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…
When the Brook Trout Leaps – By Anonymous – The slender dew-tipped grasses are trembling in the breeze, The east is blushing rosy red beneath the Sun’s caress, The wild rose bends to kiss the stream—but only Nature sees, And the reed-harps play weird music just above the water cress. The quail is calling loudly…
By Glynn Wilson – “Sloppy” Steve Bannon was perp walked in handcuffs in front of the press into state court in New York on Thursday and charged with money laundering, fraud and conspiracy for his role in defrauding donors of millions of dollars in a fake online fund raising scheme to allegedly build a wall…
By Max Blau – Graphics by Shane Loeffler – ProPublica By the spring of 2020, the century-old industrial plant on Birmingham’s 35th Avenue was literally falling apart. Chunks of the metal doors fronting several of the 1,800-degree ovens — which heat coal to produce a fuel called coke — had broken off and tumbled to…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. — Is it past time to put aside this false notion that the legal system, the Department of Justice and the courts in the United States are above politics? In unprecedented breaking news announced by a federal judge appointed by Donald Trump, she announced…
Stay Tuned to See if Trump Will Face the Music, or Not… Sunday Reader – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. — Down in Washington, D.C. at the National Archives a team of investigators are combing through all the classified documents seized by the FBI in the recent raid at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. Outside the…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A retired New York cop was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison this week for assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. It’s the longest sentence given to any Capitol riot subject to date. Thomas Webster,…
Staff Report – PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Speaking in prime time outside Independence Hall where American democracy was forged, President Joe Biden went on the offensive Thursday night by issuing an unprecedented warning of a “clear and present danger to democracy,” declaring that our democratic values are under assault by forces of extremism loyal to “pseudo-fascist”…
Staff Report – As the legal and financial heat continue to rain down on Mark Zuckerberg at Meta-Facebook, the tech giant has caved at the last minute and agreed to settle a massive lawsuit seeking billions in damages for allowing Cambridge Analytica to access the private data of tens of millions of users, data used…
Staff Report – The Biden administration announced more than $65 million in spending this week for the U.S. Forest Service to invest in projects nationwide to prepare for climate change by improving roads, trails, fish habitat and water quality. Made possible by President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the first round of a $25.5 million…
