The New American articles from September 2008

The New American archives from September 2008

There's more to the story.(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... After reading "Did We Get Lied Into War?" (July 7 issue), I should hope TNA readers who want more information on this topic do more than read the Senate Intelligence Committee's complete report on the topic. For proof of the Bush...

Don't reinforce fallacy.(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... The picture you had printed on page 12 of the July 7 edition--entitled "Why So High?" and about the cost of fuel--is in a pristine area of Alaska and plays into the vocal dissent of the liberal, greenie, leftist elements that are hindering our...

Russia invades, Bombs Georgia.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... While Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was in Beijing schmoozing with world leaders during the opening ceremonies of the Olympics on August 8, Russian troops, tanks, and bombers were launching a surprise attack on neighboring Georgia. A...

Severe restriction on home schooling in California averted.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... A California appeals court on August 8 reversed its earlier decision placing severe restrictions on home schooling in California. If allowed to stand, the earlier decision would have virtually eliminated home schooling in California. The...

According to Pelosi, impeachment proceedings are "off the table".(Inside Track)(Nancy Pelosi)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... When California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi became House Speaker with the election of a Democratic majority in 2006, hopes ran high in some quarters that the feisty grandmother of seven would lead an investigation into the Bush administration's...

Olympic Committee vaults over censorship controversy.(Inside Track)
September 1, 2008... "There has been no deal with China to censor the Internet," stated International Olympic Committee spokeswoman Giselle Davies according to Associated Press. The controversy began, AP reported on July 31, "when Kevan Gosper, the press commission...

Solzhenitsyn passes away.(Inside Track)(Alexander Solzhenitsyn)(Obituary)
September 1, 2008... On August 3, the world lost Nobel Prize laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the conscience of the Cold War. Convicted in 1945 of criticizing Joseph Stalin's regime, Solzhenitsyn spent years in a Soviet prison camp, nearly succumbing to disease and...

President expresses concern about lack of freedom in China.(QuickQuotes)(George W. Bush)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "America stands in firm opposition to China's detention of political dissidents, human-rights advocates, and religious activists." In Thailand one day before he arrived in Beijing for the opening of the Olympic...

Saving mortgage giants deemed unconstitutional.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... "Congress has given the Bush White House yet another chance to operate outside the Constitution. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson now has the go-ahead for his two-part plan to salvage Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored...

Al Gore's energy plan sharply criticized.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... "It would be like creating another Japan. Or fighting World War II all over again." Adopting what Al Gore claims would be affordable and renewable electric power would cost $5 trillion according to U.S. News & World Report columnist James...

Indicted Alaska senator's house hardly a palace.(QuickQuotes)(Senator Ted Stevens)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... "If that work is worth $250,000, then he got ripped off. I've been in that house. It's comfortable, but it's not lined with gold." An Alaska neighbor of Senator Ted Stevens, Julie Pederson, doubts that the amount noted in the charges against...

His approach hasn't yet caught on in Washington.(QuickQuotes)(Congressman Ron Paul)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "One problem with politicians in Washington is that when problems they create come to a head, they typically feel this irresistible urge to do something, rather than to un-do something?' Congressman Ron Paul hasn't...

Establishment of Muslim holiday ignites furor.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... "You had no fight to drop Labor Day. Muslim employees must integrate Labor Day into their lives if they are going to live in America?' When a Tennessee Tyson Foods plant manager announced a Muslim holy day would be substituted for Labor Day as...

Sports columnist puts China's Olympics in proper perspective.(QuickQuotes)(Bob Ryan)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... "In this totalitarian state, the government can pretty much do what it wishes, and so anything, or anyone, deemed expendable was demolished or relocated." Writing from Beijing, Boston Globe sports columnist Bob Ryan said what most political...

Iraq should use its own money to rebuild.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We should not be paying for Iraqi projects while Iraqi oil revenues continue to pile up in the bank?' When he learned that Iraq's government expected a $79 billion budget surplus, Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.) lashed...

