by killers who, under Islamic law, act with virtual...

Civilizations in conflict: tension and turmoil between the West and the Muslim world have always existed, but is a catastrophic global conflict inevitable?(RELIGION)
October 16, 2006... "I was afraid," recalled Esther Najjar, an Arab Catholic from Gaza, to a wire-service reporter following an attack by Muslim radicals on several local churches. With mobs attacking five Christian churches--one of which was gutted --throughout...

Mint candies, radiation, and illness: countries around the world are looking to use small amounts of radiation to prevent disease. The book Underexposed: What If Radiation Is Actually Good for You? explains why.(Book review)
October 16, 2006... Underexposed: What If Radiation Is Actually Good for You?, by Ed Hiserodt, Little Rock, Arkansas: Laissez Faire Books, 2005, 247 pages, paperback, $13.95. (To order through AOBS, use the order form or contact information in the ad on page 39.)...

Father-son team is an inspiration.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
October 16, 2006... When Rick Hoyt was born in 1962, the umbilical cord became tangled around his neck, cutting off oxygen to his brain. At birth, he was a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy, and he was unable to learn to speak. Doctors suggested that Rick's...

Compassionate woman chases down thief.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Betty Horton is 75 years old, so the man who stole her purse probably thought he had picked an easy victim. On August 30, Horton was putting her groceries in her car when she noticed her purse was missing. She then noticed a man running away...

When Iran conquered the world: long ago a family from the Zagros mountains of Iran conquered the known world and established the Persian Empire.
October 16, 2006... For days the dreams, nightmares really, would not stop. The Great King Khshayarsha, King of Kings, King of Lands, Son of Darius, Grandson of Hystaspes, was a haunted man. Ruler of a realm so vast that the minds of men had difficulty conceiving...

Takes a licking.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Eric Lewis gets injured while trying to rob)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... An unidentified man from West Bloomfield, Michigan, gave his new pacemaker an unintended stress test shortly after he had it implanted when several men accosted him. According to hometownlife.com, the man, who owns a bar, got home from...

Turn of events.(Gordon Absher faces bravely the man who came to attack him )(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Gordon Absher of Scottsville, Kentucky, had a 3 a.m. visit from unwanted guests on August 8, and so he gave them their walking papers. When Absher checked to see who was at the door after his doorbell rang, he saw two masked men with...

He's in the house.(Charles Carlo catches two thieves)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... When Charles Carlo got home at 9:35 p.m. on July 23, he found that a criminal duo, later identified as Joseph Emerich and Brett Sumner, were in his house, burglarizing it. The burglars were in the second story of Carlo's house when he spotted...

Criminal idiocy and deadly repercussions.(Rondelle Mincey was killed and Rashad Cox arrested for a robbery)
October 16, 2006... Durham, North Carolina, police spokesman Sergeant Jack Cates said about an August 9 shooting: "This man was defending his life. I think probably if he had not had a gun, he would have been [killed], as well as the female in the house, and...

Dead on his feet.(Soum Xieu's husband shoots the robber)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... It was a Saturday afternoon, and a man came into Forest Red's Liquor store in Dallas, Texas, and asked to cash a check. Soum Xieu, a small-framed woman, "told the man they didn't cash the type of check he had," reported the Dallas Morning News....

Sham stances on illegal immigration.(Correction, Please!)
October 16, 2006... ITEM: The San Francisco Chronicle for September 13 reported: "With pivotal midterm elections just two months away, Republicans and Democrats vied to show they are tougher than the other party when it comes to illegal immigration." ITEM:...

Debunking Bush's reason for war.(THE LAST WORD)(Senate Intelligence Committee releases report on Iraqi war, Georeg W. Bush)(Report)
October 16, 2006... The 400-page report released on September 8 by the Senate Intelligence Committee has emphatically declared that there never was any connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda. The Bush administration justified starting the March 2003 war...

Exposing racists.(Letter to the editor)
October 30, 2006... Sam Antonio has provided a great patriotic service by his coverage of the annual conference of the group National Council of La Raza (The Race). In his article "'The Race' to Win America" (August 7 issue), he cites the usual hypocrites,...

He's for war.(Letter to the editor)
October 30, 2006... Edward "Ned" Lamont does not oppose the Iraq War, as parenthesized in "Lieberman vs. Lamont" (September 4 issue). He emphasized in a recent TV interview that frontline troops must be replaced by Iraqi troops and that U.S. troops will stay in...

