By Glynn Wilson – ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jan. 12) — Two days before Christmas in 1783, George Washington appeared in the old Senate chamber here to submit his resignation as commander in chief to the Continental Congress. “Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oath Keepers extremist group founder and leader Stewart Rhodes, 56, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday and charged with seditious conspiracy — the toughest charge to date in the ongoing investigation — along with 10 of his cohorts involved in planning for insurrection on Jan. 6,…
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh Announces 2022 Legislative Priorities – Issues Expected to Dominate: Dealing with Covid, Redistricting, the Environment and Climate Change, Legalizing Pot, Banning Ghost Guns and Landlord Evictions – Editor’s Note: We are taking an interest in the Maryland General Assembly this year, heading into session this week. We are particularly qualified…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. – What if the wildlife could vote? I don’t know if the white-tailed deer would be Republicans, Democrats or independents. Would the bucks be conservatives and the does and fawns liberals? Would the male and female Northern cardinals argue about whether the federal government should…
President Joe Biden addressed the nation from Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2022 to mark one year since the deadly assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Following is the video and full text transcript of his remarks. 9:16 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Madam Vice President, my fellow Americans: To…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 6, 2022) — Not long after the sun came up on Jan. 6, 2021, while we got ready to watch Congress affirm the Electoral College results showing Joe Biden the winner in the presidential election of 2020, we found out that two Democrats had…
The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. – We are not going to let a few inches of snow prevent the mission from going forward to “preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.†A…
The Insurrection – The Effort to Overturn the Election – By Craig Silverman and Jeff Kao, ProPublica, along with Craig Timberg and Jeremy B. Merrill, The Washington Post — Facebook groups swelled with at least 650,000 posts attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s victory between Election Day and the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S.…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The pictures of a snow covered landscape look pretty and peaceful on Facebook (see more pictures below). But when a massive winter storm dumped 6-12 inches of wet, heavy snow all along the Eastern Seaboard on Monday, and the mercury dipped into the teens…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Well — a “deep subject” haha — on this first day of 2022, the good news is we made it on another revolution ride around the Sun. The million dollar question now is: What less traveled MoJo road stretches out ahead in this journey…
By Robert Frost – Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim,…
Movie Review: ‘Don’t Look Up’ – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Some streaming movie fans are reeling away from the outrageous silliness of one of the top watched films on Netflix this year, “Don’t Look Up.” It’s an American satirical science fiction film written, directed and produced by Adam McKay, another in a…
By Editor Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – This time last year, we were experiencing the snow on the ground after the white Christmas in Knoxville, Tennessee, where I wrote: “As the sun comes up over the smokies, reflecting the first morning light off a thick layer of Christmas white snow covering the ground and…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Park Service will offer five entrance fee-free days in 2022, free admission days designed to encourage discovery and visitation of the country’s variety of national parks. With at least one in every state, national parks are accessible places to visit to refresh the body, mind and spirit, according to…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – If ever there lived a scientist who came closest to figuring out the essence of human nature and what we need to do to survive on planet Earth, it was Edward Osborne Wilson from Birmingham, Alabama, who reached the zenith of the biological sciences at Harvard and provided…
Staff Report – GREENBELT, Md. — Early on Christmas morning, when many Americans were just waking up wondering if this would be the Christmas when Donald Trump would end up behind bars, the good scientists at NASA were busy at work as the new James Webb Space Telescope launched at 7:20 a.m. EST on an…
The Big Picture – Story and Photos By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Merry Christmas from the New American Journal, no matter how you celebrate the holiday — or whether you celebrate at all. While Christians around the world celebrate Christmas as an annual festival commemorating the alleged birth of God’s son Jesus, we…
The American People Want to See Trump on Trial for Insurrection – Letters to Santa: The Number One Wish is to See Trump Behind Bars for Christmas – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Clearly the American people want to see Donald Trump, the former Republican president, prosecuted for his…
By Clement Clark Moore – ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds; While visions of sugar-plums…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. – We have exclusive, breaking news to report on the Eve of Christmas Eve. Inside sources with Santa’s elves tasked with reading letters to St. Nick and compiling the results for the jolly old man at the North Pole say the number one wish from…