Gun rights on trial: the Supreme Court ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller struck down a prohibition against handguns but also allowed for more regulation of guns.(SECOND AMENDMENT)(Cover story)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A homeowner suddenly confronted by a knife-wielding intruder reaches desperately for a handgun with which to defend himself. But the firearm lies disassembled and unloaded in a drawer, useless. Before the homeowner...

Recreating riots: a group known as Recreate '68 is planning demonstrations during the Democratic National Convention that could recreate the chaos of the 1968 convention in Chicago.(ELECTIONS)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1968. For nostalgic, aging radicals, that year is fondly remembered as b the zenith of their glory days, when their demonstrations against the Vietnam War and the American "system" reached a fever pitch, culminating...

Delegate dilemmas and duties: although today's complex nominating process for delegates to the party conventions is not what the Founders envisioned, delegates still have a duty to uphold the Constitution.(ELECTIONS)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As the recently concluded primary season reminded us, America's quadrennial presidential nominating process, from the earliest primaries to the national party conventions, has become little more than a political...

Would McCain change court? Over the last century, most Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices have not worked to end judicial activism. Would McCain buck the trend with his appointees?(SUPREME COURT)(John McCain)
September 1, 2008... What effect would a John McCain presidency have on the Supreme Court? That question is perhaps even more important this election year, since three or four Supreme Court justices are likely to retire during the next presidential term. Would...

The founders on firearms: Stephen Halbrook's new book on the right to bear arms is an excellent resource that explains the meaning, application, and reason behind the Second Amendment.(The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms)(Book review)
September 1, 2008... The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms, by Stephen P. Halbrook, Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2008, 425 pages, hardcover. To order, see the inside back cover. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lynn Moses, of Idaho, was...

Overcoming his handicap.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
September 1, 2008... After Tim Bird graduated from Boyceville High School in Wisconsin in 1986, he worked on his parents' family farm. Though Tim has Down syndrome, the farm provided ample opportunities for him to do fulfilling, productive work. However, when his...

Gallant graduate.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
September 1, 2008... At the conclusion of the 2007-2008 academic year, three graduating seniors at Madeira High School in Ohio were in a virtual three-way tie for having the highest grade point average. But Andrew Stoffel, with a 4.548 GPA, was .019 (19 thousandths...

Three-year-old saves mom.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... About a year ago, Jessica Eaves of Guthrie, Oklahoma, learned that she had vasovagal syncope, a condition that can cause unexpected fainting due to a sudden drop in blood pressure. She was concerned, not so much for herself, but for her...

KAL Flight 007 remembered: on September 1, 1983, a Soviet fighter jet fired on Korean Airlines Flight 007. We try to resolve the controversy over what happened next by examining all available information.(HISTORY--PAST AND PERSPECTIVE)
September 1, 2008... It has been 25 years since Korean Airlines Flight 007, carrying 269 passengers and crew, including Congressman Larry McDonald of Georgia, was fired on by a Soviet fighter jet off the coast of Siberia. At the time, McDonald was chairman of the...

Two for the road.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Troy Howard, of Denver, North Carolina, may be 71, but the fact that he was a U.S. Marine in his youth is still evident. When his wife, Becky, woke him up at 3 a.m. on June 9 after hearing glass break--which he...

Little wind resistance.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... In the week of July 1, Tony Gamonal was working on his computer in his West Valley City, Utah, home when he heard noises outside. He looked out and saw two people trying to break in through a downstairs window. He yelled at them, and they fled....

Protecting their castles.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... In the month of July, Jackson, Mississippi, saw two homeowners who shot burglars saved from potential charges by the so-called "castle doctrine," which allows someone to use deadly force to protect his property. In the most recent case, on July...

Second guessing.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... On an early July night, right after Leonie Burgos, 5'4" and 110 pounds, was dropped off at her home by a friend at about 3:30 a.m., she saw a young athletic man begin scaling the tall wooden fence surrounding her house, intent on entering the...

