The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. – What would you do if you knew you had just one week more to live in a place that feels like home, knowing there are more stories to discover and tell? Maybe vow to come back next year and tackle the other stories?…
Secret Vistas – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. — It’s about time to hit the MoJo Road one more time in this amazing life journey chasing bliss and enlightenment in nature near the heart of political power in America. MoJo in this case refers to Mobile Journalism, as well as the Luck and…
The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - THURMONT, Md. — If you are reading this today, October 15, 2022, then I’ve defied the odds and outlived the curse of 64. I’m now alive and well and 65-years-old. According to my doctor here, I’ve got the heart rate of a professional tennis player and the…
Increasing the Likelihood that Democrats Will Hold the Senate in November – By Glynn Wilson – Political Analyst – With just over three weeks to go until Election Day 2022, Nov. 8, control of the United States Senate still hangs in the balance. But new developments are giving pollsters more confidence that the Democrats may…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – GETTYSBURG, Pa. — It’s totally understandable that people get tired of hearing and seeing sensational clickbait threatening another existential crisis emergency. But please don’t allow this one to go unheeded. In my life and times, I’ve reported on all kinds of politicians who warned the public of…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A former leader of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty this week to seditious conspiracy for his actions before and during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 while attempting to stop the peaceful transfer of power by disrupting a joint session of Congress convened to certify…
By Glynn Wilson – GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The fate of American democracy could once again rest on the shoulders of the good people of Pennsylvania, where it all began in Philadelphia and may well have been saved on a battlefield in Gettysburg. In some very real ways we are fighting another civil war for the…
Secret Vistas – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. — Many years ago in a land far away, I proposed a way to test E.O. Wilson’s Biophilia hypothesis by adding a few questions to annual surveys of visitors in the most visited national park in the United States, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Pennsylvania man nicknamed “JackTheTripper” has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges for assaulting a law enforcement officer and other illegal actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, disrupting a joint session of Congress certifying the Electoral College votes showing Democrat Joe Biden…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Sometimes, like when it rains for three days and nights without stopping and I get a little tired of being cooped up in an RV space the size of the average efficiency apartment in Tokyo, I vow to simply curl up on the futon mattress and rest,…
Editor’s Note: The New American Journal is dedicated to publishing a diversity of ideas, and we believe the harsh partisan divide is not good for democracy. Guest Column – By George R. Zadigian – As a conservative Republican for more than 40 years, it has been disheartening to watch the unraveling of the Republican Party…
By Glynn Wilson – Look out people. The United States Supreme Court is about to go back into session and more rights are on the line as the high court faces the lowest public approval in American history. According to the latest Gallup poll, nearly 60 percent of Americans disapprove of this conservative court, made…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – With less than six weeks to go before the critical midterm elections, the Biden administration and the Environmental Protection Agency have announced the establishment of a new national office charged with advancing environmental justice and civil rights to deliver on President Biden’s commitment to elevate these critical issues to…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – When French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician René Descartes first posited his theory, Cogito, ergo sum, “I think, therefore I am,” he could not have foreseen a Wizard of Id like Donald Trump taking over America and saying just because he thinks documents are declassified, therefore they are…
Staff Report – A New Jersey neo-Nazi Trump supporter who was one of the first insurrectionists to break into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — who testified under oath that he didn’t know Congress met there — was sentenced this week to four years in federal prison, according to a press release from…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. — It’s drizzling rain in the mountain woods, hovering around 72 degrees on this last day of summer. We will transit the autumn equinox about 8 p.m. tonight, and fall will officially begin — with only six weeks to go until the critical midterm…
Staff Report – The Federal Bureau of Investigation Tampa Field Office and the Washington, D.C. Field Office have doubled the reward being offered for Jonathan Daniel Pollock, 23, of Lakeland, Florida. A reward of up to $30,000 is available in exchange for information leading to his arrest and conviction, according to a press release from…
By Glynn Wilson – New York Times public opinion pundit Nate Cohn is at it again. Never forget, he was the public opinion analyst who famously said in 2016 of Hillary Clinton, “She’s got this.” He’s now writing an email newsletter called “The Tilt” for the Times, which went out by email Monday morning. The…
How Climate Change Might Wipe Out the Human Population – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – For all the bromides and self-help scams flooding the market these days for gullible people seeking the secret to living longer or at least living more healthy lives, I’ve long suspected that the number one killer is…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – What’s the point of jumping on the bandwagon and sharing memes on Facebook or even writing a news column on remembering Sept. 11, 2001? Those days are long gone and I say “Never Forget” Jan. 6, 2021. The number one threat of “terrorism” these days does not…
