Everything I see in newLISP seems to be just writing Python/Rube in a LISP syntax, whereas something like, say, Clojure seems more interesting and idiomatic to LISPs
http://kazimirmajorinc.blogspot.com/2009/12/symbols-as-sexpr...
This post describes implementation of hygienic (even recursive hygienic) fexprs in Newlisp.