"Veterinary Ethic".(Letter to the editor)
October 30, 2006... In regard to John Burns' essay "The Veterinary Ethic" (August 21 issue), which was about the doctors in New Orleans who stand accused of euthanizing several of their patients in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, allow me to offer the...

UN Gun-control rhetoric.(Letter to the editor)
October 30, 2006... Was it possible for Kurt Williamsen to say all that needed to be said about the "UN Gun Grab Goes Bust" (August 7 issue) in only a page and a half'? Of course not. But the Kofi Annan announcement Williamsen quoted contained a "killer sentence"...

North Korea Nuke crisis: made in the U.S.A.
October 30, 2006... North Korea's defiant announcement that it had conducted an atomic bomb test on October 9, and that it would continue to carry out additional tests despite global condemnation, should have surprised no one. The fact that the communist regime in...

Secret North American forum meeting in Banff, Canada.
October 30, 2006... A secret meeting was held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, in mid-September where North American elites, including several Bush administration officials, planned for further integration of North America. To show just how high-level this meeting was,...

Proposal to stop school shootings.(Frank Lasee)(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... Frank Lasee, a state representative in Wisconsin's 2nd Assembly District, commented about the recent string of school violence, including the killing of a Wisconsin principal and an aborted Columbine-style attack in Green Bay, and an incident...

Anti-North American Union resolution introduced.(Virgil Goode, Walter Jones, Tom Tancredo and Ron Paul)(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... A nonbinding resolution sponsored by Rep. Virgil Goode (R-Va.), and cosponsored by Reps. Walter Jones (R-N.C.), Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), and Ron Paul (R-Texas), brings official opposition to the creation of the North American Union and the NAFTA...

Mexican President compares border fence to the Berlin Wall.(Vicente Fox )(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... An Associated Press report indicated that Mexico's President Vicente Fox declared the border fence bill--recently authorized by both houses of Congress--to be "shameful," and compared it to the Berlin Wall. Mexico's President-elect Felipe...

Germany's leader not bending to possible Islamic extremism.(Angela Merkel)(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... "Self-censorship does not help us against people who want to practice violence in the name of Islam. It makes no sense to retreat." Reacting to a decision to cancel a Mozart opera because of fears that its depiction of something...

Ordinary Americans skeptical about falling fuel prices.(views of Roberta Mays )(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... "I think prices are going down now because it's election time but I feel they will go back up again right after [November 7]." Pennsylvania school bus driver Roberta Mays believes gasoline prices are manipulated by the Bush administration,...

Congressman says fence needed at the border.(Edward R. Royce)(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... "We have to come to grips with the fact that our Border Patrol agents need a border fence... where we're now facing infiltration by members of terrorist organizations like Hezbollah." A strong supporter of the move to construct a fence at...

Free nations are the best protectors of the environment.(views by Dr. Jay Lehr and Samuel Aldrich )(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... "Contrary to the slogans of demonstrators throughout the world, the nations that have the best track records on environmental protection and improvement are those with the highest amount of free-market capitalism." Writing in The Heartland...

A pithy comment about forgiving terrorists.( Norman Schwartzkopf )(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... "I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is to arrange the meeting." In an interview, retired General Norman Schwartzkopf was asked about forgiving the attackers who killed close to 3,000 on September 11, 2001.

Alaskan environmentalist delighted as judge blocks plan to tap oil reserves.(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... "Teshekpuk Lake is of critical international importance for migratory birds and other wildlife, and this decision gives us a reprieve and a chance to work for permanent protection of that very special place." When access to a mere 389,000...

Former counterterrorism chief critical of Bush administration.(QuickQuotes)(Richard Clarke of National Security Council on George W. Bush )(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... "The ham-handed attempts to erroneously link Iraq with the Qaeda attacks destroyed the government's credibility with much of the country." Upset about the division in our country because of the Iraq War, former National Security Council...

Are you the enemy? Under the Military Commissions Act of 2006, you could be. The Military Commissions Act of 2006 allows the Executive Branch to circumvent the Constitution, endangering the due process of law for all Americans, not just terrorists.(Cover story)
October 30, 2006... On September 28, by a vote of 65-34, the Senate formally passed S. 3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA). The next day, the House of Representatives followed suit, passing the act by a vote of 250-170, and the affixing of the...