The energy blame game.(Correction, Please)(Correction notice)
September 1, 2008... ITEM: According to CBS News for July 31: "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said work on an energy bill was 'over until the fall,' all but ensuring that Congress will leave for the summer without addressing the issue of high gas prices....

Deficit grows ever larger.(THE LAST WORD)
September 1, 2008... On July 28, White House Budget Director Jim Nussle announced that the expected deficit for Fiscal Year 2009 (it begins October 1, 2008) would be a whopping $482 billion. A record for red ink, the figure shatters the previous deficit of $413...

Abusing parental rights.(Letter to the editor)
September 15, 2008... I just read your article about the Texas state removal of the FLDS children ("Whose Children Are They Anyway," June 23). I absolutely agree with the author. Particularly with these comments: "If the state can take children without due process...

Stop the suffering.(Letter to the editor)
September 15, 2008... The message by Gregory A. Hession in "Restraining Orders Out of Control" (August 4) needed to be said. Oftentimes women, in an effort to gain the upper hand in custody court, will falsely claim violence. The man is then removed from his house...

Bunkum in the bias.(Letter to the editor)
September 15, 2008... In reference to your article "Bias in Media Coverage" (August 4), I couldn't agree more with the conclusion that the media is wrongfully concluding that global warming is anthropogenic (human caused) and particularly that such a consensus...

Olympic-size controversy.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, female gymnasts He Kexin, Yang Yilin, and Jiang Yuyuan electrified the Chinese with their stellar performances. But even as China celebrated, controversy was brewing over whether or not the athletes met the age...

Obama picks "ultimate insider".(Inside Track)(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Despite Barack Obama's pledge for "change," his pick for vice-presidential running mate, Senator Joseph Biden (D-Del.), is the clearest signal yet that an Obama presidency would be little more than old wine in new...

McCain says he would not have nominated justices he affirmed.(Inside Track)(John McCain)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... When Senator John McCain appeared at the Saddleback Church forum on August 16, the host, Rev. Rick Warren, asked him which existing Supreme Court justices he would not have nominated as president. McCain named the four most liberal justices:...

Russia and Cuba getting cozy.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... As tension over the Russian occupation of Georgia continues to simmer, Moscow is quietly stirring the embers of the Cold War in another part of the world--still-communist Cuba. In August, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and Russian...

Georgia: our next entangling alliance?(Inside Track)
September 15, 2008... Russia's recent war with Georgia and the ensuing military occupation, which shows every sign of permanency, is a reminder of the folly of committing America to entangling alliances in areas of the world that are none of our concern. Both...

Bush administration rule riles abortion advocates.(Inside Track)(George W. Bush)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... The Bush administration plans to enforce a regulation that will prevent healthcare workers who object to abortion from being forced to perform abortion-related services that violate their beliefs. Under the rule, federal officials can deny...

Montana GOP chooses octogenarian for Senate race.(QuickQuotes)(Grand Old Party)
September 15, 2008... "I'm not going to have the quiet summer I thought I would." A perennial candidate for office, 85-year-old Bob Kelleher beat five others in the GOP primary to run against heavily-favored incumbent Democrat Max Baucus.

Greeting cards available for same-sex "marriage".(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... "It's our goal to be as relevant as possible to as many people as we can." Hallmark greeting card company senior spokeswoman Sarah Gronberg Kolell answered questions about the decision to market same-sex wedding cards.

Author minces few words about why he wrote Obama Nation.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... "The goal is to defeat Obama. I don't want Obama to be in office." Jerome Corsi saw his book rocket to Number One on the New York Times best-seller list on the day it became available. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

College students taking advantage of food stamp distribution.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... "It's pretty much impossible to get by without some help." Palm Beach Community College student John English evidently sees nothing wrong in taking advantage of this form of federal welfare and is one of 54,116 students in Florida doing so...

