The New American back issues from September 2008:
There's more to the story.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 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 administration's manipulations, Ron Paul ...
Don't reinforce fallacy.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 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 ...
Russia invades, Bombs Georgia.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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 former Soviet republic, Georgia gained nominal ...
Severe restriction on home schooling in California averted.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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 new opinion, entitled Jonathan L. v. The ...
According to Pelosi, impeachment proceedings are "off the table".(Inside Track)(Nancy Pelosi)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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 actions involving the United States in the ...
Olympic Committee vaults over censorship controversy.(Inside Track)
Sep 01, 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 head of the IOC, said he was surprised to ...
Solzhenitsyn passes away.(Inside Track)(Alexander Solzhenitsyn)(Obituary)
Sep 01, 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 other hardships. After his release, ...
President expresses concern about lack of freedom in China.(QuickQuotes)(George W. Bush)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "America stands in firm opposition to China's detention of political dissidents, human-rights advocates, and religious activists." In Thailand ...
Saving mortgage giants deemed unconstitutional.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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 ...
Al Gore's energy plan sharply criticized.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... "It would be like creating another Japan. Or fighting World War II all over again." Adopting what Al Gore claims would be ...
Indicted Alaska senator's house hardly a palace.(QuickQuotes)(Senator Ted Stevens)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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 ...
His approach hasn't yet caught on in Washington.(QuickQuotes)(Congressman Ron Paul)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "One problem with politicians in Washington is that when problems they create come to a head, they typically feel ...
Establishment of Muslim holiday ignites furor.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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 ...
Sports columnist puts China's Olympics in proper perspective.(QuickQuotes)(Bob Ryan)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... "In this totalitarian state, the government can pretty much do what it wishes, and so anything, or anyone, deemed expendable was demolished or ...
Iraq should use its own money to rebuild.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We should not be paying for Iraqi projects while Iraqi oil revenues continue to pile up in the bank?' ...
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)
Sep 01, 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 can reassemble and load his pistol, and ...
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)
Sep 01, 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 in the televised violence and riots at ...
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)
Sep 01, 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 sporting event of mind-numbing complexity ....
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)
Sep 01, 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 McCain nominate judges who would change ...
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)
Sep 01, 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 incarcerated in prison on August 6, 2008, ...
Overcoming his handicap.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
Sep 01, 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 parents, Bob and Lynda Bird, decided to sell ...
Gallant graduate.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
Sep 01, 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 of a point!) ahead of his two nearest ...
Three-year-old saves mom.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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 three-year-old daughter, Madelyn, and her younger ...
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)
Sep 01, 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 John Birch Society (a subsidiary of which ...
Two for the road.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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 couldn't hear because as a Marine, a grenade ...
Little wind resistance.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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. According to kutv.com, "Tony ...
Protecting their castles.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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 17, a tenant of a south Jackson apartment ...
Second guessing.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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 yard. She ran into her house, grabbed her ...
The energy blame game.(Correction, Please)(Correction notice)
Sep 01, 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. Speaking to reporters on Thursday afternoon, Reid ...
Deficit grows ever larger.(THE LAST WORD)
Sep 01, 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 billion set in 2004. [ILLUSTRATION ...
Abusing parental rights.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 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 from this religious group, then it can take ...
Stop the suffering.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 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 and kids. Who suffers? The children! ...
Bunkum in the bias.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 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 exists among the scientific community. Never has ...
Olympic-size controversy.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
Sep 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 requirements for competition established by ...
Obama picks "ultimate insider".(Inside Track)(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
Sep 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 bottles. Like George W. Bush, ...
McCain says he would not have nominated justices he affirmed.(Inside Track)(John McCain)(Brief article)
Sep 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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, David ...
Russia and Cuba getting cozy.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
Sep 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 Security Council Secretary General Nikolai ...
Georgia: our next entangling alliance?(Inside Track)
Sep 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 Georgia and the Ukraine, former Soviet republics, ...
Bush administration rule riles abortion advocates.(Inside Track)(George W. Bush)(Brief article)
Sep 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 funding to hundreds of thousands of health care ...
Montana GOP chooses octogenarian for Senate race.(QuickQuotes)(Grand Old Party)
Sep 15, 2008; ... "I'm not going to have the quiet summer I thought I would." A perennial candidate for office, 85-year-old ...
Greeting cards available for same-sex "marriage".(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
Sep 15, 2008; ... "It's our goal to be as relevant as possible to as many people as we can." Hallmark greeting card ...
Author minces few words about why he wrote Obama Nation.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
Sep 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 ...
College students taking advantage of food stamp distribution.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
Sep 15, 2008; ... "It's pretty much impossible to get by without some help." Palm Beach Community College student John English evidently sees nothing ...
Billions being spent for contractors in Iraq war.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
Sep 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 ...
Mexican drug lords rule parts of their nation.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
Sep 15, 2008; ... "I realized that the power of the narcos has surpassed the power of my government." A resident of Culican in ...
Lottery played to excess.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)
Sep 15, 2008; ... "No matter how much I get, I always spend it right back." Though he does win a small amount occasionally, ...
Impeachment is still his option.(QuickQuotes)(Congressman Dennis Kucinich)(Brief article)
Sep 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 president ...
Examining healthcare: a look around the globe at nationalized systems.(HEALTHCARE)(Cover story)
Sep 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 becoming multiple-hour exercises in ...
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)
Sep 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 that one seldom questions whether ...
The Libertarian alternative: Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party's standard-bearer, speaks about his quest for the presidency.(Interview)
Sep 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 Republican were impeccable. He was first ...
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)
Sep 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 in South Carolina--as a Democrat. ...
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)
Sep 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 Woods is a prolific writer who ...
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)
Sep 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 example, as the Baby Boomer generation reaches ...
Six-year-old rescues friend from pool.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Brief article)
Sep 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 friends. Josiah decided to take off ...
Blind soldier doesn't lose sight of mission.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Ivan Castro)
Sep 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 Forces training. He began his career in Special ...
Michigan teen takes part in daring rescue.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Brief article)
Sep 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 to WZZM 13 News (Grand Rapids, Michigan): "All ...
Son of liberty: Nathan Hale, a true patriot, believed that liberty is worth any price.(HISTORY--STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM)
Sep 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 for espionage 232 years ago this ...
Serial burglar shot.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
Sep 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 mount the steps and enter his house, a man ...
Bulldog bust.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
Sep 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 bulldog to barking. Garrison knew someone was ...
Longing for logic.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
Sep 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 Tribune. Then she heard gunshots. ...
A hunch.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
Sep 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 hunch he blocked the gate with his truck, grabbed ...
Rationing healthcare, step by step.(Correction, Please!)
Sep 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 debate and edging the party closer to the ...
Beijing's propaganda extravaganza.(THE LAST WORD)
Sep 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, old widows in their late 70s were arrested and ...
Jumping on Russia reporting.(Russian-Georgian conflict)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 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. Please get your facts correct before jumping on ...
Ron Paul, alternate candidates hold national press conference.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
Sep 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, D.C. Bob Barr (Libertarian Party) was not ...