Newtopia | Issue #1 - July 2002

The Red Scare may be relegated to history, but the policies that drove the American Inquisition seem alive and well and living in our backyards.

The Red Scare may be relegated to history, but the policies that drove the American Inquisition seem alive and well and living in our backyards.

American Expatriate D.A. Blyler presents us with a look at the worst in sensationalist media.

Acknowledging the lack of control in upcoming events has provided an awakening for most Americans, who despite all previous warnings, continued to have a false sense of security. People were loath to admit the truth; safety is a dream in which our lives are not guaranteed.

How can a local law overrule the Constitution? I'm fairly certain that a law passed that said that murder was legal in our home town would draw the ire of the nation's leaders, but this clear violation of civil liberties has been allowed to pass.

Sharon Mitchell was out of the porn industry... But in 1996, Miss Mitchell suffered a near fatal attack on her life by a crazed fan and she says this event changed her life forever."

The uncertain future and undeniable significance of skyscrapers in our culture.

He looked at her earnestly but abashedly, the color rising in his cheeks. What a dear, ignorant boy, she thought. All these Americans were: the ones piloting the bombers were probably just as nice, and as stupid.

Late that afternoon the Trader's ship stands off the bar of an island at a longitude above the Tropic of Cancer. The island has a low profile along its western shore, with mangrove and creek systems extending into the waters and the curling and muddied marls glistening silver in the very low tide.

Editor-in-Chief Charles Shaw tries to make sense of a senseless world and provide a blueprint for tomorrow.

1. One Nation, Under Jesus
2. Information is Power
3. The Sneeches of The Middle East

An alternative to the life you've been dreaming, the ideas you've been drinking, and the rhetoric you've been eating.

1. Free Speech For Sale
2. I Pledge Egregious
3. Abject Design

The current state of affairs in sex, relationships, and sexuality from a global, political and cultural perspective. All things cold, detached, multi-partnered and hedonistic.

Newtopia associate editor Greg Everett's unfiltered column. It's a little dirty and doesn't always taste too good, but it's real and it keeps you alive.