Billions being spent for contractors in Iraq war.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "This is the first war that the United States has fought where so many of the people and resources involved aren't of the military but from contractors." Keeping troop levels low is the main reason for the heavy use...

Mexican drug lords rule parts of their nation.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... "I realized that the power of the narcos has surpassed the power of my government." A resident of Culican in northwest Mexico, Victor Rodriguez knows that drug traffickers have killed numerous law enforcement personnel.

Lottery played to excess.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... "No matter how much I get, I always spend it right back." Though he does win a small amount occasionally, New York City resident Ray Otero actually spends as much as $30,000 annually in hopes of winning "the big one."

Impeachment is still his option.(QuickQuotes)(Congressman Dennis Kucinich)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "The President is capable of taking us into war, in October, on the eve of the election, to try to change the outcome of the election. We need to keep the ability to impeach at the ready in the event that this...

Examining healthcare: a look around the globe at nationalized systems.(HEALTHCARE)(Cover story)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The American medical system is roundly acknowledged as being broken. Costs are increasing steadily, to the point where many middle-class Americans cannot afford health insurance. Wait times in emergency rooms are...

Swedish welfare: Sweden's strong cultural values have temporarily propped up its celebrated welfare state, but this support is growing steadily weaker due to the nation's socialist policies.(EUROPE)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sweden is a prime example demonstrating that tax-and-spend welfare policies can work, correct? One hears enough about Sweden's near-miraculous feat of succeeding despite its high taxes and generous welfare benefits...

The Libertarian alternative: Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party's standard-bearer, speaks about his quest for the presidency.(Interview)
September 15, 2008... A former Georgia congressman plans to shake up this year's presidential contest, and raise even more eyebrows than he did a decade ago when he was one of the leaders of the campaign to impeach Bill Clinton. Bob Barr's credentials as a...

The new Democrat: according to Bob Conley, the Democrat nominee for the U.S. Senate in South Carolina, "the new Democrat is the Old Democrat." And that Democrat is pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, and fiscally conservative.(Interview)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bob Conley actively supported Pat Buchanan's presidential bid on the Reform Party ticket in 2000. More recently, he supported Republican Congressman Ron Paul's presidential bid. He is now running for the U.S. Senate...

Reviving the Constitution: Thomas E. Woods and Kevin R.C. Gutzman's important book Who Killed the Constitution? chronicles the Supreme Court's attacks on the Constitution.(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Who Killed the Constitution?: The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush, by Thomas E. Woods and Kevin R.C. Gutzman, New York: Random House/Crown Forum, 2008, 259 pages, hardcover. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Thomas...

I.O.U.S.A. how much?! The new documentary film I.O.U.S.A. sounds the alarm about our worsening debt crisis but is short on solutions.(Movie review)
September 15, 2008... "Wake up America! We're on the verge of a financial meltdown," screams the website promoting I.O.U.S.A., a documentary that examines the rapidly growing national debt and the resulting consequences for the U.S. government and its citizens. For...

Six-year-old rescues friend from pool.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... On the last day of May, the Buddha family, who were recent transplants from Boston, went to a pool party at the home of Vince Vellucci of Fayetteville, Georgia. Velluci's grandson, Haden Stusak, six, and the Buddha's son, Josiah, five, were...

Blind soldier doesn't lose sight of mission.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Ivan Castro)
September 15, 2008... Captain Ivan Castro is the executive officer of the 7th Special Forces Group's headquarters company in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. An 18-year Army veteran, Castro first served as a Ranger and then completed the punishing, yearlong Special...

Michigan teen takes part in daring rescue.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Derek Bockheim, 18, of Grandville, Michigan, was driving his truck along a Blendon Township highway on June 30 when he witnessed an accident--a collision between a Lexus and a Jeep Wagoneer that set the Lexus on fire. He described his reaction...