Expanding surveillance authority: the surveillance power demanded by President Bush would not necessarily provide any better protection from terrorism, but it would certainly expand executive branch power.(ON THE HOME FRONT)(George W. Bush)
October 30, 2006... On December 17 of last year, during his weekly radio address, President Bush confirmed reports by the New York Times and CNN that, following the 9/11 attacks, he had given the National Security Agency (NSA) authorization to eavesdrop on...

Saving our elections: America's once proud and trustworthy elections are being undermined, but concerned citizens can take steps to restore the integrity of our electoral process.
October 30, 2006... The electoral problems that have been simmering in America for a long time and that surfaced in the 2000 Gore/Bush race haven't gone away. Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich has recently urged scrapping that state's recently-purchased electronic...

How they voted: our final look at the 109th Congress shows how every representative and senator voted on key issues, including warrantless surveillance, the border fence, and military tribunals.(CONGRESS)(United States. Congress. House)(Statistical table)
October 30, 2006... House Vote Descriptions 31 Foreign Aid. The fiscal 2007 foreign aid appropriations bill (H.R. 5522) would authorize $21.3 billion for foreign operations and economic assistance in fiscal 2007. Though foreign aid is supposed to help the...

From chase to flee.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Nicholas Lazares)(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... At about 4:00 a.m. on August 30, Nicholas Lazares banged on the door of his ex-girlfriend's house, demanding to be let in. The woman, Virdiana Combs, dialed 911. When Lazares was denied entry, he threw an eight-pound chunk of concrete...

Hard-line hitchhiker went too far.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT )(Steven Stubbs)(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... Carl Coltellino, his wife, and two daughters were traveling in an RV from Cape Coral, Florida, to Grand Canyon National Park. En route, they stopped in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Cedar City, Utah, to spend the night. At about 9:47 p.m. on July...

Not defenseless after all.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Margaret Johnson)(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... One normally thinks of a wheelchair-bound person as relatively defenseless because of limited mobility, but a Harlem, New York, grandmother proved that stereotype wrong. Margaret Johnson, 57, was going to a firing range on September 8 to...

Unwilling victims.(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... Three robbers in San Francisco ran into back-to-back reluctant victims on June 27. Just after 3:30 a.m., the robbers, one of them armed with a shotgun, stopped a man to rob him. The robbery victim, however, didn't initially see the shotgun, and...

Serious intent.(Kennya Johnson victimised)(Brief article)
October 30, 2006... Kennya Johnson of Copiah County, Mississippi, told WLBT Channel 3 that she begged the man carjacking her not to hurt her, "telling him that I have got kids." When the carjacker replied, "B***h, do I look like I have a heart," she knew she was...

The fall of Rome: beginning in the fourth century, an unprecedented wave of immigration washed over the Roman Empire, leading to the end of the empire in the West.(Geographic overview)
October 30, 2006... A monk or a priest or an emissary. "I wonder what I have become this day," the man in the garb of a priest thought as he walked the muddy path between rows of shoddy hovels. Ulfilas, the Bishop, scratched his head and mused that, as a younger...

Rifle found after being "cast upon the waters".(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Terry Jackson )
October 30, 2006... "Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days," goes the famous saying from the eleventh chapter of the biblical book of Ecclesiastes. It is unlikely that eight-year-old Terry Jackson would have had this verse in mind...

Childhood shoplifter makes amends.(Shawn Seamons pays off Joanne Hanson's debt )
October 30, 2006... Shawn Seamons, a lifelong resident of Logan, Utah, recently walked into the Island Market and handed Joanne Hanson, the store's owner, a check for $200. He said it was to pay her back for all the candy he shoplifted from her store when he was a...

Remembering a champion: Helen Chenoweth-Hage will always be remembered as a champion of private property rights, a steadfast patriot, and a model of Christian charity, courage, and perseverance.(In memoriam)
October 30, 2006... The tragic death of former Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage in an automobile accident on October 2, left me, like so many others, stunned. Her sudden passing was all the more shocking since it followed by only four months the death of her husband,...

Medicaid drives costs up, care down.
October 30, 2006... ITEM: The Providence (R.I.) Journal for September 30 opined: "A national universal health plan is, of course, the logical solution to America's chaos of private insurance, state health plans, and federal programs. Every other large...

Border bamboozlement & betrayal.(THE LAST WORD)(George W. Bush signs Homeland Security Act of 2002)
October 30, 2006... President Bush picked Scottsdale, Arizona, as the venue for his October 4 signing of the nearly $34 billion Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act. "The bill I sign," said the president, "helps us address one of the central issues...