Son of liberty: Nathan Hale, a true patriot, believed that liberty is worth any price.(HISTORY--STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM)
September 15, 2008... He was full of fun and life, but he is remembered for his death. He was a man of honor who died in rank dishonor. His last words, which should have perished with him, have instead immortalized him. His name was Nathan Hale, and he hanged...

Serial burglar shot.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Keith Girdley returned to his Hampton Crossroads, Tennessee, house just before 10 a.m. on May 15 because his daughter called him "about a strange man in the neighborhood banging on windows," reported newschannel5.com. As Girdley was about to...

Bulldog bust.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Five men planned a robbery in Ocala, Florida. Three were to be accomplices, and two were to carry out the deed. At 2:30 a.m. on July 23, the two men who were to physically commit the robbery broke in to Roger Garrison's home, setting Garrison's...

Longing for logic.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Peggy Abel of Mesa, Arizona, heard a woman and children screaming in panic in her neighborhood on the night of July 6. She sent a teenage son out to see what was happening. He returned and said, "We gotta call 911," Abel told the East Valley...

A hunch.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Danny Colwell owns Storage Facilities in Houston, Texas. On Tuesday, July 1, he noticed that the gate to the facilities was half open and he heard someone using a saw inside. He thought a tenant might be working by a storage unit, but on a...

Rationing healthcare, step by step.(Correction, Please!)
September 15, 2008... ITEM: The Associated Press for August 9 touted the healthcare plank in the Democratic Party platform: "Democrats shaped a set of principles Saturday that commits the party to guaranteed health care for all, heading off a potentially divisive...

Beijing's propaganda extravaganza.(THE LAST WORD)
September 15, 2008... Perhaps, amidst the non-stop glowing reportage on China's 17 days of Olympic glory, you happened to catch (buried in back section of the newspaper--or some equally remote web posting) a story about Wu Dianyuan and Wang Xiuying. The two frail,...

Jumping on Russia reporting.(Russian-Georgian conflict)(Letter to the editor)
September 29, 2008... In the September 1 issue of TNA in the news updates section is a piece about Russia invading Georgia. All of the news I am reading says that Georgia invaded South Ossetia and has been courting NATO and buying weapons from the United States....

Ron Paul, alternate candidates hold national press conference.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... Ron Paul, along with alternate presidential candidates Chuck Baldwin (Constitution Party), Cynthia McKinney (Green Party), and Ralph Nader (Independent), held a press conference Wednesday, September 10 at the National Press Club in Washington,...

Kissinger reportedly covered up PLO assassination of ambassador.(Inside Track)(Henry Kissinger on the Palestine Liberation Organization)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... "Henry Kissinger instructed the CIA to continue diplomatic contacts with Yassir Arafat's PLO representatives before the 1973 Yom Kippur War, even after Arafat ordered the kidnapping and murder of the American ambassador and his deputy in...

McCain would put democrats in his cabinet.(Inside Track)(John McCain)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... Appearing on the CBS interview program Face the Nation on September 7, Senator John McCain said he would have Democrats in his cabinet if elected president. Asked how many, McCain said: "I don't know how many, but I can tell you, in all due...

Georgia crisis prompts U.S. to cancel nuclear deal with Russia.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... In the remote Caucasus, the Georgian crisis drags on, with Georgia's President Saakashvili, emboldened by Western support, continuing to goad the Russian bear. And Western governments are vowing to force Moscow to yield to Georgia's demands....

Schwarzenegger and California's same-sex marriage battle.(Inside Track)(Arnold Schwarzenegger)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... In 2000, California voters overwhelmingly adopted (by over 61 percent) Proposition 22 to establish that "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." Homosexual activists immediately challenged the new law. On...

From homosexual marriage to bestiality.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) touched off a media firestorm in 2003, when, in an interview with an AP reporter, he suggested that allowing same-sex marriage was a strategic descent down the slippery slope toward acceptance of other...

GOP Senator finds federal employees not on the job.(QuickQuotes)(Senator Tom Coburn)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Unfortunately, there is also a sizable and growing number of federal employees who undermine the agencies they serve by failing to show up for work.... I believe the American taxpayer deserves better." Pointing...

Zimbabwe lurches toward total collapse.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... "Elective surgery has been abandoned in the central hospitals and even emergency surgery is often dependent on the ability of patients' relatives to purchase suture materials from private suppliers." As reported by a group of independent...

Afghan opium production down slightly.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... "The opium flood waters in Afghanistan have started to recede. This year, the high-water mark of 193,000 hectares of opium cultivated in 2007 has dropped by 19 percent." Still the world's top producer of opium, Afghanistan is producing...

Two notables missing from democratic party convention.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... "What does it say that our last two vice-presidential candidates are absolutely persona non grata in their own party? New Hampshire Democrat Lou D'Allesandro referred to the absence of Joe Lieberman (Al Gore's 2000 running mate) and John...

Is this why Congress is being asked to bail out Freddie and Fannie?(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... "[China's central bank] has been on a buying binge in the United States over the last seven years, snapping up roughly $1 trillion of Treasury bonds and mortgage-back debt issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac." Reporting that the main bank...

Using cellphones on these buses barred.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... "I've got all day, ma'am. I'll wait till you're done." Buses from New Jersey's Lakeland Bus Company display a sign stating: "Cellphone use restricted to emergency use only." When someone ignored the ban recently, the bus driver stopped the...

Honor roll of history's quotable quotes.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We sure had a great Fourth, especially after we picked up our morning papers and found that Congress had adjourned the night of the third. This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as we do...

Government bailout: the government bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will continue the downward spiral of the dollar, begetting a new downward cycle for the economy.(ECONOMY)(Cover story)
September 29, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Oftentimes in life, a little bit of something is beneficial, sometimes even necessary. But just because a little bit is good, it doesn't always follow that more is better. Many times, that just makes things worse. A...

Sarah who? From relative obscurity to instant celebrity in a single day, Sarah Palin vaulted into the limelight. She was immediately dubbed both a puppet and a prototype. Which is correct?(ELECTIONS)
September 29, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It didn't take long for "Sarah who?" to become the "Sarah Sensation" of 2008. In this age of instant communication and a TV set in every room (and 50 or more in some sports bars), an unknown can become a household...

Ron Paul's "Rally for the Republic": to keep alive the debate and interest he generated for fiscally sound, constitutional governance, Ron Paul held a rally across town from the GOP nominating convention.(ELECTIONS)
September 29, 2008... Texas Congressman Ron Paul lost his bid to be the Republican Party's candidate for president in 2008, but you wouldn't know it from the huge crowd that turned out at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday, September 2, for his Rally for...

Countering for the constitution: Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party's candidate for the presidency, tells where he stands on the issues.(INTERVIEW)(Interview)
September 29, 2008... "When Chuck Baldwin is sworn in as president of these United States," says Chuck Baldwin, "the new world order comes crashing down!" The 56-year-old Baptist pastor, columnist, and radio talk-show host has run for elective office only once...

Doting over America's decline: respected newsman and consummate insider, Fareed Zakaria paints a rosy picture of unabated globalism and global governance and tells why America's crises are overblown.(Book review)
September 29, 2008... The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008, 292 pages, hardcover. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If the American news media favors Cassandras, naysayers, and pessimists, then Fareed Zakaria, editor and...

California City filled with crime stoppers.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
September 29, 2008... This past June, the police chief of Merced, California, Russ Thomas, recognized several citizens who were not afraid to get involved and help stop a crime. City resident Sylvia Ornelas was driving her car near Peterson Elementary School...

Teen hailed as hero.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... Scott E. Hunt, Jr., a 17-year-old resident of Halifax, Massachusetts, was recognized on July 8 by Fire Chief Lance Benjamino with a "Young Hero Award" for his actions to save the life of his neighbor, Catherine Taglieri. Hunt became aware...